James Pratt Photography

Jamison Pratt with a huge grin after shooting his first whitetail deer with grandpa’s Remington 700 chambered in 7mm magnum. You know you’re in for a special weekend when the two-hour drive to Altus sounds less like a highway and more like a barnyard on wheels. Adam and I were taking his boys (and my grandsons) Jamison – 13, and Charlie – 12 on their very first deer hunt. I grew up hunting with…

Took photos with my Toyo VX-125 4×5 film camera at Bedford Thursday Night Photo Walk at the Matt Hoffman Skate Park in Oklahoma City. I must have had a bit of tilt in my front or rear standard since he skates and stomach are in focus but her face is slightly out of focus. So darn many things that can go wrong when shooting large format film.

Portraits taken at 2025 UCO Student Pow Wow This photo turned out pretty decent even though the subject was not centered. This is not that big of a deal since I would normally crop the photo anyway. It was hard to separate the black shirt from the black background and I probably could have used a bit of backlighting or rim lighting to get that separation. Overall, I liked how this photo turned…

Portraits taken at 2025 UCO Student Pow Wow I thought this was one of the better images from the session at the Pow Wow. The lighting is more evenly lit, the image had decent exposure, and for the most part their faces are in focus. I shot them a little off-center but heck, I got a big old negative that makes it easy to crop.

Portraits taken at 2025 UCO Student Pow Wow I really missed focus on this princess darn it. Her shoes are in perfect focus, but her face is not even close to being in focus because of the slightly tilted rear standard. Dang it. This would have been a good photo.

Portraits taken at 2025 UCO Student Pow Wow I wanted to get a bit more separation from the background so I put a 100-watt battery-powered flash behind my subject. It helped with subject separation, but I think it is a little distracting. I also missed focus pretty bad on the face. Later I discovered my rear standard was not exactly vertical, hence this gentlemen’s jeans are in focus and his face…

Portraits taken at 2025 UCO Student Pow Wow I am not sure how this negative got scratched and exposed but it gives the image a bit of character. I finally got my lighting worked out a bit more even.

Portraits taken at 2025 UCO Student Pow Wow shot with Toyo View VX-125 using Ilford Delta Pro 100 film. I was still working on my lighting when this young girl volunteered for a photo. I missed focus on her face darn it.

Portraits taken at 2025 UCO Student Pow Wow shot with Toyo VX-125 film camera on Ilford Delta Pro 100 film. I set up my flash and backdrop at the UCO Student Pow Wow and grabbed some volunteers to take their portrait with my Toyo VX-125 large-format film camera. This first image I was tweaking my lights. I was happy to get the faces in focus but lighting was just a bit off. I used my Nikon Z9…

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100…

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100…

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100…

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100…

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100…