Peter Holcombe Photography Blog

For the past four years, I have returned to my hometown of Oklahoma City to photograph the people and places from my youth. Three years ago, on a trip to photograph the historic homes of downtown Oklahoma City, I photographed Ian in the Myriad Gardens, a beautiful botanical sanctuary in downtown Oklahoma City. This year, I thought Bricktown would be a fun location to photograph Ian. Bricktown is a beautifully restored downtown area in Oklahoma City that was nearly abandoned and has now been brought back to life as one of the city’s hot spots for shopping and dining. It features red brick warehouses and sports a man made river that flows through the entire area like a road complete with water taxies. With lots of color, texture and dynamic light from the setting sun we couldn’t have gone wrong. The new NBA team, OKC Thunder, was playing the LA lakers having beaten them twice for the playoffs. The streets were full of fans going to eat before the big game and there was live music playing in several of the nearby restaurants. This just added to the excitement of the shoot! I was surprised how much Ian had grown in the past three years and we had a great time capturing the action that evening in Bricktown.