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”When you take a picture, It is so important how you frame the shot.”
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“You have to realize that you aren’t just shooting a thing, but telling a story.”
“Every photo speaks, so you must be aware of the angle of the shot.”
“The way you look at things becomes a part of who you are.”
Vultures roost.
Said photographer, Floyd Morgan Jr.
Floyd grew up and went to High School in Haileyville, Oklahoma. He now makes his home in Longtown, 10 miles from the city of Eufaula.
Squiggly log.
Eufaula is a man-made lake completed in 1964, after a dam was constructed on the Canadian River, by the Army Corps. Of Engineers.
Lightening strike in a cloudy sky.
It is the largest lake in the state of Oklahoma.
The enormous body of water spans 102,000 acres and 600 miles of shoreline.
The lake is an attraction to bring campers, boaters, anglers, deer hunters and sports a full spectrum of leisure activities as well as Arrowhead and Fountainhead State Parks, though it also provides hydroelectric power to the area.
Floyd owns a boat for bowfishing but refuses to take his camera out on the water. He is afraid to get it wet.
This is a great escape for a quiet man. He also spends many hours deer hunting and bowfishing on the lake.
Blue sky over dusky lake.
“I like to go out on my boat. It’s so peaceful there.”
Self portrait; photographer Floyd Morgan Jr. Snowy lake.
“I bowfish out on the lake. It’s where you take a bow and arrow, but the arrow is attached to a string to catch fish.”
“Sometimes on weekends, I may get in my Jeep and drive for 200 miles around the lake looking for pictures.”
City of Eufaula at night.
“I can get to places where other people can’t go in my Renegade Jeep, to get shots that other people wouldn’t be able to reach.”
“People are always telling me I am a good photographer. I didn’t know I would be good at it, but I liked doing it. If you like doing something you will get better at it.”
“Photography has been something I’ve been interested in since I was a kid; but never had the chance to do anything till about three or four years ago.”
Starry, starry night on the lake.
“The camera I finally got is is a is a Cannon T3-I; “It’s something you aren’t able to get every day.”
He finally was able to purchase the $600 camera three years ago; and could afford to buy several lenses for it too. “People ask me for tips on how to take good pictures; and I will always tell them some stuff I know like the rule of thirds. “
“It’s where you put that tic tac toe grid, on the viewer. You’d want your subject on one of those lines, a third of the way into the picture, to the left or the right, the top or the bottom.”
Floyd never had one photography class.
Bowfishing on the lake.
He just studied everything he could find about photography online; mostly through Youtube videos.
His matted and framed work is for sale in a local art gallery in Eufaula called My Favorite Place.
Eclipse.
Hard to believe, but so far, he hasn’t been able to sell any of his photos. “I think the shop may have overpriced them.” he shared.
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