Today we’d like to introduce you to Patrick McNicholas.

Hi Patrick, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I have always been a creative person since I was young. I first started with music and performed with a number of bands until eventually playing and performing as a solo act by myself. It was DJ’ing but more live music production with loops and active instruments, including guitars, drum machines, keyboards, etc.

Throughout my life I always enjoyed documenting the world around me and eventually began experimenting with both digital and analog cameras. Learning how to develop film in the dark room and bringing those techniques in to softwares like Photoshop to create multi-exposure images and composites.

Around this same time I started to learn how time-lapse photography worked and the techniques behind getting the best results. I have captured thousands of images since I began time-lapsing 10+ years ago.

Currently I am making a short documentary with the content I have captured over that time.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
As an artist, there have been many obstacles along the way, but also many opportunities. For example, I have been given all access to certain events as an official photographer and to certain locations with exclusive permission to film or photograph in a given location.

Some of my work is so niche though, that my perspective isn’t needed as often. I just keep creating and working on improving my style and hope to bring visuals that people would like to share.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a multi-media artist primary known for my work with a project called Time-Travel Tulsa (@TulsaPast). A Tulsa history project that started in 2018 and has taken hundreds of historic photographs of Tulsa and re-created them at the same location – showing the past and present in the same image and also showing the changes over decades.

I also work as a videographer and video editor that specializes in documentaries and music videos.

I am most proud of my extensive research and highlight on Tulsa’s forgotten history. I think my willingness to dig deeper than some historians, and to admit when you don’t have the answers, sets me apart in the research process.

Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
Growing up, I was an ordinary kid. I was interested in the natural world and not extremely influenced by pop culture. I was curious and always asking questions. My parents built our house so it was constantly under construction and I helped out where I could.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.tulsapast.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tulsapast/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TulsaPast/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PMCProductions