McKeever Photography

New Website!!

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:46:00 -0500

www.mckeeverphotography.com

Check it out when you have time and let me know what you think!

For now, I’m going to try blogging from the new site, but I won’t be cancelling this tumblr yet. I need to feel out whether or not I like the new site blog.

-Bernadette

Here comes the baby! — I’ve never taken a client...

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:41:00 -0500

Here comes the baby!

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I’ve never taken a client down to my “home away from home” Leeway Sailing Center (where for the last decade I’ve taught adults how to sail 14ft boats on the weekends) But these two suggested it, so I couldn’t resist! Turns out, it was a perfect setting, and I’m really proud of what the three of us created.

Thank you Tim and Chelle for hiring me so that I could craft some of my favorite portraiture work.

Phone Home by greg siple on Flickr.

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:50:26 -0500

Phone Home by greg siple on Flickr.

Shooting in near dark or just plain dark is NEVER easy,...

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:05:00 -0500

Shooting in near dark or just plain dark is NEVER easy, especially for a wedding assignment. Turns out Adam and Sandra decided to have their wedding during this time. Then, factor in central gloomy coast, AND it was raining most of the day. Not ideal for a typical wedding you might have in mind!

Ideally, a photographer wants classic and beautiful natural light-you know the kind-magic hour-warm, and lots of color and highlights. Instead, we got non-classic, and a bit flat, but the couple were thrilled with what we got and so was I! Adam and Sandra were great to photograph and quirky and fun to boot!

Adam & Sandra Monica - Part 2: Wedding Party

In the past, I’ve been pretty selective about which...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:25:00 -0500

In the past, I’ve been pretty selective about which weddings I photograph, maybe I should start advertising???

Last weekend I spent the day in Oxnard with Adam and Sandra and their close family and friends. I was there to photograph their special day, but it turned out to be pretty special for me too since Adam is my cousin and the Monica’s are my mom’s family!

Adam & Sandra Monica - Part 1: Getting Ready

Have you seen my faces around Long Beach?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:58:00 -0400

Have you seen my faces around Long Beach?

Interesting Discovery Today...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:18:00 -0400

Interesting Discovery Today...:

It looks as though I use the work “shooting” way too much in all my web related descriptions. The good news is at least my site is officially out there in Google world. Thanks for sharing the discovery Danny!

Fall in Utah's Wasatch Mountain Range

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:58:22 -0400

I recently returned from a few days in Utah. From the photographs, it’s obvious how gorgeous the scenery was. These images were captured while on a day hike up “Mill B” trail in Big Cottonwood Canyon. This was a my first real fall color experience, so I made sure to bring along the 7D with the 24-105. I’m hiking with my brother-in-law Kurt and my friend Jenny.

SUP'ing, after our first rain day of the season

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:27:00 -0400

Paloma and “McFly” (her daily borrowed curly-haired friend) take to the water on top of a stand up paddle board (SUP) a few times a week to exercise, play, meditate, and practice yoga. I followed them from my kayak for a beautiful morning adventure the day after the rain fell.

With the help of my friend Jenny, and feelin’ good from a...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:29:00 -0400

With the help of my friend Jenny, and feelin’ good from a cup of great tasting coffee, I realized how important photography REALLY is in a person’s life. As a professional photographer, my father as been tracking us with his camera all of our lives. Because of that, we have a wonderful collection of photographs ranging in types from chrome (slide film) to old black and white and now with digital color technology. I am truely grateful for the professionally captured memories I will have forever.

Cheers!

Bernadette

"The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough..."

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:09:30 -0400

“The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
~Henri Cartier Bresson”

When you get a chance to shoot portraits of firefighters, you...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:48:00 -0400

When you get a chance to shoot portraits of firefighters, you jump on it! These are the men and one woman from fire station 4 in Long Beach.

I guess I didn’t rub them the wrong way because they invited me on a “ride-along” So, more stories to come…

(click on each image to advance and see larger)

Today, I'm a photo contest winner!

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:10:57 -0400

Today, I'm a photo contest winner!

A Wedding Among the Redwoods

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:52:57 -0400

My sister Vachel-6 months pregnant

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:45:00 -0400

We were hanging out at our parents house and I had my camera with me, so…

Twenty minutes later with Dad as my assistant, a white bed sheet, the white side of an old poster board, and a kitchen step ladder…

The sky was perfect - blue as blue can be, and the beautiful...

Tue, 03 May 2011 14:44:01 -0400

The sky was perfect - blue as blue can be, and the beautiful cumulus clouds - they just pleaded to be photographed. It was hardly a day to sit back and not make my way into the Port.

Noah grows slightly

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:13:00 -0400

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Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:54:00 -0400

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Collette & Tate near home in Cottonwood Heights, UT

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:25:00 -0400

I spent some time with my Utah family last week. This was the result of one afternoon at the local park. I was very pleased with what I got [to say the least} but I’m also a bit biased because of the subject material. I wasn’t going to use any special filters or post lens corrections, but I found myself addicted to the nostalgic and “old film” feel of the corrections. It makes me miss film and lens filters. shot with 7D, 24-105, ISO 200

Video

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:24:00 -0400