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Steve McKinney relentless with his photography. "I was always photographing something. Streetscapes, landscapes, nature, whatever was in front of me, I wanted to make an image out of it." He was so hooked on taking pictures that he'd literally shoot throughout the day, and would take advantage of any lull to take some shots. "If I was out to dinner with my friends, I would wait until we had all ordered our food, and then I would step outside the restaurant to take some pictures while the food was being prepared.
As Steve's passion and skill for photography continued to grow, he decided to pursue a 4-year degree in photography at the university level. "Photography was the logical degree for me, but I found the classes to be more complicated than they needed to be. All I wanted to do was know how to make someone look beautiful." Steve wasn't looking to save the world with his photography as many of his classmates were. "I was always interested in fashion, beauty, and movies. I wasn't looking to do the journalist, Pulitzer Prize type of photography. I was getting married at the same time, and I knew I needed to start my career early rather than stay in school."
So what drives Steve's images? "I want iconic shots. Every single wedding that I do, I want to walk away with a handful of shots that no one else could have ever taken. This is my legacy. There's an art to it." Steve works hard to evoke a variety of emotions from his clients. "Getting someone to laugh is easy, but true emotion is harder. In one wedding I had the bride separated from her father, and I asked her not to see her father until she was all dressed and ready. With the father in the other room, I set him up leaning against a mirror, and just before I took the bride into the room I asked her 'are you ready to see your father for the last time as a single girl?' Almost immediately the tears started flowing, and the emotion and result of the image as the bride and her father embraced was perfect.
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Steve McKinney Photography is one of 113 photographers in Oklahoma and among 11,235 photographers listed nationwide on GatheringGuide.com.
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