Kevin May Photography

Cloudy Wisconsin Monday morning greetings to all,

If you can indulge me for just one moment, “Who Dat”! Last night’s Super Bowl victory for the New Orleans Saints wasn’t just for the team, but for the people of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana and the whole Gulf Coast region! That whole area needed a boost of positive news to really jump start people and get tourists coming back to Louisiana and Mississippi! My head was telling me that the Colts were going to win, but my heart was rooting for the Saints! Sometimes the heart does win out!

One of the most frequently asked questions that I get asked is, “What’s the most expensive thing that you’ve shot here in the studio?” We’ve had some pretty cool cars in the studio in the past and last year we had a $400k Ferrari and that had to be the topper till this past week! “Myth” is a custom hand built car and this is the only one in the world! Myth was a five year project and I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of time that went into this over those five years!

I knew this shoot was going to be a big deal when the trailer bringing the car was a semi! That was a first here at the studio!

Here’s a snap of the car know as Myth!

Thanks as always for checking out my snaps and I hope that you have a great week!!!!

Kev

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Cloudy Monday morning Peoria greetings to all!

Over the last ten years, the style of photography that we do has changed from more complex set-ups to more of a photojournalism style (Thank God I’ve got a degree in photojournalism). One of the things that I do miss though is that we don’t take as much time to play with shots like we did in the past!

At the end of last week things were slow, so I took advantage of the time to play and shoot some shots for me! This was about just playing with the lighting and seeing what I could come up with. Here are three snaps of “Scotch on the rocks”! I really had a lot of fun with this and I think that it shows in these snaps!

Thanks as always for checking out my work and I hope that you have a great week!

Kev

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Cloudy Peoria Monday morning greetings to all,

If you know anything about me, you know that I’ve had a lifetime love affair with the Gulf Coast states of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida. Nothing makes me happier then sitting down for some Red Beans and Rice at Acme Oyster House in New Orleans and then walking over to Pat O’Briens for a couple of Hurricanes! Just a month ago, we were down at the Gulf Coast for the Christmas break and it was a great time as always.

I’ve put together one of my slideshows with some of my snaps and you might get a little of that Southern hospitality that we received! Here’s a link for the slideshow on Youtube.

Thanks as always for checking out my work and I hope that you have a great week!!!!!!!

Kev

Foggy Monday morning Peoria greetings to all,

I was shooting some charity work last week for one of my favorite Peoria charities, Easter Seals. On February 26th, the 5th annual “Black and Blue Ball” will be at the Peoria Civic Center. The kids from Easter Seals team up with members of the Peoria Police Department to paint some pottery that will be auctioned off at the ball. I think that everyone had a great time and the kids came up with some great stuff!!!

Here’s a few of my snaps of the ES kids and Peoria’s finest helping out!

Thanks as always for checking out my snaps and have a great week!

Kev

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to all!

I was in Florida just 10 days ago and then I come home to all this cold and snow in Peoria! Yuck! With temps being below zero this past weekend, it was good being indoors!

I hope that you have a very wonderful week!!!!!

Kev

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Sunny and very cold Peoria New Year greetings to all,

We just got back from two weeks down at the Gulf of Mexico and it’s nice to be home, but man it is cold!

2009 was one of those years that at lot of us from a business perspective would soon like to forget, so that’s why it’s great that we are turning the page and moving on to 2010! I have no idea how things are going to be this year business wise, but I remain optimistic that things will look a little brighter for all of us!

Here’s one of the last sunsets from 2009 in Port St. Joe, Fl. and it was a heck of a lot nicer there then it is in Peoria today!

I hope that you and those that you love and care about have a very safe and wonderful 2010!

Thanks as always!

Kev

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Sunny Port St. Joe Monday morning greetings!

We were over in Darrow, Louisiana last week and visited the Houmas House Plantation and Gardens and I have to tell you it was pretty cool! We really lucked out and they stayed open past dark, so I was able to grab this great snap at sundown!

Thanks as always for checking out my work and I hope that you have a safe and fun New Years this coming weekend!

Kev

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Sunny Monday morning Big Easy greetings to all!

It’s Christmas week and for most of you that means a short work week! Yea!!!!

It’s that time of year for me when things are very slow and it’s a great time to leave town and take a little vacation. Jan and I are down in NOLA this week and are going to get out and see the countryside and all that’s doing. On the way down here, we stopped in Vicksburg, Ms. and grabbed a few snaps including this one of the the old Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi River.

As always, if you’re traveling this Christmas week to visit those that you love and care about, be safe on the roads and in the air!

Have a wonderful Christmas week!

Kev

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Foggy Monday morning Peoria greetings to all,

I was out last shooting a Christmas card for the Peoria Civic Center last week and this is one of the snaps that I really liked!

Thanks as always for checking out my work and I hope that you have a great week!!!!

Kev

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Snowy Peoria Monday morning greetings to all,

I just got back to P-town last night after my three week road trip and I’m seeing snow on the ground! Yuck! I’m going back to a warmer climate!

I achieved a really big goal for the business last week and I didn’t think it was going to happen this year. At the start of every year, I have a goal to do as well as I did the year before and in past years, I’ve been pretty good about making that goal. For 2009, I knew that doing what I did in 2008 was going to be virtually impossible looking at the economic storm clouds that were coming. I set the goal for 2009 to just break even as a business, I’ve never come close to setting the bar that low before. By the end of the 1st quarter, business was off 85% for the year and I thought for sure I wouldn’t make it. By the end of the summer, things were looking a lot better and I had a good sumer and that really helped greatly. At that time I thought realizing my goal was going to be a piece of cake. I was wrong! By the end of October, I was still short of the goal and knew that if I didn’t make it by Thanksgiving, it probably wasn’t going to happen. Last week I was down in Atlanta on a shoot and I realized the goal.

2009 is going to be a year that a lot of people are going to want to forget and move on from. A lot of very good people lost jobs and good business’s closed!!!!!! 2010 is looking a little brighter and let’s hope that it is. I will remain optimistic that we’ll all be in better shape next year! The goal for next year will be to break even once again!

Before I headed to Atlanta last week, I was able to drive through Destin, Fl. and grab a couple of snaps and here’s one of those of HarborWalk Village

Many thanks to all of my wonderful clients that hired me this year and helped me achieve this incredibly important goal!

Kev

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