Steve Keegan

Steve was the best choice for us. His prices were extremely reasonable especially considering he didn’t charge extra for the long travel or needing to book a hotel room for the stay. What I appreciated the most was how unobtrusive he was!!! Even during the ceremony I was barely aware of his presence. He was pleasant, flexible and showed up early just to scope out locations for shoots (I imagine this is a huge issue; so many settings are poorly lit, especially in churches). I think he put a lot of extra energy into the project. I’m sure we are going to cherish these photos!

We asked Steve to do our extended family shoot at Lake Tahoe. There was 12 of us, including 6 year old triplets and a grandma. He did an amazing job, expertly capturing the beautiful Tahoe sunset. We had a great time and our photos turned out great!

Steve was the photographer at our wedding last 4^th of July weekend in Tahoe. We found Steve through a friend of ours that used Steve as their wedding photographer. We really liked the photos from her wedding, and thought that his prices were more than reasonable.
It’s hard to say enough positive things about Steve. For the group photos, he was very patient organizing my large family to make sure we got the photos we wanted. He had us do some couples portraits, and did a great job of incorporating the natural beauty of the mountains, trees, and wildflowers as backdrops for the photos.
We were surprised by how many candid photos we received. We really didn’t notice him taking a lot of the great shots we received, and I appreciated that he was able to be unobtrusive while still capturing the important moments.
As a person, Steve was very friendly, relaxed, and came off as sincerely excited for us.
Overall, I recommend Steve without any hesitation, and really couldn’t be happier with our wedding photos.

I am really sorry to say that we did not have the same experience as the other three reviewers with Steve as our wedding photographer. He is a nice guy and we wanted to like him, but found him to be unprofessional and lacking in work ethic. He took an awful lot of breaks/​often stood around not shooting and was defensive when asked to please keep taking pictures (claiming that the lighting or location wasn’t right for pictures but offering no alternatives because he was «not from here;» that he is a «photojournalist» and prefers candid pictures; that he had «already taken 1000 pictures;» or that «people don’t like to be photographed when they are eating» when most people weren’t eating at the time).
It was a very long day and of course he needed breaks and food like everyone else did, which we gave him plenty of, but he seemed to want to be treated like a guest. During the reception, he talked many of our guests’ ears off when he should have been shooting and I heard that he also helped himself to the drinks being served. Some were even surprised to learn that he was our professional photographer and not a guest. He also asked me (the bride) all sorts of questions about logistics throughout the day that he should have known or have been able to easily figured out without me.
To be fair, he drove all the way to SF and did not charge us for travel, and his packages are more affordable and flexible than many others. This might be why his seemed a bit more relaxed than all of the wedding photographers I have seen working at other weddings. He did capture many wonderful moments and the photos that he did take were good, but I would have rather paid more for someone to have captured even more of the day with a more positive attitude.

I absolutely loved working with Steve Keegan. He was fantastic from beginning to end. Although we never met in person until the day of the wedding, I felt at ease and trusted working with him. We mostly chatted via email, and had a couple phone conversations. His personality matched well with ours, and the day flowed very smoothly. There were a lot of laughs, at the very beginning during the «getting ready» shots. But as the night progressed I honestly didn’t even notice he was there (sorry Steve!). Needless to say, he took some pretty damn amazing photos! We knew his style was different then most photographers. His photos tell a story from beginning to end, more candid and less posed. Yes we did have a quite a few posed photos (have to please the folks), but the candid shots were truly amazing.
I look forward to working with him again in the future!

I’ve had quite a few Unilocalers email me about Steve’s work and then I realized I never updated my review!
Quality work, honest pricing, great personality — super laid back and fun! We ended up purchasing some prints from the website that hosts his work, but he also provides a CD with all of your pictures.
It was everything I had hoped for, so glad Steve was part of our day!

Steve photographed our wedding in September 2010 in the lakes basin region of tahoe national forest. I called a lot of photographers in the Reno and Sacramento areas and chose Steve because of his personality on the phone, his price, and the photo-​journalist type shots he takes.
It was a good choice. Here are the things I loved about him:
–He was totally laid back and casual and melded with our personalities well, which I think is an important trait in a photographer of such a personal and important event in your life
–He had to drive a couple of hours both ways (I think) to get to my wedding and he didn’t charge mileage
–He was totally flexible about the hours and didn’t mind that we asked him to stay a little later on the day-​of and accepted extra payment later
–His price does not include photo albums and all that other unecessary stuff that me and my hubby did not want. Just give us our DVD with pics and we’re happy!
–He got some really awesome shots that I can’t stop looking at and probably wont’ stop looking at and feeling teary for the rest of my life
–He showed up WAY early as he was worried about getting lost (the location was not easy to find and there was no cell reception) shows a lot of forethought and that he cares about his job and his clients.
Thanks Steve!