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David B. McKay has been a professional photographer for 35 years.
Since 1974, McKay has had many shows and exhibits, won many awards, and has had his work published in local newspapers, magazines, brochures, and books. His work is in private collections in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seatle, Sacramento, and Poland (Maine).
McKay has taught privately since 1975 in his studio, at a private photography school, and currently at Sierra College Nevada County Campus in northern California since 2000.
About me and my equipment
“I am self taught. My adventures with photography started at the age of fifteen with a Yashica Twin Lens 2 1/4 camera given to me by my father. That one gift was the beginning of a never-ending quest to explore and experience every aspect of the photographic realm, from black-and-white to color, hand colored to manipulated Polaroids, pinhole to digital, and old emulsion formulas to hand-made papers.“
“People ask me what kind of photography I do. I tell them that all depends on the environment I’m in at the time. If I’m in the city it might be the homless or people in a park, store window displays or nightlife. As I travel it might be yard art or landscapes and stormy skies. At night it might be a three-hour time exposure on a moonless night to see what may be in the dark. I become something different when I pick up a camera and look through that magical window!”
“Some days it’s so magical I can’t take a bad picture, others I can’t make anything work. You can’t force creativity. You have to allow it, by being a part of where you are, not as a detached observer.” |
 “Yuba Seasons: Images of the Wild & Scenic South Yuba River”
Book / Calender
Photographs
A place of unsurpassed beauty, the Yuba River and its tributaries refresh and renew us each season.
David McKay’s new book and 2009 13-month calendar includes sweeping panoramas of the South Fork of the Yuba River as well as images highlighting the play of light on water and rocks.
In 2001, in response to a broad campaign lead by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), the California State Assembly designated 39 miles of the South Yuba as a Wild and Scenic River.
Indeed, wild and scenic that river is, as evidenced by photographer David McKay’s striking images. McKay has been photographing the Yuba River and its surroundings for almost 40 years.
States McKay, “I’m always amazed by the patterns created from light passing through the surface tension of water. The resulting effects on the river rocks above and below the water are mesmerizing. I have worked for many years to capture that life and energy on film. I believe I have succeeded with the photos in this book.”
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