by NIck Kelsh | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog
Both of them SWEAR they didn’t miss him and they’re both sticking to their story—and I asked each of them several dozen times. They didn’t see each other for eight days when Alexander was away at Boy Scout camp last week. Teddy was home alone with us and seemed...
by NIck Kelsh | Jul 23, 2016 | Blog
I have spent some of my happiest moments as a photographer alone with my camera standing on top of a hill loving the beautiful natural light of early morning and what it does to the earth and sky. It’s one thing to be driving down the highway with your family...
by NIck Kelsh | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
Teddy woke me up Easter morning and the first words out of his mouth were “Dad, I had the strangest dream. I dreamt that I found Chief.” Chief was the favorite of their cousins’ dogs who live across the road from grandma’s house. She vanished mysteriously...
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog
Earlier this week we posted a photograph of Alexander reading the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan by the light of an iPad while listening to a one-hour YouTube version of Pachelbel’s Canon under bed covers. (It’s a loop. According to my son...
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Exposure Triangle, Snow, Subscriber Photo Tips
There’s a reason the snow in many of your sledding pictures is gray. Ironically, it’s because snow is white therefore it’s gray. Sorry if I’m talking in riddles here but the reason many of you have snow pictures that are too dark is because the snow is bright white....
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 16, 2016 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Blog, Gear and Accessories, Snow, Subscriber Photo Tips
I want to make an addition to my master list of things to carry in your camera bag—or at least in the trunk of your car. First a couple of anecdotes. A couple of winters ago I went for a walk in the woods alone after a fresh snowfall. It was a bit icy and everything...
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
I’m going to meddle with and crop Kim Beyer Rayburn’s wonderful sledding photograph in the most loving way. Sometimes, it’s amazing how cropping into a photograph can give it so much more impact. I think this is especially true with sports...
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 13, 2016 | Blog
I don’t care if it is the night before Valentine’s Day and you don’t have so much as a piece of red construction paper or a doilie in the house. You have have your smartphone and so you have plenty of opportunities to say I love you with a camera—the camera you have...
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Snow
Picture one of those beautiful, Currier and Ives big giant snowflakes snow falls. If you’re in the woods by yourself; it’s just about one of the most peaceful things you can experience. There’s no wind; you can actually hear the soft luscious flakes landing on the...
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Nature, Snow, Subscriber Photo Tips
I grew up in Fargo. What did I do at 5 AM when it was 35 below and the wind was howling? My paper route. But despite years of early morning childhood trauma sometime in the last ten years I realized that winter is my favorite season. It must be genetic. I almost enjoy...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog
My friends at Forever are sending me on the road this year. I’ll be attending several weekend-long Forever Retreats around the country in 2016 and it may be a chance for us—that’s you and me—to meet face-to-face. (Forever, Inc., in case you don’t know, is...
