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...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog, Snow
First of all, yes, Teddy does get out of bed on a Sunday and put on his baseball clothes just in case a game breaks out—regardless of month or temperature. He just came in a few minutes ago screaming “It’s snowing! It’s snowing! which under normal...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
This is Philadelphia. The boys are enrolled in a winter batting class. It’s taught by Jerry, a legendary local artist and baseball fanatic. Jerry has been helping kids become artists and athletes for decades now. He’s a fixture in the neighborhood. Last night,...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 2, 2016 | Blog
Today our baby—Teddy (the HTPYB cover baby)—turned 7! I lay low as a photographer (after weeks of holiday photos and now feeling under the weather) and just enjoyed the day as a dad. Anne set a camera to Auto and grabbed these snapshots (bemoaning the lighting and...
by NIck Kelsh | Dec 23, 2015 | Blog
Want a photo-recipe to be able to do portraits of your friends that will be appreciated all year? Read on! THE HOLIDAY New Years WHEN December 31, any year. INGREDIENTS This can be a high-end selfie or a festive portrait of fellow party-goers. Position someone you...
by NIck Kelsh | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog
If you are so inclined to shoot the Everyone Around the Thanksgiving Table photo this week, here are a few other things to consider when photographing what might just be my favorite day of the year:How to Photograph the Thanksgiving Dinner Table 1. TURN OFF YOUR...
by NIck Kelsh | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog
Today is Veteran’s Day. My WWII veteran father was alway proud of this day and often participated at school and other public events when it came around. Today, as I’m thinking of veterans, my mind flashes to various photos of service men and women that...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 31, 2015 | Blog
If you shoot the picture before the sun goes down you’re just going to have too much overall light and the mood won’t be right yet. Patience is required as you wait for the right balance of overall light and pumpkin glow. Conditions will vary—shade from trees and...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog
With so much of good photography, being there is about 90% of the battle. If you’re fortunate enough to find one of these scenes in front of your camera count your blessings. Photographs like this are practically the definitive version of what comes to people’s minds...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 22, 2015 | Artificial Light, Halloween, Subscriber Photo Tips
Someone posted on our Facebook page and suggested that the best way to photograph your own trick-or-treaters was to do a dry run at your own front door from the perspective of of a potential victim/candy supplier. We tried to hunt down this tipster and luckily Lori...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 17, 2015 | Halloween
Well, what would you do with a smashed pumpkin? Okay, okay, I smashed it to photograph it, I admit it. I had the face shot of Alexander and decided to make it more ghoulish. I did it in PhotoShop and used layers. That part was pretty straightforward. I put my wireless...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 17, 2015 | Halloween
There were many things to consider when I photographed this ghost in a graveyard, but most important for me was not getting arrested. It was 5AM. I was standing in the middle of a cemetery wearing white gloves and doing something that looked like some kind of Pee Wee...
