by NIck Kelsh | Oct 10, 2015 | Halloween
I really think the kids will love this. My boys got a kick out of it and they’re fairly accustomed to having their image goofed with and displayed in public. I guess it goes with the territory of being a photo tips guy’s kid. Curves can make your little monsters even...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 4, 2015 | Blog
Yesterday I took the boys to a Revolutionary War battle reenactment in our neighborhood. The Battle of Germantown took place in 1777 about ten blocks from where we now live. One of my history buff neighbors has a map showing that the colonial army marched down the...
by NIck Kelsh | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog
Composition is the one thing I find so difficult to teach. It almost always boils down to a discussion of the rule of thirds or an even blunter approach—don’t put your subject in the middle of the frame. The rule of thirds is totally valid and certainly not putting...
by NIck Kelsh | Sep 26, 2015 | Blog
Every once in a while there’s a big Bruhaha about the appearance of the Super Moon. The moon apparently closer to the earth than it’s been in the last thousand years or since last March depending on who you ask. It happens about every two years. I put Super Moons and...
by NIck Kelsh | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
My father was seriously injured in World War II. It happened in a small town on the Rhine River in Germany in March 1945. Gen. Eisenhower said the bridge there was worth its weight in gold; it was a well built railroad bridge that could support war ending tanks...
by NIck Kelsh | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog
Today was finally back to school day for the Kelsh family in Philadelphia. (I was going to say for the Kelsh boys but believe me, it’s back to school day for the entire Kelsh family. At least two of us are beyond relieved.) The boys are in a new school building this...
by NIck Kelsh | Aug 31, 2015 | Blog
It hangs in the air through the early weeks of fall…that back-to-school energy! Even if you don’t have school age kids there’s the sense that everything starts up again after the lazy, hazy days of summer. That’s certainly true for us here at...
by NIck Kelsh | Aug 25, 2015 | Blog
Molly shot this lovely, fun picture on the first day of school and I just wanted to point out how it works on multiple levels. Obviously, it’s a great picture that will bring all of the compliments and kudos we all hope to get every time we take a picture. It’s really...
by NIck Kelsh | Aug 25, 2015 | Blog
There are weddings and graduations and births and back-to-school. It’s just one of those classic childhood, family moments made for photographic memories. And it’s also something that happens fairly quickly— it doesn’t have to be that complicated. Often times, a...
by NIck Kelsh | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog
We want you to share your back to school photo stories with us. Use the hashtag #backtoschoolstories when you post on our Facebook wall, or on your Twitter or Instagram feed, and let’s share in all the emotions surrounding back to school. But first, let’s...
by NIck Kelsh | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog
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by NIck Kelsh | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog
Is black and white photography better than color? There are certainly strong arguments to support that position. It’s not as silly as it sounds. This conversation was prompted by my seven-year-old son. He told me the other day that “too many of your photographs are...
