This photograph was a personal peak Christmas moment for me. Here’s what happened. It was Christmas Eve and we were at my in-laws farm house. All the cousins were there. The tree was glowing in the window and I asked some of the kids if they wanted to go outside with me as I took a picture of the house from the outside. Several of them came along. As soon as I got outside I looked over the house and saw a flying object. Even before the kids could look I pointed my camera at the sky and photographed what….

After wedding photographs and baby portraits Christmas morning photographs may rank in third place as some of the most important—and stressful photos—family photographers will ever shoot. Almost everyone wisely eliminates the stress factor at a wedding by hiring a photographer and just about every parent can produce some decent baby portraits. (Hey, if it didn’t work this time, you can always try it again after a good nap…for the baby, not you. Well, OK, you, too.) But Christmas morning is a little different. Like a wedding it’s only going to happen once, but I’ve never heard of ANYONE hiring a….

Featuring the famous Nick Kelsh Pizza Box Lighting Unit…for real.