by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
10. Janet Woodson Richardson Here’s what Janet had to say: “Traveled through Italy for two weeks. We would frequently see 3-4 men on a bench in the little towns. These guys were amused by my friend’s antics.” So here’s the way I read this: All over Italy there...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
11. Tiffanie Villalovos The best photos need very few words. They do all of the heavy lifting themselves. I would put this back to school shot in that category. I will say, however, that in a situation like this, standing back and letting something happen often pays...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
12. Kelly Ault I’m guessing that all of the lighting in this photograph is from windows, based on that direct sunlight that’s hitting the curtain on the right. There’s probably another window behind Kelly and her camera. It’s so simple and so...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
13. Mindy Chew Reese This picture should be on the cover of a book about family photography. I can just imagine myself in a bookstore looking at that book and thinking that was such a great picture choice. ( Actually, I’d be wishing I’d thought of it.) Look at how...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
14. Jannie Van Der Haar “Opa” himself serves as a perfect background for Parker’s blondness. Separating subjects from backgrounds is one of the key ingredients of good visual storytelling. The body language now has a place to works its magic without any stumbling or...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
15. Audrey Duguid This is Pyramid Lake in the Alberta Rocky Mountains. Under any circumstances it’s difficult to compete with the reflection of a mountain in a lake. It almost feels comical to try. But without the modest little canoe the mountain and the lake take a...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
16. Ellen Kruger Normally I warn people not to have their subjects bang up against the edges of the frame – like their feet or heads, for example. When stuff gets too close it can feel forced and create unwanted tension. But in this case, he’s been stuffed into...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
17. Annabelle Hardwick It does my heart good to type the words Annabelle Hardwick. She was one of favorite aunts and died WAY too young. I think she may have been the first person I ever knew that actually died. She always called me on my birthday because it was her...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
18. Maddie Clark A proud aunt submitted this to the page for Maddie. Although I have to assume Maddie is a relative newcomer to photography (she’s 13) you would never guess it by this image. Let’s make a list of the stuff she did right, shall we? She took a risk and...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
19. Vicki Winton There are lots of nice things to say about this photograph. I’m not going to say them. I know this is very seventh grade of me, but the thing I most love MOST about this photo is the perfectly aligned accidental gaseous emission rocket blast 20...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
20. Tammy Thomas There are some interesting things to notice about Tammy’s beautiful architectural landscape. The building is “backlit” which means the light is coming from behind the building. That means the light is passing THROUGH a couple of windows. In other...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
21. Misty McLendon A real wedding moment here. The bride’s grandmother was 102 years old and traveled by herself up until then! The bride found out that her grandmother wouldn’t be able to fly anymore so she flew to her grandmother, got dolled up in her wedding dress...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
22. Suzanne Bowker I probably don’t spend enough time on this page talking about wet, shiny stuff. Reflective surfaces almost always add a sheen of mood to still photographs that can singlehandedly justify a pictures very existence. Yes, there’s a delightful boy in...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
23. Jackie Holliday I’ve said on this site several times that my favorite North American bird happens to be the same as my mother’s was—the Cedar Waxwing. But I think the bird that makes me most jealous is the Bluebird. I have so much envy for people who have...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
24. Erin K. Crouse There can be problems with bird’s eye view photos. Sometimes—most times even—you don’t see people’s faces in a bird’s eye view, but it’s a good healthy visual exercise to shoot photographs from overhead that dont’s show faces. That kind of thinking...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
25. Sarah White I couldn’t let this one slide by. Almost even more than the faces of the Kelsh boys, Sarah’s son is the face of HTPYLife. Thank you so much for sharing him. Here’s what his super talented photographer mother said: “My baby boy all grown up and dressed...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
26. Susan Lefebvre Bennett This is on (or near) Susan’s sister’s ranch in Oregon. (People is Oregon have ranches.) The long held family tradition—probably as old as photography itself—says you get your picture taken on the rock. This is one of those places you will...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
27. Anita Fusco Baumann Photographing a wedding, or anything else, outdoors can be a uphill climb, but the body language and lighting make this a classic. The young couple must be thrilled with this. (By the way, that hair color is 100% natural, and she’s had...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
28. Marsha Kuhl Waggoner Anne is always telling me how I miss the boat by not heading to Washington to photograph the cherry blossoms in bloom. I just want to look at other people’s pics I tell her. Well, this is why. You have to be there at exactly the right time and...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
29. Kristen Pehl I think the takeaway for this picture is how little it takes to make something powerful and beautiful. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting at all that this is easy. It’s not. Keeping things simple can be very difficult and complicated. Just look at...
