by NIck Kelsh | Jan 1, 2020 | 2019 Top 50 Fan Photo Post
#50. Janice Phillips Janice said one of her new year’s resolutions was to post on this site more often. Honestly, that’s music to my ears. Making a commitment to shoot photographs and share them with lots of people you’ve never met is a little scary and practically...
by NIck Kelsh | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog
Click to view photos I am proud to present How to Photograph Your Life’s Top 50 Fan Photos of 2019. Each New Year we’re proud to take a good look back at our top Fan Photos of the past year. This annual celebration of the best of the best of our Fan...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 31, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
I know that many of you have a big night ahead of you, so for those of you that would like some quick tips I’ve put them right here on top: ◆ There’s the all important, I think, full length shot of the costume. Even if it’s only the last Spiderman costume that...
by NIck Kelsh | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
Yes, I’m long past due letting you know what’s going on in our brave new How to Photograph Your Life world. I almost feel like I owe everyone I’ve ever known an apology, but not quite. I’ve vanished for while because I needed to, it’s that simple. Big stuff has been...
by NIck Kelsh | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
Big changes for our boys this year as we’re moving our family from Philadelphia to the beautiful Catskill Mountains… This year Teddy starts Middle School and Alexander starts High School. And the traditional Back to School photo session got just a...
by NIck Kelsh | Sep 8, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
We’ve talked about doing it for years and we’re finally taking the leap. The Kelsh family is moving to the Catskills in New York. The boys started school in Delhi, New York this week. Yes, that’s right, past tense, as in Wednesday.. This is a big deal for us and has...
by NIck Kelsh | Jul 20, 2019 | Blog
Fifty years ago today on July 20, 1969 I started my second photography business. I know the exact date not because I kept incredibly accurate business records, but because of the unforgettable historic subject. My business started on the day man landed on the moon. On...
by NIck Kelsh | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog
I’m no sports photographer, but as a photojournalist and a baseball dad, I have to say I’ve photographed my share of baseball games. Because I like to contribute to our wonderful Mt. Airy Baseball community I’ve photographed way more than my own...
by NIck Kelsh | Jun 16, 2019 | Blog
Me: Hey, Anne, what’s going on for Father’s Day?Anne: How would I know? You’re not my father.That conversation actually happened this morning. And then there was this: Teddy told me that for Father’s Day “mom” was taking him to the sporting goods store and buying him...
by NIck Kelsh | Mar 19, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’m not sure I quite remember a twist like this one on our HTPYL page but we’ve been going so long at this point it’s probably happened several times; one photographer inspires another photographer inspires another photographer and so on. Come to think of...
by NIck Kelsh | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog
I start the new year now with my long anticipated (and twice planned) knee replacement surgery behind me— or as those of us in the business like to call it TKR. That’s Total Knee Replacement. Somewhere some doctor rightly concluded that putting the word surgery in the...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#1 – Bob RearI could be wrong, but I think many of Bob’s beautiful bird photographs that have appeared here recently are taken from the comfort of a chair inside his house looking out the window. It just goes to show, you don’t need to build a bird blind in the...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #2 – Leila Thompson FlavellVery simply, this photograph is world-class. If the entire Internet had a Fan Photo of the Day this would still be a contender. There are National Geographic photographers who would go to sleep at night...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #3 – Kathy Hallo Mason One day they may be able to look back and see that it was just better this way. What a GREAT wedding photograph! Here are Kathy’s words: “Last Saturday my son and his fiancé got married! It was 7+ years in the...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#4 – Kathy Clark NaaykensYellow eyes. Yellow leaves. Oh, my goodness! Kathy, you have out done yourself. Anyone who wants to convert this picture to black and white will have to do so over my dead body. Wow. Leave feedback on this photo below then click "next"...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #5 – Signe Roed Pagel I will admit, us Yankees have trouble relating to this. A hornets nest in the corner of the backyard, maybe, but not this: a personal prehistoric monster in your own pond! I don’t think so. On the other hand, it...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #6 – Sarah WhiteBoy, Sarah has such a knack for getting into the nooks and crannies of boyhood. I really, really wish I had taken this photograph. I’ve been there and I’ve seen it happen. Great pictures happen when you live with...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #7 – Vicki WintonI never felt bombarded. A little jealous of the new grandchild maybe, but not bombarded. Vicki’s words: “I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that we are leaving Dima and going back home to Missouri...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #8 – Anita Fusco BaumannThis picture works on so many levels. First of all, it’s simply beautiful. But I love the energy coming off of every one one of those faces. It’s amazing. Seriously, look at those faces and ask...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #9 – Tom ReeseTom always seems to describe his photographs better than I do. 🙂 I really love this one, Tom. I couldn’t let it slip by. Here are Tom’s words:”This photo is the ‘gem’ from our trip to...
