by NIck Kelsh | Jan 21, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#1. Louise Bradt The child is almost secondary for me in this wonderful family photo. What I find so delightful is the way those curved sprinkle lines from the upper left-hand corner find their way to that goofy face on the father holding the sprinkler. This is...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 20, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#2. BevAnne Moynham BevAnne has given us many wonderful nature/animal photographs over the years, but this may be the very best. It’s like sculpture. We have all been inspired by the way you’ve grown as a photographer. There is no doubt you are making the...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 19, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#3. Laureen Dickinson’s daughter This photograph is thoughtful and brave. Sometimes it’s best if I just keep my mouth closed. Here are Laureen’s words which are as powerful as the photograph: “Taken this morning by our daughter at the Drs. My husband was just...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 18, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#4. Janice Phillips Janice was given 30 minutes of photo time at the local hockey arena to execute her fairly complicated double exposure. Then there’s the hours of editing and cutting and pasting when you get back home. The end is a seamless and polished dream...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 17, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#5. Barbara Ann This one broke me up. Here’s what Barbara said: “My 22-year-old son Dillon saying goodbye to our 19-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel MaCree. The vet entered the room a few moments later. When it was over he comforted Dillon by telling him...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 16, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#6. Kay Keeshan Kay has done such a fine job of describing the scene I will just let her words do it. “Boys (at this age) are just not sure about receiving a kiss from a girl, especially from their sister – yuck. This photo takes me back (many years ago)...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 15, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#7. Mike Cummins Mike followed a pretty dependable formula to track this photograph down. He saw a dramatic sky and jumped in the car to see what he could see. He saw this. There are certain photographs that are about the medium and not the message. For me,...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 14, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#8. Carol Klein VanLaan Lighting becomes “back” lighting when the light source is back behind the subject. When back lighting is good it’s REALLY good. Hollywood loves back lighting. Walt Disney loved back lighting. Yes, Snow White is full of it. I think I can...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 13, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#9. Robert Rear Every time Robert posts a photograph of an eagle on this site I think it’s one of the best pictures of an eagle I’ve ever seen and then he posts another picture. We are so lucky to have you sharing with us, Robert. Thank you. The story behind...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 12, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#10. Heather Killoran Rees This is a pretty spectacular portrait of a spectacular creature—a praying mantis. The whole scene appears to be made of glass. Apparently it had just rained or that’s early morning dew. The contrast of the green bug against the red...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 11, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#11. Steve Shinsky If I told you that Steve had his helicopter painted red just so it would make a nice color coordinated photograph of him and his wife would you believe me? Well, I just made that up, I think they were in Alaska and hired a helicopter ride....
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 10, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#12. Terryl Hicks You don’t have to love sports or even like sports to appreciate the beauty and humanity of what keeps coming out of Terryl‘s camera. When you reach a certain level of competence and artistry in photography it’s time to latch onto one subject...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 9, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#13. Leila Thompson Flavell I’ve known several photographers like Leila. They only shoot good photographs. Or at least they create the illusion that they only shoot good photographs. They actually shoot some marginal photographs like the rest of us but they...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#14. Vicki Finlay She spent a few hours at the arboretum and found this treasure. I love the idea that the composition and lighting simply reinforce how beautiful and exquisite the flowers are. They all become one, in the same spirit. It’s a joy to shoot a...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 7, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#15. Lorie Caruso Mutschler She got a make-up kit for her birthday and immediately became time to do great grandma’s make-up. One minute these little ones are squirming around in their diapers and the next minute they’re doing great grandma’s makeup. It’s hard...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 6, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#16. Nicole Ethridge The girls were a little younger then, but there they are still in the dark, alone but together. It’s silly of me, of course, to point out that photographs help preserve memories. But it’s a very different experience to say it than to see it...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 5, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#17. Terri Van Den Einde I like this photograph so much because it’s dramatic and well-composed. Obviously, the lighting is beautiful, too. But the photograph itself is so unusual. We’ve had so many pictures of football players posted here over the years and...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 4, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#18. Belinda Anne Stanley I honestly hate to come off as sounding so clinical here. This is such a wonderful example of getting close to your subject in the interest of telling a story. What do you show? What do you not show? The answer is often show what you...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 3, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#19. Connie Nothdurft Erikson Personally, I would’ve waited until a tornado blew by before I pushed the button, but to each her own. But seriously, I’ve never seen this situation before – a rainbow and lightning in the same 125th of a second. I’m not sure...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 2, 2022 | Top 50 2021, Uncategorized
#20. Susan DiCamillo Hats off to Susan for recognizing real life and having the good sense to simply record it simply. There’s nothing fancy going on here. It is what it is. Susan’s friend brought her son to work. What a great image of our times. It’s...
