by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #21 – Michael JamesI think it’s a testament to the healing powers of photography that Michael has decided to share a photo here at this difficult time. This picture works on so many levels. It speaks to composition, lighting, simple...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#22 – Kris Trygg KiddKris recently took a class on wildlife photography at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota. Axel, one of the ambassador Arctic wolves, is looking through the glass at one of the kids visiting the center. I (Nick) once came...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#23 – Lori Hammer Hull I wish I were writer enough to do this photograph justice. They’ve been married for 50 years. He has Alzheimer’s and she is his sole caretaker. The picture was taken by their daughter. The look on her face says it all. The human condition...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#24 – Sarah Kirby I’ve actually studied this picture for quite some time, and even talked to a few other people about it. Of course, everyone agrees it’s a great sports photograph. I think the interesting question is: Why is this photograph so powerful? Sure,...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#25 – Anita Fusco Baumann Here’s one of several shots that Anita took at “Camp Fantastic”. Her words: “As a survivor of childhood leukemia, I wanted to find ways to be involved, as an adult, with children and teens who themselves were battling cancer....
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #26 – Christy WadeThis is Christy’s grandfather saying good night to his wife two days before she passed away. I was so touched by this photograph because today my family gathers in Humbird, Wisconsin to bury the ashes of my father...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#27 – Molly Hover It’s still a good day to be an American. Happy Independence Day from Molly Hover and her lovely daughter and Molly’s lovely camera, too. They have all given us so many photographs to celebrate in the past years. (And please be safe. The older...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #28 – Judy BrunerThere is a special place in photo heaven for what Judy did here. And there’s also a special and separate category in photo heaven for the inventor of the digital camera which makes this so easy to do. Here are Judy’s...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #29 – Ashley Teal BeatyFirst of all, this is totally for real. That is not a latex spider; it’s the real deal. Now that we have that out of the way, isn’t it terrific the way Ashley has aligned that creature on her face accenting the...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #30 – Beverly SiegfriedHere’s the deal, I know how to do this stuff in Photoshop and yet, to be honest, I’m not really sure how Beverly did this one— if that makes any sense. The technology and artistry are so seamless here that it’s...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #31 – Nichole Wykes This picture works on so many levels for me. First of all, of course, I’m nutty for the black and white. That’s a given. Secondly, Nicole has perfectly exposed for those clouds. There’s nothing overexposed about...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #32 – Joanna Bailey.Humorous photographs are really difficult to shoot. It’s a blessing when one comes your way and you have the wherewithal to grab it and share it. I laughed. And laughed. Leave feedback on this photo below...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #33 – Meloney GoodmanI think what makes this so charming is that they are both so comfortable with each other. Hollywood would have to reach far and wide to come up with a more photographically cooperative amphibian. The picture is...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #34 – Kristina Marks ThompsonPhotographs that look like this are, for me, photo-journalism at its best. They are sweet and delicate and thoughtful and almost always in black-and-white. They tell a simple story with the tilt of the...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #35 – Jill OrmeI realize I’ve gone on and on over the years repeating myself about birds as photo subjects. Honestly, there’s something mystical and divine going on here that I’m really inadequate to describe. It’s no accident...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #36 – Tammy ThomasTammy’s neighbor told her where they would be and there they were – with their backlit ears up and all of it in front of a simple background. Coming up with something better than “wow “is...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #37 – Rochelle HepworthRochelle shoots photographs that look and feel real, simply because they are. Real is very difficult to argue with. Photography is a medium, better than any other, that celebrates reality.She writes, too:“In...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #38 – Jannie Van Der Haar First of all, I would like to know how Jannie rigged up the camera on the dashboard of the old Cadillac. (I ruled out the possibility that she’s actually riding on the hood of the car. I don’t...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
← previous next → #39 – Laura Hoelscher 45° in Minnesota is as good a reason as any to fly. (Maybe even reason to take off the long underwear for a day! In the interest of full disclosure, I’m wearing mine right now and I live in Philadelphia. Perhaps...
by NIck Kelsh | Jan 8, 2019 | A Top 50 Fan Photo Post, Uncategorized
#40 – Jessica MacKeen You almost always have to forgive a cluttered background and some harsh mid-day sun at a little league baseball game—it just sort of goes with the territory. But that should not stop you from getting some really sweet action shots. This is...
