A Father’s Day Field of Dreams
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...
Saying I Love You with Editing
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 it, it's...
New Knee, New Year!
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...
Holiday Photo Tips – Special Edition of the Nick Kelsh Radio Picture Show
For the holidays this year, and because a lot of you have asked for it, I’ve resurrected the NICK KELSH RADIO PICTURE SHOW. (For you How to Photograph Your Life veterans that's the NKRPS.) For those of you that don't know, the NKRPS is essentially a video blog. The...
A Visit From St. Nicholas
''Twas 4 days before Christmas, when all through the houseAll the creatures were bustling, yes, even the spouse! The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were antsy and tossed in their beds...
What does this photo of ME have to do with YOUR holiday photos?
Other people’s medical problems quickly become rather boring, but last week I had a little surgical hiccup so I happen to find this story utterly fascinating. I was sitting in the surgical ward all suited up for my second knee replacement. (The first one was four...
Me and My Camera: A Love Story
Here's an update of a video I made back in the early days to share a bit about how I became a photographer and why I ended up doing what I do here at How to Photograph Your Life. (And of course I weave in my favorite photo tips for you. I always weave in the photo...
Exciting News: Scholarship Award Announcement!
Have you ever dreamed of joining me in one of our hands-on photography workshops combined with an amazing trip to a spectacular setting, but the investment has been of reach? Or do you know someone who has this dream but not the resources to fulfill it? If so,...
Photographing Fireworks with an iPhone
As much as I’d like to think than many of you are going to shlep your big boy / big girl DSLRs out there into the crowded darkness (banging the heads of little kids you don’t even know with your tripod legs, by the way) I don’t think that’s going to happen....
Our Super Superbowl
There was a line in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning suggesting that for decades to come boys and girls in the Philadelphia area would be recounting where they were and who they were with on February 4, 2018. I was in my living room with Anne and the boys and...