Author Archives: tomkellyphoto

Desert Towers

Desert Towers, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. Spring mornings are a magical time in Moab. And Arches National Park offers myriad opportunities for amazing photographs. I have had great success photographing the monuments along Courthouse Wash just along the main road inside Arches. On this particular morning, good news was there were clouds in the sky [...]

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Zach on Gold Bar Rim

Zach on Gold Bar Rim, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. There are many vantage points high above Moab, but few compare to the vistas from the top of the Gold Bar Rim trail. It’s a pretty arduous journey by Jeep – definitely a few obstacles to get you thinking. But sitting on the slickrock with 360-degree [...]

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Rosa Khutor Powder Day

Rosa Khutor Powder Day, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. Having an entire 5,000 foot vertical, lift served mountain to ourselves was a dream. Rosa Khutor, site of the 2014 Olympic ski events, stands majestically above the river valley along the Georgian border. With canceled World Cup races, it gave us a chance to ski the new [...]

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2011 Faves #3 – Wheat Fields Under the Umbrian Sky

Wheat Fields Under the Umbrian Sky, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. Umbria was a magical land of diversity in central Italy. From mountains to valleys, castles to rolling hills – all under a mystical, swirling sky. On an afternoon drive from Todi to Spelo we came across this storybook scene of rolling wheat fields with a [...]

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2011 Top 10 #4 – Mountain Barn

Mountain Barn, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. The restored Tate Barn is an iconic landmark in Midway, not far from our Park City home. It’s an often photographed landmark, but one that has eluded me through the years. On an early fall day, after the first snow in the mountains, I had an early photo shoot [...]

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2011 Top 10 #5 – Autumn Rainbow

Autumn Rainbow, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. Fall of 2011 was simply amazing – color everywhere and extending for over six weeks. The one thing that was missing in our own Wasatch Mountains, though, were reds. So it was a quick car stopper when we ventured up the Mirror Lake Highway towards the High Uintahs and [...]

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2011 Top 10 #6 – Clouds Over the Courthouse

Clouds Over the Courthouse, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. One of my longtime photographer friends, Rod Hanna, got me thinking about clouds several years ago in Utah’s redrock country. Nothing against a clear blue sky, but clouds make a photograph. Sadly, puffy clouds in the morning are a rarity in the desert. So I was delighted [...]

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2011 TOP 10 #7 – Birds on the Silos

Birds on the Silos, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. I love barns. What photographer doesn’t? Barns are prolific in my home state of Wisconsin. So when I’m back there, I love cruising the rolling hills at sunrise searching for a great photograph. I had spotted this particular farm several days earlier. I made several sunrise trips [...]

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2011 TOP 10 #8 – Lake Owen Boat House

Lake Owen Boat House, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. One of my most enjoyable memories of 2011 were the days spent aboard the pontoon on Lake Owen with Bill and Ralph, my guides as I photographed for a pictorial book on the Northern Wisconsin Lake. This particular photograph became my favorite from the moment we turned [...]

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2011 TOP 10 #9 – Storms over the Wasatch

Storms over the Wasatch, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. This was an amazing afternoon! We were on a Sunday drive on the alpine loop between Cascade Springs and Sundance on the backside of Utah’s Wasatch Range. It was a stormy day with the skies opening and closing, back and forth. Along the drive, we stopped at [...]

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