Aug 01 2010
Bee on Final Approach, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. Our Tour de Heartland has landed us in Wisconsin, with an entirely new set of weather and wildlife from our native Utah. While, yes, we are the beehive state, there’s a bit more pollinating to be done in the Midwest. Today’s journey took us to Token Creek [...]
Jul 31 2010
Paddlewheeler on the Rock River, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. It was a long day for Tour de Heartland, starting at 6 a.m. in Kansas City, then an eventful nine hour drive to Dixon, IL for Brandon and Charlotte’s wedding reception, then two hours to Madison. To make it a perfect day, we took the scenic [...]
Jul 24 2010
Wild Sunflowers in the Storm, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. This was an amazing evening last August in Silver Creek near Park City, Utah. Sadly, when I returned that evening, I just wasn’t excited about my photographs. In fact, I didn’t even process a single shot. I just stumbled across the photographs looking for another rainbow [...]
Jun 30 2010
Tom Kelly Photos at Starbucks Gallery, originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. Well, it isn’t the Kimball Art Center but it probably gets just as much traffic. I’m proud to have five photographs on display this summer at the Park City Starbucks (Park Avenue). Stop by and take a look. Thursday (July 1) I’ll have an informal [...]
Jun 19 2010
Salt Lake Gallery Stroll., originally uploaded by tomkellyphoto. Carole and her friends decided to do the monthly Salt Lake City Gallery Stroll and I volunteered as chauffeur. If you actually get out onto the streets of downtown Salt Lake, it’s actually a pretty interesting place. The girls had a great plan, including Blazing Needles (a [...]
Apr 29 2010
Puffy white clouds race over South Window in Arches National Park. (c) 2010 Tom Kelly It was a stormy Thursday in Moab. Photographer Jack Dykinga referred to it as the kind of day when you’re going to get your greatest shots or no shots at all. In Arches today, we went from selective blue skies [...]
Mar 31 2009
Turret Arch through the North Window. (c) 2009 Tom Kelly Photo The pre-dawn drive down Park Avenue in Arches National Park is a mystical experience. Shadows of redrock monuments can be faintly seen against the evening sky. To the east, the first sign of light glows over the La Sals. Every sunrise is different. Cloudy [...]
Nov 09 2008
It’s been a long time since I was a young photojournalist, scrambling for news and standing on the sidelines shooting sports. It was a very exciting time of my life. My friend David Burnett, one of the world’s foremost news and sports photographers, took the time to document his weeks in Beijing into a cool [...]
Nov 03 2008
Winter is sneaking around the corner with fresh snow on the ski trails in Park City. This morning as I took Zach to school in a total fogout, the sun broke through the clouds momentarily necessitating a quick sidetrip to the McPolin Farm as the fog shrouded the barn and snow blanketed the runs at [...]
May 04 2008
When I was shooting news and sports 35 years ago I never envisioned myself as a fine art photographer. But after two years attending the Moab Photo Symposium, that same passion I had in shooting hockey and midnight fires is manifesting itself in a crazy desire to drive an hour to Mesa Arch at 5:00 [...]