Michael Nelson

After testing out the old Kodak Brownie cameras during daily pooch walks, I started taking panorama photos with the iPhone last week. I concentrated on churches and monuments as they are quite visible and easy to spot when walking Holly, my Siberian Husky (she

I tried out a new camera Kodak Brownie C No.2 dating from the 1920s and shot another roll in the 1952 Brownie Hawkeye Flash model.  This time I reassembled the camera and the results were much better in terms of sharpness and exposure.

The third camera I tried was the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model which was manufactured between May 1949 and July 1961 and was one of the most popular cameras in the US during that time. As with the other cameras I used Ilford Delta

The second camera I tried out was the Brownie Target Six-20 which was manufactured from July 1946 to May 1952. It has a shutter speed of around 1/30th of a second and two apertures of F11 or F16 Richfield, Wisconsin | Saint Peters ChurchThe

Some years ago while traveling from Seattle to Topanga along the Oregon Coast, we stopped at occasional thrift shops to check things out.  It is a good way to learn about the place you happen to be passing through especially in the smaller towns.

A year ago today, 14 May 2020, my mom passed away from COVID-19 Mom and baby me in Tunisia, 1959 | Mom in her 60ties in CaliforniaIn the coming days, I'll share photos and recollections remembering my mom, Patsy Merrill Nelson. Mom and all the

Here is an interview done by Ken Hudson from the Adventurers Club of Los Angeles on April 8th about Al Willner and my adventurers investigating the Holocaust survival story of his father,  Eddie Willner. Timeline |  0:24 - start of interview introduction                                                                            10:30

In January 2020, Albert Willner, his hiking and army buddy Mike Bayles and I travelled to Poland for his endeavor to walk the Death March his father survived in January 1945. In preparation for a presentation to the Adventurer's Club of Los Angeles, I

In September 2019, Albert Willner and I travelled to Europe to follow in the footsteps of his father, Eddie Willner's traumatic Holocaust odyssey. In preparation for a presentation to the Adventurer's Club of Los Angeles, I wrote down my recollections of our travels and

On the anniversary of Albert Willner's and Mike Bayles' completion of The Walk in Remembrance in tribute to his father and those that suffered and perished on the Death Marches in Poland and Germany in January of 1945, Radio Opole correspondent Agnieszka Pospiszyl released

Hopefully sometime this summer (2021) | COVID-permitting, I along with Al Willner and Mike Bayles will embark on an adventure to follow in the footsteps of the great Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca. Our plan is to follow Hannibal's famous campaign from Cartagena, Spain, across the

My son, Shams, wrote a poem and used my pictures for a book birthday present for his sister and my daughter, Nabra, on her 26th birthday. Beautiful words full of love.

Eric Smallwood, a former US Navy officer (Attack Squardron) attached to the USS Saratoga and who served during Desert Storm (Gulf War), sent me this picture that I took while based in Cairo, Egypt of the USS America aircraft carrier passing through the Suez

Here is a self-published book I did when I got a coupon from Picaboo for a severely discounted price on the book.  However, I only got around to putting together the book the day before the coupon expired.  So it was very rushed and

This is the first self-published book I did.  I had traveled to Mauritania to do a story for Aramco World magazine on a radio program called "The Message" where citizens could post messages to inform fellow radio listeners.  It was a way to, not

This is a self-published book I did after taking a safari to Kenya with my son, Shams and daughter, Nabra. I had done a number of safari as I would pass through Nairobi on my way to cover stories in Africa.  Visiting game parks,

This is a self-published book I did after covering and completing the pilgrimage to Mecca in January 2004.   It was one of the most fascinating and difficult adventures (in terms of the physicality of completing the rituals as well as actually covering it as

This is a book I did many years ago from a visit to Darfur, Sudan to cover the famine.  It was before the outbreak of hostilities that infect Darfur to this day.  However, the disruption drought and famine brought to Darfur,  laid the groundwork

I just completed another book project and thought I would post some thoughts about documenting one's life, family, experiences, and whatever interests you. I was given the opportunity to produce free book by two self-publishing outlets (Zno and Saal-Digital) in the last couple of

I just completed a book project on Nubia.  It is primarily a personal view of Nubia and how I view the place and its people.  It has a lot of family photos as that is very much what Nubia is about.   \

I have had a long and personal history with Nubia.   I first encountered Nubia during a 1978 visit to my parents who were stationed in Egypt.   Since then I have travelled along the Nile from Khartoum, across the Nubian Desert and by ferry boat

2020 Q1 Photo Stories — Press Photographers Association of Greater Los AngelesClick here to view 2020 Q1 ResultsKhai LePress Photographers Association of Greater Los AngelesWalk in Remembrance, a project I have been working on with great friend Al Willner on his father's amazing Holocaust survival

10-minute US Army film showing liberation of the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration campOn April 11th 1945, the Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration camp in Germany was liberated by the US Army 8th Armored Division, 83rd Infantry Division. Eddie Willner, an 18-year old Jewish German, who had survived numerous concentration

Though I was rushing around documenting the Walk in Remembrance, scouting out locations, meeting up with Al and Mike as well as touching base with historians, local dignitaries, journalists, school faculty members and community organizers, I never tired of the beautiful, varied and historic

As I documented Al Willner's Walk in Remembrance for his father, Eddie Willner, and all those who died and suffered and survived the Death Marches 75 years ago, I also took pictures of the people, the countryside, the villages and the towns I saw