Author Archives: Helen C

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About Helen C

A retired computer programmer who loves writing and photographing, and has managed to publish a YA novel "Jin-Ling’s Two Left".

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 27

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Helen C

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 27 An interesting sign… not sure how useful it is since it is possible the driver is busy checking his/her smart phone too. 😉

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Developing Your Eye Day Four

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Helen C

Developing Your Eye I, Day Four: “Bliss” – Add Captions Developing Your Eye II, Day Four: “Natural World” Today, capture the natural world: snap a moment outside, big or small. I am not sure the above photo counts, so… Thanks … Continue reading →

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Developing Your Eye Day Three

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Helen C

Other than wanting to learn something new, I took these courses hoping to “force” myself thinking about taking photos every day. So far, it went well. I did think about it for all 3 days. Of course, I still have … Continue reading →

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Developing Your Eye Day Two

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Helen C

Developing Your Eye I, Day Two: “Street” The above photo was taken at 17th floor of the Gonda building. It shows my favorite area in town. Developing Your Eye II, Day Two: “Mystery” Where is Forest Gump? Why did he … Continue reading →

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Developing Your Eye

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Helen C

Blogging University is offering two photography courses now: Developing Your Eye I and II. For the next 10 days, they will email a daily photo theme to inspire the participators. Not sure I will be able to do the homework … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 26

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Helen C

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 26 I am sure most of you have noticed that the line in front of women’s restroom is always much longer than the one in front of men’s (most of the time, they … Continue reading →

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Happy 4th of July

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Helen C

Some people in my neighborhood, apparently, couldn’t wait until 4th to celebrate 4th of July. That’s fine with me since I just read an article on how to take firework photos and was anxious to give it a try. Even … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Heads or Facial Features

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Helen C

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Heads or Facial Features I was in DC last week. I had a great time visiting my sister and my nephew’s families. I don’t know since when I had had this problem: should I … Continue reading →

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Twins

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Helen C

While visiting my nephew’s family in Virginia, one day we drove by a blue house. “I like that blue house,” my great-niece said. “Me, too,” I said. She turned around, beamed at me. “We like the same thing! Yeah, we … Continue reading →

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Meeting a Blogger Friend

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Helen C

Recently a couple of bloggers had written about their meetings with other bloggers they met online. Each encounter sounded wonderful and fun. I was a little jealous. 😉 Since Oregon (Cee), Texas (Amy), Florida (Lois), Melbourne, Sydney, Africa, Taiwan… is … Continue reading →

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