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".

To Crop or Not to Crop

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Helen C

I read somewhere that most women prefer to take close up pictures and men are opposite. Between my husband and me, this is quite true. When he hands his photos to me, most of the time, the first thing I … Continue reading →

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Re-Post “A Happy Day”

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Helen C

At Amy’s (The World is a Book) recent post Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Catching People Unaware, she asked if I would re-post the story I wrote about taking photos of a lady at a Chinese grocery store. I didn’t know … Continue reading →

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A Practice Run at Root River Park

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Helen C

I didn’t tell you that I had taken many disappointing photos on my Arizona trip. The composition, the color… they all good to my standard, but the noise were unbearable. Looking at those photos, my first thought was to get … Continue reading →

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What to Say

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Helen C

Some people are very good in saying something at any situation; I am not one of them. Many times in my life I felt disappointed at myself for keeping my mouth shut when I wanted and should say something. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | 72 Comments

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Any kind of Camera or Photos of Photographers

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Helen C

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Any kind of Camera or Photos of Photographers When we travel, I like to take a couple of candid photos of my husband, and every time, for some reason, he was behind his camera. 😉

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Catching People Unaware

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Helen C

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Catching People Unaware When we arrived at Taliesin West, I told myself to pay attention to the tour guide this time. I thought while taking photos, I could still listen. After all, I don’t use my … Continue reading →

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Scottsdale Trip, Blogging, and My New Project

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Helen C

First, I want to tell you that I love Otto’s post Humanity Captured. Ha ha… Seriously, I have written several posts on what I have learned at Otto’s workshop. It was through that workshop I’ve built my foundation of photographing … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Wheels

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Helen C

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Wheels Not sure this one counts.. it does turn around and around like wheels 😉

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bikes and Motorcycles

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Helen C

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bikes and Motorcycles Two bikes that weren’t used last year. (Shame on us. ;-( At least someone was using his.

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Passion, Purpose and an Ah-Ha Moment – Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Helen C

While I was still pondering on passion, Otto posted another thought-provoking article Finding Purpose. By the way, if you are interested in these subjects like I do, I highly recommend you go read Otto’s articles… on second thought, even if … Continue reading →

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