Category Archives: photo

Developing Your Eye Day Seven

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Helen C

A year or two ago, I was frustrated with the photos I took and a couple of blogging friends (great photographers) advised me to put more thoughts into my photos. They told me “try to shoot from different angles”, “don’t … Continue reading →

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Developing Your Eye Day Six

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Helen C

Thank you to those who have answered my question on my previous post. I really appreciate it. For me, the most frustrating part of learning is when you’re circling around and don’t see a direction to exit. Your comments are … Continue reading →

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Developing Your Eye Day Five

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Helen C

Developing Your Eye I, Day Five: “Connect” – Tag Your Photo I admit that I haven’t done a good job in tagging and to be honest, it is not on the top 10 items of my priority list. But this … Continue reading →

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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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