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I am returning to serious photography after a 3-plus decade absence. Back then I wanted to exhibit in art shows, had a few photos in small shows with good response and was doing b&w and color darkroom work. Have forgotten everything I ever knew it seems but am bitten again, not sure how it happend. I am a writer in between projects and I think my creative yearnings reached out for something to fill the breach until the words started flowing again. Now I plan to write a blog and post photos, before my novel picks up again, which will take front and center. However, after learning a bit about my Panasonic FZ20 have gotten a few good images which have sparked my excitement for visual expression. I am so grateful I found this site because the photos inspire me and Paul and Chip in particular have been so helpful.

Note: Thanks to the helpful advice I've found here, I've traded in the Panasonic for a Canon Rebel XT (350d) and as predicted, I'm in love with it.


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Giovanni Bonnerarte, 10.07.2011 um 19:55 Uhr

good to have You with us...
Mission caesar von Giovanni Bonnerarte
Mission caesar
Von Giovanni Bonnerarte
13.3.11, 21:18
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Giovanni


Gallus Pictures present, 28.08.2010 um 19:18 Uhr

Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz,dem Appenzellerland,
Naive Fotografie NanisAu von Gallus Pictures present
Naive Fotografie NanisAu
Von Gallus Pictures
present
27.8.10, 23:30
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LG
Gallus


Jutta Ploessner, 25.04.2010 um 3:41 Uhr

Hello Helen, thank you so much for your comment on my photo! Yes, it is a beautiful place ...
Greetings from Jutta in British Columbia.
COM: Early morning at Six Mile Lakes von Jutta Ploessner
COM: Early morning at Six Mile Lakes
Von Jutta Ploessner
2.11.09, 20:03
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WGL, 1.05.2009 um 1:20 Uhr

Thank you for your comments
Regards
WGL


Julia Kretsch, 13.08.2006 um 17:07 Uhr

Helen, thank you very much for commenting my work. I like your photographs, too. They are so colorful, so full of life. Compliments. Julia


Robert L. Roux, 17.04.2006 um 9:17 Uhr

happy easter, helen -
smiles from the farrrr north ...
robert
Marco Island Valve von Helen Page
Marco Island Valve
Von Helen Page
29.4.05, 6:58
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welcome back ;))


Valfoto, 23.03.2006 um 13:13 Uhr

Thanks for your comment on my pic Helen
Regards
Manuel




Julia Wahl, 4.10.2005 um 16:54 Uhr

Hi Helen,
thanks for your comment in my profile.
Yes, I live in San Francisco as well. It's a great place to take pictures, there are so many sides to this city and California is amazing :-)
Hope I see more of your pictures soon.
Julia


Rita van Deemter, 21.08.2005 um 22:36 Uhr


Thanks Helen for taking time to write down your
comments on this photo, much appreciate :)
greetings Rita


Dominic Falcone, 17.08.2005 um 0:29 Uhr

Hi Helen
thanks for your kind comments on "electricity"
greetings
Dominic


Kathryn Dixon, 16.07.2005 um 14:25 Uhr

Hi Helen,
Thanks for your comment on my photo "Traces".
I've been viewing your gallery and am impressed - our tastes are in many ways similar. I look forward to seeing more.
Cheers Kathryn


John Moore, 7.07.2005 um 8:31 Uhr

Helen, I know neither you or young Rohan.
However I was about to post a comment on young Rohan's profile, when I saw your inspiring comments.
May I just say, that I was deeply touched by the advice to the young lad!!
It is folk like yourself that inspire the young, rather than offer negative feedback.
Bless you, the world needs more Helen's.
A humble but happy snapper


Tatjana K., 29.06.2005 um 16:26 Uhr

Hi,
thanks for you comment for my picture.
Glendalogh Klosterbezirk von Tatjana K.
Glendalogh Klosterbezirk
Von Tatjana K.
28.6.05, 19:42
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It's nice to see some impressions from San Francisco. I love the city very much and I locking forward to visit it again with my digitalcam.
Cheers, Tatjana


Francis van Zwieten, 25.06.2005 um 19:35 Uhr

Hi Helen,

I would like to thank you for your comment on my picture (the red wall) It's a nice feeling to know my picture can trigger something in somebody other then me :-). I just started posting on FC so this is a whole new (learning) experience for me. Hope you're enjoying taking photo's as much as writing!
Fracis


John Bennett, 24.06.2005 um 21:38 Uhr

Helen, thanks for your kind thoughts, to "conversation piece".


Rob Wells, 23.06.2005 um 18:57 Uhr

Seems like ages since we last saw some pictures from you, Helen. Where are they ?? ;-)


Mahnaz B., 18.06.2005 um 11:54 Uhr

hi dear helen,thank you so much for your nice comment on my Pic.,i'm happy you liked my Pic.
i am looking foward ,if you visit my pic. in fotocommunity.de .
take care


Kenny Jazz, 9.06.2005 um 11:31 Uhr

Thanks for wonderful and charming words on my site. Its a pitty but i cant write very well about my point of photography on English. Soo instead of that I will reperesent some of my pics about my city - especially for you!:) Of course i promise to see your pictures because somebody who lives in America is always stay mystic for me.( Its so far and so technological :)
With best wishes,
Aslan


Jo Clemens, 4.06.2005 um 9:04 Uhr

Hi Helen
nice to read that you like my picture. It is one of those made at a lucky moment. Really two minutes later and the light changed completely...
I had a look to your pics and I was astonished of the way how you see the world. Good work. It is a pity that you stopped snapping about 30 years.

Einsamkeit von Taunusschrat
Einsamkeit
Von Taunusschrat
13.4.05, 18:08
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regards Jo



John Bennett, 2.06.2005 um 9:23 Uhr

Hi Helen, I noticed that when you wrote to Yolander in Florider, and the trouble you had with over exposed pistures from to strong a light. Well, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before but how about neutral density gray filters,these will cut down the level of light transmitted by the sun and you can and allow you to use a wider appatures for creative use I'm sure your nearset camera shop will give you good advice on this.
Regards John.


Philipp Körblein, 30.05.2005 um 19:28 Uhr

Hello Helen, thank you very much for your nice comments on my fotos! Certainly I am able to understand your english. Would be a pitty if I wouldn't! I like your pictures a lot and am honoured to communicate with a famous author! ;-) Kind regards Philipp


L© S, 25.05.2005 um 13:15 Uhr

thanks for your comment!! hope to hear you again?!??!

regards

Lars


René Keiser, 23.05.2005 um 17:59 Uhr

Hi Helen

First of all I'd like to thank you for your comment on my picture
ich glaub, ich spinn! von René Keiser
ich glaub, ich spinn!nicht in Diskussion
Von René Keiser
20.11.04, 10:11
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. Happy to hear that you like it. I took it when I lived in New York. Unfortunately that is now already four years ago... At the end of my stay in the US I also visited San Francisco and it is quite nice to see some pictures from the city made by a person living there. It's quite different from the pix I made as a tourist! :-) But I like them!




Josep A. Collado, 17.05.2005 um 6:05 Uhr

Thank you for your comment on my pic. It is very kind .
Greetings from València.
150 von Josep A. Collado
150
Von Josep A. Collado
16.5.05, 0:42
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Robert van der Sanden, 11.05.2005 um 21:58 Uhr

Hi Helen,
thanks for stopping by my pictures and for your nice words about them. I'm glad you like them.
With those words I can picture you as a writer :-)
In your profile I see a long history of warm thank you's from a lot of people. I guess it's sort of an honour if "Helen" dropped by! Somehow that's how it feels to me at least. Funny hey?
You have produced a couple of real nice pictures yourself! One I like in particular is the "Marco Island Valve". Strong composition and nice combination of colors.

Regards, Robert


Robert L. Roux, 11.05.2005 um 4:34 Uhr

Looking for lots more from you, too, Buddy...
Buddette?


Jan Hackl, 10.05.2005 um 9:28 Uhr

Hello Helen, thank you very much for your positive note to my pic "old Reichstag Berlin". Now I will take my time to view your photographs...I see, photography is a universal language ;)
Have fun with it - Regards, Jan


Rohan Akunoori, 9.05.2005 um 16:38 Uhr

Hey Helen,
Thank you so much for your comment. I wil try what you said and will send you a copy if it works.
Hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks a million of the tip.
God Bless you.
Regards.


Claudia Robinson Cnell, 6.05.2005 um 4:11 Uhr

hi helen, thank you for all your kind words. i enjoyed your images.


Rob Wells, 5.05.2005 um 20:35 Uhr

Helen,

I'll stick with the Lumix for the time being I think - master one, move on !!

That Noise Ninja program...excellent tip. Had never come across it before. Its a bit of a god send, especiallt at ISO 200 & 400. Thanks


IngoS, 5.05.2005 um 19:50 Uhr

thank you for your comment in my profile. i always fell very happy if people say: "your pics are very good":-)
i see that you have very good photos too.

ingo


Kris Lov, 5.05.2005 um 18:17 Uhr

thank you :)


Kerstin Langenberger, 5.05.2005 um 11:33 Uhr

Hi Helen,
I can't describe how much I enjoyed your really nice comment in my profile! Thank you so much, I'm happy you like my photos!
I enjoyed your's, too, it's so nice to meet people here in fotocommunity that live in totally different environments! To be honest - I don't want to live in such a big city as San Francisco! But you show us very unusuall points of view; I really like the details of the houses and the roofs!
Keep on and hopefully enjoy your time here in fotocommunity as much as I do!
Best wishes from Iceland - Kerstin


Robert L. Roux, 4.05.2005 um 15:55 Uhr

All goes well, and I hope it's likewise for you


Bill Lang, 4.05.2005 um 11:08 Uhr

Hi Helen
Thanks for your kind comment on the photo EUGENIA FALLS.This photo was taken in Ontario Canada about 100 Miles north west of Toronto in Feb.2005.
Bill


Rob Wells, 1.05.2005 um 21:00 Uhr

Thanks for all the comments. Out of curiosity, you say you 'started off' with a Panasonic DMC FZ20, what do you use now ? I'm thinking of looking for another and word of mouth is always useful. Cheers.


Ise Ehlers, 1.05.2005 um 19:42 Uhr

Hello Helen,
thank you for your friendly comment on my "sea picture". I took the opportunity to look at your pictures - and found them great!! Living at the ocean gives a special feeling of life and a special way of seeing the world.
By the way: I want to visit your homepage but didn't succeed. I don't know why.
Best wishes and kind regards, Ise.



Jamal Zohourian, 1.05.2005 um 12:38 Uhr

hello;
thank you for your comment,
have a nice time.


Michael Maytal, 1.05.2005 um 2:00 Uhr

hi helen,
you always pay attention to the details...interesting and refreshing.
although this time both details from your comments where done intentionally( as most of my work lots of details that you see or missing in a picture are done intentionally , i am "tempering" with the images ).
from my point of view , art work can't be symmetrical...symmetry takes away the movement from the art, after a while it looks flat and boring.that's why i cropped the shoe. actually, this image is centered to the woman...for lots of different reasons, to long and to philosophical to write that .now!! i am curios how would you see that?
cheers
michael
PS love your electric coffee , great metaphor




Matthew Outh-Aut, 1.05.2005 um 0:16 Uhr

Thanks Helen,

I presume she had lost some of her family members in one the wars we participated in. The Atmosphere at our ANZAC services across Australia are moving.

ps. I love your photo of the bay bridge :)

Thanks Matthew


Robert Zgieb, 30.04.2005 um 17:39 Uhr

Hello Helen

Thank you very much for your really nice comments. I'm quite new user on that site, so I'm happy that I can find here so nice people as you are.I'm also glad that you like some of my pictures.

Best regards from Poland/Warsaw.

PS.All the best with your book

Robert


Joachim H., 30.04.2005 um 15:36 Uhr

Hi Helen,

thank you for your comments on my NYC pics. Here is one of your todays home town :)
The Fog - Nebel des Grauens... von Joachim Haas
The Fog - Nebel des Grauens...
Von Joachim Haas
5.10.05, 9:00
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Greetings from Hannover, Germany

Joachim


Jenn Reid, 29.04.2005 um 1:21 Uhr

Hi Helen,
Thank you so much for your comment on my "crayons" photo. It's a great idea. You have wonderful photos. I really like the raindrops picture. I hope to see more.
Jenn


Robert L. Roux, 28.04.2005 um 8:02 Uhr

They're my favourite trees for good reason. I'm pretty sure you'll see them in their incredible variety of colours in our distinctly different seasons up here. They are also within 50 metres (yards) of the SS Klondike in downtown Whitehorse which makes it convenient for me.


Nicole Stephen, 22.04.2005 um 12:46 Uhr

Thank you for your comment on my work....creativity is something special - I hope you keep your photography alive and it is just like riding a bike, you never forget.
Look forward to seeing more of your work.
Kind Regards, Nicole.


Lothar Wochnik, 21.04.2005 um 18:25 Uhr

Hi Helen, danke für Deine Anmerkung zum Feuerwehrauto Viel Grüße Lothar


John Bennett, 20.04.2005 um 21:11 Uhr

Thanks for your comment Helen. with kind regards John


Wilhelm Harlander, 20.04.2005 um 20:59 Uhr


Servus Helen,

viele Grüße from Old Germany - Munich City

willi


Hagen Orgus, 20.04.2005 um 9:25 Uhr

Hi Helen !

Thanks for your comment.

Regards Hagen


Jorge Gonzalez, 18.04.2005 um 12:18 Uhr

Thanks so much for your comment and taking the time to go through my photos. :)
You have some really creative pictures...hope to see more in the near future
Take care
Jorge


Mick ., 18.04.2005 um 2:46 Uhr

Hi Helen

thanks for your comment
and thank lots for joining us

regards
Mick .


Osvaldo Rima, 17.04.2005 um 16:14 Uhr

Hi Helen,
Many thanks for your comments.
I took this shot,and some others, with the standard wide-angle 18-55 mm bought with the camera kit,.
To increase the depth of field you can use a small ISO (100) and a "small" Stop (like 18-22).
When you don't have enough light you should use a tripod.
Os


Catherina Young, 15.04.2005 um 9:47 Uhr

Hello,

I just wanted to thank you for your comment on my picture, dad and son hands, I realy appriciated it. I loved the lighting on your tulip picture, and the picture of the bridge was realy a very unique view. My husband is a writter as well, a beginning one, he realy enjoys it and wants very much to make it his carrer. Thanks again. Your pictures have a such a relaxing tone to them, I enjoy that very much. :)


Michael Maytal, 13.04.2005 um 20:01 Uhr

thanks for your eyes....keep on
michael


Raul Luis, 13.04.2005 um 1:47 Uhr

Helen,..welcome to the FC,...I think you will love it here...looking forward to more of your work

rAul


Josep A. Collado, 12.04.2005 um 22:29 Uhr

Thanks, Helen for your comment.
Greetings,
Josep Antoni
En un lugar de La Mancha... von Josep A. Collado
En un lugar de La Mancha...
Von Josep A. Collado
12.4.05, 0:05
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Meike Hempel, 12.04.2005 um 7:22 Uhr

Thank you very much Helen, I like your "Raindrops" . It must be wonderful to take pictures in S.F. Bye Meike


Marcial Franze, 10.04.2005 um 22:59 Uhr

Helen,

your comment on
COM: absorbed in thought. von Marcial Franze
COM: absorbed in thought.
Von Marcial Franze
8.4.05, 1:17
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is one of the nicest someone has ever written about any of my pictures; and I also consider it one of the most sophisticated ones.

Thank you very much.

Good luck with your book!
best regards_marcial


Vera Boldt, 10.04.2005 um 21:09 Uhr

Hi Helen,

thank you very much for your comments, I`ll will have a look at you.
lgvera
excuse my english please


Rohan Akunoori, 9.04.2005 um 15:43 Uhr

Hey Helen,
Thank you so much nice comment, And for the idea too, I guess I am still learning and I dont believe in tamparred pictures as they loose the original and its not what my spirit will accept. Well i didnt have enough time to work on stairs coz the owner of the place closed the door that I was taking this beautiful picture and I couldnt do much have just a 25th of a min to catch the beauty.
As I am learning I guess I will be making progress with all your support.
Thanks a million for all your support.
God Bless you.
Regards.


James Lynch, 9.04.2005 um 3:32 Uhr

Hi Helen, in response to your question. I shoot totaly B&W. I only use color for weddings or some other special occasion. In a color photo a viewer can get caught up in just the color alone. Even if the photo isn't that good they may like it because they like the colors. But in a b&w photo. The photographer is forced to rely totaly on their photographic abilities to produce a well composed image while paying close attention to light and dark tones. I shoot film, Ilford HP5. I also do my own processing and printing. Digital is easier, but film is more fun. If you have any other questions, just ask away.
James


Valhalla- Vania, 8.04.2005 um 22:11 Uhr

Thank you very much, Helen, for your kind comment and taking the time to check out my website. I'm honoured. :) Good luck with your writings!

Take care,

elisabetta


Christoph Hammann, 7.04.2005 um 21:39 Uhr

Helen,
Thanks a lot for your helpful comments and positive critique on some of my photos. Glad you saw something in them. And sure, I will keep an eye peeled for these empty foregrounds, composition is something I really have to work on.
Looking forward to seeing more from you,
Christoph


Rohan Akunoori, 7.04.2005 um 18:09 Uhr

Hey Helen,
Its so amazing that we all see different thing in life and its a blessing to be in the right place the right time. Its great to be on FC and learn so much from pro's like yourself.
I would love to see more of your work as i enjoy and learn to pick up the bits and of my broken pictures in yours.
Keep shooting is what I tell myself. God Bless you.
Regards.


Matthias Moritz, 7.04.2005 um 17:32 Uhr

Hello, Helen,

I also would like to welcome you to fotocommunity.com!
I´ve read your wonderful words in the creativity forum. I wish you will enjoy this community of people who love photography. Take the chance and renew your knowledge and improve your skills. Like writing photography is a wonderful language to communicate, understandable all over the world.

Kind regards
Matthias



James Lynch, 7.04.2005 um 15:17 Uhr

Thanks for your comment on The girls. I've read your profile and I think you did well to pick up on photography again and also chosing a Canon. Happy shooting.
James


Rob Mitchell, 6.04.2005 um 23:42 Uhr

Helen,
thanks for the comment, glad you liked it.
Concert building, Brugge. von Rob Mitchell
Concert building, Brugge.
Von Rob Mitchell
6.4.05, 14:56
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Regards, Rob.


Mo ArI, 6.04.2005 um 18:31 Uhr

hi helen.

i thank you so much for your comment to my picture

durch enge, verwinkelte gassen... von Mario F.
durch enge, verwinkelte gassen...
Von Mario F.
17.1.05, 19:10
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greatings from good old germany ;-)
mario


Abdul Khaliq, 6.04.2005 um 17:27 Uhr

Hi Helen,
Many Many thanks for your appriciation and the words you used for my Pic. I never recived any comment like yours till now. Thanks again. Regards
abdul


Norea De Graaf, 5.04.2005 um 17:47 Uhr

Thanks for your lovely comment :)


Blamonge, 30.03.2005 um 8:08 Uhr

Hi from Oz and welcome to f.c.
It's fun


Chip Johansen, 24.03.2005 um 13:48 Uhr

Helen,

I just wanted to welcome you to fotocommunity. It is a great place for inspiration and ideas. There are also a lot of knowledgable people here more than happy to help out. Thanks for your compliments on my photos. You will really like what you can do with the FZ20. I will look forward to seeing your photos here. Have fun!

Regards, Chip


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