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Jill Clardy's photostream
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It seems I have always been a photographer, starting with my first Instamatic in my teens (dating myself here for sure...). I wore out many film cameras over the years, and shelves of neatly arranged albums chronicle the growth of our family over the last 30 years. In fact, I'm in so few of the images that it looks like my children were raised without a mother !
Exploring the world of photography after having "graduated" from a series of point-and-shoot digital cameras to a Canon Digital Rebel SLR, and finally in 2010 to a Canon EOS 7D, has allowed me to express my creativity. My passion for photography was kick-started with a very informative Digital Photography Essentials course in the Stanford University Continuing Studies program and I have since taken several other photography classes at Stanford.
However, I am essentially "self taught", and have learned so much through the great contacts I've made in flickr-land. Perusing flickr has been educational and inspiring. There are so many talented, creative and supportive people in this on-line community and I'm constantly learning, not only about photography, but about the vast world around us with its infinite photo ops !
I shoot primarily in RAW and process all images in Photoshop Elements 8.0 and some in Photomatix. I envy those who have superior PS skills, but I don't have enough hours in the day to devote to the required learning; maybe when I retire....
Thank you in advance if you choose to make me a Contact or ask me to join a Group. If I don't reciprocate it's because I want to be sure that I can actually keep up with the contributions of existing Contacts. I don't generally acquire a new contact if they already have a large number of contacts, as they clearly won't have time to visit each of their Contacts regularly and are probably more interested in getting views and comments than giving them. I also prefer Contacts who present an interesting variety of work, label their photos, add useful tags, and make thoughtful comments, and of course I do those things too. I also drop contacts after a while if I find that I'm always commenting on their images but never hear from them. So if you send me an invitation to which I don't respond, it's not because I don't appreciate your photos, but rather because I'm already saturated.
I need to visit some of those middle states !
visited 23 states (46%)Create your own visited map of The United States or website vertaling duits?
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Photos of Jill Clardy (6)
Jill Clardy's favorite photos from other Flickr members (837)
Contacts (146)
Groups (44)
- Fototrove by Getty Images Archive 0 photos, 543 members
- Flickr 11|11|11 2,347 photos, 3,741 members
- Project Weather 8,106 photos, 2,553 members
- Every Day Stanford 814 photos, 97 members
- Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy 1,394 photos, 399 members
- Flickr B-I-N-G-O 602 photos, 185 members
- don't fence me in 6,610 photos, 532 members
- Palo Alto, California 1,502 photos, 211 members
- sixty-four colors 4,115 photos, 688 members
- Vertoramas 10,170 photos, 1,690 members
- ~~fence friday~~(the original) 18,745 photos, 3,148 members
- Filoli 929 photos, 62 members
- Northern California Photography 91,861 photos, 3,858 members
- An Awesome Shot! Invited Photos ONLY!! 388,625 photos, 51,155 members
- Rust & Crust 2,980 photos, 270 members
- San Francisco 178,394 photos, 11,718 members
- ...-Wink's Place-... 186,375 photos, 3,542 members
- San Mateo County Group 9,185 photos, 546 members
- Clicking and enjoying 16,352 photos, 305 members
- FlickrCentral 4,811,917 photos, 166,266 members
- Modern Zeppelin 403 photos, 90 members
- Gates Gates Gates 5,004 photos, 1,234 members
- Chihuly Art 9,642 photos, 1,220 members
- Better Than Good - Level 1 (P1/A5) Sweeper in use NO PEOPLE 431,907 photos, 43,911 members
- California Missions 7,614 photos, 671 members
- Still Life Photography Selection (please read pool description) 8,974 photos, 9,980 members
- San Francisco Architecture 26,908 photos, 3,076 members
- Ships and Vessels 120,065 photos, 9,657 members
- Steinbeck Country 2,703 photos, 283 members
- Sunsets & Sunrises around the world (121 Countries!) 562,988 photos, 85,909 members
- Sunrise, Sunset -- Anything Sun! 511,314 photos, 45,120 members
- Ya Gotta Start Somewhere...TIME TO VOTE in February FP Contest!! 37,205 photos, 1,886 members
- * Vanishing Points * 132,129 photos, 21,369 members
- Stanford University 3,455 photos, 615 members
- AllEdges Still Life 68,822 photos, 5,311 members
- Six Word Story 24,645 photos, 3,220 members
- Simply Still Life 1,494 photos, 2,269 members
- Flickr Envy Public (invited images only/Post one/and invite one 5,938 photos, 2,461 members
- squared circle 117,314 photos, 7,457 members
- Redwood City 1,892 photos, 150 members
- One Door 11,131 photos, 1,740 members
- Doors and Windows in Decay 14,109 photos, 4,806 members
- Creative Tabletop Photography 164,494 photos, 14,901 members
- Classic Still Life Art 4,095 photos, 606 members
Galleries (10)
- Places That Take Your Breath Away 4 photos
- Weird & Wonderful Finds in flickr-land 1 photo
- Golden Gate Bridge 17 photos
- California Dreamin' 7 photos
- Beautiful Cityscapes 13 photos
Testimonials (3)
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Photography by Claudia Fanelli, LLC says:
"Jill is a wonderful flickr friend who demonstrates how we should all behave on flickr and with our contacts. She is kind and generous with her comments, insights and compliments. In addition to that, she has an awesome variety of photos of so many places and scenes and things, you could get lost in her photostream. She captures shots I never think of which is the sign of a creative mind. I love her Most Interesting photos- be sure to take a look- truly fabulous stuff!"
15th November, 2010
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floralgal says:
"I have known Jill for quite some time now. She has always been a great photographer, but seems to be growing in leaps and bounds each day. It is quite evident that photography is Jill's passion... there is a huge difference been a hobby and a passion, and it shows in her work. From still lifes to landscapes to nature.... she moves with ease between each of her subjects and they all represent her keen eye for composition and style. Not only is Jill known for her beautiful work, but she is truly one of my most valuable contacts.... She doesn't desert you if you post an image that may not be exactly to her liking, but instead sees the beauty in what the eye of the beholder sees and always finds something nice to say about another's viewpoint. The best about her is her friendship and sense of humor. Jill is a wonderful artist and I am so glad to know her."
23rd March, 2010
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Jeff Clow says:
"I've had the pleasure to get to know Jill through the magic of Flickr this last 18 months or so.....and I think you will agree with one look through her photostream what a talented photographer she is when she is behind her lens.
What you might not know is that she is also one classy lady - a lady who takes the time to comment repeatedly on others photos and to let them know what she likes about their images. A comment from her is always such a pleasant occurrence and it is people like Jill that make Flickr such a wonderful community of photographers.
I am pleased to now call Jill a friend."11th January, 2010
- Name:
- Jill Clardy
- Joined:
- January 2008
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, NV
- I am:
- Female and Taken
- Occupation:
- Senior Director, Sales Operations