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clairehelene7's photostream
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I love to play around with cameras. I love flickr and the inspiration it brings. This is a place where I document life around me.
My (now sadly dead) Nikon N80 helped jump start my love of shooting with film. I'm currently exploring the world through my Nikon D40, a Pentax K1000, a gifted Nikon N65, various polaroid cameras, a Holga, and a Yashica Mat G124.
You can also find me on Twitter.
**If you don't have photos available to me, a profile, or any friends, or any combination therein, or you favorite a bunch of photos without any comments, you will be blocked.
**Please DO NOT use my photos on your Tumblr accounts, especially if you do not credit the photographer. If you want to use my photos, please ask beforehand. Thank you.
Photos of clairehelene7 (21)
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Contacts (232)
Groups (50)
- The Scavengers of September 108 photos, 34 members
- a polaroid cuppa 464 photos, 67 members
- 'RoidWeek 2012 0 photos, 341 members
- Funfairs and film 248 photos, 58 members
- Film♥Fauna 715 photos, 61 members
- Portrait by The Impossible Project 1,768 photos, 703 members
- Flickr Meet - Columbus Ohio 19,846 photos, 1,102 members
- Impossible Project PX680 film 4,648 photos, 661 members
- Friends of the High Line 13,487 photos, 1,613 members
- UPPERCASE florals 1,123 photos, 204 members
- The Saturdays of 2011 700 photos, 183 members
- Nikon For Girls - the Nikon EM 2,829 photos, 295 members
- Kodachrome 25,977 photos, 2,000 members
- 'Roid Week 2011 3,546 photos, 1,381 members
- Os Gemeos 3,247 photos, 1,357 members
- IMPOSSIBLE Stickers & Bags in the Wild 32 photos, 55 members
- Pike Place Market 3,763 photos, 739 members
- PX / PZ Color Shade By The IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT 10,580 photos, 1,732 members
- Impossible Moment In Time. 115 photos, 211 members
- 52 reasons 178 photos, 12 members
- Instant Cats 1,438 photos, 251 members
- PX / PZ - Silver Shade Film by The Impossible Project 13,903 photos, 2,186 members
- Polaroid 227,823 photos, 19,784 members
- 'Roid Week 2010 5,813 photos, 1,743 members
- Holga 243,330 photos, 18,981 members
- Sugary Sweetness 19,431 photos, 1,315 members
- 52 Saturdays 284 photos, 38 members
- Kodak Expired Film 12,685 photos, 1,268 members
- THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT 68,238 photos, 5,551 members
- Planetizen 5,123 photos, 434 members
- holiday past 63 photos, 65 members
- The Test Roll 1,086 photos, 126 members
- Naturey Crap 72,858 photos, 3,001 members
- polaroid + food 813 photos, 144 members
- Food on Film 756 photos, 120 members
- Pentax K-1000 users and lovers (k1000) 48,074 photos, 3,206 members
- recipes from the smitten kitchen 1,894 photos, 549 members
- photo school, 101 55 photos, 52 members
- mail pouch 1,354 photos, 202 members
- Jelly, Jam, && Gelatin 1,189 photos, 262 members
- Home&Abroad 728 photos, 492 members
- Medium Format 513,102 photos, 20,109 members
- Yashica Mat 53,017 photos, 4,212 members
- Bench Monday 16,935 photos, 3,987 members
- 'Roid Week 2009 5,376 photos, 1,393 members
- Rural Decay 138,036 photos, 23,870 members
- Just Windows! 107,100 photos, 13,395 members
- Polaroid -B&W- (B&W Instant films only) 14,253 photos, 2,250 members
- Life Is Beautiful As Is 5,442 photos, 1,075 members
- Polaroid -COLOR- (Instant Peel Apart film only) 17,422 photos, 1,999 members
Testimonials (3)
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Dania Hurley says:
"Claire has become one of my favorite photographers on Flickr; her sensibility and sense of beauty create something beautiful every time she trips the shutter, no matter the subject. Her photos create a world I'd love to live in."
15th June, 2010
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shrosa814 (returning soon) says:
"Claire has a liveliness and spontaneity in her photographs that is refreshing and youthful—not youthful in a ageist way—youthful in a free-spirited, fun-filled way. She photographs everything, if she likes it, she photographs it. That is the way to go, in my view. As a result, she has lots to “hits.” In other words, her efforts work. This is not all due to Claire’s talent, although, she has tons of that. She’s also inherited great genes from her father’s brilliant architectural eyes and her mother’s free spirit and strong sense of social justice. That they have managed to produce a daughter who engages the world with joy and a keen receptivity to discovery as well as an unquenchable thirst for exploring life, and social justices issues, is no surprise.
I love Claire’s eyes—even behind spectacles—her vision is flawless. She has mastered finding the essence of a photograph. Hers are often stripped of nonessential elements. She’s able to turn the simple into something of major worth. She knows how to use lines can patterns to dramatize an image. I have learned a lot from Claire. Her politics, which are spot on, gives a sense of what’s behind her camera’s eye too. Embedded therein is her good heart: her love of nature, her lack of patience with bad architecture (she will still photography it though), her love of animals, her absolute intolerance for any hint of social injustice, her joy at attending a party and photographing friends to her photographs of yummy food. All of this makes Claire a sensitive photographer who has tremendous fun using multiple cameras. Her work cannot be pigeon-holed. If a device can take pictures and looks fun, Claire will take pictures with it. Her approach is experimentation, discovery and always fun.
I am old enough to be Claire’s mother. But when we had a day of tripping the shutter together, I felt like her giddy girlfriend. Seeing through her eyes can keep you young at heart. Seeing the world through various lenses allows her to challenge prevailing perceptions—things can look different through different lenses. Claire is already way ahead of most at seeing anew."17th March, 2009
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mischievousmeg says:
"Claire's photos are so full of magic! She has a keen sense of composition and timing... it is always a delight to visit her flickr stream. Her strawberry photos will forever be some of my favourites on flickr (or anywhere!). I'm so glad she shares her vision with the rest of us."
10th June, 2008