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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)
clairehelene7's favorite photos from other Flickr members (2,397)
Contacts (233)
Groups (50)
- The Scavengers of September 108 photos, 31 members
- a polaroid cuppa 464 photos, 69 members
- 'RoidWeek 2012 0 photos, 461 members
- Funfairs and film 305 photos, 58 members
- Film♥Fauna 918 photos, 70 members
- Portrait by The Impossible Project 2,307 photos, 763 members
- Flickr Meet - Columbus Ohio 20,607 photos, 1,123 members
- Impossible Project PX680 film 5,473 photos, 698 members
- Friends of the High Line 15,031 photos, 1,745 members
- UPPERCASE florals 1,138 photos, 204 members
- The Saturdays of 2011 672 photos, 179 members
- Nikon For Girls - the Nikon EM 2,963 photos, 306 members
- Kodachrome 27,112 photos, 2,056 members
- 'Roid Week 2011 3,492 photos, 1,359 members
- Os Gemeos 3,275 photos, 1,375 members
- IMPOSSIBLE Stickers & Bags in the Wild 32 photos, 53 members
- Pike Place Market 3,887 photos, 752 members
- PX / PZ Color Shade By The IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT 13,584 photos, 1,858 members
- Impossible Moment In Time. 144 photos, 221 members
- 52 reasons 177 photos, 12 members
- Instant Cats 1,548 photos, 263 members
- PX / PZ - Silver Shade Film by The Impossible Project 15,464 photos, 2,292 members
- Polaroid 238,713 photos, 20,426 members
- 'Roid Week 2010 5,741 photos, 1,720 members
- Holga 248,192 photos, 19,177 members
- Sugary Sweetness 20,593 photos, 1,340 members
- 52 Saturdays 284 photos, 38 members
- Kodak Expired Film 13,673 photos, 1,307 members
- THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT 77,870 photos, 6,239 members
- Planetizen 5,526 photos, 449 members
- holiday past 65 photos, 64 members
- The Test Roll 1,136 photos, 123 members
- Naturey Crap 75,342 photos, 3,019 members
- polaroid + food 693 photos, 145 members
- Pentax K-1000 users and lovers (k1000) 51,424 photos, 3,393 members
- recipes from the smitten kitchen 1,915 photos, 564 members
- photo school, 101 55 photos, 52 members
- mail pouch 1,530 photos, 212 members
- Jelly, Jam, && Gelatin 1,240 photos, 271 members
- Home&Abroad 734 photos, 492 members
- Medium Format 549,682 photos, 20,965 members
- Yashica Mat 55,640 photos, 4,367 members
- Bench Monday 17,077 photos, 3,976 members
- 'Roid Week 2009 5,303 photos, 1,382 members
- Rural Decay 144,727 photos, 24,308 members
- Just Windows! 111,352 photos, 13,624 members
- Polaroid -B&W- (B&W Instant films only) 15,194 photos, 2,331 members
- Life Is Beautiful As Is 5,419 photos, 1,078 members
- Polaroid -COLOR- (Instant Peel Apart film only) 18,869 photos, 2,062 members
- ***In Dogs We Trust: View Winner-Holiday Pups! 16,703 photos, 1,019 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