Your Bio

I am a recent college graduate currently living/working in Cape Town, South Africa. Over the past two years I have been continually impressed and inspired by SmugMugers and have decided that, at the start of the new year, it’s time I seek some advice and upload some pics.

The nitty gritty:

My camera:
I use a Canon S2. I’m hoping to jump from my baby SLR wanna-be to a real camera, but know full well that great pics start first with the photographer. I don’t have photoshop and any small adjustments are done in Picasa2. I’ll let you know if an image has been modified.

My background:
I have a degree in Marine Science from Eckerd College in Florida. I grew up in Arizona and began taking pics for fun about 2 years ago.

My intentions:
Regrettably, I am entirely self-education in terms of photography. SmugMuggers have unknowingly been my gurus over the past few years. I’ve never printed a picture; I’ve never shared them with friends… so I’m hoping that y’all might be able to provide me with advice and constructive criticism. In return I’ll try my very best to capture what it’s like to live in Africa.

Questions: please feel free to email me: R_R_Helm@msn.com

Galleries

Daily Photos, June :

Daily Photos, June

Updated: Jun 05, 2008 7:20am PST

Daily Photos, May :

Daily Photos, May

Updated: May 29, 2008 5:41am PST

Daily Photos, April :

Daily Photos, April

Updated: Apr 30, 2008 9:46am PST

Photo a Day, March :

Photo a Day, March

Updated: Mar 06, 2008 6:56am PST

Photo a day, February :

Photo a day, February

Updated: Feb 25, 2008 11:24pm PST

Photo a Day :

Photo a Day

Updated: Jan 18, 2008 7:28am PST

For the Constructive Comments Community :

For the Constructive Comments Community

Updated: Jan 09, 2008 7:02am PST

Suggestions? : This folder is here to house photos produced thanks to wonderful suggestions from people here at SmugMug!  It is also a place where I may put an odd crop or two if I can't decide on composition.

Suggestions?

This folder is here to house photos produced thanks to wonderful sugge ...

Updated: Jan 09, 2008 5:16am PST

Florida : I lived in St. Petersburg FL for four years, all of which were spent at Eckerd College.  Most of these pictures were taken on campus.

Sorry there are so few.  I took thousands of pics but in the process of moving to Africa decided to only take a few on a thumb drive.

Florida

I lived in St. Petersburg FL for four years, all of which were spent a ...

Updated: Jan 01, 2008 3:02am PST

Arizona : I was born and raised in Flagstaff, AZ.  I haven’t been back much in the past few years.  One day I’ll figure out how to take a decent shot in AZ, till them this is what I’ve got :)

Arizona

I was born and raised in Flagstaff, AZ. I haven’t been back much in ...

Updated: Jan 01, 2008 2:23am PST

My Smug Mug :

My Smug Mug

Updated: Dec 31, 2007 1:23am PST