Charlene Collins is an excellent photograper who I met on the first Flickr linkup and outing to Portland back in October last year. She has impressed and inspired me since with he love of photography. I always check her photostream to see what kinds of new photographs she will upload and her leadership in the group has been phenomenal.
Charlene has been deservedly featured on a local website called Yawdchat in which she talks about he love for photography, favorite subjects to shoot and much more.
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People, especially children, attract me. I rarely ever ask people to pose, or place them in a studio like setting, because they are way more interesting in their comfortable surroundings. Initially there may be self consciousness because they think that the usually impoverished surroundings are something to be ashamed of. Establishing a rapport is really important to get a great snapshot of their life.
