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Welcome to BenHelms.com! bio picture

about the site...

Thanks for visiting my website! I hope you enjoy your stay and are able to find your way around without any problems.

I created this site as a project, but it turned into a different few things. First off, it is a blog; simply a place where I can write some of my scattered, random thoughts, and occasionally rant a little bit, about how the man is keeping you (and me) down.

Secondly, it has become a place where I have posted some photography, so feel free to check some of that out as well. And lastly, This site will be used as part of a a few different projects for my masters degree. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, comments, concerns during your stay: (benhelms@gmail.com)

about me...

A little about me, let’s see...Well, I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, then moved to Los Angeles for college and about halfway through that I moved out to Boston. After falling in love with New England (go Pats/Sox!), I made my way back to SoCal and got two degrees from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, CA (a BA in English-Writing & an MS in College Counseling and Student Development). Then I moved up to Oregon and woked as a Hall Director at the University of Portland in Oregon. From there, I moved down to Mt. Shasta, California. Man, I love this place. Mountains, sun, snow, and family. What more could a man ask for?

Besides all that, I love writing, backpacking, photography, homebrewing, music (recording, composing and listening), playing/watching sports, and exploring new lands.

Photography

So I still think of myself as a rookie to this whole photography thing, but I’ve taken more than 10,000 in the past three months. That said, I take a lot of photos. Point being, I love photography. From composition and lighting to editing and printing, it’s becoming and much bigger part of my life everyday it seems. Take a look around a few of these photo albums and hopefully you’ll see that some of that time has paid off. And while I might not be Ansel Adams yet, I think a few of these photos look pretty nice. Lemme know what you think. Thanks for visiting!

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[I know that most of the photos are rather small, so if you would like a copy of a larger version of any of these photos, just email me: benhelms@gmail.com]