Coffee with a Friend

by Helene Kobelnyk | Feb 9, 2014 | Featured, Inspiration, The Art of Photography |

    I love coffee . . . good coffee, and I especially like drinking it out of a special mug . . . one that has meaning to me. Many years ago, a friend of mine gave a special, personalized mug with a poem from the heart and special photo of my Nicky.  I used...

The Secret Lives of Horses

by Helene Kobelnyk | Nov 27, 2013 | Featured, Personal, Telling A Story, The Art of Photography |

    If you have ever lived with and truly loved a horse, you know it’s not just a phase you go through.  They are entrenched in your heart and your connection with them is part of the fabric of your soul,  and if you take enough time to watch and...

2011 Ruidoso Songwriting Contest

by Helene Kobelnyk | Sep 12, 2013 | Uncategorized |

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A Bittersweet Retirement

by Helene Kobelnyk | Jul 30, 2013 | Featured, Inspiration, The Art of Photography |

  Ansel Adams once said, ” Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.”  Truth be told, I think this is a feeling that is shared by many of us who traverse this earth with camera in hand.  For all of my...

The Path to My Soul

by Helene Kobelnyk | Jul 27, 2013 | Epiphanies, Featured, The Art of Photography |

  If you’re lucky enough to have a horse in your life, you know it isn’t just a phase. . . it’s a “forever thing.”  You know that the trust and love that is shared between the two of you transcends this reality, and you quickly...

A Call to Action for Fearless Photographers

by Helene Kobelnyk | Jul 25, 2013 | Featured, The Art of Photography |

The winds of change have been gusting through the world of professional photography ever since digital made its debut, and this world is about to be turned upside down.  For some genres of photography it has come sooner than later. The younger generation of emerging...

Trotting the Air

by Helene Kobelnyk | Jul 18, 2013 | Featured, Inspiration |

    “When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. ”  ― William Shakespeare, Henry...

Lost in My Closet

by Helene Kobelnyk | Mar 12, 2013 | Featured, Personal, Telling A Story, The Art of Photography |

  I had a meeting with a client yesterday and was presented with the usual dilemma of what to wear.  Fortunately, the business end of it was solid and secure, but switching from my usual private “barn clothes”, that are OH so comfortable, is always a...

News March 2013

by Helene Kobelnyk | Mar 8, 2013 | Editorials, More Blogs by Author, The Art of Photography |

O. Helene Kobelnyk launches optimistic lifestyle magazine.  Read the whole story about the New Mexico based  online publication here.  More information and the “rest of the story” can be found in the latest press release. Read Helene’s guest post...

A Morning to Remember

by Helene Kobelnyk | Jan 13, 2013 | Epiphanies, Inspiration, Personal |

  It was the coldest night of season and I awoke at 5:30 this morning and turned on the TV to watch “Balalaika” with Nelson Eddy, from under a warm down comforter and snuggled among my doggies.   A point of clarification, Nelson Eddy is in the movie,...