Tamara Valjean
Profile
If there is anything good in my art, the glory belongs to God.
Composing just the right shot is an art in itself. I think every image should tell a story. I’m always taking photographs of everything I see, as my camera goes everywhere I do. I am only an amateur who aspires to capture the beauty of God’s creation. Finally bought a Canon XSI and am trying to learn how to use it : ) Big step up from a point and shoot, I’m so excited!
Graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Seattle in 2008, with an AA degree in Video Production. Raised three great kids on my own who are now the proud parents of my two gorgeous granddaughters, with another one on the way. Hope to someday travel the world, shooting video and photos. Looking for beauty wherever I can.
My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images, writings, etc., are copyright © Tamara Valjean and may not be used wholly or in part without prior written permission, including copying, duplicating, printing, publishing , reproducing, storing, or transmitting by any means what so ever, even on a web site. Removal of electronic copyright information, digital fingerprints, or embedded watermarks on any image is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.
CHALLENGE WINNER IMAGES
CHINATOWN STREETCAR for the One Great Shot – Streetcars challenge
WHATCOM FALLS BRIDGE – ABOVE for the Park Bridges challenge in the All Parks group.
MUKILTEO PIER, for the June Avatar challenge in the group Timber and Water
CLASSIC ROCKS,For the Art and Music Go Hand In Hand challenge in the Peace Love and Tranquility group.
PUPPY CHOW, For the Pet LOVE! challenge in the Eastman KODAK Camera Photographs group.
RAINBOW OVER RUINS, For the Ruins challenge in the First Things group.
RAINBOW OVER RUINS, For the Thank Full challenge in the Dilapidated Buildings group.
2009 FEATURED ARTWORKS
SEPTEMBER 2009
AUGUST 2009
JULY 2009
JUNE 2009
Groups
Tamara Valjean is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , Bubble Jeopardy, ! $$☻Get Art Promoted☺$$ !, ! 100% !, "All parks", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Old Things - 3 per Day", "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), *A Beautiful Blur, *Amazing Orton Effect* - Limit 3/day , *Focus and Lighting*, *Islands of The World* - 3/day limit, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, 4 Winners Only, 50+ GROUP, A Class of Its Own, A Fascinating Purple (75% Purple), A Garden somewhere....., A Place To Call Home, Abstract Macro Urban Art (eg Grungy), Abstracts from Nature, All About Boating, All About Flowers, All About Water, All About Your Best Work, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, All In, "Editing", All Pets Great and Small, All Street Portraiture:(Country/CITY/)added to your description , All That is Nature (Photography Only), Alphabet Soup (Letter R), Alternative Process and Experimental Photography, Amateur Photographers' Association, AMERICA's National Parks and WILDLIFE Habitat, AMERICAN PATRIOT, AMERICAS NATURAL WONDERS, Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes, Art Deco Heaven, Art in Math, Artistic Motion Blur, Artrageous RB Artists - Self Portrait Gallery, At the edge, Backyard Photography (NO MACROS, DOGS, CATS, INSECTS, SKYSCAPES), BARNS & Old Grist Mills and Covered Bridges from around the World!, Beach Art, Benches, Big Cats, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Bits and Pieces , Black & White Photographers Showcase, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Both Sides Now, Bridges, Bubblers' Weekly Challenge, Canada *4/day & Please Review Rules B4 Submitting*, Canon Vs Nikon (1 per day!), Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), Challenge Café, Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses, Cityscapes and City Skylines ~ ALL THINGS "CITY" , Classic Cars Worldwide, Collage and Landscape photography, color altering, Color Me a Rainbow (Current Color: BLACK [No FLowers]), Colors of Water, Colour and light, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Communities (NO SUNSETS OR SUNRISES OR CLOSEUPS OF PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS!!), contrasting perceptions HELP WANTED NEED CO HOST TO RUN CHALLENGES APPLY IN THE FORUMS. THANKS, Country Bumpkin, COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, Dawn and Dusk Light, Day Hikes , Digital Art Compilations (No Nudity Allowed), Digital Modern Portraiture, Dilapidated Buildings, Domestic and Pedigree Cats, Drive By Shooting, Eastman KODAK Camera Photographs, Elderly , Elegant Elephants!, Enchanting Powerful Photo Manipulation (2 per day), Equine Art and Photography, Everyday Life, Everyday Women, Everything Winter, Exotic Mammals, Fabulous Flowers, Farms and Countryside, Feminine Intent (LIMIT TWO IMAGES PER DAY), Film Makers , First Things, Flotsam & Jetsam, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), For the love of Canon - 2 Images per day with type of Canon camera used, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , For The Love Of Jesus , Forests, Fountains, Wrought Iron & Gates etc., Freedom to Shine, Giraffes- the long and tall of it!, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Good News Group - Sharing & Caring, Heritage in Stone, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, History, Horizons, Human and Nature, I Love Birds, Idaho Landscape Photography, If it doesn't belong, Images & Ideas, Images for Film, In the Pink 50% pink, Industrial landscapes, Inverted World, Iron Horses Old and New, Knick Knacks, Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Layered with Texture, Let There Be Rock!, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light up My Life (all about lamps), Live and Let Live, Live Music Photography - 2 per day, Live, Love, Dream: , Living Christianity, Lost in Space [75% Negative Space], Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, MAJOR EVENT , Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Masterpiece: Photography, MASTERS OF THE SCENIC, Mature Woman, Men Appreciation, Metallic Junktion, Military Related Art (Past or Present), Montana , Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Mother Nature's Finest, Mountains and Mountain Light, National Parks of the World, Natural Textures, Nature's Macro Canvas (No flowers or insects), Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Night Photography, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Object Studies & Concepts, Occupied Interiors, Old & Rusty, Old farts of redbubble, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day (Dogs only), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Pacific Northwest , Painting with Light - not sun/moonlight!, Passionate About Vintage, Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY, Personal Meaning Photography, Perspectives, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Photographers self portrait, Photography 101, Photography Challenge Group, Photography Critique and Advice, Piers and Jetties, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Prize Challenges!!, Public Art, Railway Art and Photography, Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Reflections in Building Windows 2 per day, Reflectivity, Rivers and Streams, ROAD PHOTOGRAPHY - your dashboard point of view!, Rocks and Stones, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rural Around The Globe, Rural Canada Coast to Coast pre 1960's, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Safe Haven, Scenery, Scotlands History, SEA, Seachanges, Seasonal 'Scapes, Seasonal Greeting Cards, Selective Coloring, Sepia Only, Sets of Two, Shadows & Reflections, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, SHOPFRONTS , Shots in the Fog, Signs, Silhouette, Simple by Design, Simply Horses, Simply the Best, Skyscapes, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, Solo Exhibition, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Statues and Such, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Streetscapes, Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!, Sunrise, Sunset, That One Great Shot, That's Entertainment! (Fun & Recreation Photos), The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Birds, The Compact Group *ONE* per day with *camera details please*, The FENCE group, ThE fInE aRt Of pEEliNg PaINt, The Greatest View in the World, The Patchwork , The Red Barn, The Scavenger Hunt, THE SISTERHOOD, The true beauty, The Urban Environment, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, The World, The World As We See It , or as we missed it., Tiger, Tiger, Timber and Water, Toilets and Bathroom Group. , Tools, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Trains, Transport, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Two Beings Group, Unconventional Artistry - 3 per day, Unique Buildings Of The World, United States, United States Challenges Only - NOVEMBER THEME: Signs (3 max per month), Unlimited Quality, Unwanted , Abandoned & Saved Through Preservation., Urban Art , Video Montage Group, Visual Texture(no pornography,nudes or offensive works), War , WATER SPORTS, Water Towers, Waterfall Photography, Waterfowl, We Rock: Musical Instrument Art, Weekly Theme Challenges, Welcome to Washington (The State!), Western United States Artists and Photographers, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Who are YOU to Judge?, Windows and Doors, Woman Appreciation, You're Accepted, Your Country's Best (2 images per day), Your Living spaces. , Your Magic PLACE (only a place!) and † The Picture of Scripture †.
Journal Entries
17 Features in Two Weeks, Thank You!
Posted 5 months ago, 2 comments so far.
8 Features in one week, totally COOL!
Posted 9 months ago, 3 comments so far.
3 Features in 24 Hours! Cool... : )
Posted 9 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Home Page Feature!
Posted 9 months ago, 7 comments so far.
3 New Features - Awesome! Thank you!!!
Posted 11 months ago, 8 comments so far.
3 New Features - Thank You!
Posted 11 months ago, 11 comments so far.
4 Features in 24 Hours - Cool!
Posted 11 months ago, 3 comments so far.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted 12 months ago.
God's Promises first challenge winner!
Posted 12 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Wow, 3 Features in 1 Day! Cool!
Posted 12 months ago, 3 comments so far.
Art
Writing
Legal vs. Moral: The Bottom Line
...there is a schism of opinion regarding which behaviors are acceptable and who has the authority to set and enforce these rules.
The Fortress
You kindled the fires / of hope, / Where the last embers / lay dying. / You tend it well.
Clarity
Where did it go, / that important thought? / No retrieve button to push / elusive, teasing, gone.
