Photography has been both a life-time passion and an integral part of Helen's daily work for the past twelve years.

Born in the Georgian Bay area of southern Ontario in the bilingual community of Penetanguishene, Ontario—the gateway to the 30,000 Islands—Helen whiled away many hours in her 15-foot aluminum outboard and developed a deep love of outdoor adventure.

Helen learned photography from one of Saskatchewan's best photographers, the late Harvard Zavedosky. They collaborated on hundreds of photographs that led to the 2002 photography exhibition Woman at the Prairie Contacts Art Gallery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan—a showing of 18 black and white prints.

In 2004, she spent a month at the Montana Artist Refuge in Basin, Montana, exploring and photographing the Boulder-Butte area, the Jefferson River, and the Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park. She returned to Montana in 2005 to the Photographers' Formulary in Condon, to study the bromoil technique with master photographer David Lewis of Callander, Ontario.

Since then, her photography treks have led her to New York City and Quebec City, to the Bonavista Peninsula in Newfoundland, to Jerome and Antelope Canyon in Arizona, and to the UNESCO World Heritage Rideau Canal in Ontario. She has photographed the Quetico Provincial Park in Northern Ontario and every inch of her beloved Qu'Appelle Valley in Southeast Saskatchewan.

The quality of Helen's writing has been recognized with several awards for her journalism, including the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association's Columnist-of-the-Year (2003).