Julie Powell is a photographer, writer and educator, offers unique photographic opportunities and inspirational ideas to help YOU become the photographer you wish to be.
I thought I might share something a little different with you today. I was recently asked over on Photofocus Community to share more before and after images, so I thought I would create a video of my full edit (sped up slightly) and explain what I did and how I got the finished image.
Covid-19 is making all sorts of things difficult including couples portraits. But if you’re willing to take a break from standard portraits and get into something a little more fun and creative, you don’t have to be seen with those darn surgical masks!
I was not in my studio, I had to carry and take everything with me, so I had to pack (relatively) light. It really got me thinking about what I really needed to shoot macro while out and about.
Sure, there are even more photographers playing in the field today than ever before. That old adage about anyone who picks up a DSLR, right? But trying to outdo each other or undercut each other isn’t doing anyone any favours. In fact, we believe it is doing the opposite.
In the last video (Part one) we looked at Selective Color, this instalment I take a little look at the Channel Mixer in Photoshop. I really like the quick and easy way to work with the different channels of color even in a B&W/Monochrome image.
Very excited to reason a Highly Commended for The Girl in the Peacock Green Dress
There are so many great ways to use colour in Photoshop non-destructively. From altering the colour of clothing to subtle adjustments in shadows and highlights. You can use a myriad of tools or just one or two. In this three-part mini-series, I explore a few of my favourites. Starting with Selective Colour.
A great way to add some interest to your photos is with using LUTs in Photoshop. LUTs (Lookup tables) have mostly been using for color grading film and video for years, think cinema blockbusters.
I adore using curves in Adore using curves layers in Adobe Photoshop, I think I use that one tool, more than any other, quick and easy and can make such a difference with little effort.
While you might all be feeling a little chilly in the Northern Hemisphere, down here in Australia we are sweltering in the Summer heat. Nothing quite beats an iced tea on a balmy Summer evening.
This is an age-old question, well, as old as digital photography and DSLR are at any rate; to shoot in Raw or JPEG. Many cameras are set to JPEG straight out of the box, so why bother to change?
This was a recent dilemma I faced. I currently have older Bowens Strobes in the studio and while there is nothing actually wrong with them, the recycle time was too slow and I had found they were continually misfiring with my Sony a7RIII. I also have an older Nikon Speedlight, it was all quite serviceable, but I wanted something that did High-Speed Sync and had a much faster recycle time, and that all worked very well together, but what to get…
So whats hot and whats not in regards to colours in 2021?
The Wonderful Animal Imaginarium book made a special Christmas present for a little boy in USA
A new year is like a blank 365 page book, what will you fill your pages with?
Follow up on the last workshop for the year, the Girl in the Peacock Green dress with Alexia Frost
As someone who has ALWAYS touted Manual, Manual, Manual. I must admit, that these days I find myself shooting more and more in Aperture Priority (AP). And here is why…
Capture festive food fotos with all that sparkles, glistens and shines with a few fantastic ideas. And you don’t have to have the big guns out, mobile cameras these days are fantastic too.
Capture some of your own Christmas cheer with some behind the scenes photos.
