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.
The Graduated Filter in Lightroom Classic. It’s terrific for highlight and shadow recovery in landscapes. Evening out backgrounds on images. Bringing out foreground details and so much more.
What about if you have Noise in your images due to high ISO or underexposed? How do you overcome noise in your nature photography?
Winton Wetlands is an eerie site with 1,000s of dead trees, and remnants of some of the building in amongst the now dry landscape.
Last night when issue #40 of Mob Journal was released and my images are on the front AND back cover and 14 fabulous pages in the editorial inside…eeeekkk! I knew it was happening but had to keep it hush hush until it went live.
So excited to find out I placed in the Top 101 for International Portrait Photographer of the year for 2021 with this character study of Emily.
What if you have next to no lighting, is it still possible to capture great images? I still say there is no such thing as bad lighting.
Lake Tyrrell is Victoria's largest salt lake, it is a great spot for reflective photography, often referred to as the Sky Mirror.
I enjoy nature photography, but I am not quite as quick as the animals, so the problem then becomes How to fix a blurry bird photo?
How to use the Patch Tool in Adobe Photoshop? Great for fixing bags under the eyes, missing bits of fur and other edits that come up.
We look at adding Lookup Tables (LUTs) and Gradient Maps in Photoshop to bring in some finishing touches to our creative portrait.
Older digital photos are OK, but not quite print-worthy these days. So how to enlarge old photos without losing quality?
we are looking at blurring the background, adding texture, some simple lighting effects and some LUTs to really enhance the final image.
How to take great photos with bad lighting? There really is no such thing as bad lighting, you just have to get a little creative.
How to create layouts & triptychs in Lightroom Classic with the Print Module, which is a terrific tool, yet so few people actually use it.
Photoshops Content Aware tool is perfect for filling in gaps and expanding your frame
Most of Australia is arid and dry and strangely beautiful, especially exploring surreal and ancient landscapes in the Australian outback.
What exactly are LUTs? Especially in regard to photography? It's a colour grading tool, that takes a profile and applies this to your images.
I haven't always had people in my landscape, but adding a human element can add so much to your landscapes.
There are some truly stunning landscapes out there in some truly remote locations. What to pack when you need to take everything with you?
What’s the difference between hard and soft light? This is a great question and one that can sometimes be a little confusing when you’re first starting out as a photographer.
