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.
How to photograph waterfalls to make the water look smooth and milky, use a longer shutter time to achieve this.
Have you ever thought about how your style or choice of music changes, depending on what you are doing? It has been thought for a while now that mood and music are closely related.
How to really make your portraits pop by using the new Portrait BokehAI tool in LuminarAI? It’s been a little while in coming, but the new Portrait BokehAI tool is here (in Australia) and it’s pretty cool.
Are you planning on a croc hunt? It's best to keep your distance. You want a lens that's quiet, robust & quick with distance.
I recently spent yet another week or two in lockdown due to that which will not be named. I had seen a post by fellow author Joy Celine Asto about capturing fun action shots with your dog in the studio. I figured it was something fun to do for myself AND the dog.
The Gradient Map actually maps out the different tonal ranges within your image and applies the Gradient Map to that.
How to create selective colour in Lightroom is actually pretty easy, especially with the right photo. Take this simple orange gerbera.
How to use the Spot Healing Brush Tool in Adobe Photoshop? Great for fixing sensor spots and fly-away hairs, and so much more.
On the cover of Edith magazine with the lovely Jess Carolyn as Marilyn…Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
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.
