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.
Have you ever really stopped and looked at what’s out your front door? Or even your backdoor? Without ever leaving your property, sometimes it’s worth having a second look at what marvels you have. And not just for macro photography either.
I’m a firm believer in capturing the action of behind-the-scenes videos. Whether it’s portraits, macro, product shoots or portraits a behind-the-scenes (BTS) video can tell so much of the story. Even landscape photographers can benefit from BTS video, allowing their audience to see what goes on behind the lens, and the effort we as creative went to, to capture the shot. Even with all my fancy camera gear, I still catch most of my BTS video on my trusty mobile phone.
Adobe just announced updates to a variety of products, including Lightroom. One of which I am pretty excited about is the updates to the masking tools. I took a look around the updated Masking tools area, with Select People, Objects and one-click Select background. So let’s have a little look at the overall features.
Sometimes when working with natural light, you can’t always get the most flattering image, especially when it comes to food photography. That’s where using a supplemental speed light can help dramatically.
Looking to enhance your dramatic portraits in B&W? Add a little cinematic drama to your images in a few steps in Luminar Neo
Yes, you read that correctly — you can use your mobile phone to shoot macro photography (even if you don’t have a fancy new iPhone). While it’s not super duper magnified, you can still get fairly close to your subject. I used my Samsung S21 and the Lightroom mobile app. Here’s what I did.
Have you been using the select and mask tools in Lightroom? Or have you been putting it off, as it looks a little daunting? Or perhaps you’re not really sure what to do with it? Here is a simple step-by-step on how to brighten (or darken) your background and brighten up and add more detail to your subject. Let’s start with a fairly simple still-life photo.
Are you looking for a quick easy way to smooth skin, without all the fuss of frequency separation or actions? Have you tried using the Skin Smoothing Neural filter in Photoshop? Let’s have a look at what it can do for you.
Don’t get caught up in the overwhelm of editing your holiday photos. No need to leave them on the SD Card or Hardrive, as you just can’t find the time to sort and edit them all. Now with a little help, it’s quick and easy and even dare I say…enjoyable.
This is a fun little project to try, creating bokeh with some simple items at home.
Depending on where you live it’s either Spring or Fall. Either way, chances are you’re bound to have a few days that the weather is just miserable and you really don’t feel like leaving the house and having a photography adventure. But don’t let that bring you down, why not make the most of the dreary weather and have an indoor photography adventure?
Here is a fun idea for a fall shoot, especially with the holidays just around the corner. Arrange a get-together with some of your photography friends, especially if you all like to bake or cook.
We recently took a long weekend to visit my daughter in Queensland, which meant flying. Here in Australia (as in possibly every other country), having staff shortages at airports is a real problem.
Have you ever been on vacation and taken loads of photos, then suffer a case of total overwhelm to sort and edit them? Been there, done that. But help is available. You can now sort and edit all your vacation photos in a snap.
Just because it’s no longer summer doesn’t mean you can’t capture some gorgeous beach portraits. Don’t let the cooler weather put you off from going to the beach. Pass on the bikini and grab a lovely warm wool jumper and jeans for a casual fall or winter beach photoshoot. There are so many great reasons why now might just be a perfect time.
Radiant Photo offers some pretty impressive AI for smart, yet quick editing for portraits, like remove blemishes and shine.
Perhaps you’ve heard the term, but are unsure what Actions are or how to use them in Photoshop. So, let’s go back to some bare-bones basics and look at using Actions in Photoshop and how they can speed up your workflow and make life easier.
There are now two brand new style collections available for Capture One, both offer different editing styles to create your own unique look.
Brand new to the market is Radiant Photo, created by photographers for photographers. Simple quick and powerful AI photo editing software for landscapes, portraits or anything else your heart desires. I was given a copy to try out and ran it through its paces with some portraits. So let's take a look at optimizing some faces with Radiant Photo.
Butterflies are wonderful, peaceful, beautiful, amazing, and awesome! Butterflies are a sign of joy, peace and happiness. But they are very fragile, so enjoy, and photograph, but please never touch them.
