Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Creating & Capturing Life's Precious Moments
In Digital Photography ISO measures the sensitivity of the image sensor. The same principles apply as in film photography – the lower the number the less sensitive your camera is to light and the finer the grain. Higher ISO settings are generally used in darker situations to get faster shutter speeds. Something that I was learnt early on with my DSLR…
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Another rose set for this week’s Regular Random, I took a 5 minute set each day over Easter, this time I decided to get the Nikon D7100 out of retirement and put the Tamron 90mm Macro on it. I forgot how much I enjoy a proper macro. I love being able to capture all the…
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Recently I visited Desley and she still had her gorgeous hyacinth, which she featured recently; but they had opened up – I had to take a few snaps of those. I took my Nikon D7100 and my Tamron 90mm macro with me, they had not had much use of late, but a recent shoot reminded me how…
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Following up on the recent Black & White Rabbits shoot is the Red Rabbit, I love how we coordinated the corset, skirts, and wigs for each set. We did two different backgrounds on this one the same charcoal polyboard set and the canvas backdrop. Both are neutral and allow the subject to stand out No…
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Yesterday, I featured The Groom detail images for my Dapper Rabbit Series and the day before The Bride. Today’s is an almost casual glance at a small table in the Salon where the Poker Game was held, trifling details of ladies of the night and a few coins and of course The Queen of Hearts. The Salon…
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Yesterday I featured a details shot for The Bride and it is only fair to feature the Groom. The Groom A little darker, but still very much a dreamy hazy wedding shot, much as you would for a real wedding. This belies the dark and sinister plot twists about to occur. Captures some of the…
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I thought for my Dapper Rabbit, I had put some much detail and props into the images they were actually starring in their own right, each picked and matched perfectly to the image. Some so simple, they don’t even get a second glimpse by the casual observer. I am thinking of having them on display…
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One of the most asked about images I take is the backlight ones, regardless of whether its still life or portraits. It can be one of the most difficult ones to master, I know it took me awhile, but follow a few simple tips and I am sure you will find things much easier than…
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I showed some footage and photos from our little drone, Defiant#1 the other week. We can’t always be out flying it, A/ There a lot of places you cannot fly it, B/ I think it needs to be something interesting C/ the conditions have to be favourable. So on a recent exploration of the local…
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Flowers, Planners & Cupcakes… Unlike my house or even studio, Desleys apartment has white walls and lots of lovely natural light, it is such fun to shoot there. I went there recently for a lovely lunch, she brought out some cupcakes for dessert, her baker does the prettiest icing. So I snapped a few of…
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Julie Powell - Photographer & Graphic Artist 