Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Creating & Capturing Life's Precious Moments
My first Official VPC outing for the year, we went balloon bursting, a whole gaggle of photographers (I am not sure what you call a large group of us?), about 50 or so. We met at Shwerkolt Cottage (where we had our Christmas Lunch) and split into two groups, for some hilarious Balloon Bursting fun, we…
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I have been working almost exclusively with my Sony 50mm Macro lens of late, I adore it, the images are superb. I decided one very hot day to grab some ordinary household items and have a play…this is a kitchen fork on black Perspex (or Plexiglass) and some natural light. ISO100, F/4.5, 1/60 second. I…
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Saturday was Australia Day (Jan 26th) and in the true blue Aussie traditional way, we get the following Monday as a Public Holiday…I adore this time of year, lots of Public Holidays from Christmas through to the end of April. I wish I could say I slept in, but I have not had a sleep…
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In my backyard, just near the laundry door, I have two amazing pink Bromeliads, it is the shady side of the house and they are fairly happy there, even if a bit cold in Winter. I was taking some washing out to the line and noticed this morning I have two new blooms, they are…
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Just a quick one for today…My Water Lily is in bloom 🙂 I hope you have a totally awesome weekend… ~ Julz, xo
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I was shooting some pretty flowers I was given in some backlight the other day for my Sunday Stills class, and they just looked so pretty I thought I would share them here…it’s been a while since I shared some pretty flowers, some still life. Why is it sometimes we forget the simple joys in…
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Last week I shared a post about my first My Creative Journey get together, Live, Laugh, Share & Create, this weekend just gone was the second, due to various reason we had a few dropped out and there was just three of us, Lisa and Sue have both shot with me before, so we decided…
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Another week, another set of Questions from Melanie QUESTIONS: What’s the closest thing you’ve experienced to real magic? Well, there is magic and then there is magic I guess. I often feel magic when I pick up the camera and create something wonderful, then there is the magic I create in Photoshop (bragging huh?), then there…
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You May have already seen these, I do adore them, I have not sat down and done any Light Sculpting in the longest time, need to do some more. Which reminds me I guess, did you know I have a range of Textures, Lightroom Presets and Photoshop FX and Overlays for sale on my updated…
Read MoreThis is a piece inspired by the wonderful Australian photographer, Julie Powell. She and I collaborated on several pieces awhile back, and they’ve been on my mind lately. http://nananoyz5forme.com/2016/08/29/before-we-were-kings/
Julie Powell - Photographer & Graphic Artist 