Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Creating & Capturing Life's Precious Moments
These disbuds were travelling along really nicely, I had used them in a shoot last week, then again in a workshop last weekend. This week had been crazy with ‘life stuff’ and they were left in a bucket of water just outside the studio door. Many of them were well past their prime, but these…
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Still life photography is not just about sticking a flower in a vase and taking a photo of it — it requires a little more planning and studying than that. 40 more words
via Developing an eye for still life composition — Photofocus
Recently I invited three ladies (two I had never worked with before) into the studio for two Conceptual images. Initially, I had this whole concept shot in mind, I am still working with it in Photoshop, but on a spur of the moment, I decided to lay all three women on the floor and drape…
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Something a little different today, I recently mentioned I had three lovely ladies in the studio helping me out with some conceptual pieces…this is one of them. Speak No Evil It is said that there are three wise virtues; to speak, hear or see no evil. But evil is all around us. We are tied…
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I have been doing a few reviews on Excire Search and I must say the more I use it the more impressed I am. From quickly locating landmarks, animals and food, I believe the better I make my search, the better results I have. My colleague Bryan Esler wrote a post recently on finding faces…
via Using Excire Search to locate different faces quickly and easily — Photofocus
Questions: What do you think of best friends of the opposite sex? Or to put it another way “Can men and women ever be platonic friends? Doesn’t sex always get in the way?” Damn silly if you ask me, I have had loads of friends that are men, and trust me they are purely platonic. I…
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Last weekend, I had a wonderful afternoon in the studio with a great bunch of people. My Photography Group (VPC) has done several of these large group shoots now and this one was so good, I think it might be my favourite so far, but then I am always partial to a little Alice in…
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Wowser what a week, went from a truly fabulous weekend to a nightmare real quick. A super busy weekend the week before, we had so much on and loved every minute of it. Spent a few days playing catch up and editing and such (still have not caught up on housework, but who cares, right?).…
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I was recently joined in the studio with not one but three muses. Jess, of course, but also another newcomer to the studio Anjel and Gabby. Jess met Anjel at a Vintage Car/Hot Rod show she was working at and thought we could make something very cool together, I had an idea for something and…
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Should you update your camera’s firmware? This is a good question. The simple answer is yes, but if you’re like me, you are perhaps a bit hesitant in doing so. 40 more words
Julie Powell - Photographer & Graphic Artist 