Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Creating & Capturing Life's Precious Moments
Something that seems to pop up from time to time in my Light Painting and still life photos is my vintage green vase and dried hydrangea and my Kodak Box Brownie, I adore them both; the colours, the textures so why not put both in the same image? I must admit my poor hydrangea has…
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I recently purchased a Kodak Brownie Six-20C circa 1946 – 53, I have always liked vintage cameras, but I am no collector, for starters, there is the cost and then storage – I mean I have enough junk, where do I put loads of them? But I do have two, my Olympus OM1 which I…
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While it’s true I really only got into digital photography about four years ago, my roots into the art go way, way back. Back in the 1980’s I did photography at school, only Black and White, but I loved it, especially the darkroom we could access pretty much anytime we wanted to. I had access…
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Cee is back with another set of questions for this week What household chore do you absolutely enjoy doing? (can be indoor or outdoor) Is this a trick question? I hate all household chores, it doesn’t matter if it’s cleaning, washing, vacuuming, gardening, I am not enthralled to do it at all – I mean I…
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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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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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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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This is the kit lens that came with my Sony a7ii mirrorless DSLR Camera, which I reviewed last week. This Sony 28-70mm (Model – SEL280) is a compact, lightweight general purpose zoom for Sony’s full-frame E-mount cameras, like the a7ii and A7Rii. There is a little controversy over it; apart from the metal mount and…
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Some of my most popular posts are tech reviews, so I have reviewed my Sony a7ii mirrorless digital camera
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Another week another SYW from Cee, can you believe November is almost over? Would you prefer a reading nook or an art, craft, photography studio? I am very lucky, over the years I have done various arts and crafts and have always had a studio to work in, I have currently converted our garage into a…
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Julie Powell - Photographer & Graphic Artist 