Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Creating & Capturing Life's Precious Moments
One thing that certainly seems to have come out of COVID19 is more people are doing a lot more D.I.Y right? I am not different. I painted a new background for the studio, just and old stained canvas I had hanging around, painted it grey and they sponged black and white over it, looks pretty…
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Learn to create unique and beautifully crafted images in Photoshop & Topaz using these painterly techniques, with Award Winning Digital Artist – Julie Powell…BRAND NEW!
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With a love of studio portraits, it was only a matter of time before I heard the words Oliphant Backdrops, sure gorgeous, but also a little out of my price league (Or so I thought). But perhaps I could try creating my own, I know other photographers are doing it too. So I went to…
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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 often get asked what I use for backdrops in the studio, and people are often quite surprised with what I use, so I thought I might write a post. Still Life I thought I’d start here, as in some ways it is easier, due to a smaller area. I often shoot outside on the…
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This week, I thought I would do something a little different for In the Studio and write a behind the scenes for a recent shoot I did on location in Victoria’s Redwood Forest in East Warburton. What As a child, I had a deep love and fascination for stories, particularly fairy-tales, and especially the Grimm…
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While in Bali we visited several places a Batik Factory and Coffee and a Chocolate Plantation, and we also visited a Gold and Silver Smith workshop. We were guided through how the refind and make silver jewelry and we were given a pamphlet of the process. However, this particular establishment did rip us off with…
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We recently visited an Artist Village in Bali and were shown through a Batik Factory, this is where they weave various materials for fabric, as well as print the patterns, either by hand painting or stamping them with paint. We watched the whole process but were also given hand-outs describing the process, by the people at…
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I don’t really have an ‘In the studio’ today, as last weekend was all about the Pixel Sisters workshop, so jump on over there to read more in depth about our Floral Fantasy Workshop. Today I thought I might share something a little different, are you aware that I have a Youtube channel? I know…
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I have fallen in love with an old program that is fairly new to me; Topaz FXLabs, I received this in a bundle I got a little while ago from Topaz Labs. Sure I regularly use other programs in Topaz; Adjust, Denoise, B&W, Impressions, just to name a few. Some of them seem to crash…
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Julie Powell - Photographer & Graphic Artist 