Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Creating & Capturing Life's Precious Moments
If you have been following me for a while, you may remember Rachelle, possibly even this red dress and the red balloons, we had a fun-filled day a few years ago. Rachelle now lives back in New Zealand, so we don’t really get to create in the studio anymore, but I still have fond memories…
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The Ice Queen cometh. I mean what can I say, I actually did so very little to the image, it really was quite amazing, the white eyes were contacts worn by Jess, creepy, so I highlighted them I created a dark vignette and added snow…it seemed to ‘need’ snow. The twigs were there in the…
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I bought my Mum some tulips for Mother’s Day recently and I had to have a mini session with the camera, of course, I then took it a step further and felt I needed to play with some textures and a painterly effect…so, so pretty. ~ Julz, xo P.S. I will feature the actual flowers…
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After being diagnosed with Shingles last week and spending every day since then in constant pain, I decided that I really need to do something more constructive with my time than Netflix Binge, as opposed to sulking in despair, a few days sure but then I gotta get real. Then, of course, I also heard…
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Light will someday split you open even if your life is now a cage. Little by Little. You will turn into stars. Little by little. You will turn into the whole sweet amorous Universe – Hafiz Featuring model Blade Whittaker, this was originally shot in a pool, here is the Before Photo Many hand-painted elements,…
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This was shot during a recent workshop, we actually experimented with holding various different materials in front of the camera lens; chiffon, lace, cheesecloth, tulle and such, we got some lovely creative images. I then ran this one through Photoshop and added a lovely painterly feel to it as well. ~ Julz, xo
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On a recent holiday to the sunkissed beaches in Brisbane (QLD, Australia), I took several images which grabbed my attention and imagination, as idyllic and iconic Australian Summer scenes; sand, sea, and blue skies. It has started a new series of art prints, titled Summer Holidays. I wanted to give them brighter colors than I…
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This is one of the images I was playing around with from Saturday’s Bird Encounter, this time without the birds. It was a random shot I took of Talia and I wanted to give it a more fantasy, eerie forest feel. Just playing around really. Sometimes when you have got nothing to lose, that when…
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As you all know I love a good challenge, and I particularly like Brooke’s, she makes you think and pushes you to go beyond your boundaries; well I think so. So when Brooke announced another challenge this year, I signed up, 40% of the proceeds go towards her charity as well; win win. Each day…
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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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