cee’s compose yourself – Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge # 23 – Black and White

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer July 27, 2016June 30, 2016

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Now we are getting to something I can really sink my teeth into with Cee’s CYC, I adore using B&W in my images, doesn’t mean I always do, but I still love a good B&W. I love how a great contrast between dark and light can make an image pop, making skin almost seem to…

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge #22 – Guide the viewer and flipping Photos

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer June 23, 2016

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This week Cee examines leading the viewer’s eye through a photo with S curves and Brightest spot, as well as reading a photo from left to right / right to left etc. It is really interesting to see the photos which were Flipped to engage the viewer to linger longer. I have never really thought…

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge – Week 21, Landscapes

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer April 29, 2016April 29, 2016

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Has it really been 21 weeks? Wow time does fly and I know we are only posting twice a month so I guess it has actually been longer. This week Cee asks us to concentrate on Landscapes and compositional rules. Essay Keep your horizon level. We talked about this during our composition classes, but unless…

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge – Week 20 Review & Practice

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

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This week, Cee’s CYC is about Review for the past 19 weeks (Has it really been that long?) and review and practice. Here are the topics we have covered. CCY: #19 Geometry in Photography CCY: #18 Contrasting Colors CCY: #17 Complementary/Harmonious Colors CCY: #16 Color Basics CCY: #15 Cropping Tips CCY: #14 Symmetry CCY: #13 Perspective…

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge – Geometry

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer March 24, 2016March 24, 2016

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Geometry is everywhere, we just don’t really take notice of it, as mucha s we should apparently

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge, Week 18, Contrasting Colours

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer March 10, 2016March 10, 2016

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Last week I won Cee’s Gold Star for my post on complementary colours, such a lovely surprise, and so many nice things about my pictures……always a bonus! So thank you. This week Cee takes us through Contrasting colours, I love a good contrast but as Cee explains, in nature it does not really happen all…

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge – Complementary Colours

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer February 25, 2016February 25, 2016

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This week Cee discusses Complementary Colours, these are colours that are next to each other on the wheel. As opposed to Contrasting Colours, which are colors that are opposites on the color wheel; orange and blue, red and green. I remember learning all this in art at Secondary School, but sometimes these things are learnt and then…

Cee’s Compose Yourselve Challenge – Colour Basics

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer February 11, 2016February 11, 2016

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This week we tackle the basic of colour composition – warm and cool tones

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge – Week 14 Symmetry

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

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This week’s assignment, Cee calls for Symmetry Essay To start off with I thought I show the dictionary definition of Symmetry. sym·me·try\ˈsi-mə-trē\ noun the quality of something that has two sides or halves that are the same or very close in size, shape, and position the quality of…

Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge – Week 13, Perspective

By: Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer January 9, 2016

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This week’s challenge is all about perspective and the fact that my manual focus is pretty bad