Julie Powell is a photographer, writer and educator, offers unique photographic opportunities and inspirational ideas to help YOU become the photographer you wish to be.
All in Editing
Join me as I explore The FX panel in DXO PhotoLab 7 with this cool slightly retro-looking photo of model Eden from a recent shoot, where we covered the studio walls in newspaper. I run through everything in the FX panel from adding your own personalised watermark to adding filters, blur, vignettes and light leaks!
Last post was all about Portraits, but what if Landscapes are more you thing?
Exploration of DxO Photolab 7, a fantastic tool for enhancing your images providing an excellent layout for efficient editing performance.
Creating gorgeous Fine Art looks has never been easier with Nik Color Efex 6 by DXO. Join me as I walk you through my editing process.
Creating High Contrast B&W images has never been easier with DXO Nik Silver Efex, I added depth to some images from a recent body sculpting studio shoot with dancer Alyson King
With the latest update (V1.10.0), Luminar Neo has added Upscale which enables the user to upscale just about any photo.
Sometimes you capture an image that is nice, but could do with a bit more pizazz, that’s when creating Dual Tone images in Luminar Neo can make a real statement. I’ll walk you through how to do it.
The truth is Photoshop is NOT for everyone. So here are three reasons to stop thinking about Photoshop and find an alternative.
I was really looking forward to was tethering my Sony to Capture One 22. It seemed relatively straightforward until...well it wasn't.
Have you ever noticed when importing images into Lightroom Classic and "Copy as DNG" is listed as an option? It's possible you completely skipped this as A/ You had no idea what it meant or B/ you just totally missed it. So, should you convert Raw files to DNG?, I believe yes and you might consider doing so, after reading this post.
I was recently tasked with playing with the new HDR Merge on Capture One 22, as well as a few other items on the checklist.
Eight mistakes I wish I knew about when I first started with digital photography, and how to easily fix them.
I was super keen to play with the new and improved masking tools for Lightroom. Once I started I could see the benefits straight away.
Halloween is just around the corner, sadly I won't get all my planned shoots in this year. So I thought I would have a look at some previous Halloween shoots and have some fun with the edits. Like editing lighting to a creepy scene in Luminar
Is it cheating to use presets and templates in post-processing? No, definitely not, it can be a huge time-saver.
How to quickly and easily create lighting effects in Lightroom Classic and it only takes a few minutes with the radial filter.
How to use the Brush tool in Photoshop, perhaps you have never really used the brush tool or indeed Photoshop.
DxO Nik Collection (Analog Efex, Colour Efex and Silver Efex), and Exposure are among my very favourite creative plugins.
How to create quick and easy lighting overlays in Photoshop using the Gradient Tool and Render Gallery, for terrific effects
Fall is on its way. Such a beautiful time of year to get the camera out. So how do you go about editing your fall photos so your colors pop?
