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.
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I was not in my studio, I had to carry and take everything with me, so I had to pack (relatively) light. It really got me thinking about what I really needed to shoot macro while out and about.
Sure, there are even more photographers playing in the field today than ever before. That old adage about anyone who picks up a DSLR, right? But trying to outdo each other or undercut each other isn’t doing anyone any favours. In fact, we believe it is doing the opposite.
This is an age-old question, well, as old as digital photography and DSLR are at any rate; to shoot in Raw or JPEG. Many cameras are set to JPEG straight out of the box, so why bother to change?
This was a recent dilemma I faced. I currently have older Bowens Strobes in the studio and while there is nothing actually wrong with them, the recycle time was too slow and I had found they were continually misfiring with my Sony a7RIII. I also have an older Nikon Speedlight, it was all quite serviceable, but I wanted something that did High-Speed Sync and had a much faster recycle time, and that all worked very well together, but what to get…
A new year is like a blank 365 page book, what will you fill your pages with?
Sale! Sale! Sale! Heart races, the wallet opens, credit card comes out…does this sound like you? Before you get in over your head this year a little pre-sale strategy might be in order. While there are some bargains to be had, don’t get caught up in a shopping frenzy you may regret down the line.
Getting comfortable with artificial intelligence can take a bit of getting used to. Being a Gen. Xer, we are perhaps seen (by some) as a little cynical — I mean we rode the computer generation wave to a degree. We saw the first home computer revolution, I watched as my children take to it with ease as I struggled to figure out a mouse.
Are you looking to get your work featured in publications? Granted this is not something for everyone, but many photographers have been asking for some tips and tricks that could help you get published.
But once I started speaking, I found that my passion for my craft took over. I turned inward and spoke from the heart about the love for my craft.
I frequently get asked if I do photograph weddings … I answer with a resounding NO! Why, you might ask? It boils down to stress — I just don’t need it.
Occasionally things go awry with your camera. Not faulty, just unexpected or strange.
It’s possible that you fiddled around with one too many settings. Or you changed things and can’t seem to reset them. But what if you are trying to do something and just can’t figure it out?
I recently wrote a post about how I felt people were getting to hung up on noise (or grain) in their images.
Does noise really matter all that much in portraits? I think people are too hung up on having their images 100% noiseless, whereas the crisper and sharper, the better. And that’s just the point isn’t it?
