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 Portraits
The best portrait photos are when the eyes are in sharp focus. It creates a sense of eye contact between the subject and viewer.
Is it possible to recover sharp focus in images? When there is a more camera blur or are a softer than you would like? Try Sharpen AI.
I bought a new lens and I am totally in love. This was not just a happy coincidence. I tried it out, before I bought it.
Using presets in Lightroom to speed up your workflow, is a fabulous use of the software. When it comes to editing a bunch of images from a single photoshoot, you can dramatically speed your workflow up by creating your own Preset. They are quite easy to create. You can even make your own collections.
When you set up a portrait session, whether it is for a client or family member or even if it is a creative collaboration with model and hair and makeup artist, there are certain things that I believe you need to be aware of.
Are you looking to create a soft romantic look for your portraits? It’s never been easier in Luminar AI. You can also add a creative element to them as well.
Last week I held the 1920’s Great Gatsby inspired portrait workshop. We ended up moving from Moorabbin studio to the Narre Warren studio, but it’s all good, as we have all the goods at the home studio.
Follow up on the last workshop for the year, the Girl in the Peacock Green dress with Alexia Frost
Every parent loves capturing those quirky and sometimes hilarious Christmas photos with Santa, right? We spend eleven months of the year teaching our children “Stranger Danger,” and then practically throw them at Santa and then wonder why we don’t always get the results we expect. Expect the unexpected, right?
I create a lot of digital art, and nothing has got me quite excited lately like Plotamorph (which is all part of Plotaverse). I can create fantastic animated before and after images that blend seamlessly and really create a fabulous amount of interest in my work.
Isn’t it always the way that, just before some big event, you chip a tooth or break out in pimples, or junior’s wobbly tooth just fell out, the kid fell over and scraped his nose?
Are you one of those portrait photographers who want to get in and get out real quick when it comes to editing? Not everyone wants to spend hours cleaning up blemishes in an image.
Creating that soft dreamy almost hazy and ethereal look in Lightroom Classic and Luminar 4 isn’t as difficult as you might think. Sure, it is always best to capture in-camera, and I will look at a few fun ways to do that. But sometimes, we want to apply it to images AFTER the shoot, too.
Brand new on the website, Model Packs with 20 hi-res images from some of my favourite studio shoots
It has never been easier to make eyes pop in portraits using Luminar 4. You can use it as standalone software, or as a plugin or Smart Object filter in Photoshop.
I really like to keep my portraits simple, no over-processing or spending hours on the PC. I try to capture everything in-camera as much as I can. Shooting RAW, I find most images out of the camera are a little flat and they need some processing. But again my aim is always to try and keep it simple. So when I was recently asked to review a copy of DxO PhotoLab 3, I was keen to put it through its paces.
