My Tasmania Instagram diary which I found sitting in my drafts for the longest time, so I thought I should finally publish it. There are a few other blog posts sitting in my drafts which I will be sharing over the next couple of weeks :)
If you haven’t already, I have a free photo editing app out which I use to edit all my photos on my phone now, it’s especially handy for when I’m travelling and taking lots of snaps on my iphone for these blog posts and Instagram. Find it here: FREE Digital Film App which you can download for iOS here.
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I’m so excited to share this photoshoot I did with three beautiful sisters: Jazmin, Monica and Eve. I photographed all these photos with natural light on my Canon 5D mkiv + 50mm f1.2 lens and edited all the photos with my Aspen Lightroom Preset as I wanted to keep the photos looking natural with vibrant colours. Watch the behind the scenes of our photoshoot in the video below! And please subscribe to my YouTube Channel if you haven’t already, I upload a new photography related video every single Wednesday!
This blog was put together with Narrative. I love using Narrative as part of my photoshoot culling process to see which images from a shoot I should edit and I also use it to easily & quickly be able to put together these blog posts with different layouts of images side by side. I’m really excited to say I’ve teamed up with Narrative and have a 15% discount code for you guys using the code julia15 or just clicking this link! You can download a free trial to test it out for 7 days too :)
All photos edited with my Aspen Lightroom Preset!
This free photoshoot checklist is a helpful and efficient way to plan your next portrait photography session. This checklist is completely customisable to suite you and your clients needs.
Overcast and cloudy weather are usually a portrait photographer's favourite conditions for a photoshoot. I share my tips on getting the most amazing overcast portraits in my video. I use aspects from colour, composition and lighting to help my subjects stand out during a gloomy day.
My 2018 in 100 pictures, plus a video I put together looking back on our amazing year on YouTube and thanking you all for your wonderful support! Please subscribe to my channel, I’m so excited for all the videos we’re going to create in 2019!
And here are a few of my favourite videos we created this year:
Thank you again for the most amazing year!! x
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Dan and I travelled to the US with our friend Cuong and spent just under 2 weeks exploring the national parks and taking a plethora of photos! The only camera gear I brought with me was the Sony A7III, Sony 28mm f2 and the Canon 35mm f1.4 II + Metabones iv adaptor.
After spending a few days exploring autumn & snow covered Colorado, it was time to start heading on our road trip through the US for a new adventure. The first state we had to drive through was Utah, and since it was so closeby, we decided to stop in Arches National Park on our way through. It was such a stark contrast to now be in the desert compared to lush and snowy Colorado but it was a beautiful landscape to experience nonetheless. In some spots of the National Park you could even see snow-capped Colorado in the distance!
We drove through the night into Salt Lake City, woke up in the morning and spent a whole day driving through a barren part of Nevada, making it to the border of California. Next stop is Yosemite National Park! I hope you all like the before & after images I’m including throughout my blog posts now! After getting some feedback on Instagram, it was a general consensus that you guys wanted to see more of that.
And if you haven’t seen it already, below is my photography related vlog of our time in Colorado and at the end, of what we got up to in Utah. Every photo in the vlog includes a before & after & was shot on my Sony A7iii + Sony 28mm f2.
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All photos edited with my Florence Lightroom Preset!
This blog was put together with Narrative. I love using Narrative as part of my photoshoot culling process to see which images from a shoot I should edit and I also use it to easily & quickly be able to put together these blog posts with different layouts of images side by side. I’m really excited to say I’ve teamed up with Narrative and have a 15% discount code for you guys using the code julia15 or just clicking this link! You can download a free trial to test it out for 7 days too :)
All photos edited with my Florence Lightroom Preset
In October, I travelled to Colorado with Dan and our friend Cuong to visit Denver and road trip through the snowy and autumn coloured mountains. We visited Aspen, Telluride, Ouray and all the places in between. I took only my Sony A7III to be able to vlog and take photos throughout our trip + 2 lenses: the Sony 28mm f2 and Canon 35mm f1.4 (which I used with a Metabones iv adaptor on the Sony).
The reason I decided to take the Sony over my Canon 5D mkiv is because it is such an optimised camera for travelling. First up, it’s small and light weight which is perfect to vlog on and also doesn’t weigh me down while spending long days exploring, hiking and just walking around. Second, I see it on par with photo quality as my 5D, the images are crisp, RAW files are easy to manage and colour and focusing is actually pretty fine with the 35mm adapted.
Lastly, since I also run a YouTube channel, filming video is just as important for me as taking photos! The Sony system is great for video, it has smaller file sizes than the Canon and again, the small and light weight nature of the camera means that I am able to vlog on it! I think we’ll all get sea sickness if I had to vlog on my 5D haha.
Check out the vlog from our trip below which has behind the scenes of us taking travel photos - portraits and landscapes as well as travel photography tips and SO many before and after photos!
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This blog was put together with Narrative. I love using Narrative as part of my photoshoot culling process to see which images from a shoot I should edit and I also use it to easily & quickly be able to put together these blog posts with different layouts of images side by side. I’m really excited to say I’ve teamed up with Narrative and have a 15% discount code for you guys using the code julia15 or just clicking this link! You can download a free trial to test it out for 7 days too :)
All photos are edited with my Lightroom Presets! I used a variety of presets to suite the look of the photo and the style I was going for with each of the shots I took. I used these presets:
San Francisco Lightroom Preset
There are before and after images throughout this blog post so you can see what each of these presets look like! And if you want to see more, I shared a before and after for every single image that I shot in the vlog :)
All photos are edited with my Lightroom Presets! I used a variety of presets to suite the look of the photo and the style I was going for with each of the shots I took. I used these presets:
I’m so excited to share this photoshoot with you all today! We spent about an hour photographing around the suburbs of Sydney and Linnea was an absolute dream to take photos of! I loved her creative movement.
Watch the behind the scenes video of our photoshoot below and please subscribe to my YouTube Channel if you haven’t already! I release new videos every Wednesday and Saturday.
model Linnea @ Priscilla’s
video Dan @ I Make Films
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The Lensbaby Sol 45 45mm f3.5 Lens for Canon EF is a compact, creative lens. With the Sol 45 you can do selective focus photography by tilting and focusing this small lens.
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I also have some exciting news because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x
If you've ever felt stuck with giving direction to your subjects during a portrait photoshoot, then this tutorial is for you! In this "How to pose people who are not models" video, I share with you some simple posing tips and tricks that you can use at your next photoshoot.
In this portrait photoshoot behind the scenes video, I am using the Canon 5D mk4 with the Canon 35mm f1.4 II lens for portrait photography. We had an overcast morning at the beach for this photoshoot, so the soft light helped with taking great portraits of Tyler. I have a tutorial on how to take better photos during overcast weather here if you’re interested. I made use of the rocks at our location to add some texture and interest to the portraits I was taking. I also love the shark net at this beach, so we made use of that with some different styles of portraits as well.
model tyler @ priscillas
swimwear storm swim
All photos edited with my NEW Bloom Lightroom Preset!
Watch the behind the scenes video of our photoshoot below! And please subscribe to my channel, I release 2 new videos a week.
All photos edited with my NEW Bloom Lightroom Preset!
model kristina szrich
clothing rowie the label
camera body canon 5D mkiv
lens canon 35mm f1.4
All photos edited with my Amalfi Lightroom Preset!
Watch the behind the scenes of our photoshoot below where the first time I ever, I completely stack it while taking photos haha. I take lots of fast movement portraits on the Canon 5D mk4 and make the most of golden hour for these portraits. Please subscribe to my channel, I release 2 new videos a week on Wednesday & Saturday!
In today’s video I’m taking a closer look at the brand new Lensbaby Sol 45. Watch the video to hear my thoughts, learn how it works and see the behind the scenes of the photoshoots I got to do with this fun lens! Also, scroll down to the bottom of this blog post if you want to see the high resolution exported JPGs of our lens blade test that we did in the video, click on each photo to see the full sized photos and take a look at all the details.
A big thank you to all the model's in this blog post + video! Kristina, Samantha and Mitzi.
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Below are the full resolution JPGs from our bokeh blade test, click on each image to see it in full.
In today's video we are comparing the Sony A7III to the Canon 5DmkIV in low light while taking portraits. I was using the Canon 35mm f1.4L lens on both cameras and kept the settings on both cameras the same throughout each situation. Watch the video to see camera settings, etc. I hope you enjoy the video and let me know what you think in the comments! Scroll down to be able to download the RAW files + see a gallery of the highres unedited JPGs. Also a big thank you to my beautiful sister Georgina for being my model for the photoshoot!
Below are the exported highres JPGs, click on each image to see them at full resolution.
