aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand
JULIE POWELL INTERVIEW Trish Hoskin Most of us would be aware of Julie and her amazing work from our Awake and Kaizen groups. Having met Julie twice via our Awake get togethers in Melbourne and Launceston, I have seen her work and artistic pursuits grow enormously, so thought everyone would find it interesting to hear from Julie how she has achieved that. So, I have asked Julie to answer some questions for us to give us an idea of how she started, what she did to get herself “out there”, what triggered her to really pursue her artistic goals. Julie, can you tell us a little about your background and how you came to be artistic? I come from a long line of painters and photographers, I have always dabbled in creative pursuits, drawing, painting and such. I guess when I fell back in love with photography I just extended that journey. I love the creative freedom photography gives me, that I never found in traditional painting. I can be as complex as I can imagine, but also enjoy simplicity of photography as well. You have been around Australia and overseas a fair bit since I have met you including weekend day trips around the place. Do these influence your work styles? It may sound strange but in general not really, I sometimes like to create art from images of our trips, but in general my travel photography is just that and pretty much just for me. I am an adventurer by nature and I love getting out and exploring, whether overseas or even in my own home town. We sometimes travel to capture a special location for a Conceptual Shoot or a Project, I have been very lucky and privileged to have had access to some fantastic locations. Sometimes our travel is like a scouting trip and I find a spot and think I should really do something here one day. I also love to capture images for making my own textures, it’s became a bit of an obsession on my latest trip, can’t wait to really get stuck into making those texture packs. I also love to visit gardens (other than my own) and capture the weird, wonderful, quirky and of course beautiful flowers.
I have seen some of your amazing photographic work – what cameras do you use to capture these images? Up until 18 months ago it was all Nikon, I had a D5300 and D7100, but the weight was affecting me physically, so I switched to a Sony a7ii mirrorless, I love it, small and lightweight. I have 28-70mm and 18-200mm lenses for travelling as well as a wide angle, but for most of my art, whether portraits, still life or conceptual I use a 50mm Prime or my 50mm Macro, the Macro has barely been off my camera since I got it back in October. Love it.
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