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Julie Powell

SJCam C400 Action Camera

SJCAM C400 Action Camera Review

Tiny Camera, Big Behind-the-Scenes Energy I’ll start with context. I own and love the C300. It lives in my kit. It’s on light stands, hot shoes, wedged between props, or suction-cupped to something mildly questionable. It records almost every behind-the-scenes clip from my workshops and creative portrait shoots. So when

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Peak Design Launches Four New Travel Bags on Kickstarter

Peak Design is expanding its popular Travel Line with four refined new formats, now launching via Kickstarter. Designed for modern travel, the new collection blends versatility, intuitive organisation, and a clean aesthetic that moves effortlessly from weekend trips to longer journeys. Announced from San Francisco on March 3, 2026, the

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How to Clean Up Messy Backgrounds in Photoshop 

Busy backgrounds can completely distract from an otherwise strong portrait, and most photographers either over-edit or give up too soon. In this Photoshop tutorial for beginner and intermediate photographers, I’ll show you a fast, repeatable way to clean up messy backgrounds using simple tools like Select Subject, Modify, Expand, Delete

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Godox iT32 Mini Flash Review: Modular Game Changer?

The Godox iT32 mini flash looks small, but its modular design completely changes how you use on-camera and off-camera flash. Most speedlights lock you into one setup. This one separates into a magnetic trigger and flash head, letting you move from hot shoe to light stand in seconds. If you’ve

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Godox AD300Pro II Review: Best 300W Portable Flash?

If you’re looking for a powerful yet portable studio flash, the Godox AD300Pro II might be exactly what you need, but most photographers barely scratch the surface of what it can actually do. This 300 watt battery-powered strobe sits perfectly between the AD200 and larger units like the AD400 or

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Adding smoke back into your images in Photoshop 

In this Photoshop editing tutorial, I take you behind the scenes of an Ophelia-inspired portrait edit featuring model Skye Medusa, showing exactly how I rebuilt atmosphere when real-world conditions did not cooperate. You will see how to clean up small distractions, remove specular highlights, and realistically add smoke back into

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Adding Dodge & Burn to B&W photos for impact 

In this Photoshop tutorial for photographers, I’m going to show you how to add subtle but powerful dodge and burn to black and white images to bring back depth, contrast, and drama after conversion. If you’ve ever turned a colour photo into black and white and felt disappointed by how

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Godox AD300Pro II

Godox AD300Pro II Review

A compact powerhouse that finally grows up The Godox AD300Pro II feels like a very deliberate refinement rather than a flashy reinvention, and honestly, that is exactly what most working photographers want. It keeps the small, location-friendly form factor that made the original AD300Pro so popular, but tightens up performance,

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Which White Balance to use | Lightroom Tutorial 

Struggling to get accurate skin tones and rich colours in your photos, especially when you’re shooting bold setups like red on red? In this beginner-friendly photography tutorial, I’ll walk you through how white balance works, when to use Auto White Balance, and how to choose presets like Daylight, Cloudy, Shade,

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Unlock Dramatic Flash Portraits with One Speedlight

If you’ve ever used a speedlight or on-camera flash and wondered why your portraits look flat, this beginner-friendly flash photography tutorial will change the way you think about lighting. In this video, I’ll show you how to create dramatic portraits using just one speedlight, whether it’s on-camera or off-camera, and

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TAMRON announces new 35–100mm F/2.8 Di III VXD lens

The Beauty of F/2.8, in the Palm of Your Hand – TAMRON 35–100mm F/2.8 Di III VXD (Model A078), For Sony E-mount and Nikon Z mount full-frame mirrorless cameras Tamron just announced the launch of the 35–100mm F/2.8 Di III VXD (Model A078), a fast-aperture standard zoom lens designed for

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