by Julie | Feb 21, 2023 | Personal
I am so proud to share these images that I photographed and earned accolades on this past year! Yes, I am a portrait photographer, but I have been enjoying dabbling in nature and landscape photography as well. Three of these photographs are from trips I took to...
by Julie | Mar 20, 2022 | Headshots, Personal
I set up my dark blue background in the garage and did some self-portraits! These aren’t retouched and you can see the remote in some of them. 🙂 But they’re cute anyway! And some silly ones! Always gotta hairflip. This is a nice one but you can see the...
by Julie | May 13, 2021 | Personal
I am now Julie the Photographer! I began my business in 2009 as Traveling Julie Photography and mainly photographed families (Here’s a post that explains that name.). In 2015, I added a new branch of the business to focus on headshots, then last year I...
by Julie | Jan 7, 2020 | Film
Now it’s time to enjoy some of the gorgeous images made with the Yashicamat 124G! It’s another medium format, twin-lens-reflex camera, like the Graflex. The clarity, depth, and tonal range of this camera and film is just insane. Here are some 2019...
by Julie | Oct 11, 2019 | Film
Photos from a Minolta and a Holga These first two are a comparison between the two! Holga sure has a harder time with low light, eh? This might be my favorite of this Holga roll.
by Julie | Apr 18, 2019 | Film
I was gifted a Nikon FE 35mm camera. The second roll I ran through it was black and white, and I really love them. The detail preservation and the dynamic range of highlights and shadows is just so fantastic and beautiful!
by Julie | Feb 18, 2019 | Film
I was generously gifted several film cameras–this contraption was one of them. It’s an Argus C33. It looks like a Russian toy and I wasn’t sure if it would work. But I got some great images with it! I walked around St Johns, the neighborhood of Blue...
by Julie | Nov 8, 2018 | Film
I received a few vintage cameras, got them cleaned up, and began to play. This Graflex makes such GORGEOUS photographs! The viewfinder is quite cloudy and hard to see through, so I didn’t use it super long. But maybe I should pick it back up. Here’s a...
by Julie | Jan 6, 2017 | Personal
I did three 365 Days projects–a self-portrait every day for a year. I did not start on January 1. I completed three years of that, and then continued with a photo every day. And I’m still going, actually. (Though to be honest, it feels like cheating...
by Julie | Aug 6, 2015 | Personal
It won’t surprise you to know that I take a lot of photos of my babies. (Ok, they’re toddlers now, so I should call them kids. But, you know, they’ll always be my babies.) I think it’s a given that most moms do (my husband doesn’t take...
by Julie | May 6, 2015 | Personal
You probably know what I’m going to say. But here it is: Mamas, get in the picture with your kiddos! Hand the camera (or the phone; whatever you’ve got) to your partner or a stranger (or set up a gorillapod), grab your babies, and smile. Too many times,...
by Julie | Feb 25, 2015 | Personal
Do you like to take photos of your kids? Or knit and crochet? Or design and sew quilts and clothes? I think all of us have a creative aspect to ourselves, and it’s really important to tap into that when we can, even if it’s not a business (I still take...
by Julie | Feb 5, 2015 | Personal
I just got back from ImagingUSA, a photography convention! Along with several thousand other photographers, I spent four days at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee walking several miles a day, going to classes, parties, and the tradeshow....
by Julie | Nov 5, 2014 | Personal
We’ve been to the coast three times in the past three months. On our September daytrip, we spent most of our time in Seaside, but came back to Cannon Beach for the sunset (mostly so I could take photos). I had an idea for a family silhouette photo, so I set up...
by Julie | Jul 10, 2013 | Travel
On the Fourth of July, my little family took a lovely little daytrip just east to visit Mt. Hood! Finally! I’ve been so excited to see this mountain up close and personal since we moved here last fall. My husband and I visited Mt. Rainier a few summers ago and...
by Julie | Feb 9, 2013 | Personal
This blog has been sorely neglected for months now. You may recall that we moved across the country in August, while I was pregnant. Our twin boys were born at the end of November, and are now 2 1/2 months old. So that’s my excuse. 🙂 I’ve photographed...
by Julie | Sep 16, 2011 | Travel
Last week my husband and I traveled to the West Coast and spent a few days in Oregon. We started in Portland, and we took it easy. Met up with some friends, ate some donuts, wandered Powell’s, rented some bikes and pedaled around in the glorious sunshine. We...
by Julie | Sep 11, 2011 | Personal
9/11 (2010 Tribute Lights.) It’s been ten years, and the events of September 11 still seem surreal. I heard about it on the radio while driving to work (at a coffee shop). We kept the radio on in the back room and listened in snippets. The stream of customers...
by Julie | Jun 1, 2011 | Travel
Walking around Istanbul, right away we saw so many cats! In front of the Blue Mosque, roaming the Topkapi Palace, everywhere! In Athens, we saw dogs lounging–on sidewalks, in front of monuments, all over the place. On Naxos and Paros, there were kitties. On...
by Julie | May 10, 2010 | Travel
A month ago, for spring break, my boyfriend and I traveled to Costa Rica for a week. It was his first time in Central America and my second (I visited Guatemala over Christmas last year). We went to three distinct areas of the country and saw lovely landscapes...
