One of my favorite things to do every December is to set aside time to look through all of the photographs that I’ve made in the previous 12 months. I’m often surprised at the insights that I have while reflecting upon the places that I’ve gone, the experiences that I’ve had, and how I chose to document them.
In general, I don’t think that we spend enough time looking at (and learning from) our past work and I find this process of review can help us to see not only what we achieved, but also remind us of mistakes that we’ve made so that we aren’t destined to repeat them.
In the past, I’ve typically published a body of work that spanned the entire year, however this year I decided to do something different – I chose to focus on photographs that I created during a visit to the southwest United States and decided to publish them not only as a physical book using Lightroom Classic, but also as a web page using CC Express, as well as three shorter projects to publish to Behance.
This exercise — taking a body of work and sequencing the images to tell a cohesive story, allowed me the opportunity to create a rhythm between images (deciding which images will lead and which will follow as well as create relationships between multiple images), is a process that I thoroughly enjoy. Choosing different publishing platforms meant that I needed to sequence the images in slightly differently ways to meet the constraints of the platforms as well as the intended audience.
In my opinion, there’s nothing more rewarding than seeing a project from ideation to completion. Please don’t let your images languish in a dark corner of your hard drive instead, publish a collection of your own images and create your legacy for the path that you followed in 2022!
- Click this link to preview the book that I created in Lightroom Classic using the Book module and Blurb.
- Click this link to view the images as a web page in a browser created using CC Express (formally known as Adobe Spark). Note: it might take a moment to load as I have included a lot of images on the page!
- Click the links below to view the three Behance Projects:
Thank you all for your continued support!
Hi Julieanne, I really enjoy looking at your photographic work (and the PS insights). One question on your photography, what equipment do you use, not cameras, lenses, but do you use a tripod, filters etc?
Have A Good Year
M
I will use a tripod when the exposure times are long and sometimes a polarizer, but other than that, not many filters or additional equipment.
Julieanne, I found your Landforms images absolutely mesmerising. I’ve been returning to them for days now. I’d love to know what US Parks the images were made in? As a Canadian, I visited Death Valley years ago, but with limited time unfortunately. I’m hoping to visit the US southwest in the Spring of 2023. From a technical point of view, the consistency of image processing across all the photos is incredible. I’d love to know how that was achieved given that the images were captured over time, in different locations, and at different times of day. Your book Passenger Seat inspired me to explore that image creation approach.
Thanks you Edward, most of the images were are made in and around the Kanab area in Utah as well as in the Petrified forest in New Mexico. I really enjoy shooting in cloudy and overcast conditions and, because I went in summer, there was haze/dust which helped keep the contrast down (although it was really hot with lots of particles in the air Spring will be a much better time to visit! In fact, you might want to look into the Outsiders conference – it’s near Kanab next spring and is the reason that I was inspired to spend time there last summer.
Hey Julieanne, Hello from Brazil!
I am very inspired by your content, and find your tutorials to be truly the best you can find at thes topics.
I’m curious as to how you did the express page. Could you make a post or a video about that?
Maybe about Adobe Express as a whole or how to include it in our workflow (which by the way, was and still is heavily improved by your content).
Thanks in advance,
Raul Barboza
Hello Raul, thank you for your kind words. The Express team does have their own blog: https://www.adobe.com/express/learn/blog which has a lot of interesting content/education/tutorials. I don’t see a lot on creating a web page, but let me see what I can do. All the best. -j
Hi Julieanne, Edward again. I was seriously considering a visit to the Wave and the Petrified Forest about the third week in April 2023. The hike into and out of The Wave from the Wirepass Trailhead, how long (time) is the trek on average and is a GPS or compass required, or is the trail well marked? Your images have really peaked my interest. They speak of such a calm, seren, other-worldy feeling and sense of peace that foster creativity.
You actually need to win a lottery to visit the wave. I would suggest that you take a look at https://www.recreation.gov for more information. Best of luck! -j