Julie, Author at Julie Stephenson

Jun 01

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives : Even in the Darkness

Even in the darkness and the varying shades of the grey of uncertainty elements can emanate light and have an inner glow which is eternal with the strength of presence and resilience. Antarctica has provided me with the palette of my own experience to listen to the wisdom which emanates from something which is beyond me. Revisiting these images has enabled me to recall some of those insights again for myself. There is a beautiful private gallery just for subscribers….so if you would like to see more images in this series… you can subscribe easily here 🙂

May 24

by Julie in Antarctica 2 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives – …..Relationship

Quietly..... over time.... silent change....
Looking at the relationships between elements can for me bring dynamism to a medium which is in literally 2 dimensions.
In your own photography, why not have a play with placing images together and see what narrative/emotion/movement/feeling develops within you, as a whole new perspective is created as a result of juxtaposing two or more ways of seeing.
I have found that

May 22

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives – Transience 2

May 22

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives – Transience

Transience.... Impermanence.... Ether....

May 20

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives… Playful

May 20

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives …

May 20

by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

Antarctica… New perspectives…. “What part of me is….?”

In Antarctica, when I was observing the landscape I often asked myself “What part of me is….” …. and in this image many words came to mind. What words come to your mind???…..and what part of you is that word??? I still ask myself that question when I revisit my photographs of Antarctica.

May 20

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives – More again…”What part of me is….???”

May 18

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives – More “What part of me is….???”

May 17

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives… another one..

May 17

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New perspectives… a few more..

May 17

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica…New Perspectives… ‘Broken’

Broken…..

May 17

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica New Perspectives – “What part of me is….???”

May 14

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica new perspectives – on Landscape.

Antarctica Landscape??? …or not??? Have you ever questioned what you have seen??? Have you ever seen something and then upon further inquiry be led to further inquiry….which has led you to question your perception of reality even more??? This particular image invites me to inquire … explore… challenge my perception of what I originally saw. I invite you to to do the same.

May 14

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica…. new perspectives

Have you ever had something revealed to you and it challenge your perception of the way you think it is?? I have been re-visiting my archives; and in my Antarctica photos there are images which challenge my memory of what I think Antartica is like… or “should” be like. When one thinks of Antarctica – ice; cold; blue; white; penguins; isolation; space; are just some of the words which may come to mind. As I have been browsing through my images I am seeing differently than how I have seen before. Perhaps ‘time’ is taking a role in this – as it has been 14 months since experiencing myself in Antarctica. Perhaps time has given me the space to see things differently…and present a new reality which I had not envisaged before. My perception is being challenged by a new way of seeing…. and what I am seeing in front of me is different that what I thought….remembered …and even imagined. Over the coming weeks… (perhaps even intermittently over the coming months 🙂 )… I would like to share with you some images which offer a new perspective of Antarctica.

May 09

by Julie in India and Bhutan in Penny 0 comments

Having a bit of trouble with the nuts on Penny’s wheel hubs…

Rebuilding Penny !!! Yeh!!!!

May 06

by Julie in India and Bhutan in Penny, Penny 0 comments

Penny stripped down to bare bones….

Click to see more images and Video! Grease embeds under my nails and smears joy across my face. Penny is all but bare bones. Our beautiful 1923 Vauxhall is receiving some tender loving care in preparation for her next adventure. Gearbox removed. Diff removed...and we have just lifted out her powerhouse - her motor is going to be re-machined....New springs.... A few welds here and there... Some electrics fixed.... Lights repaired..... new gearbox.... alternator repaired... and a fe more things...but in 2 months time

May 03

by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

In 10 seconds….

In 10 seconds…. The ground can shift and rumble to crush tragically the lives of millions of people in Nepal and surrounding regions as did last week. In 10 seconds…. The ice and snow can avalanche devastation for thousands around the area of Base Camp as did last week. In 10 seconds…. Water can gush into the lungs and extinguish the lives of those sadly trapped in cars in flooded roads just near our home at Caboolture yesterday. In 10 seconds, the path of life can end; can change; or be diverted. If one survives these events – the way one sees the world and one’s circumstances shifts into a different and new reality. I reflected quietly yesterday afternoon in the warm soft autumn sunlight after my run, and wondered whether it only takes events like these to change the path of one’s life… or whether one’s way of seeing the world can actually shift one’s circumstances into a different and new reality; without having to experience such tragic circumstances. I wondered whether in 10 seconds one could change the way one thought about one’s life; and look at things differently; a new perspective […]

Jan 02

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Dec 26

by Julie in About Me 0 comments

Julie Stephenson’s qualities

Grace – I’ve never known quite how to describe you Julie. And honestly I’ve always used a lot of words like inspiring, or superwoman to express who you are to all the people around you. This morning I grabbed a Flow magazine to read and I opened to an article called “More Grace In Our Lives”. “Sarah Kaufman (The Washington Post) would call this ‘grace’…Kaufman sees grace in Cart Grant’s dance steps, in the backhand of tennis player Roger Federer, in the speeches of Obama, and in the moment her sister-in-law gave her a bunch of flowers to welcome her to the family. Whether it concerns small or big gestures, grace lifts us up out of our awkward difficult lives, says Kaufman. ‘Once grace enters the room,’ she writes, ‘our cold, hard, tottering world becomes a better place in which we live’. Gratitude, empathy, modesty, attentiveness: these are all encompasses in that little world, grace”. That’s you Julie. You are the embodiment of Grace.” “Julie is a natural teacher, generous with her knowledge, insight and opinion; and a natural student, always acquiring knowledge and skills on her journey through life. Julie is positive. She has a sharp intellect […]

Dec 20

by Julie in Tonga 0 comments

Video of Whale photos

Nov 02

by Julie in Tonga 1 comments

Trying not to spill my guts…and an amazing privilege…

Under the meandering cover of the Milky Way, with phosphorescence spraying from the hull of the small dingy and an intermittent scanning pass from a headlamp to ensure we didn’t hit any other boats whose own intermittent use of their headlamp was less than ours… I held my stomach ensuring.....

Oct 12

by Julie in Tonga 0 comments

“..Say where do you go…” Only forwards… can’t go backwards.

“Say where do you go…” from Roady by Fat Freddy’s Drop is a lyric which grooved through dinner at Mandala Island Resort and accompanies my thoughts now as I reflect and revisit my photos. … So … where do they go?? – Into the mystery of the unknown…. and only forwards… Whales can’t go backwards.... so there's no looking back!!!...

Oct 12

by Julie in Tonga 0 comments

Another world… Whale swimming in Tonga….

Another world.... in the whales world... we are in their home.... welcomed into their space...

Oct 11

by Julie in Tonga 0 comments

How does one swim with whales in Tonga???

"In the water"... "Go" "Go".... gulps of salt water... veils of bubbles enveloping my foggy mask... searching in the endless stripes of blue for a feint hint of white or black....hearing clicks and squeaks of groaning whalesong (absolutely NOTHING like on those relaxation CD's!!!)..then like stealth submarines with effortless propulsion THEY appeared!!! I forgot I had a camera in my hand. After a quick lift-up and dunk ....

Oct 07

by Julie in Tonga, Uncategorized 0 comments

Silent Flight …. More…. & Swimming with Whales in Tonga

After each series of encounters swimming with various whales, there was a point where I knew and felt content that it was time for us to move on and leave the whales to get on with doing their 'own thing'....or to feel the cooler air and the softer light on my back to return to a little cafe at the pier where the delight of roasted coconut and salty, hand-cut, hot chips accompanied reflections and words which best described the day for each of us.... but secretly did I want more? Throughout the day often ...

Oct 07

by Julie in Tonga 0 comments

Underwater Photography, Whales in Tonga; Canon G16 Recsea Housing; My Mistake; Lost Opportunities & Learning

Yes... after some absence and time of sporadic and inconsistent posting, I would like to fill you in..

Jul 14

by Julie in Antarctica 0 comments

Come with me into the unknown….

Come with me into the unknown...

Jul 12

by Julie in Antarctica, South America and Antarctica, Words 0 comments

Antarctica…. Patiently….

Antarctica 'Patiently'.... a poem from a pristine landscape... Tick Drips Tock Drops Patiently Frozen water from millennia past.....

Jul 11

by Julie in Antarctica, South America and Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica…. Fragmented…

For those who followed my journey into the abyss and back after ticking the 'recommended' pop up on my computer which eventuated in destroying all my files; here is a collage of 'fragments' from Antarctica. For those new to my Blog.....

Jul 10

by Julie in Antarctica, South America and Antarctica, Uncategorized 0 comments

Antarctica…. Reflective

"What part of me is ..?" Reflective.... Visionary...

Jul 09

by Julie in Antarctica, South America and Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica…. Indecisive…

"What part of me is .......?" ... a continuation of the question I asked of myself when looking at my images from Antarctica. Popping these two images together helped me recognise

Jul 08

by Julie in Antarctica, South America and Antarctica 0 comments

Antarctica…. sublime…

It seems for me a bit surreal that only a few months ago I was an adventurer in one of the most exquisite and extreme places on Earth. Antarctica. I have now had some space between my journey into the cold and sublime spaces of this magical place, and still

May 04

by Julie in Antarctica, South America and Antarctica 1 comments

Explorers…Antarctica…. Setting the scene; planes, boats, ice and VERY cold water!!!!!

We were explorers...adventurers in a place where Nature runs the show. In Antarctica plans are temporary. Fluid. Changeable. At best, plans in Antarctica are the sketch of a 'wish list'...pencilled in itineraries and schedules and deadlines; all overlaid with ice and wind and snow....and fog. Max and I had chosen a trip

Apr 28

by Julie in Antarctica, South America and Antarctica 0 comments

What part of me is……. ???? … (catalyst from experience in Antarctica)

Well... Antarctica seems such a long time ago now and seems to be fading in my memory; but still such a strong part of me and my experience.....and remains such a catalyst for me asking myself the question... "What part of me is.... ??"

Feb 16

by Julie in South America and Antarctica 0 comments

…sometimes it’s worth looking not only at ….

This image above I saw when I stopped for a moment to gather myself from quite overwhelming feelings seeing the Torres del Paine peaks and feeling the sense of geological time and the power and

Feb 16

by Julie in South America and Antarctica, Uncategorized 0 comments

backtracking a bit and here are some pics…

For those who would like to see some happy snaps whilst driving from Santiago to Puerto Montt - CLICK HERE TO SEE THE GALLERY OF SNAPS to give you a feel of where we went along our travels and some of the things which caught my eye.

Feb 11

by Julie in South America and Antarctica 0 comments

chunky wool hand-knitted bini’s, gloves, ponchos and socks…just what i need in Antarctica!

I felt her soft rotund body as we hugged and her long dark hair brushed my face .. “Tu es bonito”... She said and squeezed my hand, as I held

Feb 11

by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

flight delayed….

Well, that was nearly a week ago now when our plane from Brisbane to Auckland was not due to land until two hours after our connecting flight from Auckland to Santiago was to depart. Eleven passengers were going to be affected by a delayed flight from Dubai, but it seemed

Jan 01

by Julie in Earth and Sea, Inspirations, Photography Teachings 1 comments

Beyond the narrative….

Sometimes the narrative is necessary - as I have done on many of my journeys around the world; collating a visual diary; telling a visual story....but there are other ways to see and feel the world; and for me exploring beyond the narrative is where I dive

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