Website Imagery for Magpie & Thorn - A Curated Nursery of Rarities

I was thrilled to be able to support a fellow Alameda Mama and small business owner for her new shop. Maggie Adams took over the historical Flower Shop in Alameda and brought it back to life with her beautifully curated nursery. She’s already been featured in the news and has lately been the talk of our little town. If you are in the Bay Area and want to browse some rare and beautiful plants, stop by Magpie & Thorn for a good dose of chlorophyll.

Interior Design and Architecture

My introduction to photography came at a young age when we were living in Texas. My dad who was a professor of Architecture at Texas A&M dragged us around the state so that he could photograph every court house. I specifically remember complaining with a deep southern drawl that classic kid phrase, “I’m boooorrrrred.” It was at that point my dad tossed me one of those flat rectangular Kodak cameras and let me explore. I won’t say that I was immediately drawn into architecture photography but after years of honing my craft with lighting and composition I have found a certain mature respect to this genre and the true professionals who know how to capture spaces so precisely. I was given the pleasure of working with Bay Area interior designer Aida Kaspar on one of her remodels and captured a nice representation of this beautiful blue kitchen. Here’s hoping more of these opportunities come my way because I truly enjoy understanding all corners of photography.

Hidden Valley Ranch Campaign 2020

One of my work highlights from 2020 was working with an incredible crew shooting some beautiful new food photography for Hidden Valley Ranch. They embraced a modern snappy lighting direction along with bold color & patterns with the prop styling. The end result was some very cool, almost editorial food shots for their website.

Slipping into Springtime

Feeling particularly pleased with this shoot I did with prop stylist, Audrey Taylor at the i4Color Studio in Oakland, CA. She is quickly becoming the queen of a future alt mod minimalism movement. We wanted to feature electronics but we also just wanted to make some juicy fresh abstract photography. I love how the products ended up being hidden in plain sight.

Product: Fuji Intax Square

Product: Lotsen Speaker

Product: Google Home

Product: Hey Day Wireless Speaker

Sweet San Simeon

GermanWoodWorks

I'm personally very proud to show off my photos of this beautiful handmade walnut cabinet because it was made by my sweetie, Jesse Wolter of Germanwood.works.  Jesse moved to the United States 2 years ago and since then has been making furniture and working with some of the Bay Area's best custom scenic & interior designers.  He happily works with all different materials but walnut is his gold.  I never quite knew the beauty of walnut until I saw how this particular wood fires up to life when oiled.  Thank you Jesse for introducing me to master carpentry and letting me decorate with a few fruits of your labor.  I love it and you!

Press Release Photos for Meerna

An absolute hoot n' a holler with this little sugar bun!  Carly Bond, the lead singer and guitarist of Bay Area's band Meerna, is a tasty mix of soul and sunshine.   Her music is deep and delicate but her personality is nothing but joyful.  

Photography by Julie Bullock
Styling by Rachel Tubbs
Makeup Art by Daniel Belena
 

Waffle Massacre

Photography and Food Styling by Julie Bullock

The Juiciest

Photography by Julie Bullock & Styling by Kira Curtis

Salt & Twigs

After an evening of inspiration at home I decided I needed to shoot something the next day.  Hard pressed to find a stylist in such short notice I decided to give it a go myself.   Free props are best so I started pulling the tapestries off my walls, dried flowers out of vases and jars of salt from my kitchen counter top.   Styling made me feel like a painter pushing colors and textures around my image.   Shooting alone made me question my light in a more critical and thoughtful way.  It was a blast.   Here, here to days spent creating, meditating and image making!

Photography: Julie Bullock

Styling: Julie Bullock

Shot at: Sandbox Studio San Francisco

Fog Machines Forever

Behind the scenes while Kari Devereaux and I were shooting a test at Sandbox Studio. We insisted that we needed more motorcycles, fog machines and bearded men on set to make this shoot magic... then one rolled up.  Thanks to Dylan Boelte for playing along!

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Craft Services

I really enjoy meeting craftsmen and photographing them at work.  It's exciting to see a person skillfully practicing their trade or art.

Jaryd Frank hit me up for some photography of his barbershop in Alameda, CA for his new website.  We discussed the mood of the photos and landed on something classic, masculine and personal to his style.   It was great fun and I welcome anymore projects like this one!