I made a New Year’s Resolution that I would fix the HDR and people problem.  You know the nasty gritty look people get when you HDR them?  My wife says they look dirty, I even did an HDR of our newborn son and she said he looked dirty, so even the cleanest people appear dirty in HDR!  Well I think I may have solved the problem…  Unfortunately for you, you have to stare at my ugly mug being doctored up for the next 5 minutes or so.  Take a look at the before and after:

 

Blake Rudis
f.64 Academy and f.64 Elite are the brainchildren of Blake Rudis. While he is a landscape photographer, he is most passionate about post-processing images in Photoshop and mentoring others.

For Blake, it's all about the art and process synergy. He dives deep into complex topics and makes them easy to understand through his outside-the-box thinking so that you can use these tricks in your workflow today!
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