Quick Sky Replacement Tips

by Blake Rudis | May 3, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 3 comments

Quick Sky Replacement Tips that Will Have Your Head Spin Sky Replacements are necessary for landscape photography.  If you have an ethical problem with replacing skies, listen to this.   I can tell you that in the last year I have been to some fantastic National...

The Art of the Subtle Hand {Video}

by Blake Rudis | Apr 12, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial | 16 comments

Learning the Art of the Subtle HandHow much editing is too much editing?Over the last several years I have critiqued over 3000 photos between f64 Elite, my old site HDR insider, and the various conferences I have attended.  One thing I see more often than not is the...

Relight a Photo with the Hard Mix Blend Mode

by Blake Rudis | Mar 1, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial | 68 comments

Relight any photo with the Hard Mix Blend Mode in Photoshop! The Hard Mix blend mode has very quickly become my favorite blend mode to experiment with.   Every time I use it in a  unique way it seems to pull through with flying colors.  It is a remarkable blend mode....

Enhance Details in ACR and Lightroom (Video)

by Blake Rudis | Feb 14, 2019 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial | 23 comments

Enhance Details in ACR and Lightroom This week, Adobe released an update for ACR and Lightroom.   This update  was a minor one that came with a major feature that much of the internet is talking about.   This new feature is called Enhance Details. This is what Adobe...

Glow Brushes in ACR and Lightroom {Video}

by Blake Rudis | Feb 8, 2019 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 27 comments

Glow Brushes in ACR and LR?  How???I have long been a fan of the Orton Effect.   So much so, that I built my variation of it for the Zone System Express called “Radiance 2.0”.  The glowing effect makes an amazing atmosphere for your photo, regardless of...

One Wicked Dodging and Burning Blend If Trick [Video]

by Blake Rudis | Jan 24, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 15 comments

One more Blend If trick for the books!I have shown many many ways to use Blend If.  So many that I made a whole Playlist for it on my YouTube channel.  Here is another one for you to add to your notes if you are keeping score, Blend If and Dodging and Burning.I have...

LUT Profiles Best Practices in ACR and Lightroom [Video]

by Blake Rudis | Jan 11, 2019 | Advanced, Tutorial | 30 comments

Make Your Own LUT Profiles For a few months now I have kept my techniques for making Lookup Table Profiles a secret.  Well, not really a secret, but I have held off on making a tutorial about it because what I am about to share with you is invaluable.  These best...

Advanced Color Toning in Photoshop (Video)

by Blake Rudis | Jan 4, 2019 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 64 comments

Advanced Color Toning Made Easy! Over the years I have shown many ways to color grade your photographs from split toning to solid color overlays and even some unique methods using off the wall blend modes.  While each technique has their benefits, they all require a...

The Most Epic Christmas Card Ever Made!

by Blake Rudis | Dec 7, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 80 comments

https://youtu.be/Qah_-IGUfTQ   It is hard to lay claim to the “Most Epic Christmas Card Ever,” but many of my friends and family are sending me text messages with those exact words in them.  I’ll take it ? Every year this Rudis Family creates a...

You can ALWAYS learn something new [Video]

by Blake Rudis | Nov 27, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 2 comments

What I learned from Jim Welninski recently I am the type of person who loves to learn new things.  I read quite a few books every year, I spent a LOT of time on the “Google” researching things I don’t know, and I embrace interaction with everyone...