by Blake Rudis | Jul 20, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Does the Vivitar 500mm lens hold up to it’s hefty $119 price tag? It is not very often that I need a 500mm lens. I can recall a handful of times I said it would be nice, and maybe once at Indian Beach in Oregon where I NEEDED it. Therefore, the likelihood of...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 29, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
How to fix ANY mixed lighting white balance issues in ACR and Lightroom One thing I enjoy is Interior Architecture Photography. It is a very gratifying feeling when you photograph a huge church or cathedral and nail the composition. But what happens when your White...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 14, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The Creator’s Top 3 features of the Zone System Express I know, I know, I am a little biased to the Zone System Express because I created it. It feels kind of silly, like a grade school teachers whose favorite kid in the class is their own, but hey, at least...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 8, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Raw File Data Collection Here on f.64 Academy and f.64 Elite, I talk about data manipulation quite a bit. More specifically, I show you how to edit your images in Photoshop (data manipulation). I have done well over 300 tutorials on data manipulation in Photoshop,...
by Blake Rudis | May 18, 2018 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Perspective Correction has Never been so easy- The Perspective Crop Tool With all interior architecture images, there is a need to fix the perspective as many perspective altering variables come into play. What lens are you using, are you tilting your camera up or...
by Blake Rudis | May 4, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Profiles are Changing My Workflow Anytime Adobe creates an update to their programs I am always excited and nervous at the same time. I love innovation, and I believe Adobe keeps on innovating, and that is the exciting part. The nervous part is two-fold… is it...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 13, 2018 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Let’s get to some basics, the color picker Photoshop is such a massive program it can be very easy to get lost in all of its intricacies. With so many features and bells and whistles, it is very easy for us to get used to one tool and know it very well. All the...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 6, 2018 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom went out for a mani/pedi Adobe Camera Raw updates usually entail camera raw profiles and minor tweaks. This week, however, ACR and it’s sister Lightroom went out for a manicure and pedicure and had one too many mimosas. They came...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 30, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
What’s the Difference with the Difference Blend Mode? Over the last several years I have explored many of the blend modes in Photoshop for color grading, but I haven’t touched on the Difference Blend Mode. A lot of what happens here on f.64 Academy is...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 23, 2018 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Snapshots – A great way to test different looks Adobe Camera Raw is a powerful editing tool with many features we often overlook. With its ability to transform a RAW image it is easy to gloss over the techy things that we can do with our pictures. One of those...
