by Blake Rudis | Feb 19, 2016 | f64 Academy News |
Color Lookup Tables are like Lightroom Presets, but way better! Color Lookup Tables have existed in Photoshop since the inception of CS6 and I just now took the time to understand them. How many times has that happened to you. You get so comfortable with a program...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 12, 2016 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There is no excuse for poor representation! Get on the web with your Adobe Portfolio! Recently Adobe Portfolio was announced as an added benefit to those of us high on the Creative Cloud. While you may have overlooked that email, I implore you to take a closer look...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 9, 2016 | Product Review |
The 247 Holster Bag, perfect for small trips with a very small camera! I don’t always go out without my big clunky DSLR, but when I do I take my mirrorless camera setup. For this I usually grab my Sony a6000 with the Sony 55-210 lens. Sometimes I just throw...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 5, 2016 | f64 Academy News |
EverydayHDR is no more and here is why… Well it has been over 5 years with EverydayHDR and while I loved it, it is time for a change, welcome f64 Academy. It is bitter sweet talking about my website now with friends, I catch myself saying “every…f64...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 29, 2016 | f64 Academy News |
A wild way to recover detail in Artistic Portrait Work During the Topaz Labs Webinar on Tuesday I showed some techniques for making an artistic portrait. I must say that I had the most fun during that webinar than many in the past few months. I think it was nice to...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 26, 2016 | Topaz Webinars |
Making Compelling Artistic Portraits with Topaz Labs Today I will be conducting a webinar with Topaz Labs showcasing a few new techniques I have never shown in the past while working on artistic portraits. This is a pretty exciting webinar for me as I haven’t...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 15, 2016 | f64 Academy News |
Did you know you could edit videos in Adobe Camera Raw? I didn’t until recently. I was working on some time-lapse footage in Photoshop and thought, “I wonder if I can edit these videos in Adobe Camera Raw as a filter?” In past versions of Photoshop,...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 12, 2016 | Product Review |
Something I have never done until the Sony Time-lapse App I have always had a desire to shoot a time-lapse I just never got around to it. You see for me, I normally shoot with one camera. It makes things less complicated and allows me to enjoy the scene when I am...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 8, 2016 | Beginner, Product Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The Megapixel Monsters: Canon 5Ds vs Sony A7RII Several weeks ago I rented the Canon 5Ds and the Sony a7RII with the Zeiss 16-35. I will say that I was extremely impressed with the Sony and much less flattered by what Canon has given us in the last year. While both...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 5, 2016 | Product Review |
The Sony a7RII is a game changer! As many of you know, if you have been following my posts for the last year or so, I have been on the teetering edge of jumping to Sony Mirrorless from Canon Full Frame. The Sony a7RII has had me drooling since I saw the specs on it...