by Blake Rudis | Sep 14, 2015 | Podcast |
jpeg2RAW’s Zone System Podcast On September 8th 2015 I sat down with the hosts of jpeg2RAW to discuss many things! It was such a great podcast and these guys really know how to host a show. It was a pleasure to discuss a topic that I am passionate about with...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 8, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
The Artist’s Eye – The Intro to the Artistry I am working on a new course as I write this. It is called The Artist’s Eye and is a topic I have been dying to discuss for a while. The catch with this course, no photo post processing, not like you are...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 4, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Are you an HDR Photography Hypocrite? It happens all the time. The conversation goes something like this: Fellow Photographer: So you Like HDR Photography, Blake? Me: why yes I do, I am an addict. Fellow Photographer: I don’t like HDR, it looks horrible. Me:...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 1, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Are of Field Mice and School Children (from the 1800’s) The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas A few weeks ago I ventured out to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas to do some epic photography. Clearly we all go out in hopes of epic...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 28, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Topaz ReMask 5 Not Just for Photoshop Anymore! Topaz ReMask 5 is the latest addition to the Topaz Labs line of programs. While it used to be a powerful Photoshop Plugin, it now acts as an impressive standalone program. This is not surprising as Topaz Labs has been...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 26, 2015 | Podcast, Tutorial |
Getting Started with HDR – HDR PodCast I had the great opportunity of sitting in on a panel discussion about HDR Photography with Ron Pepper of HDRSoft (Photomatix) and Richard Harrington of Photofocus for their HDR month. It was a fabulous discussion about the...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 25, 2015 | Product Review |
Flashpoint Autostand – A new Way to move! You usually don’t see me on the scene in my studio doing portrait work with light stands and soft boxes. You usually see me editing photos in Photoshop and that’s about it. However, I spend quite a bit of...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 21, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Color Matching – Color Grading I recently received an email from Wayne, an EverydayHDR subscriber, asking me about Color Matching the palette of one photo and applying it to another. Here is his inquiry: It has me wondering if there is some way to take a colour...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 18, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
I C1, I C2 … what do I C those two doing?!?! Some cameras have these wonderful custom buttons on them and they are cleverly labelled… C1 and C2 for the Canon. Often times we overlook them and even sometimes fail to add anything to them for the fear of...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 14, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Non Obtrusive Brush Style Watermarks in Photoshop We have all seen those horribly gaudy watermarks on images that distract and most times destroy your viewing experience. Do a quick Google crawl on the Images tab for the words “watermark on photo”. You...
