by Blake Rudis | Jan 20, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
This is a rather long ND Filter post, use the links below to skip to the desired section: Part 1: How to Speak Neutral Density Part 2: What is Neutral Density? Part 3: What do ND Filters look like and how do you attach them? Part 4: What effect will they have on my...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 16, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
I was working on this photograph the other day and after about 30 minutes of work I realized I didn’t really like it. It seemed like it was missing something. So I looked through some filters and remembered at one point in Photoshop you could render a tree....
by Blake Rudis | Jan 13, 2015 | Helpful Websites |
Accomplish something today… (it will make sense at the end of the post) As a photographer I love sharing my work, but it is incredibly difficult to find a place that shares your images the way they should be seen. For a while I liked Facebook. It was quick,...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 9, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Want to replace a sky like a Boss!?! We have all been down this road. We go to a place that is gorgeous, on our bucket list. We have visions of amazing sunrises, beautiful cloudy afternoons, and sunsets that just won’t stop making you drool. However, when we get...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 6, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
And The Survey Says… I used to watch the Family Feud all the time growing up and I loved that line, “..and the survey says”. Have you seen the The new Family Feud? It is quite lewd. I want to start this off by saying thank you! There were a total...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 2, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Lens Correction and the Pixel Warping Dilemma! I recently received a request from a YouTube subscriber asking me if I could show him a tutorial on the Ruler Tool. While I do not use the Ruler tool too much in my routine Workflow I still covered it, but then went into...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 30, 2014 | f64 Academy News, Product Review |
A Beast of a Wide Angle Lens I recently purchased the Rokinon (also called Samyang) 14mm Wide Angle Lens for my Canon 6D. I had previously owned the 8mm Fish Eye for my Olympus and loved it so I knew I couldn’t go wrong with its big brother for the Canon...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 26, 2014 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Blending Options within Glow During the Topaz Webinar on Tuesday I showed quite a bit of information. After the webinar my head was spinning, it felt like an hour went by in 5 minutes! Sorry if you got sucked into my whirlwind of tips and tricks and spit out...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 22, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
A Different Side of Glow During this webinar I focused heavily on incorporating Glow into your Workflow and the importance of setting the stage for Glow so it can be the star of the show! I used several images to achieve various Glow effects. Using Glow as a Fractal...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 19, 2014 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
One of the most important parts of your workflow… automated! Dodging and Burning is one of the most important parts of your workflow. I would put it right up there with Noise Reduction and Sharpening. It is a time when you get to dictate where the viewer pays...
