by Blake Rudis | Dec 16, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Your Opinion Matters to Me As 2014 comes to an end and a new year begins, I have been thinking about the direction of the blog. Don’t worry, nothing will change that drastically! When it comes to creating site content I typically go with my gut and do whatever...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 12, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Think Inside the Box This sculptural print beauty is hanging on my wall right now and has been for several days now. Every time I walk passed it I think, “That is pretty cool!” It really forces me to walk around my print as it is interesting in a full...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 10, 2014 | Product Review |
Topaz Glow Review Get Topaz Glow for $20 off through December 31st with Coupon Code : introglow Topaz Glow is the latest and greatest from Topaz Labs. At its most basic level, Glow is a fractal art generator. It makes your highlights and shadows turn into wispy...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 9, 2014 | Product Review |
It’s Hip to Be Square I just couldn’t pass up the chance to use the lyrics from an amazing ‘Huey Lewis and the News’ song to describe some awesome metal prints! I recently had the luxury of working with Ben Gasser and Bryan Azorsky of Tin Man...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 5, 2014 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Tone Mapping Meets Painting Recently on HDR Insider I showed a full length workflow tutorial on how to make a great HDR image from a single exposure. More often than not, we get way in over our heads with HDR processing that we forget that sometimes all you need is a...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 2, 2014 | Product Review |
Mpix Modern Metals When it comes to metal printing you do have quite a few options out there now. It seems the practice of printing on metal has shifted from a trend to a standard. I like this new standard as HDR images look incredible on metal. As you may know, I...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 28, 2014 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A Little Bit Sharper Over the last few years I have used many different Sharpening Techniques. I have found some better than others, from the High Pass to the Unsharp Mask to the various Plugins. All of these techniques are pretty great and do a decent job of...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 25, 2014 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There is Always a Place for HDR! Last Thursday I went and spoke to the Digital Dimensions & Beyond Photo Group in Kansas City. I will admit, I was very intimidated at first. I had to speak to all levels from the beginner to the advanced and some have been...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 21, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
How well do you trust it? While I was creating the Exposure Merging course for Exploring HDR the Video Series I had to use Photoshop’s auto align layers feature to ensure the layers fell directly on top of each other. Usually Photoshop can do this flawlessly!...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 18, 2014 | f64 Academy News, HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Not a Grunge Match… a Grudge Match! When I was putting together the course Exploring HDR: The Video Series, I had to record a tutorial for every HDR Method I use on a routine basis. This was kind of a chore for me as I am pretty fond of the Photomatix look as...
