by Blake Rudis | Dec 24, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Merry Christmas to all on this fine day! There is still some residual snow on the ground so that Christmas spirit lives strong in the Midwest! Every year my wife and I, put together some kind of clever Christmas Card. Last year we were all Christmas Ornaments on...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 21, 2012 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Yesterday was the first day in the last 10 years that I had to shovel snow… Yeah we got caught in that jumble that spun through the Mid-West! It was pretty interesting, the night before started out with rain and thunderstorms, which turned to pea sized hail...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 19, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I know this is usually the Wednesday that I announce the HDR Concert, and I am deeply sorry that one will not be going on this month. Among the chaos of Christmas and a recent surgery I am not sure I really have it in me to put as much time in that is needed to kick...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 14, 2012 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I recently downloaded Topaz Detail 3, a much welcomed upgrade to its predecessor! Topaz Detail 2 was great for adding detail to any image, but I found it had its limitations to only add detail. Topaz Detail 3 has gone above and beyond the scope of Detail 2 by adding...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 12, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
The engineers at Topaz Labs have out done themselves yet again! Topaz Detail 3 is not only a great program for adding detail to any photo that may be lacking it, but it boasts some awesome features that make it almost like a mini Camera Raw. Topaz added the ability...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 10, 2012 | From the Author |
Well after about a year and a half of the eBook in the works I finally finished it. I started writing it around June or July of 2011, but I got really frustrated with how frequently my processes were changing. That made writing a book about my processes very...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 7, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Over the past couple of weeks I have been hitting my workflow pretty hard with the 32 bit workflows from Photoshop and Photomatix to the bitter diatribe about saturation and HDR images. Today I want to share with you my love for Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and how well it...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 5, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Topaz Detail 3 is on its way to the wonderful world of post processing! Exciting news for us HDR photographers as it can really be a quintessential tool during post processing. I have found the capabilities of Topaz Detail 2 to be extremely powerful for recovering...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 3, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
We recently had a pretty nice full moon here in the Midwest. My wife went to take the trash out and quickly notified me of its presence. I, of course, had to run and get my camera equipped with the 70-300 lens. I started photographing the moon and realized, these...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 30, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Yep, there is a ton of it out there! Over-saturated HDR crap that gives HDR a bad name! I know that may be a bold statement and many may take offense to it, however, my intent, my sincere intent is to help those out who may not see it that way. When I first started...
