by Blake Rudis | Nov 28, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Download the RAW Brackets here! The 9th installment of the HDR Concert series is live today in the HDR Concert Page section. The brackets were graciously provided by Nick Marzinski. It was a color study assignment that went over very well. Thank you Nick,...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 26, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
This past Saturday I met up with Nick Marzinski, you know that cool guy that let us use his brackets for this months concert? He happened to be in the Kansas City area so we decided to make plans to photograph the West Bottoms of Kansas City. This place is intense to...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 25, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
HDR Concert #9 is officially closed for submissions! Be sure to check in with me on Wednesday for the results!
by Blake Rudis | Nov 23, 2012 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
In general chromatic aberrations are a pain in the ass, in HDR tone mapped images, they are a root canal! Those out of control Cyan/Magenta/Purple fringes around tree branches and buildings can really make a great image look horrible! The good news, you can control...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 19, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
It is hard to find a good haircut these days. I had a great place in California that not only cut my hair but offered a free neck massage after each cut. Moving to Missouri opened up a can of worms trying to find a good place. I went to 2 places in town that I now...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 16, 2012 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A few weeks ago I posted a tutorial about my 32 bit HDR workflow with Photomatix (I think I said HDR Efex Pro in the tutorial, oops!). Someone made a comment on Youtube about my lack of fixing the distortion. I am not sure if they were being snide or not, but I...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 12, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
What is Dogfish Head? Some may call it beer, I refer to it as an experience. Ages ago my palette was quenched by a couple of drops of Yuengling, which sparked my interest in good tasting beer. I am not talking about Coors Light or Bud Light. That kind of beer...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 9, 2012 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Have you ever made some awesome adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw, opened the image, and then realized you forgot to reduce the Chromatic Aberrations or reduce the noise? It used to happen to me all the time! I would then have to close out the photo and re-open it in...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 7, 2012 | f64 Academy News, Product Review |
I have always wondered if 3mm would really make that much of a difference in the scheme of wide angle lenses. I recently had the chance to experiment with the 11-22mm lens compared to my 14-54mm lens and it does! Now a couple of factors here before I show you the...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 5, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
EverydayHDR was voted the best HDR blog of 2012 on HDR One. I was honored to have seen my blog there from the beginning and to walk away with the tag “Best HDR Blog of 2012” was even more astonishing. EverydayHDR was up against some really great HDR...
