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...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 2, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Last week I discussed my 32 bit workflow with Photoshop’s Merge to HDR Pro. This week I wanted to show one could process a 32 bit file in Photomatix Pro 4.2 and Adobe Camera Raw. Many people know the 32 bit HDR to Lightroom gig pretty well, but it is just as...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 31, 2012 | HDR Concert Announcement |
HDR Concert #8 is live! Thank you very much Steve Rich for supplying some awesome brackets for post processing. I had a lot of fun with these shots. If you would like to download the brackets and experiment with them you are more than welcome, however, the...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 29, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
My buddy Matt Kloskowski hosts The Grid on Kelby TV. On Episode 71 Matt and Brian Mattiash of OnOne talked all about HDR. It was a very insightful episode and is definitely one to be watched by any HDR enthusiast. Check out the episode of The Grid and see what you...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 28, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Due to a change in recent flight plans, the submissions for HDR Concert #8 have officially closed! Thank you to all who participated, the post will be live on Wednesday the 31st!
by Blake Rudis | Oct 26, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have made claims in the past about how much I dislike Photoshop’s HDR toning. That is still true, I am not a fan of the HDR toning, but I do love the 32 bit workflow in combination with Adobe Camera Raw. The results can make for some impeccable HDR images...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 24, 2012 | HDR Concert Announcement |
Download the RAW Brackets here! Download the JPEG Brackets here! Last HDR Concert I announced to those individuals involved that the HDR Concert was going in a new direction. That direction being whatever you the viewers wanted it to go. I opened up the Concert...
