by Blake Rudis | Apr 23, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I recently traveled back to, what I like to call my home town, Scranton Pennsylvania. The circumstances were less than ideal as a death in the family never finds anyone well. However, the family came together and celebrated the life of the most amazing woman I have...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 18, 2012 | HDR Concert Announcement |
Download the Brackets here. The 3rd installment of the HDR concert is upon us. Please join me and many others in another HDR performance, the last two were such a success I cannot wait to see this months entries. This one should be pretty explosive, no pun intended!...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 16, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Last weeks Union Station trip has provided me with many brackets to process and as I have been working with them I have been trying new things. Well, I wouldn’t necessarily say new, but revisiting an old friend. I started my photography journey at 17 in the...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 13, 2012 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Have you ever noticed that there is a blaring difference between a regular photos noise and an HDR photos noise? The tone mapping process compounds the noise in all of the original exposures in such a way that the noise starts to become a part of the detail in the...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 11, 2012 | Product Review |
When it comes to HDR tone mapping, noise can be your worst enemy and many times can separate a good shot from a great shot. However, there are a plethora of options on the market for noise reduction. If you are anything like me, you like to attack the noise after...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 9, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I recently signed up for a meetup to go on a Photo walk in the West Bottoms of Kansas City. That place is awesome and I was stoked to attend. The buildings in the area are run down warehouses, factories and all kinds of HDR friendly. The West Bottoms are almost...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 6, 2012 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Last week I showed how to Selectively Blur an area of your photo using Adobe Photoshop CS 6 Beta, but did you know you can do this in past versions of Photoshop very easily, and with even more control? It is pretty simple actually and uses many...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 4, 2012 | Product Review |
I was recently contacted by Unified Color to do a product review of HDR Expose 2. It seems it is still in it’s developmental stages but has plenty or room to adapt to the HDR world due to it’s many positive attributes. While it will not produce...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 2, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I was on my way to the Kauffman Center last week to shoot it through sunset and couldn’t help but stop and take a few shots of this epic graffiti mural. I planned out a Panorama that would have captured this mural in it’s entirety, however, I made a HUGE...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 30, 2012 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I recently downloaded the Adobe Photoshop CS 6 Beta and I have to say I am loving it. At first the interface took some time to get used to due to it’s dark nature, but after about 20 minutes of poking around, I felt just as at home as CS5. Now, how will this...
