by Blake Rudis | Aug 27, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Time Blending is a technique in Landscape Photography where you blend multiple exposures taken at various times. You may see this with sunrise and sunset images, clouds, or even waves and seascapes. The process for combining images you want to time blend can be both...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 20, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
If you have been an f.64 Elite Member for any amount of time, you know that I use the Reflected Gradient in almost every Critique Session, heck, sometimes I will use it on 3-5 images! All gradient adjustment layers are incredibly powerful in Photoshop, but I think...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 9, 2021 | f64 Academy News |
Tone Assessment and Tone Theory are the Building Blocks of Great Images If you have followed me for almost any amount of time, I have probably taught you a few things that you thought were pretty awesome. What I am going to show you today is the most is, in my...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 18, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
The Smart Object is an interesting feature in Photoshop. You can do all kinds of things in Photoshop with Smart Objects from opening a RAW file and then going back into the ACR settings to resizing layers and building templates. But… these Smart Objects come...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 10, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
The Color Tool No One Uses… Except for maybe f.64 Academy readers, because you know better, right? Today I want to show you five efficient uses for the Color Calibration Tool in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. This is quickly becoming my favorite place to get...
by Blake Rudis | May 28, 2021 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Thinking about which Color Adjustment Layer is better than the other just may make you go cross-eyed unless you break them down. In this video, we are going to discuss which is better for color modification, Hue and Saturation, or Selective Color? We will discuss...
by Blake Rudis | May 13, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
How many times do you wish you could go back to a location to recompose the shot because the exposures you did get were off by just a little? That has happened to me COUNTLESS times. Sometimes I am shooting Landscape and wish I were in Portrait. Other times my horizon...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 29, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
LUT Profiles, the Secret Sauce for GREAT BW images! In today’s lesson, I am going to show you how to hack Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw into thinking you are working on a Black and White Photo, but you are really working in Color for Black and White. Sounds...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 16, 2021 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Let’s face it, Color Grading and Color Theory are hard topics to grasp. Without a solid foundation for them, though, all of our colorwork is left hanging in the balance. While having a great understanding of color is important, that is a long-term goal. It...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 26, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Complete Selection Control with Blend If I showed you how to easily color grade a photo a few weeks ago. It brought out a LOT of questions about split toning, luminosity masks, and more advanced thoughts. I figured I would follow up that Color Grading video with a...
