by Blake Rudis | Mar 5, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Being singled out is usually not very fun as it comes with some negative connotation, like the kid in grade school singled out as the stinky one. In photography it is almost the opposite, not that being the stinky one is cool, but being singled out can really pull...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 2, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I am reminded of the Back to the Future theme song by Huey Lewis and the News, “That’s the power, that’s the power of Curves”, oh wait that was the power of love. Anyway, the curves adjustment layer runs a lot deeper than you think in the post...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 29, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
A new page has been added to EverydayHDR, HDR Concerts. I will be hosting these concerts every last Wednesday of every month. The first one turned out brilliantly, I could not have hoped for a better turn out from the many excellent artists that were involved....
by Blake Rudis | Feb 27, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I am compositing images. I really got into this art form long before my HDR endeavors. I really enjoy taking my own stock imagery and using it in my composites. I would intentionally go out in search of certain things to make my composites. One time I went on a...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 24, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There are several ways to create an HDR image. I prefer to shoot the 5 exposures from my camera and tone map them straight to Photomatix and retouch everything later. But what happens when you only have one RAW file, you can tone map it by itself but sometimes that...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 22, 2012 | Helpful Websites |
I was recently invited to a new photography social media site called Floggia by Miguel Kudry. It is an interesting photography social network that is extremely easy to navigate and upload to. Both of these aspects are instrumental to someone like me. Someone who...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 20, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I spent all last week back at Arizona near Fort Huachuca. This time I brought more flashlights for the cave exploring in the Coronado National Memorial! In case you missed the last post about Arizona, take a little detour. While there was not as much down time this...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 17, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I noticed that my tutorials were very difficult to find as you navigate Everyday HDR. I have been working toward making a one stop shop page for all of my tutorials. Check back often as this page will be evolving as the tutorials are created. I just started working...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 15, 2012 | Product Review |
When I renewed my NAPP Membership I was offered the The Photoshop CS 5 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby at no additional cost, of course I took them up on it! You may be thinking, “Blake, why would you need an intro to Photoshop book, don’t...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There is nothing I hate more with HDR photography than Shadow Noise and Highlight blowouts. These areas are especially common when tone mapping with Photomatix Pro. While they are very annoying, they are not worth throwing Photomatix out of my HDRsenal by any means....
