Happy 4th of July!
On this day in 1776, America courageously liberated from Great Britain declaring it’s independence. While all of the fireworks are blaring, please keep in mind those who made this day happen. It takes a great deal of courage to declare independence from a...
Oloneo PhotoEngine Tutorial, How I Love Thee!
I recently reviewed Oloneo’s PhotoEngine last week. Since then, I have had more opportunities to experience it. I must say, the more I play, the more it amazes me. Oloneo has it all figured out over there and if you haven’t played around with it yet,...
Artizen HDR Review
I recently picked up Fhotoroom’s Artizen HDR version 2.9.5. For $45.95 Fhotoroom offers not only a very decent tonemapping engine, but a full editing program as well. This is a great way to start dabbling in HDR without spending outrageous amounts of cash on...
Polaroid Camera Negative
I was playing around with my Polaroid Camera a while back. Looking at the negative you get after you pull the Polaroid off looks cooler than the Polaroid itself! So I took a couple of shots of it and put it together to make a border for any other HDR pic I thought...
Quick Tip: Quick White Balance
Have you ever taken a ton of pictures and found out you forgot to set the white balance? Have you ever taken a picture with Auto White Balance selected and not received accurate colors? Both of those questions are yes for me. More often than not, my white balance...
Oloneo PhotoEngine Review
I have tested many HDR programs in the past and until this point none have given Photomatix its run for the title belt until now. Oloneo has created the Oloneo PhotoEngine, a brand spanking new HDR processing software that really takes the cake. As always I went...
Weston, Missouri
We have been in the Mid West for a little over a month now. We haven’t had near as much time as we would like to explore but from what we see, we like it so far out here. Have you ever seen the commercial for Hidden Valley Ranch dressing? That is kind of how...
Photoshop CS5 Tutorial: Batch Processing In CS 5
One thing that will really speed up your workflow is Batch Processing. I have shown you Batch Processing with Photomatix, but did you know you can also use Actions to Batch Process in Photoshop as well? So say you shot a bunch of HDR sets with relatively similar...
WordPress Review
As I posted last week, I recently purchased the rights to another website, www.blakerudisphotography.com, using GoDaddy. One of GoDaddy’s most useful features is adding WordPress as an application to your hosting account. From there you have WordPress and...
