Getting internet today!
Sorry folks, it has been a while. Seems it takes a week to get internet out here in Missouri, but we are getting connected today and I will be back on the Monday, Wednesday Friday schedule once again. Thanks for sticking around and being patient!Made It!
Well I made it to the new humble abode in Platte City, Missouri! It was a long haul and I took over 2000 photos from the passengers seat! I have a sweet idea for those pics too. Hopefully I will have my desktop up and,running by the weekend so I can post more next...
Combination of Techniques: Saturation, Texturing, Vignette
I just thought I would throw together a tutorial of a combination of techniques I have shown in the past. I was busy doing my normal workflow, when I noticed I have never really shown a tutorial on how to put multiple techniques together to function cohesively in...
Amazon Basics Bag Review
I finally bit the big 38 dollar bullet and checked out the Amazon Basics Camera Bag. I was starting to out grow my Slingshot 200 and was in the market for a new camera bag. I started scouring Amazon for a bag that would be both large enough for all of my gear yet...
Leaving The Bay Area
Hello everyone, I know it has been almost 2 weeks now, my apologies, but my little man has stolen my heart and apparently all of my time. I gladly give it all up, it is amazing how you can find the entertainment from staring at a sleeping baby. We find ourselves...Michael Benjamin Rudis
Our little man in faux hdr with the polaroid treatment, courtesy of the ‘pic say pro’ app. 17 April 2011, 8 pounds 8 ounces, a strapping young lad like his old man! It is safe to say I will be taking some time off from the blog! Please feel free to gander...
HDR Tutorial: More Dynamic HDR
A pretty cool way to use two processed HDR images to make your final product pop off the page. I was also playing around with the Gradient Map function in Photoshop when I noticed a pretty cool trick for bringing out some more drama in my HDR pictures. I call it the...
The Gimp Review
About 95% of my tutorials are Photoshop Tutorials. That is probably frustrating for the less fortunate that do not own Photoshop. It is extremely expensive, I did not spend $900 on it, I didn’t hack it either! My wife is a student so I got the student version...
Going To Miss Moffett!
Last Thursday the Riggers, technical term for those who pack parachutes, and the Pararescuemen threw Sarah and I a little going away Barbecue. The food was amazing and we could not have been more thankful, those Riggers really know how to throw down on the grill....
