by Blake Rudis | Mar 8, 2011 | Featured Artist |
Over the past several month’s I have received many comments from Bibek. Bibek recently started a blog of his own and has some amazing pictures posted. Along with his pictures are occasional quick little tips on how he took the pictures. A great start to what,...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 7, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
My Wife and I purchased our Jeep Patriot last September, I had no idea we would see ourselves in so many different environments with this machine. The first place was pretty funny. We took Sarah’s cheap “woot.com special” GPS with us to Yosemite...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 4, 2011 | Intermediate, Post Processing, Video Tutorial |
One thing I have learned over the last couple of years is how important it is to retouch my images in nondestructive ways. I used to do my level adjustments from the menu bar on the top of the screen, I used to use the blur and clone stamp tools on the layer I was...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 2, 2011 | HDR Software Reviews, Product Review |
This week I downloaded the free trial of Essential HDR by Imaging Luminary. I am hoping the results I received are from the fact that regardless of your initial image sizes, the free trial version dumbs your result down to 1 megabyte. While this is a great strategy...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 28, 2011 | Product Review |
Last Friday I went over to the San Jose Convention Center and caught Kelby Training Live: From Focus to Finished with Ben Willmore. If you ever find a Kelby Training Live course near your home, GO! I learned more than my brain could gather in 7 hours, but its okay!...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 25, 2011 | Beginner, Video Tutorial |
I am all about increasing my workflow with hot keys and shortcuts in Photoshop. Today I am going to show you how to replace a background with special attention to all the hot keys and shortcuts used to get from point A to point B. You can grab the list at the end of...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 21, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
What do two bad ass photographer’s do when one of their wives is planning a baby shower for the other? On the day of the baby shower they go out and take some photographs, that’s what they do! Eric and I, had been planning this trip for 2 months or more....
by Blake Rudis | Feb 18, 2011 | Post Processing, Video Tutorial |
Last week I showed you how to process your multiple exposure image for HDR in Photomatix Pro 4.0. This week I will show you the basics of post processing In Photoshop CS 5. There are several thousand ways to post process an image. This is my workflow at it’s...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 16, 2011 | Product Review |
This Post has been updated for accuracy, you may read on for historical purposes… I have recently jumped into the world of lighting photography. While I have done some of this in the past, a series of recent photography events has forced me in the...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 14, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
We headed to the Fremont Older Open Space Preserve in Cupertino, CA on Saturday. It was a great day for a hike in the the Valley, 65 degrees and sunny! My research on the park all stated it was an easy hike, however, I don’t think they were taking pregnant...
