by Blake Rudis | Jan 21, 2011 | Beginner, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
One thing that took me forever to understand and use appropriately were f/stops. I couldn’t wrap my head around how f/stops affected my images. After years of shooting in Auto mode (go ahead throw tomatoes at me) I decided to figure out this whole f/stop...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 19, 2011 | HDR Software Reviews, Product Review |
Nik Software has put out a killer HDR program, HDR Efex Pro. It runs as an add-on to Photoshop, Aperture and Lightroom making your workflow seem less from tone mapping to post-processing. I was impressed from installation to the completion of my first HDR image...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 18, 2011 | Tutorial Update |
My buddy Matt over at Redbubble pointed out a flaw in my cataloging post processing tutorial. I forgot to mention the program I use to see my raw images as a viewable picture thumbnail. This is actually a huge flaw in my tutorial and Matt was kind enough to point it...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 17, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
You got it! The wife and I decided to have a picnic on the beach yesterday. It is January, but it definitely does not feel like it in the bay area! It was about 60 degrees and sunny, while a bit chilly, it still made for a great outing. Over the last 14 days I...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 15, 2011 | From the Author |
… stays together! My wife just started a great blog called Sticky Marshmallows! Stop in there and check it out, she will be posting recipes and all kinds of great girly things! Oh, and I am sure she will poke fun at me from time to time, I am an easy...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 14, 2011 | Beginner, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
When I first started shooting HDR images I was astounded by how awesome the details looked. I recall telling my wife that the HDR process made everything look good, even horribly compose pictures. I took a whole series of horrible HDR images with no concept of...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 10, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
You see the depictions of the Apocalypse all over these days, TV shows, magazines, books, etc, you can’t really get away from it. Am I sick for thinking it would be fun to live in a post apocalyptic environment struggling to survive, relying on everything I...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 7, 2011 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial |
Every once in a while strolling around the net I see people that know Photoshop, but seemingly do not know its capability with text. I do not use it often in my images, but I frequently use it in designs for clients. Text, while it seems intimidating, is very...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 5, 2011 | Product Review |
Good news! EverydayHDR will now be contributing to HDR Spotting, thanks to Philip Johnson and his gracious registration code. HDR Spotting has a closed registration by register code only. Philip was kind enough to throw me his extra one. You ROCK Philip as does...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 3, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I am not one to make resolutions because I don’t support the notion of making a promise to myself I cannot keep. Instead of a resolution I am going to resolve a problem I have with Photography. This problem is something that has been...
