by Blake Rudis | Dec 6, 2010 | f64 Academy News |
We put up the tree on Friday! The wife loves this time of year, I myself am kind of a humbug at times, I take a lot after my old man! As much as I may dislike the commercial side of Christmas, it is all worth it to see the excited look on her face when she trims...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 3, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Well, now that I have figured out the inner workings of the new updates to Photomatix 4.0.1 (I know, I am slacking), I can say there is no excuse for a windy day and HDR. Most windy days yield a hell of a lot of movement in trees, water, bushes, hair, and sometimes...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 1, 2010 | f64 Academy News |
Had a blast with the in-law side of the family this last week. Nothing like gettin’ the feel good treatment of being home, lazy days, great home cooked food, and some classic Wii time with the Father-in-law! Sarah, her Mom and I went out to the...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 29, 2010 | f64 Academy News, Product Review |
I am out in Nebraska for the Holidays… Go Huskers!!! Life is primitive in these parts, internet is scarce, food has to be hunted, and water has to be purified with little pills…. Well it isn’t that bad, I am loving the down time actually, and not...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 26, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial, Tutorial Update |
A while ago back in October I posted a tutorial on how to clean up HDR skies. It turns out that I am not pleased with it at all, and would almost say it sucks, however, it does have it’s uses at times. I will leave it up. The new and improved method is much...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 24, 2010 | Featured Artist |
What I absolutely LOVE about HDR is the different styles you see out there. The process of HDR leaves a lot up to the individual developing the images, henceforth, the individual’s process dictates the look of the images being created, a style evolves. Peter...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 22, 2010 | f64 Academy News |
Every once in a while I look back at the tutorials I have done to see if they are still on the money. Apparently I have done everyone a horrible dishonor. On October 8th of 2010 I did a tutorial about clearing up HDR skies, while it may have been somewhat helpful, I...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 19, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Panorama’s are fun, once you have gotten past the frustration and easily convoluted workflow. A couple years ago I did one the archaic way, taking each image and manually masking them, it took me 4 hours. Those were the days of Adobe CS 8.0, which as I recall...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 17, 2010 | Featured Artist |
Welcome Karl Williams to the HDR floor! I am jealous of this guy for three reasons, he writes like a philosopher with a photographer’s mind, he lives in the beautiful land of my idol William Wallace, and his portfolio is INCREDIBLE! Karl knows HDR, he has an...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 15, 2010 | f64 Academy News |
The wifey and I took a Thursday morning stroll high above the San Francisco Bay Area. We finally got the chance to travel Highway 35, Skyline Blvd. It was a pretty amazing drive, not as awe inspiring as say, Yosemite, but none-the-less it was pretty phenomenal to...