by Blake Rudis | Feb 24, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There are several ways to create an HDR image. I prefer to shoot the 5 exposures from my camera and tone map them straight to Photomatix and retouch everything later. But what happens when you only have one RAW file, you can tone map it by itself but sometimes that...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 22, 2012 | Helpful Websites |
I was recently invited to a new photography social media site called Floggia by Miguel Kudry. It is an interesting photography social network that is extremely easy to navigate and upload to. Both of these aspects are instrumental to someone like me. Someone who...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 20, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I spent all last week back at Arizona near Fort Huachuca. This time I brought more flashlights for the cave exploring in the Coronado National Memorial! In case you missed the last post about Arizona, take a little detour. While there was not as much down time this...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 17, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I noticed that my tutorials were very difficult to find as you navigate Everyday HDR. I have been working toward making a one stop shop page for all of my tutorials. Check back often as this page will be evolving as the tutorials are created. I just started working...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 15, 2012 | Product Review |
When I renewed my NAPP Membership I was offered the The Photoshop CS 5 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby at no additional cost, of course I took them up on it! You may be thinking, “Blake, why would you need an intro to Photoshop book, don’t...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There is nothing I hate more with HDR photography than Shadow Noise and Highlight blowouts. These areas are especially common when tone mapping with Photomatix Pro. While they are very annoying, they are not worth throwing Photomatix out of my HDRsenal by any means....