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...
