One Wicked Dodging and Burning Blend If Trick [Video]

by Blake Rudis | Jan 24, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 15 comments

One more Blend If trick for the books!I have shown many many ways to use Blend If.  So many that I made a whole Playlist for it on my YouTube channel.  Here is another one for you to add to your notes if you are keeping score, Blend If and Dodging and Burning.I have...

LUT Profiles Best Practices in ACR and Lightroom [Video]

by Blake Rudis | Jan 11, 2019 | Advanced, Tutorial | 30 comments

Make Your Own LUT Profiles For a few months now I have kept my techniques for making Lookup Table Profiles a secret.  Well, not really a secret, but I have held off on making a tutorial about it because what I am about to share with you is invaluable.  These best...

Advanced Color Toning in Photoshop (Video)

by Blake Rudis | Jan 4, 2019 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 64 comments

Advanced Color Toning Made Easy! Over the years I have shown many ways to color grade your photographs from split toning to solid color overlays and even some unique methods using off the wall blend modes.  While each technique has their benefits, they all require a...

The Most Epic Christmas Card Ever Made!

by Blake Rudis | Dec 7, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 80 comments

https://youtu.be/Qah_-IGUfTQ   It is hard to lay claim to the “Most Epic Christmas Card Ever,” but many of my friends and family are sending me text messages with those exact words in them.  I’ll take it ? Every year this Rudis Family creates a...

You can ALWAYS learn something new [Video]

by Blake Rudis | Nov 27, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 2 comments

What I learned from Jim Welninski recently I am the type of person who loves to learn new things.  I read quite a few books every year, I spent a LOT of time on the “Google” researching things I don’t know, and I embrace interaction with everyone...

Why Do My Photos Suck? Blake’s Video Response

by Blake Rudis | Nov 16, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 12 comments

Well, maybe that is a harsh title, but hear me out. We have all been in a place where we ask why our photos aren’t what we want them to be.   Whether that is because of a certain style, or a look we are trying to achieve that we can’t, or we just...