f64 Academy is Healthy!
F64 Academy is not Hacked A few weeks ago I received word from Google Webmaster Tools that a few of my sites had been showing hacked content in the Google Crawler searches. My heart sunk into my chest and I immediately went into damage control mode. I lost countless...
How to make an Animated Gif in Photoshop
An Animated Gif in Photoshop is so much fun to make! While they may seem like a daunting task it is rather easy to make an animated GIF in Photoshop. You have probably seen animated GIFs around. They were big in the late 90's when the Dancing Baby appeared all over...
How to use Tone Mapping in Adobe Camera Raw
Tone Mapping in Adobe Camera Raw... Really? In Photoshop CC you can use Adobe Camera Raw as a filter (Photoshop CC users only, I apologize in advance CS6er's) and if you are creative enough with it you can do some tone mapping. This may sound odd as Adobe Camera Raw...
A few days with a Polaroid SX 70 Land Camera
Back to the Future with the Polaroid SX 70 Land Camera About a week ago I won an Auction (with the help of Jake McCluskey) on eBay for a Polaroid SX 70 Land Camera. This may not be a big deal to you or you may even have one already, but it is an item I have always...
Color Lookup Tables in Photoshop
Color Lookup Tables are like Lightroom Presets, but way better! Color Lookup Tables have existed in Photoshop since the inception of CS6 and I just now took the time to understand them. How many times has that happened to you. You get so comfortable with a program...
How to Make Your Adobe Portfolio
There is no excuse for poor representation! Get on the web with your Adobe Portfolio! Recently Adobe Portfolio was announced as an added benefit to those of us high on the Creative Cloud. While you may have overlooked that email, I implore you to take a closer look...
The 247 Holster Bag Review
The 247 Holster Bag, perfect for small trips with a very small camera! I don't always go out without my big clunky DSLR, but when I do I take my mirrorless camera setup. For this I usually grab my Sony a6000 with the Sony 55-210 lens. Sometimes I just throw them in...
The reason behind f64 Academy
EverydayHDR is no more and here is why... Well it has been over 5 years with EverydayHDR and while I loved it, it is time for a change, welcome f64 Academy. It is bitter sweet talking about my website now with friends, I catch myself saying "every...f64 Academy is my...
Artistic Portrait Technique – Detail Retention
A wild way to recover detail in Artistic Portrait Work During the Topaz Labs Webinar on Tuesday I showed some techniques for making an artistic portrait. I must say that I had the most fun during that webinar than many in the past few months. I think it was nice to...
Compelling Artistic Portraits Webinar
Making Compelling Artistic Portraits with Topaz Labs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpaNB26uJWc Today I will be conducting a webinar with Topaz Labs showcasing a few new techniques I have never shown in the past while working on artistic portraits. This is a pretty...
