Selective Tone Mapping in ACR
Tone Mapping Meets Painting Recently on HDR Insider I showed a full length workflow tutorial on how to make a great HDR image from a single exposure. More often than not, we get way in over our heads with HDR processing that we forget that sometimes all you need is a...
Mpix Modern Metals
Mpix Modern Metals When it comes to metal printing you do have quite a few options out there now. It seems the practice of printing on metal has shifted from a trend to a standard. I like this new standard as HDR images look incredible on metal. As you may know, I...
Sharpen Tool High Pass Technique
A Little Bit Sharper Over the last few years I have used many different Sharpening Techniques. I have found some better than others, from the High Pass to the Unsharp Mask to the various Plugins. All of these techniques are pretty great and do a decent job of...
A Place For HDR with Digital Dimensions and Beyond KC
There is Always a Place for HDR! Last Thursday I went and spoke to the Digital Dimensions & Beyond Photo Group in Kansas City. I will admit, I was very intimidated at first. I had to speak to all levels from the beginner to the advanced and some have been...
Auto Align Layers in Photoshop
How well do you trust it? While I was creating the Exposure Merging course for Exploring HDR the Video Series I had to use Photoshop's auto align layers feature to ensure the layers fell directly on top of each other. Usually Photoshop can do this flawlessly!...
An HDR Grunge Match!
Not a Grunge Match... a Grudge Match! When I was putting together the course Exploring HDR: The Video Series, I had to record a tutorial for every HDR Method I use on a routine basis. This was kind of a chore for me as I am pretty fond of the Photomatix look as you...
Better Black and White Photographs in Photoshop
I have done several Black and White Tutorials. Several years ago I wrote a Black and White tutorial, I then recreated that in a video, and then there are the 3 hours and 40 minutes of Black and White and tone control in Black, White & Beyond: The Digital Zone...
What Film Can Teach Us About HDR
Guest Post by Daniel J Gregory I love all types of photography. While I do much of my work digitally these days, I still love to work with film and analog processes. In many ways, for me at least, having a foot in both has offered up some interesting insights into...
Curves vs Levels
This is a great topic to discuss as Curves and Levels essentially do the same thing just in different ways. A reader of f.64 Academy and a photo buddy of mine (a very talented one at that) asked me what the difference was between them. It is a very...
Domke Next Generation Chronicle: RuggedWear Military Bag Review
A Camera Bag to End All Searches A great camera bag is just as essential as a great tripod, ball head, or filter. I have often disregarded the importance of a good camera bag, it just seems like one of those things that you don't want to have to spend the money on to...
