by Blake Rudis | Jan 16, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
I was working on this photograph the other day and after about 30 minutes of work I realized I didn’t really like it. It seemed like it was missing something. So I looked through some filters and remembered at one point in Photoshop you could render a tree....
by Blake Rudis | Jan 6, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
And The Survey Says… I used to watch the Family Feud all the time growing up and I loved that line, “..and the survey says”. Have you seen the The new Family Feud? It is quite lewd. I want to start this off by saying thank you! There were a total...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 2, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Lens Correction and the Pixel Warping Dilemma! I recently received a request from a YouTube subscriber asking me if I could show him a tutorial on the Ruler Tool. While I do not use the Ruler tool too much in my routine Workflow I still covered it, but then went into...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 30, 2014 | f64 Academy News, Product Review |
A Beast of a Wide Angle Lens I recently purchased the Rokinon (also called Samyang) 14mm Wide Angle Lens for my Canon 6D. I had previously owned the 8mm Fish Eye for my Olympus and loved it so I knew I couldn’t go wrong with its big brother for the Canon...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 22, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
A Different Side of Glow During this webinar I focused heavily on incorporating Glow into your Workflow and the importance of setting the stage for Glow so it can be the star of the show! I used several images to achieve various Glow effects. Using Glow as a Fractal...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 16, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Your Opinion Matters to Me As 2014 comes to an end and a new year begins, I have been thinking about the direction of the blog. Don’t worry, nothing will change that drastically! When it comes to creating site content I typically go with my gut and do whatever...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 12, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Think Inside the Box This sculptural print beauty is hanging on my wall right now and has been for several days now. Every time I walk passed it I think, “That is pretty cool!” It really forces me to walk around my print as it is interesting in a full...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 21, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
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!...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 18, 2014 | f64 Academy News, HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
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...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 21, 2014 | f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial, Webinar |
Let’s Disarm the Debate! > This afternoon at 4PM central I will be discussing the, oh so controversial, debate of Photo Manipulation. In the pursuit of research on the topic, I asked the readers of EverydayHDR what their thoughts were on these questions: Does...
