by Blake Rudis | Jun 24, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
As we all know by now Adobe released their latest update to Photoshop CC. I attended the very well done keynote that was thankfully streamed online. That was a very cool touch, kudos Adobe! I have since downloaded Photoshop from the creative Cloud. It took me a...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 20, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
A few weeks ago I did a tutorial on finding and removing dust in Camera Raw 8.0. I was not aware that the techniques I was showing were specifically for CC users. I had a lot of inquiries about how to do the same in PS CS6 and ACR 7.0. So after some toying around, I...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 16, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Last week I launched my eBooks on Amazon for free. All 3 for free for 3 days. The results of the launch were incredible! 14,070 copies were downloaded. I am ecstatic to see that many people will be reading what I have to say about Photography and HDR. With such...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 6, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Dust spots manifest themselves as annoying circles in your photos. They may be a pain, but they are very simple to fix. If you want that professional look with your photos I highly advise that you watch at this video. The truth is, when I see an awesome photograph...
by Dan Waters | Jun 3, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
The following is an awesome guest post from Dan Waters: We all know the photography industry is more competitive than ever. The successful photographers are the ones who think like entrepreneurs and embrace the business side of photography. Simply creating thousands...
by Blake Rudis | May 28, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
This month I requested that the members of HDR Insider make the image below look better. I was mainly referring to how horrible the sky looked, the image itself holds much to be desired as well! All of the members did a beautiful job making brilliant images from...
by Blake Rudis | May 27, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
I have recently discovered a trend that I am not happy with and I am curious if you struggle with the same thing. It is irritating that Camera Groups and Local Camera stores do not strive for something more. Before I get too far on my rant here is the story. I...
by Blake Rudis | May 2, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Sharpening is the last, most critical step, you take prior to saving your image. Many people sharpen the entire photo and call it good. But did you know you can make more compelling images if you selectively sharpen only the areas you want the viewer to spend the most...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 29, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
> I recently conducted a Webinar with Topaz Labs about forming your Workflow Formula. A workflow is a very difficult thing to cookie cut for every image, because every image is different. From beginning to end, my workflow for HDR is much different than my workflow...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 25, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Next week I will be teaming up once again with Topaz Labs to bring you an awesome Webinar! This one is focused on the Workflow Equation. It can be so hard sometimes to create a workflow when every image is different. However, there are many things that remain the...