by Blake Rudis | May 21, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Yesterday, I finally found some time to play with some other programs offered by Topaz Labs. Have you heard of Topaz Clean? It is a $30 plug-in that really helps clean up a photo. There are 2 presets I find pretty awesome with Topaz Clean, “SkinEven”...
by Blake Rudis | May 18, 2012 | f64 Academy News, HDR 101: The Basics, Video Tutorial |
HDR Soft recently released version 4.2 of their critically acclaimed HDR software, Photomatix Pro. I have been processing photos with Photomatix Pro for countless years and have found it to be my “go to” HDR software. After processing thousands of HDR...
by Blake Rudis | May 17, 2012 | f64 Academy News, From the Author |
I wrote a Pro Insight article for Topaz Labs blog. It is featured on their page today. This company is awesome, I love what they do for artists around the world. What are you waiting for, go check it out!
by Blake Rudis | May 7, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
This weekend was the “Sound of Speed” Airshow at Rosecrans Airport in St Joseph Missouri. I loved airshows as a kid and was pretty excited about this one and the opportunity to photograph the aircraft there. The downfall, I had to work all weekend as it...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 30, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I snuck into my grandfather’s garage while on my trip to Scranton a couple weeks ago. I used to do this as a kid to look at my grandfather’s awesome Ford cars. This time was a bit different, I just needed a screwdriver to tighten all the loose door knobs...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 27, 2012 | Advanced, f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I recently posted HDR Concert #3. If you look at the image you will see paratroopers littering the sky. If you look long enough you will see they are all relatively the same, however, their size and angle are different. Before you say it, I didn’t copy and...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 25, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Stroll over to the HDR Concert Page and take a look at all of the amazing entries into this month’s HDR Concert. While you are there you can download the brackets and experiment with them yourself!
by Blake Rudis | Apr 23, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I recently traveled back to, what I like to call my home town, Scranton Pennsylvania. The circumstances were less than ideal as a death in the family never finds anyone well. However, the family came together and celebrated the life of the most amazing woman I have...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 16, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Last weeks Union Station trip has provided me with many brackets to process and as I have been working with them I have been trying new things. Well, I wouldn’t necessarily say new, but revisiting an old friend. I started my photography journey at 17 in the...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 9, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I recently signed up for a meetup to go on a Photo walk in the West Bottoms of Kansas City. That place is awesome and I was stoked to attend. The buildings in the area are run down warehouses, factories and all kinds of HDR friendly. The West Bottoms are almost...
