by Blake Rudis | Apr 2, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I was on my way to the Kauffman Center last week to shoot it through sunset and couldn’t help but stop and take a few shots of this epic graffiti mural. I planned out a Panorama that would have captured this mural in it’s entirety, however, I made a HUGE...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 28, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
HDR Concert #2 is now available for your viewing pleasure! Head on over to the HDR Concert page to see all of the submissions and their tone mapping and post processing techniques. Quite a bit of talent in the group as usual!
by Blake Rudis | Mar 26, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
About two weeks ago I was poking around HDRspotting and found a local HDRtist with a very similar artistic vision, Keith Moyer. You will love this guys work, check out his blog, Time To Take Pictures! He is a a great HDR Photographer that takes his work to the level...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 19, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
You know, there are a lot of people who take pride in capturing the perfect shot in camera and doing nothing to it in post, purists as they call themselves. They meticulously frame the shot, get the composition just perfect, adjust the exposure and white balance to a...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 12, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
This weekend I noticed that my post processing workflow is continuously changing, my style is evolving, and I am working much faster than I was a year ago. I was curious about just how much my style and workflow has changed so I dove into my archives and pulled up an...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 5, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Being singled out is usually not very fun as it comes with some negative connotation, like the kid in grade school singled out as the stinky one. In photography it is almost the opposite, not that being the stinky one is cool, but being singled out can really pull...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 2, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I am reminded of the Back to the Future theme song by Huey Lewis and the News, “That’s the power, that’s the power of Curves”, oh wait that was the power of love. Anyway, the curves adjustment layer runs a lot deeper than you think in the post...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 29, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
A new page has been added to EverydayHDR, HDR Concerts. I will be hosting these concerts every last Wednesday of every month. The first one turned out brilliantly, I could not have hoped for a better turn out from the many excellent artists that were involved....
by Blake Rudis | Feb 27, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I am compositing images. I really got into this art form long before my HDR endeavors. I really enjoy taking my own stock imagery and using it in my composites. I would intentionally go out in search of certain things to make my composites. One time I went on a...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 20, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I spent all last week back at Arizona near Fort Huachuca. This time I brought more flashlights for the cave exploring in the Coronado National Memorial! In case you missed the last post about Arizona, take a little detour. While there was not as much down time this...
