by Blake Rudis | Dec 19, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I am still post processing the pictures from Arizona. After visiting Tombstone, I took a trip out to the Coronado National Memorial. This National Park is completely underrated, I really wish I had more time to hike here, but it was a work trip after all. We did a...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 12, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I recently went on a business trip to Sierra Vista, AZ, a small town about 20 minutes from the infamous Tombstone Arizona. You might be asking, what kind of business are you in that you get sent to such a place, my response… For your own safety, you would be...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 5, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I took my first HDR image on 28 February 2010 at Henry Cowell’s Redwood Forest near Santa Cruz, California. I was digging through my archives and found it, all somber and forgotten, poor guy. I looked at the tone mapped file that I did in 2010 and realized my...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 28, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
Growing up is interesting, because if you forget about it it really sneeks up on you. When I was 12 I couldn’t wait to grow up. I dreamed of having a wife, a house, a decent job, and 1.2 kids. I must have been stuck on that dream for about 7 years, then I...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 21, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
It is difficult to come up with something new every week when you live in Missouri. It was so much easier when the coast was practically in the backyard, well more like 30 minutes away, but you get the point. It is very easy to be a landscape HDR photog in...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 14, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I know already, all you Mac users out there are going to flaunt your infallible system that never surges or gets a virus because some little gnome gets paid in crumbs to ensure your machine runs with no hiccups. As you should, have an infallible system that is, I...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 9, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
Here is an interesting webpage, ExposioHDR, an online HDR processing engine that uses cloud technology as it’s base. It reaches out to real estate agents as a way for them to create HDR images for the houses they put on the market. It is a very simple website...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 7, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I have been shooting for HDR since February 28th of 2010, about a year and a half. During that time I have shot 94 total days, I know this because I group my shots into folders based on the day they were shot, like this: I put together a tutorial on how to organize...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 4, 2011 | f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
As you read this, my wife and I are packing up our apartment and moving into our first house. Yep, that’s right, homeowners, we are in for a treat I hear. Now that we are packing up for the third time in 6 months, I am reminded of our adventure to Platte City,...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 31, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
Happy Halloween everyone! I love this time of year, what can be better than pumpkin carving followed by fresh roasted pumpkin seeds? My pumpkin this year did not turn out nearly as good as last year, but hey, I have a 6 month old now and time is of the essence. I...
