by Blake Rudis | Jan 29, 2016 | f64 Academy News |
A wild way to recover detail in Artistic Portrait Work During the Topaz Labs Webinar on Tuesday I showed some techniques for making an artistic portrait. I must say that I had the most fun during that webinar than many in the past few months. I think it was nice to...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 15, 2016 | f64 Academy News |
Did you know you could edit videos in Adobe Camera Raw? I didn’t until recently. I was working on some time-lapse footage in Photoshop and thought, “I wonder if I can edit these videos in Adobe Camera Raw as a filter?” In past versions of Photoshop,...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 29, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
The Best of 2015, but the best is yet to come! Every year it is a great practice to reflect on what you have accomplished. I don’t do this to brag or make anyone feel less accomplished, I do it for personal accountability to ensure that I strive for more next...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 8, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
We live our lives in a Standard Definition and have no idea why There is a saying that goes, “You do not know what you do not know”. It is a powerful statement that exploits our ignorance in the most profound way. There are things we know but choose...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 2, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
You haven’t been on a photo workshop until you’ve been on our Oregon workshop I lost my heart somewhere on the Oregon Coast. While some may think this is a bad thing, I do not mind routinely visiting to try and find it. I have lived on the East Coast in...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 18, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
The On1 Pro Series .. and how this all comes full circle. I was recently contacted by my good old buddy, Matt Kloskowski, to do an interview with the On1 Pro Series as they launch their latest iteration of On1 Suite 10. To some this is just another interview...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 13, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
The 4Cs Convention “What if I told you a simple Photography process with three letters could change your life forever?” That was the first line of my presentation to the 4Cs Convention during my HDR Mastery Course. As silly, surreal, or maybe even to some, stupid as...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 6, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
HDR Insider Projects and the Importance of Practice, Feedback and Competition This epic video trailer was made by an HDR Insider member, Chris Murray. Chris also heads up the Facebook bi-weekly Challenge and comes up with some great project challenges for us! Every...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 29, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Infrared Photography – My Most Expensive Experiment Yet I can remember the first filter I purchased for Infrared Photography. It was a Hoya 720 nm Filter for my Olympus E-30 about 9 years ago. I put it on my camera, pointed at a tree, expected great things,...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 25, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
You’ve seen the review… now the ParticleShop Tutorial Earlier this week I posted my review of ParticleShop and today I’ll show you the ParticleShop Tutorial. While this plugin does have its limiting factors it can produce some rather interesting...
