by Blake Rudis | Jan 21, 2022 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
So, here we are. Another huge milestone for me in less than one month. First military retirement, then 100,000 subscribers. What’s next? Well, I do turn 40 this year, so there’s that, haha. I made a video today to share my extreme gratitude for you and...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 14, 2022 | Beginner, Tutorial |
New year, new resolutions, right? Well, how did that work out for you last year? You may have started a 365 project and made it 50 days before realizing it wasn’t doing you any good. That’s okay, seriously, no worries there, you tried! But, do you know...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 6, 2022 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
A few weeks ago I showed you some tips and tricks for Color Photography using Photoshop. That video went over SO well, thank you for the response and support! I received a lot of questions about how that knowledge could be applied to Lightroom. While Lightroom and...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 22, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
I know what I said about AI in the past and I still mean it 🙂 AI cannot make educated artistic decisions, HOWEVER, in some cases, it can provide us with a decent starting point. In today’s video, I will simplify one of the most difficult compositing...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 10, 2021 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, From the Author, Tutorial |
Do you believe in Divine Appointments?I think about Divine Appointments a lot. These aren’t coincidental meetings. These are meetings with someone you may or may not know that somehow influence your life and, in some cases, send it spinning in another...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 10, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
By now you know I really enjoy working with color, color theory, and color grading. I have spent the better part of the last 8 years devoted to the topic of Color Theory for Photographers. Through those years I would like to say I have seen it all, but I am still open...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 3, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
You like those Raw masks now so much that you wish you could port them over to Photoshop, don’t you? Well, you can’t, but more importantly, why would you want to? Don’t get me wrong, having masking at the RAW level now is incredible and game-changing...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 19, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
FINALLY! The wait is over!Most of you may not have been waiting per se, but I certainly have. 6 years, as a matter of fact. I have always wanted surgical precision masks at the Raw level, and we almost got there in 2017 with the introduction of the Luminance and...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 12, 2021 | Advanced, Tutorial |
I talk a lot about Color Grading, Color Theory, and the tools you can use to manipulate the looks of your photos. However, I have never spoken about the Photo Filter Adjustment Layer. Why is that? From my research and experimentation, I have found that the Photo...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 21, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Have you ever wondered how specific photos just have that “look”? You know, the look that makes you say, “WOW! That Photo is INCREDIBLE! They must have a nice camera!” Haha, truth be told, it’s never really the camera, is it? I have found...
