by Blake Rudis | Jul 11, 2019 | Advanced, Intermediate, Tutorial |
The Evolution of Luminosity Masks I love Luminosity Masks, I have been using them for ages, and they have been an integral part of my workflow. Before we get too far into this post, I want to clarify that I have nothing against the Traditional Luminosity Mask and...
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by Blake Rudis | Jan 11, 2019 | Advanced, Tutorial |
Make Your Own LUT Profiles For a few months now I have kept my techniques for making Lookup Table Profiles a secret. Well, not really a secret, but I have held off on making a tutorial about it because what I am about to share with you is invaluable. These best...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 2, 2018 | Advanced, f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Dodging and Burning with Blend Modes and Colors If you have spent any amount of time with me you know that I am always trying to come up with new ways of using Blend Modes. I have recently started experimenting with the Color Dodge and Color Burn Blend Modes. At...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 16, 2016 | Advanced, f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The pixel bending fight of the year! I get this question all the time, “Blake, what is the difference between using Blend If and Luminosity Masking?” It is a great question, and my answer usually goes something like this: Luminosity Masking and Blend If...
by Blake Rudis | May 27, 2016 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Sick of Blend If yet? Well too bad! Last week while we were in Yosemite we had great weather for shooting, but most mornings were cloudless. We noticed that in the morning the skies were pure white but as the day progressed the clouds would roll in. Our afternoon...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 18, 2015 | Advanced, Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
To be compressed or uncompressed raw files that is the question! Sony recently announced their uncompressed Raw files for their Alpha 7 line. Traditionally Raw files have been formatted with a Loss-less compression. This is a way to compress a file but not lose any...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 20, 2015 | Advanced, Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The Lighten Blend Mode and the Sea of a Million Waves! A few weeks ago I conducted a tutorial showing off the various Blend Modes in Photoshop, but I hesitated to get too far into the Lighten Blend Mode. The Lighten Blend Mode can be a powerful asset in photo post...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 31, 2015 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The Zone Systems… with everything else out there… why bother? I get this question a lot… why the Zone Systems? I’d say at least 3 times a month. With the Launch of the new Zone Systems Master Class I feel like I have not heard the end of it!...
by Blake Rudis | May 29, 2015 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
No Neutral Density filter? No problem! Fake Neutral Density! Let’s face it, long exposures are awesome but they require expensive Neutral Density Filters, time, and patience… lots of patience! I really enjoy using a 10 Stop ND filter to get those long...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 24, 2015 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Flash Tutorial Friday! This is the first tutorial in a series I am calling Flash Tutorials. I wanted them to be under 90 seconds… ha, if you know me that just is not possible! So I decided to go with 3 minutes. In these Flash tutorials I will show you a new...
