by Blake Rudis | Oct 7, 2011 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have found that it is very difficult to shoot a series of bracketed exposures with macro Photography. It is very difficult to worry about getting the perfect brackets when the object you are shooting could move in mere milliseconds depending on...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 30, 2011 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I recently reviewed Tiffen Dfx 3.0, an amazing new filter plug-in/stand alone filter program. I love this program and the endless capabilities that it presents me with both with my HDR work as well as my candid family snapshots. The following video tutorial...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 23, 2011 | Quick Tips, Tutorial |
I have been experimenting a lot lately with speed light macro photography and I can easily say, I am loving it! Once you get the basics down and start popping off shots, it feels like every one of them is a money maker. I am pretty excited to see the bottom of this...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 16, 2011 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
So one thing I hate about long exposure photography is the noise that occurs in the black sky, even at ISO 100. Now take that noise frustration and multiply it times 5 when working with HDR long exposures. How do you fix it? Do you sacrifice the awesome look of the...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 2, 2011 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There are 2 tools that are very powerful in Adobe Photoshop, yet very underrated and infrequently used: The History Brush and The History Palette. Many people have no idea that the history palette is more than just a list of what you have done, it is a built in...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 26, 2011 | Tutorial |
I have been scouring the internet lately looking at HDR images and while many are great, I always find a few bad ones in the bunch. You know those HDR’s with hyper colored clouds, technicolor skies, and toxic yellows? Therefore, I have decided to re-post an...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 5, 2011 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was playing around with the settings in Camera Raw when I noticed I could make Pseudo HDR’s with the movement of a couple of sliders; Clarity, Fill Light, and Contrast predominantly. These Camera Raw adjustments are perfect for getting a HDR appearance with...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 29, 2011 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Wow, I am really surprised I have gone 150 blog posts without covering a tutorial on how to rid your life of pesky Chromatic Abberations and Color Noise. So here you are, your free advice on how to crush two of the most painful aspects of digital...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 22, 2011 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was playing around with this picture one day, I added a vignette, I did my noise reduction, and then I duplicated it, and set the blend mode to soft light. I would normally do that anyway before I High Pass sharpened it, but then I fell in love with the results of...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 15, 2011 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Today’s tutorial is a Dreamlike effect, similar to the flashback effect you see in movies. It usually occurs where someone travels into the past or lays down for a nap and starts seeing things all blurred and sepia toned. I wish I dreamed that way, but...
