by Blake Rudis | Jan 28, 2011 | Product Review, Tutorial |
I do not know if you are familiar with Kelby Training, if you aren’t one of the best pieces of advice I can give you is… get acquainted! The guys at Kelby Training are amazing trainers and give up millions of excellent secrets. What you can learn from...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 21, 2011 | Beginner, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
One thing that took me forever to understand and use appropriately were f/stops. I couldn’t wrap my head around how f/stops affected my images. After years of shooting in Auto mode (go ahead throw tomatoes at me) I decided to figure out this whole f/stop...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 14, 2011 | Beginner, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
When I first started shooting HDR images I was astounded by how awesome the details looked. I recall telling my wife that the HDR process made everything look good, even horribly compose pictures. I took a whole series of horrible HDR images with no concept of...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 7, 2011 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial |
Every once in a while strolling around the net I see people that know Photoshop, but seemingly do not know its capability with text. I do not use it often in my images, but I frequently use it in designs for clients. Text, while it seems intimidating, is very...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 31, 2010 | Beginner, HDR 101: The Basics, Post Processing, Tutorial |
When I first started shooting HDR images my brain was convoluted with thoughts on how to effectively catalog my images for the most efficient post processing. I do not use Lightroom or any other program for cataloging my images, so I needed to come up with a way to...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 24, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Long Exposure images and HDR processing, not a fun combo, but there is hope! One of the most powerful slider bars in Photomatix Pro is the Luminosity slider. It plays a powerful role in the effects of HDR tonemapping during post processing, but how does it effect a...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 22, 2010 | Do It Yourself, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
On May 24th 2009 all of my camera equipment was stolen from my car. Thank God for Renter’s Insurance… It covers all assets in your vehicle too! It was a blessing in disguise as I upgraded my camera body and all lenses to the higher grade glass. I had to...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 17, 2010 | Beginner, Post Processing, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
I am a fan of breaking the rectangle. 95.99999999% of the photographs you see online are rectangles, with the occasional Square or Circle. Now, I am certainly not the first to put a border around an image, and I most certainly won’t be the last. Sometimes...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 3, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Well, now that I have figured out the inner workings of the new updates to Photomatix 4.0.1 (I know, I am slacking), I can say there is no excuse for a windy day and HDR. Most windy days yield a hell of a lot of movement in trees, water, bushes, hair, and sometimes...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 26, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial, Tutorial Update |
A while ago back in October I posted a tutorial on how to clean up HDR skies. It turns out that I am not pleased with it at all, and would almost say it sucks, however, it does have it’s uses at times. I will leave it up. The new and improved method is much...
