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 | May 22, 2015 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Tell your friends you are a Black and White Conversion Boss after watching this tutorial! Coming up in the next 24 hours or so I have a webinar with the Photoshop and Lightroom Group for their Adobe Connect Event. I will be showing how to Master Tone and Color in...
by Blake Rudis | May 15, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Sometimes subtle blur is best. I was in Alabama for several days a few weeks ago. Every day I would pass this AC-47, the first Gunship in the Air Force inventory. It was stagnant and lonely, a once guns blazing wicked machine bred for intimidation and mayhem was now...
by Blake Rudis | May 8, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
HDR in Camera Raw Rocks! Lightroom received a lot of hype and hoopla over the awaited merge to HDR in Lightroom without going into Photoshop, which is a great feature. However, Lightroom is not the only Adobe product that received a makeover a few weeks ago. As many...
by Blake Rudis | May 1, 2015 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Flash Tutorial Friday! Instant Color Grading Color Grading an image does not have to be a convoluted process. As a matter of fact you can do it faster than it takes to cook Uncle Ben’s Rice in the Microwave, you just need to know the basic steps to do it....
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...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 17, 2015 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
When one shot just won’t cut it, take many! With Macro Photography one shot usually will not cut it. This is due to the high levels of magnification and the effect they have on Depth of Field. f/2.8 on a normal lens has limited depth of field and creates that...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 10, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Creating, Applying, Saving and Loading Presets in Adobe Camera Raw! Adobe Camera Raw, while not known for its creative capabilities, holds a treasure trove of awesome preset possibilities. (Say that 10 times fast!) I was editing some pictures of my boys the other...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 3, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
So sharp you just may cut yourself… Earlier in the week (Read the article Extinguishing Software Anguish) I discussed just how powerful Photoshop is and how it may be the only piece of software you will ever need. This week’s Free Tutorial surely...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 27, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Perfect Effects 9 is about to get a whole lot better! As if a great plugin suite couldn’t get much better they went ahead and went above and beyond. The Perfect Effects Suite upgrade from 9 to 9.5 is just around the corner. I had the luxury of giving the...
