by Blake Rudis | Dec 6, 2013 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Photomatix Pro 5.0 has recently been released from its beta testing and is open for public download/purchase. There are quite a few changes, mainly some wording and a new Contrast Optimizer setting, and a new way to deghost. To see the entire list of changes posted...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 22, 2013 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Have you ever made an odd sized crop to a photograph, like 8 x 18, and wondered “How in the world am I going to print this without paying a fortune in custom framing fees?” The answer, as usual, is Photoshop! I recently made a crop to several...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 15, 2013 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was going through my tutorials and realized I have not shown one of my favorite go-to tricks to punch up the contrast in my color images. Surprisingly enough it requires the use of a Black and White Layer! One of the best ways to tell if your image could use a bit...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 5, 2013 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Are you a fan of Black and White photography? I know I am, that is where I started in 1999, with a Canon AE-1 film camera that I ran hundreds of rolls of black and white film through. I love the look of a true BLACK and WHITE photograph. These days, in the digital...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 25, 2013 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial, Webinar |
Last Tuesday, October 15th 2013, I conducted a Webinar for Topaz Labs, “The 4 Step Creative HDR Process” . In this Webinar I showed my 4 Step process for creating HDR images all without using Photoshop! I did the whole tutorial using Topaz Labs products...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 18, 2013 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Topaz ReMask may be the most intuitive piece of masking software I have ever used! Really, it rocks! Masking can be a pain in Photoshop, even with the refine edge tool. However, ReMask makes it simple, really simple, easier than finger painting and much less...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 11, 2013 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Last weekend David and I recorded our latest tutorial, “How to Photograph a Difficult Subject” for LearnPhotoNow. [warning] ****SPOILER ALERT**** You may want to watch the video before reading the rest of this… Be sure to join our mailing list. More videos like this...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 4, 2013 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
In light of the newest HDR Concert, I figured it would be a good idea to bring back an old Compositing tutorial that is relevant to the Concert. Compositing photos is a lot easier than you think, it just takes a bit of knowledge of Photoshop and some selection tools...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 27, 2013 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I just finished recording a snippet of the training I am putting together for the Beginning Photography Course for LearnPhotoNow. It occurred to me that I have never done anything quite like this for EverydayHDR, but I probably should have! This tutorial is all...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 20, 2013 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I spent a lot of time creating logos for the new endeavor, LearnPhotoNow. I realized after it was all said and done that there may be some people interested in the wonderful world of PNG files. Sometimes I take for granted the amount of random things I have learned...
