by Blake Rudis | Nov 3, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Edit Before You Cull Your Photos with Adobe Camera Raw I usually cull my photos rather fast and delete them before they have a chance to see the light of day. Why? Because 42 Megapixel images take up a lot of space and if the shot was bad, there is no sense keeping...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 20, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Yep, Luminosity Masking has been added to Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom I don’t think it was ever on my Wish List for Adobe, but they must have known I wanted Luminosity Masks in Adobe Camera Raw! I have shown Luminosity Masking here in Photoshop several...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 1, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Does the Nisi Natural Night Filter really cut Light Pollution? I will admit, I was very skeptical that the Nisi Natural Night Filter could reduce light pollution and make a more natural appearing night time photo. As usual, I had to know. So I went out and bought...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 22, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
When you didn’t see the Solar Eclipse, you can make it! So were you like me on August 21st, 2017 planning for the Solar Eclipse? I had the works! My wife and I setup a trip out to Weston, Missouri on the Green Dirt Farm. There was going to be live music,...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 11, 2017 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A new kind of Vignette – A Gradient Vignette I have always used Adobe Camera Raw to create my vignettes, but recently I have been using a Gradient Vignette technique that I love. The traditional vignette in ACR or Lightroom is so restricting. Surely you can...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 28, 2017 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Blue Waterfalls? Yeah, they aren’t supposed to be! Blue waterfalls are a side effect of white balance and your camera compensating for the colors coming into the sensor. You may have everything dialed in perfectly, but when you edit your waterfall pictures...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 14, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Selective Color in Photoshop, is it the best-kept secret? The selective color adjustment layer is a tool that can make your images pop off the page. Almost every week someone emails me and says, “Blake, how do you make your photos pop in Photoshop?” I...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 30, 2017 | Product Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
My Top Three Favorite Camera Accessories! For your awareness, this is not an affiliate marketing post. I am sharing what I think are the essential products for your camera, and I am not endorsing any one brand for the sake of making money on link clicks. I buy a lot...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 23, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Radial Gradients in Photoshop, Lightroom (ACR), and ON1 Photo RAW Last week I did a tutorial about the radial gradient in Photoshop. It had a tremendous response which kind of shocked me. I whipped it together the morning of the free tutorial Friday and...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 16, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Creative Spotlights with the Radial Gradient There are all kinds of tools that you can use in creative ways in Photoshop, but one of my recent favorites is the Radial Gradient. It can be used very subtly to direct the viewer’s eye to the exact spot you want...