Polaroid Camera Negative
I was playing around with my Polaroid Camera a while back. Looking at the negative you get after you pull the Polaroid off looks cooler than the Polaroid itself! So I took a couple of shots of it and put it together to make a border for any other HDR pic I thought...
Quick Tip: Quick White Balance
Have you ever taken a ton of pictures and found out you forgot to set the white balance? Have you ever taken a picture with Auto White Balance selected and not received accurate colors? Both of those questions are yes for me. More often than not, my white balance...
Oloneo PhotoEngine Review
I have tested many HDR programs in the past and until this point none have given Photomatix its run for the title belt until now. Oloneo has created the Oloneo PhotoEngine, a brand spanking new HDR processing software that really takes the cake. As always I went...
Weston, Missouri
We have been in the Mid West for a little over a month now. We haven't had near as much time as we would like to explore but from what we see, we like it so far out here. Have you ever seen the commercial for Hidden Valley Ranch dressing? That is kind of how it...
Photoshop CS5 Tutorial: Batch Processing In CS 5
One thing that will really speed up your workflow is Batch Processing. I have shown you Batch Processing with Photomatix, but did you know you can also use Actions to Batch Process in Photoshop as well? So say you shot a bunch of HDR sets with relatively similar...
WordPress Review
As I posted last week, I recently purchased the rights to another website, www.blakerudisphotography.com, using GoDaddy. One of GoDaddy's most useful features is adding Wordpress as an application to your hosting account. From there you have Wordpress and simple...
Quick Tip: HDR Noise Reduction
Noise reduction, where do I begin... There are many ways to reduce the noise in your images and I can 100% guarantee that the next guy on the net with a self help blog is going to tell you his method is the best.... he is probably right! My method has been developed...
GoDaddy Review
In Search of a Domain or Host for your photo blog or website? Check out GoDaddy. I purchased my domain, www.everydayhdr.com from them as well as the hosting service. Their customer service is incredible and can easily get you blogging or creating a website in...
Survival Of The Fittest
This weekend I was awarded the lovely opportunity to teach aircrew members how to survive in a combat environment. What does that mean? Four days of trudging through thick brush and pulling ticks out of places you never thought a bug would go. All negativity aside,...
Quick Tip: High Pass Sandwiching!
I was working on the bicentennial image last weekend and came a cross yet another use for the High Pass filter. Have you ever layered an image on top of another, changed the blending mode to say Hard Light, and watched all of your contrast and detail from the image...
