by Blake Rudis | Sep 10, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I recently took a road trip out to Wichita Falls Texas for work. I had been there before, before I was a photographer, and I hated it. Now going back 10 years later, I actually enjoyed myself a bit. One thing I have realized is that photography makes any place...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 7, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A newcomer to the blog, Larry, asked me to do a tutorial on HDR Toning in Photoshop. I have never shown this on EverydayHDR before because I don’t really care for it as a Tone Mapping engine. I do, however, use it in another interesting way. There are two ways...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 3, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I was on a little road trip driving through Kansas, it was about time to stop when I noticed a sign for the Wyldewood Winery. I was thinking, “Well I still have about 3 hours left of driving, should I really stop for a wine tasting? Eh, well really how good...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 31, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Sunrise Tips are listed at the bottom of the post! I really wish that sunrise were something that happened at the same time everyday. Well, I know it starts at the same basic time, the beginning of the day, but I wish it were scheduled. For instance, during the...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 27, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
The title says a lot about this image if you dissect the hyphen accordingly. While I did love this location for shooting HDR images, I went home with about 9 ticks on my legs and found 2 in my hair while driving home. I would say that I am never going back there...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 20, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Since I am on the topic of my favorite things this month, I must throw a mention out to Kansas City. We were hesitant to move to the Mid-West as we were surrounded by beauty in California. Not to mention several cities within arms reach, San Francisco, San Jose and...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 8, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
While this photo may hold no interest to you as it is simply a picture of a hole in a wall, it holds a lot of nostalgia for me. You see, I took this photo when I was on the way home from Photoshop World. Matt Kloskowski and RC Concepcion had convinced me to start an...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 6, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I was going through all of my photos for these August posts of some of my favorite places and techniques and discovered this old photo. I took it in Lake Tahoe about 2 years ago, when I was pretty fresh at HDR processing and post processing. I thought this photo was...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 25, 2012 | f64 Academy News, HDR Concert Announcement |
HDR Concert #6 was a huge success as usual. All of the individuals that received a seat nailed this image! Head on over to the Concert Page to take a look at all of the awesome entries!
by Blake Rudis | Jul 23, 2012 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
Last week while my Mom was in town, we headed to the Kansas City Zoo. I still cannot figure out who was more excited, my mother with her 50-200 lens, me with my inferior 70-300, or my wife who continually stated. “I can’t wait to go to the zoo!” all...
