by Blake Rudis | Feb 17, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I noticed that my tutorials were very difficult to find as you navigate Everyday HDR. I have been working toward making a one stop shop page for all of my tutorials. Check back often as this page will be evolving as the tutorials are created. I just started working...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There is nothing I hate more with HDR photography than Shadow Noise and Highlight blowouts. These areas are especially common when tone mapping with Photomatix Pro. While they are very annoying, they are not worth throwing Photomatix out of my HDRsenal by any means....
by Blake Rudis | Feb 8, 2012 | Product Review |
I recently added a new product to the Everyday HDR Store, it is a very simple texture package. Applying textures to a photo is pretty simple and there are several websites on the internet to buy stock textures. My texture package differs in many ways! These...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 3, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
We have all fallen victim to the lazy HDRtist. You know, when you are processing an image in Photomatix and there are distracting highlight blow outs so you do everything in your power to fix them and in turn end up sacrificing the rest of the image. So you tell...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 25, 2012 | Helpful Websites |
There is a new HDR tutorial resource on the web that is a one stop shop of HDR resources. Many of the top HDRtists have contributed to Farbspiel Photography home of the HDR Cookbook. I look forward to contributing to the site often. I am sure you will find...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 23, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I have been avidly working on the images from my last trip to Kansas City and the Nelson Atkins Museum. I took a crazy looking shot of the upstairs view looking down on the granite staircase. It turned out to be a very great HDR image, but I felt I could take it to...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 16, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
This last weekend the wife and boy were out of town which means I had plenty of time to paint the town HDR! Don’t get me wrong I cherish the time with my family and would not trade it for the world, but sometimes it is nice to have 7 hours of free time...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 11, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
So I made these Actions and I think they are pretty darn good! I don’t mean to gloat at all, but when you create an efficient beast that cuts off up to 50% post processing time on the average HDR image, you deserve that honor! Have you ever used Actions in...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 28, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
Google+ (G+ for those in the know) is a great social networking community for anyone to frequent. However, there are several specific reasons for photographers to be on G+. While there are many key points that I could hit on, I will focus on my top 5. Inspiration- ...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 21, 2011 | Product Review |
A lot of people ask themselves, “What can this product really do for me?” before they make a major software purchase. Many of those people might say, “Well I am a portrait photographer, will this really help me?”. I asked myself very similar...
