by Blake Rudis | Aug 31, 2011 | Helpful Websites |
Next week I am off to Photoshop World 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. If any of you will be there let me know, we can meet up and talk HDR! I cannot stress enough how much Photoshop World will improve your photography, post processing, and overall artistic way of life. If...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 29, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
While doing laundry the other day my wife spotted this horrendous looking spider. She told me to check it out, so naturally I brought the camera with me. Sure enough, this spider was monstrous, one thing Missouri has compared to where we lived in California are bugs...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 26, 2011 | Tutorial |
I have been scouring the internet lately looking at HDR images and while many are great, I always find a few bad ones in the bunch. You know those HDR’s with hyper colored clouds, technicolor skies, and toxic yellows? Therefore, I have decided to re-post an...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 22, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I was told all kinds of things while my beautiful wife was pregnant, things like, “Your whole life is about to change”, or “Just wait, you and your wife will fight about the stupidest things, things you never fought about in the...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 19, 2011 | Post Processing, Quick Tips |
Many times I need to hide my layers when I am working on either an HDR image with several adjustments or making a 60+ layer composite image. I find it very painstaking and tedious to click each individual eyeball to hide the layers to see how the image is developing,...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 15, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
The family and I went back to Delaware last week to visit the family. It was a good vacation and much needed at that! We had a great time showing off the baby to all of the family that had yet to see him. We spent the week at my Mom’s house in Milford, her...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 7, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
In good old Dover Delaware with the family showing off the baby. Check out some of the pics around my mom’s place. Taken with my Samsung Fascinate and edited pseudo hdr with Photo Enhance Pro. I will be back to the normal schedule next week, have a great week...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 5, 2011 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was playing around with the settings in Camera Raw when I noticed I could make Pseudo HDR’s with the movement of a couple of sliders; Clarity, Fill Light, and Contrast predominantly. These Camera Raw adjustments are perfect for getting a HDR appearance with...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 1, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
Every once in a while I get the question, How do you work 40 hours a week, process all those HDR images and maintain a blog with a 3 month old baby? Well, it can be difficult at times, but I found he actually enjoys blogging with me. Put the baby in the lap and hop...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 27, 2011 | Product Review |
HDR Soft has made another update to Photomatix Pro, it is now in version 4.1.1. There are many awesome improvements in the new version: Selective De-Ghosting now allows you to select the exposure you would like to replace it with. They have finally added descriptions...
