by Blake Rudis | Apr 1, 2011 | Intermediate, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I developed a pretty good technique for making some kick ass looking Graphic Novel-esque images. It looks spectacular on military related pictures, Helicopters, Uniforms, Guns, weirdos in gas masks… Check it out. I made myself an Action for it and cannot stop...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 28, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
Saturday morning I woke up and thought, “Blake, you have never HDR’ed the Golden Gate Bridge, successfully anyway!” So I texted my good friend Eric, yep the same guy that I went on the shoot with a couple weeks ago, you know the one...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 18, 2011 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have been working on trying to make my images look like old Polaroid pictures, the ones with the washed out look. For the past week I have been trying to replicate that tactile Polaroid as well. I know it is as easy as going to Image > Canvas Size and making a...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 16, 2011 | Product Review |
A tripod is an essential piece of equipment for HDR photography. More important than the legs that hold up the camera is the ball head upon which you rest it. For many months I have been using the Induro ball head (SA-0) that came with my tripod, but after many...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 14, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
It is with deep sadness that today I inform you that the creator of this wonderfully educational blog is not able to “wow” you with his plethora of HDR knowledge. He is very ill, something he ate. So instead he has asked me to post something about my blog,...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 10, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
A simple HDR shout out on CNN. The problem is they make reference to programs that do HDR to a single photo…. Oh no! http://www.cnn.com/2011/IREPORT/03/08/hdr.photos.irpt/index.html?hpt=C2
by Blake Rudis | Mar 7, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
My Wife and I purchased our Jeep Patriot last September, I had no idea we would see ourselves in so many different environments with this machine. The first place was pretty funny. We took Sarah’s cheap “woot.com special” GPS with us to Yosemite...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 2, 2011 | HDR Software Reviews, Product Review |
This week I downloaded the free trial of Essential HDR by Imaging Luminary. I am hoping the results I received are from the fact that regardless of your initial image sizes, the free trial version dumbs your result down to 1 megabyte. While this is a great strategy...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 16, 2011 | Product Review |
This Post has been updated for accuracy, you may read on for historical purposes… I have recently jumped into the world of lighting photography. While I have done some of this in the past, a series of recent photography events has forced me in the...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 9, 2011 | HDR Software Reviews, Product Review |
Another great program by the makers of last week’s HDR Darkroom, Everimage LTD. These guys nailed it with HDR Photo Pro. It has a pretty self explanatory interface with a lot to offer. You can get any range of HDR styles with the well engineered slider bars...
