by Blake Rudis | Oct 26, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have made claims in the past about how much I dislike Photoshop’s HDR toning. That is still true, I am not a fan of the HDR toning, but I do love the 32 bit workflow in combination with Adobe Camera Raw. The results can make for some impeccable HDR images...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 15, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
My favorite tie of the year for photography has got to be Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk time. I really enjoy hosting these walks and interacting with new photographers. I set up a walk for Weston, MO an old town with 175 years of history. There is quite a...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 21, 2012 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have been an avid Photoshopper for about 12 years now and just now realized the power of Adobe Bridge, I know I know, I am a day late and a dollar short right? Let me start this by asking you a couple questions, if you answer yes to any of them, then you need to...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 12, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Tomorrow I will be attending the Kelby Training Live series with Matt Kloskowski’s Lightroom 4 Tour! I am excited to finally learn Lightroom the right way by a true subject matter expert in the Lightroom circle. Matt K runs the awesome Lightroom website,...
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 | Aug 24, 2012 | f64 Academy News, From the Author |
WARNING: Blake is about to unveil a bitter diatribe about digital photography, a very bitter diatribe. There are also some spoilers that will make you think twice about the great Photographers before you. If you are weak minded and are fond of the term Photoshopped,...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 22, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk is the reason why you are reading my posts today. Seriously, it was one of those “Butterfly Effect” moments in my life. I signed up for a photo walk and met Matt Kloskowski on the walk, unbeknownst to me who he...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 15, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I was walking toward this tree with my camera attached to my tripod when I accidentally hit the shutter. I immediately thought, “Well, that one is getting deleted when I get home!”. To my surprise I loved the outcome, more-so than all the photos I took...
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 6, 2012 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
photoFXlab…. how I love thee, let me count the ways! I do love this program I think it is an awesome alternative to Photoshop for those who may be intimidated by the plethora of sliders and conglomeration of tools contained within it. In this 13 minute...
