by Blake Rudis | May 28, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
While for many Memorial Day is a three day weekend or “Just another Day Off”, please remember those who have fallen to make this great country a possibility! I went out this weekend to do some sunrise and sunset shooting. The sunrise was less...
by Blake Rudis | May 2, 2012 | Product Review |
Last year at Photoshop World 2011 in Vegas I met an amazing photographer, Nicole Young. She and I talked briefly about her book, new at the time, Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots. Ironically the following night I won a raffle for the book we...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 23, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I recently traveled back to, what I like to call my home town, Scranton Pennsylvania. The circumstances were less than ideal as a death in the family never finds anyone well. However, the family came together and celebrated the life of the most amazing woman I have...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 2, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I was on my way to the Kauffman Center last week to shoot it through sunset and couldn’t help but stop and take a few shots of this epic graffiti mural. I planned out a Panorama that would have captured this mural in it’s entirety, however, I made a HUGE...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 1, 2012 | Product Review |
The folks at Topaz Labs are at it again, continually making great post processing products for the creative photographer. Their newest release is Topaz Star Effects. Star Effects mimics that star like pattern that lights emit at narrow shutter speeds. Shoot a lamp...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 7, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I have been shooting for HDR since February 28th of 2010, about a year and a half. During that time I have shot 94 total days, I know this because I group my shots into folders based on the day they were shot, like this: I put together a tutorial on how to organize...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 4, 2011 | f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
As you read this, my wife and I are packing up our apartment and moving into our first house. Yep, that’s right, homeowners, we are in for a treat I hear. Now that we are packing up for the third time in 6 months, I am reminded of our adventure to Platte City,...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 19, 2011 | HDR Tips |
There are several thousand tips for HDR photography and I would be lying if I said I am going to give you the top five. The reason being, as soon as I give you the “top” five, I will remember 5 more helpful hints, and as soon as I tell you those, I will...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 27, 2010 | f64 Academy News |
Click on the picture below to download the document. Checklist for shooting HDR images: HDR Bracket thought process:
