News From Blake

June 2018 Updates! Hello, hello! Here are your updates for June. We are shifting things around a bit for the launch and release of the Zone System Express 5.0  Bare with me as this is a big endeavor! The May Challenge Feedback Session is available A new Challenge:  Long Exposure Photography The Live Event Replay is up from May […]

Hello, hello! Here are your updates for May. The April Challenge Feedback Session is available A new Challenge:  Go Back 5 Years The Live Event Replay is up from April Stay tuned.  I will be bringing a brand new Architecture Photography Course to you later this month.

April 2018 Updates! After the survey from February/March, you will be seeing some changes around the site.  Nothing major, just some basic housekeeping in the forum with a brand new submission process for the critique session. You may submit your critique images here through April 6th. We also have a few updates that you can check out below: […]

There is a lot of new things going on around here on f.64 Elite.  March is going to be a pretty busy month for me.  The Creative Live course I am prepping is taking a lot of time and effort. In order for me to give you the most out of the critique session this […]

New Content for February February is the beginning of my crazy time.  I will be headed to France in the middle of the month and when I return I am home for about two weeks and head back to Creative Live to record a vast Photoshop Course with them! Regardless, of how busy I am, […]

The survey results are being compiled right now and will be available for all to see in the upcoming Live Event.

Hello! We are quickly approaching the end of another year!  I guess technically every day is the end of a year in some regard, but you know what I mean! Here is the gist of what’s to come and what has been recently uploaded to f.64 Elite. December at a glance: The Photo Challenge Feedback for the […]

Phew!  November already?!?  Is it me or does time move exponentially faster as you age? Last time I checked the calendar in the kitchen, it was May.  Well, at least now my horrendous travel month is over, so I have some time to settle down. How about you? Here is the gist of what’s to come […]

The new Photoshop Foundations course is available for your viewing pleasure: Photoshop Foundations:  The Inverted Image!

September Updates! This is a huge month for f.64 Academy and Elite.  The release of the Zone System Express 4.0 is just around the corner.   If you know what that means, I will be SWAMPED the beginning of the month with website building and everything involved in making a successful launch. For that reason, […]

Self Assessment isn’t  Always Easy… I need your help!   Last year, shortly after f.64 Elite went live, we conducted a survey that was critical to the evolution of the site.  From the last survey, we decided to remove the point system and the achievements.  It was a win win for everyone as it sped up […]

Hello and Merry Christmas everyone! Today was our Live Event on f.64 Elite.  We had a lot of fun as we walked through every Christmas Card I have created since 2010.  These are not your ordinary Christmas Cards either.  They are keepsakes and collector’s items among our friends and family. I will be winding down […]

It is December 1st and f.64 Elite has some updates and news for ya’!   The December Course The new Course, A Beginner’s Guide to Workflow Automation, will be available on December 8th.  For now, get working on your Challenge! The Monthly Photo Challenge  The Monthly Photo Challenge is ready for you to start submitting your […]

Very cool site for Compositors! So today I stumbled upon a site called Pixel Squid.  they have LOADS of .PNGs and  .PSD files that are just waiting to be composited onto any of your projects.  There is something different about this site, though.  You can ROTATE every image on the site and place them into […]

Yep, Another Survey… It is very important to me that f.64 Elite is a great experience for you.  So I ask you to take a few minutes to complete this survey to let me know what you think.  How are we doing? Please answer as honestly as you can.  It is 100% anonymous.  Your responses […]

As a matter of fact, we went through many names before we settled on f.64 Academy. The first name was Rudis Media; the second was Rudis Academy. We were pretty dead set on Rudis Academy, but as we discussed it more and more, the thought of using my name in it just didn’t seem right. It didn’t fit the mission of f.64 Academy, especially f.64 Academy Elite.