Category: Articles 2011 A Little Down On Digital Lately Nov 19 2011 A Word About Photo Gear Nov 13 2011 Really Funny Stuff - Must Read Nov 11 2011 Look Ma - I Learned Me Some Photoshop Nov 11 2011 Film Friday Nov 11 2011 Photography - The (Depressing) State of the Union Nov 10 2011 Fine Art Photography - Pah, Really Nov 10 2011 Available Light Workshop - Brain Dump Nov 04 2011 PhotoPlus Gear - Follow Up Nov 03 2011 PhotoPlus Expo = Whatever Nov 02 2011 Aperture 3 Nikon D7000 Presets - The Story Oct 07 2011 Aperture 3 and the Nikon D7000 - Correction Oct 07 2011 Aperture 3 and the Nikon D7000 Oct 05 2011 Flash Player Issues On OS X? Oct 01 2011 More On Final Cut Pro X Sep 27 2011 Just Plunked Down My 300 Bucks For FCPX Sep 21 2011 Fun With Final Cut Pro X Sep 21 2011 Final Cut Pro X? Sep 20 2011 Nikon D300 and 200-400 Survives Bear Attack Sep 08 2011 Color Film Comparisons Sep 06 2011 Amusing Self-realizations Sep 06 2011 Friday - Random State of the Union Thoughts Aug 26 2011 Aperture 3 Quick Tip - Upsizing images. Aug 26 2011 My Fuji X100 Non-Saga Aug 25 2011 Aperture 3 - Importing Existing Folder Organization Aug 22 2011 What About Those "Why?" Images Aug 21 2011 Nikon Cheap Thrills Aug 21 2011 Storm On Film Aug 17 2011 Film Gear Prices Going Up? Aug 17 2011 Aperture 3 and Film - Part 0 Aug 17 2011 Ulterior Motive - The Desert Island Lens Quiz Aug 15 2011 Nice Take On Aperture 3 Post Processing Aug 15 2011 Your Desert Island Lens? Aug 12 2011 Aperture 3 and Sharpening. Aug 12 2011 The Panasonic LX5 - One Year On Aug 09 2011 Aperture 3 - OS X Lion Aug 08 2011 Sigma SD14 - Some Foveon Love On The Cheap Aug 07 2011 Aperture 3 - Locate Referenced Files Aug 04 2011 Old Camera + New Film = New Camera Jul 16 2011 More On Personal Photographic Projects Jul 13 2011 Aperture 3 - Thoughts On Project Organization Jul 13 2011 Old Cameras And Film - Yes They Work On Kids Jul 11 2011 Photography A More Casual Approach Jul 07 2011 Nikon - Using Old Lenses Jul 07 2011 Nikon Cheap Date Jul 07 2011 Photographic Philosophy Jul 03 2011 Photography - Simple Is Good Jun 29 2011 New Nikon Digital Camera Annoucement Jun 28 2011 I Am Going To Be A Grandfather Jun 27 2011 Sigma SD Foveon First Impressions Jun 24 2011 The Pull of The Foveon Was Too Much Jun 21 2011 Oh Crap I Am On A Binge - Another Lens Jun 21 2011 What's Wrong With This Color Management Picture? Jun 02 2011 What Is Photogenic? May 23 2011 Checkout These Photojournalists May 23 2011 My New iMac 27 - The Rationale May 18 2011 Time For Some New Gear May 14 2011 Aperture 3 Adjustment Controls May 07 2011 Anyone Else Live In A Migratory Bird Corridor? May 06 2011 Blake Ricks Gets A Hasselblad May 02 2011 Aperture 3 - More White Balance Silliness Apr 20 2011 LX5 RAW - Aperture 3 vs. LR3, Silkypix, and JPEG Apr 17 2011 Aperture 3 Zooming Apr 17 2011 Aperture 3 - Finding RAW Images Apr 17 2011 Print Production Apr 16 2011 Aperture 3 Meets The Panasonic LX5 Apr 16 2011 Aperture 3 Quick Tip - Deleting Versions In A Stack Apr 13 2011 I Cannot Stop Myself Mar 24 2011 Giant Print Update Mar 18 2011 Photographic Effect - Why Mar 16 2011 The Upside Of Being Distracted With Film Mar 11 2011 So You Think I Am A Complete Lunatic? Mar 08 2011 Photographic Conditioning Mar 05 2011 Things That Still Suck About Digital Feb 26 2011 Film And Skin Feb 26 2011 Another Film Convert Feb 22 2011 A Smattering Of Photographic Stuff Feb 19 2011 Pyro + Black and White Film = Great Highlights Feb 14 2011 Interesting Film Shooter Feb 13 2011 Film Is Forever - I Love My Kodachrome Feb 12 2011 Aperture 3 Workflow Advice Feb 11 2011 Yea - I Am A Sucker For These Rants Feb 10 2011 What Lens Should I Get??? Feb 09 2011 Aperture 3 Image Adjustment Controls Feb 08 2011 Film Is No Slouch Feb 05 2011 Why Nikon F3 Feb 04 2011 Nikon 50mm F1.4 - I Just Snagged It For $99 Feb 03 2011 Things That Suck About Digital Photography Feb 02 2011 Cameras I Wanted To Love but Couldn't Jan 31 2011 Some More Kodachrome Jan 27 2011 Large Prints And Other Ephemera Jan 27 2011 God Kodachrome Looks Fantastic Jan 26 2011 Blogs And Old Posts... Jan 26 2011 Panasonic GF-1 And LX-5 Updates Jan 24 2011 The Need To Get Motivated Jan 22 2011 Storage Appliance For Aperture 3 Jan 11 2011 2010 Ready For The Holidays? Dec 21 2010 Aperture 3 - Alien Technology Pt. II Dec 18 2010 MacBook Air Update - Finally Dec 15 2010 Aperture 3 And Alien Technology Dec 15 2010 MacBook Air Update Nov 26 2010 Wanna Know How Aperture 3 Runs On An Air? Nov 20 2010 Aperture 3 RAW+JPEG Follow Up Oct 23 2010 Aperture 3 - The Y and T Keys Oct 12 2010 It's Been A While Since My Last Rant. Oct 10 2010 Color Spaces And Aperture 3 Oct 09 2010 Aperture 3 - Living In Full Screen Mode Oct 03 2010 Aperture 3 - Adjustment Control Thoughts Oct 03 2010 Aperture 3 - Color Numbers Sep 28 2010 Aperture 3 Folders Sep 26 2010 Aperture 3 - More Fun With Metadata Sep 25 2010 Aperture 3 - Date/Time Ranges Sep 19 2010 The Panasonic LX5 Leica Lens Sep 18 2010 Olympus 14-42 vs Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 Sep 16 2010 Meet The Lumix's- GF1 And LX5 Sep 15 2010 Aperture 3 Book Printing Sep 14 2010 Why The Panasonic LX5? Sep 13 2010 Aperture 3 File Import Sep 13 2010 The Panasonic GF1 Get's Sent Back Sep 12 2010 The GF1 And 20mm Arrive Sep 11 2010 Micro 4/3 - Help Me I am Smitten Sep 10 2010 Olympus E-P1 Video Sep 06 2010 More On Pyro Developers Sep 05 2010 Olympus E-P1 Focusing Sep 03 2010 Aperture 3 And The Freedom Of The JPEG Sep 03 2010 Some E-P1 Notes Sep 02 2010 The Olympus E-P1 Is Here Aug 31 2010 More On Moo Aug 31 2010 Professional Photography State of The Union Aug 29 2010 David Alan Harvey - Micro 43 User - Who Knew? Aug 28 2010 Aperture And Nikon NEF Aug 28 2010 Aperture Presets Aug 27 2010 Aperture 3 Free HDR Preset Aug 25 2010 Window Light - Six Tips Aug 24 2010 Shooting Film Follies - 2010 Edition Aug 23 2010 Strange Things Photographers Do Aug 22 2010 Camera Bags - They Are Always Too Small Aug 21 2010 I Have To Go To Japan Aug 19 2010 Things You Can Do With A Window Aug 18 2010 Kodak TXP RIP Aug 18 2010 Selecting A Film Developer Aug 16 2010 New Apple Support Communities Aug 16 2010 Photographs vs. Illustration Aug 13 2010 Leica M - 9 Year Old Film Aug 11 2010 Wedding Photography - Some Thoughts Aug 05 2010 Photography - Media, Materials, and Purpose Jul 27 2010 Adobe ACR vs NX2 vs RB Aperture 3 Presets Jul 24 2010 Nik Silver EFX Pro Revisited Again Jul 23 2010 Photoshop CS5 Follow-Up Jul 21 2010 Aperture 3 - Extended Workflow Recommendation Jul 21 2010 Photographic Biases - Cleared Up Jul 18 2010 Listen To These Photographers - Real Education Jul 16 2010 Lighting DIY Ridiculousness Jul 12 2010 Aperture 3 - Brushed Sharpening Export Jul 12 2010 Aperture 3 - Labels Jul 08 2010 Digital - Exceeding Preconceived Notions of Humans Jul 02 2010 iPad - Still Waiting For "The Killer" Photo App Jun 30 2010 The Joy Of Photography - Limiting Your Options Apr 10 2010 Another Example Of Why I Am Not A Landscape Guy Apr 06 2010 Aperture 3 - The Blind Leading The Blind Apr 03 2010 Misadventures In Photography Apr 01 2010 New Acquisition - Black And White And Other Thoughts Mar 31 2010 Aperture 3 - Endless "Processing" Observations Mar 31 2010 Look What The Cat Drug In Today - Nikon Lessons Mar 29 2010 Aperture 3 - Faces Observation Mar 26 2010 Jim Marshall - RIP Mar 25 2010 Aperture 3 - Modifying A Batch Of Images Mar 25 2010 Leica Conundrum Or Lens Anxiety Mar 24 2010 Aperture 3 - Over A Month Of Abuse Mar 24 2010 Finding Inspiration - Strange Mar 20 2010 Aperture 3 Nikon NEF Presets Mar 19 2010 Aperture 3 - Book Theme Trick Mar 15 2010 Aperture 3 - Ansel Adams Preset Feb 23 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon D5000 Presets Feb 20 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon And White Balance Feb 20 2010 Aperture 3 - Show In Project Feb 19 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon D300 Presets Feb 19 2010 Beater Camera Follow Up - Nikon D2H - The Beast Feb 17 2010 Aperture 3 - Tip Search By Album Name Feb 16 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon NEF Files Feb 16 2010 Make Better Pictures - Stop Being Afraid For Your Gear Feb 15 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon NEF Files - Screencast Feb 15 2010 Aperture 3 - Adjustments - Chromatic Aberration Feb 15 2010 Aperture 3 - Adjustment Brushes Feb 15 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon D200 Presets Feb 14 2010 Aperture 3 - New Project Import Export And Merging Feb 13 2010 Aperture 3 - New Feature - Sticky Selections? Feb 13 2010 Aperture 3 - The Best And The Worst Feb 12 2010 Aperture 3 Places - Using A GPS Feb 12 2010 Aperture 3 RAW+JPG Part Deux Feb 11 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon D2H Presets Feb 11 2010 Aperture 3 - Nikon NEF Free Preset Feb 10 2010 Aperture 3 - First Impressions Feb 10 2010 What's Wrong With This Picture? Feb 08 2010 Small Strobes - Quick and Dirty Lesson Feb 08 2010 Aperture Adjustment Controls - Beyond The Sliders Feb 08 2010 Leica Update - M9 vs M6 Feb 05 2010 Aperture - Bizarre Import Behavior Feb 05 2010 Aperture - Light Tables Revisited Feb 03 2010 Aperture Tip - Zoom vs Loupe Feb 02 2010 Photographers For Inspiration - Helmut Newton Feb 01 2010 Aperture Tip - Previews Jan 31 2010 Aperture - Book Tool Collage Jan 31 2010 Aperture RAW Processing - The Not So Ugly Truth Jan 29 2010 Aperture - Something Nice To Say Jan 28 2010 Aperture Workflow Tip - Album Picks Jan 26 2010 Winter Project - Trees Jan 23 2010 Fake Film Edges - Why They Bother Me Jan 22 2010 Photographers For Inspiration - Sebastiao Salgado Jan 21 2010 Photographer's Web Sites - Hateful Thought Of The Day Jan 20 2010 Aperture - White Balance and Noise Jan 19 2010 Art Prints And Other Ephemera Jan 17 2010 Aperture - The Pesky Wrong Thumbnail Problem Jan 17 2010 Kodak Ektalure Paper - Misadventures In Analog Photography Jan 14 2010 Important Pictures Revisited Jan 14 2010 Photographers For Inspiration - Horst Jan 13 2010 Metering And Exposure Jan 08 2010 Photographers For Inspiration - Irving Penn Jan 06 2010 Jeanloup Sieff - Follow-up Jan 03 2010 2009 Photographs vs. On-Screen Display Dec 31 2009 Sieff - A Follow-Up Dec 29 2009 Photographic Inspiration - Jeanloup Sieff Dec 27 2009 Photographic Aesthetics - Be Careful What You Ask For Dec 27 2009 Aperture - Renaming Files After You Import Dec 26 2009 New Series - Photographers For Inspiration Dec 24 2009 Using Aperture With Scanned Film Dec 22 2009 Photography On The Web - Minor Annoyances Dec 22 2009 New Lens - New Project Part II Dec 21 2009 Kodak - Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Dec 19 2009 Massive Film Development Chart - The Most Useless Thing On The Web Dec 18 2009 What Do You Think of My New Lens? Dec 17 2009 Aperture Tip - Autostack Dec 16 2009 Photography - State of the Union Dec 14 2009 Quick Lighting Tip - Why My Softbox Looks Different Than Yours Dec 09 2009 Shooting Film - Kodak Plus-X and Reader Curiosity Dec 07 2009 Aperture vs. Lightroom - File Management Again Dec 06 2009 Zone System Clarifications For Newbies Nov 29 2009 The Rules of Photography - As I Know Them So Far Nov 10 2009 Shooting Film - Scanning Film and Other Horrors Nov 06 2009 Photographers and Their Tools Nov 04 2009 Things I Hate Nov 02 2009 Aperture Tip - Interface Customization. Nov 02 2009 Aperture Users - We Have A Converted Lightroom2 Guy Nov 01 2009 Shooting Film - Efke 100 Oct 29 2009 Aperture 3 aka Aperture X Oct 29 2009 If You Are Really Into Photography You Must Listen To This Oct 25 2009 The Most Important Images You Will Ever Make Oct 24 2009 Photographer's Secret Subjects - That Other Thing You Shoot Oct 23 2009 Real Film - Yet Another Wedding Guy Oct 21 2009 Real Film - Real Wedding Photographers Oct 20 2009 McNally Uses Aperture - Who Knew? Oct 20 2009 Inspiration - Edward Weston Oct 19 2009 Leica M - A Camera You Can Have With You Oct 17 2009 Film Cameras - The Ludicrous Fire Sales on EBay Oct 17 2009 Shooting Real Film - Dead Serious Oct 16 2009 Leica M - Kids - 8 Year Old TRI-X Oct 15 2009 Shooting Film Follies 2009 Oct 12 2009 Ilford PanF Plus - Shooting Real Film Oct 09 2009 Seven Year Old TMAX P3200 Oct 03 2009 Megapixels and Image Magnification Oct 02 2009 Printing, Color Spaces, Color Management and Other Religious Wars Oct 01 2009 Aperture and Blurb - Again and Again Sep 29 2009 Aperture and Blurb - Again Sep 28 2009 A Tale of Two Images Sep 28 2009 Shooting Real Film - Kodak TMAX 100 Sep 27 2009 Shooting Film - Sharpening and Other Rabbit Holes Sep 26 2009 Photoshop Lesson - Masks and Selections Sep 26 2009 Leica M9 Lessons Sep 25 2009 Shooting Film - Kodak Plus-X Sep 24 2009 Leica M9 and First Time Rangefinder Users Sep 23 2009 Top Ten Most Glamourous Women of All Time Sep 22 2009 Leica M9 - Thoughts On Lenses Sep 20 2009 Nik Silver EFEX Follow-up Sep 18 2009 Nikon DSLR v Leica M Sep 17 2009 Leica Finally Does Digital Right Sep 16 2009 Nikon, Leica, and Other Announcements Jul 31 2009 Nik Viveza - Mini Review Jul 27 2009 Do "Real" Photographers Still Shoot Film? Jul 24 2009 We Interrupt the Regularly Scheduled Program Jul 17 2009 Photography State of the Union - Yet Another Rant Jul 17 2009 Fantastic Ink Jet Paper Jul 12 2009 Shooting Film - Ilford Delta100 In PMK Pyro Jun 28 2009 Never Saw This Light Before Jun 25 2009 I Am An Image Pack-Rat - Why I Almost Never Get Rid of Images Jun 24 2009 Nik Silver Efex Pro 3.0 Follow-up Jun 22 2009 Film - Polapan100 Instant Black and White Slides Jun 22 2009 Aperture Plug-in Mini Review - Nik Silver Efex Pro 3.0 Jun 19 2009 Shooting Film - Pyro Clarification And Notes Jun 18 2009 Ansel Adams Lightroom Presets Jun 17 2009 Polaroid Type 665 PN - RIP - A Unique and Interesting Film Jun 15 2009 Shooting Film - Kodachrome 64 Jun 10 2009 RB's Fine Art Photography Lessons Jun 08 2009 80% of Everything You Read About Photography Is Complete Nonsense Jun 08 2009 Shooting Square - Singing Praises of The Forgotten Format Jun 07 2009 High Noon - Don't Be Afraid To Make Images Jun 06 2009 Kodak Ektachrome 100S Film Jun 04 2009 Shooting Film - Ilford HP5 plus Jun 02 2009 Aperture - Fun With Metadata Jun 02 2009 Shooting Film ? May 31 2009 Aperture 2 Cropping Images May 31 2009 Small Strobes - The Ups and Downs May 29 2009 New Cameras, Image Noise, and Film May 29 2009 Nikon - Aperture and War Against Bit-twiddling May 27 2009 The Next Aperture? May 25 2009 Nik Color EFX Non-Review Review May 02 2009 Rethinking Nikon's 50mm f1.4 May 01 2009 Aperture - Importing Your Images Apr 25 2009 Photography - I Love Art, I Cannot Stand The Art 'Culture' Apr 23 2009 Great Portraits - Simple Lighting Apr 20 2009 Photography - State of the Union Apr 18 2009 Aperture Books - Hardcover Title Font Apr 16 2009 Alternatives To The Mainstream Apr 09 2009 Aperture Quick Tip - File Status Feb 15 2009 Aperture Quick Tip - Lift and Stamp Feb 08 2009 Aperture 2 - File Management Jan 29 2009 Notes and Some Other Odds and Ends Jan 26 2009 Presenting Your Photographs Jan 24 2009 What is Important? Jan 22 2009 Why Shoot RAW Jan 18 2009 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Shooting RAW+JPG Jan 14 2009 Aperture Book Tricks Jan 13 2009 Aperture - The Seven Deadly Sins Jan 10 2009 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Highlights and Shadows Jan 07 2009 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Managing Previews Jan 03 2009 2008 Lightroom 2 - D3X - Tether Hack Dec 29 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Album Picks and Image Versions Dec 27 2008 Aperture 2 and NEF RAW Recipies Dec 24 2008 Christmas Wishlist For Santa Dec 21 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Books With Any Service Update Dec 20 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Nik Viveza For $119 Dec 17 2008 Reader Question and Recommendations? Dec 14 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Referenced Masters and Previews Dec 14 2008 Aperture Matching Exercise. Dec 12 2008 Aperture, Lightroom, Capture NX2, and Nikon Shooters Dec 09 2008 Podcast Rant Follow-up Dec 06 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Custom Fonts In Book Themes Nov 30 2008 Aspect Ratio Insanity Nov 27 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Book Printing With Any Service Nov 22 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Project Notes Nov 13 2008 Aperture Quick Tip - Project Recovery Nov 09 2008 Lighting Tip - The Power of Accent Lights Oct 31 2008 New Project New Gallery - Ghost Ships Oct 28 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Workflow Recipie Oct 28 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Naming Exported Images Oct 28 2008 Aperture 2 Quick Tip - Custom Image Sequence Oct 28 2008 Lessons From Other Genres Oct 04 2008 Managing Aperture 2 on Multiple Computers Sep 21 2008 Aperture Quick Tip - Blue Folders and Projects Sep 19 2008 Aperture Quick Tip - Stack Mode Sep 17 2008 Aperture 2 Organization Tip - More On Stacks and Albums Sep 16 2008 Podcast Rant Sep 14 2008 Keeping it Simple Sep 11 2008 Aperture and Metadata Display Aug 11 2008 Adobe Lightroom2 and DNG camera profiles Aug 10 2008 How to Screw Up a White Background Jul 28 2008 HDR Versus Plain Old RAW Jul 28 2008 Quick Tip - Using a Beauty Dish Jul 25 2008 Some Thoughts on White Balance Jul 23 2008 Apple Aperture 2.1 Organization Jul 15 2008 Local Contrast and Perceived Tonal Values May 05 2008 A Quick Review of Portrait Lighting Terms Apr 20 2008 Color Management and Other Stupid Internet Tricks Apr 16 2008 Histograms and Using Your Head Apr 14 2008 Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics Mar 28 2008