I know I drone on and on about this but I thought a few of you Aperture/Nikon shooters out there and maybe even some Leica M9 shooters may find it interesting there seems to be a strange connection in the way that Aperture renders NEF color and the way the Leica M9 renders color in it’s JPG’s. Well not really a connection but an interesting similarity of “issues”. This is going to take some leaps of faith on your part to follow along. This is a code word for...
Or any other “presets” for that matter are not evil. I feel compelled to say that and get my official position out there after some mis-understandings of prior posts and a few emails regarding the subject after my “HDR preset” post went viral. First off, I do use presets, my own, not presets I buy. I however am not a fan of for sale presets. I will re-explain why in a second without the subtle sarcasm so I am clear along with some advice in setting up your own...
I thought I would follow up the Nik HDR Efex Pro announcement with a free preset for all of you Aperture 3 people. If you haven’t been reading for a while you probably don’t know that I am not a big fan of HDR but I thought that this preset might be a fun way to introduce you to the power and the glory of Aperture’s Highlights and Shadows adjustment. Here is an old tutorial on Highlights and Shadows. Let’s not get into the “bad HDR” vs “good HDR”...
One of the features introduced with Aperture 3 that I pretty much ignored was flags and labels. I ignored them because I’ve been there and done that with a pile of other software since the beginning of time. Not that there is anything inherently bad or wrong with these two devices, it’s just that I developed better ways of doing things since I started using Aperture – way way back in ancient times. By and large I “flag” and “label” things in my work-flow by grouping them together in...
As most of you already know but some may not, I am an avid Nikon shooter, black and white photographer, ex-commercial/fashion photographer, and film shooter. So what does this have to do with Aperture 3 and digital photography? Believe it or not a whole lot but you need to know how I arrived where I am and also get some context about what I am about to recommend. Being a Nikon digital shooter since the way way back time of a decade ago, I am very familiar with Nikon...
You may know that I don’t gush over equipment often. In fact I know I have too much “stuff” so even though there are a few lust items – mostly ridiculous things that I have wanted since my youth like that giant ParaFB. Take it seriously when I say that there is a lens I have come across that has my attencion. The image at the top was made by a friend of mine, you can tell because it is outside and not 10 feet away from my front...
If you visit the Apple Aperture support forum you may have noticed a couple of long running threads regarding an issue with the Aperture sharpening quick brush. The angry mob believes that there is an issue where this brushed in sharpening is not being exported. Over the last two weeks I have worked with more than a few people that thought they were experiencing this “issue”. Here are my findings. First off – I do not want to claim that this is the end all be all answer to...
It has been about a week since I released the Aperture 3 update of my file management eBook. I have been overwhelmed at the response of people that already purchased the last version that have upgraded to the new version for the low low price of a buck. Some of you that got the upgrade offer have actually paid the full price on purpose – for no good reason except generosity. I wanted to write a quick note to thank everyone for their continued support that bothered to upgrade....
There were three things on the enormous Aperture 3 feature list that caused me some excitement at first glance. they are probably not what you are thinking, they were color labels along with the ability to read and write IPTC metadata to image masters. This probably does not sound too too exciting but for me it was, and it should have been to a lot of others. After using Aperture 3 for quite some time, actually almost immediately my excitement waned somewhat. It is sort of a glass is...
Wooooo hoooooooo, heeeeeee haaaa. Finally I am finished the updates for the definitive guide to Aperture 3 file management. Sorry for how long it took, I thought that it would be easy but I was wrong. I told you about my little bout with the dreaded spring fever but that’s not the whole story. Not only my perennial distraction caused by the mix of warm weather, blue sky, water, pollen, flowers, etc. caused the lethargic release of the update. It was also a matter of how much work that...
