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New and improved iLife Media Browser good for Aperture users
January 27 2009
It was somewhat unexpected but Apple released on Monday (January 26, 2009) a 2.66MB update to its iLife Media Browser. The media browser is the "link" that allows different iLife apps to easily and conveniently access media such as photos,.... read moreUsing Aperture to create a model's portfolio
January 20 2009
January marks, among other things, the beginning of a new seasonal cycle in international modeling with Ford’s annual Supermodel of the World finals. Giselle from the Philippines is one of the candidates to this year’s competition to be held.... read moreJanuary 13 2009
In October of last year, I wrote a blog entry about a decision to migrate my personal collection of photographs from iPhoto to Aperture, unifying all my photographs, from personal images to professional work, "under a single roof." It was.... read moreJanuary 06 2009
With regular and consistent use, many long-time Aperture users may have already hit upon a fairly simple, efficient and straightforward workflow--a workflow that, perhaps, has even already calcified into a habit. Resorting to an almost automatic, repetitive repertoire of keyboard.... read moreDecember 30 2008
On a recent fashion shoot, I found myself getting involved beyond the usual shoot-and-deliver mode. My working relationship with the client, and my role in the project, has evolved from just being a part of the campaign's pictorial to being.... read moreWhat will the next Aperture be like?
December 23 2008
Whenever Apple introduces a new anything, whether a new new thing or a major update to any existing products and services, it becomes publicly and magically available as a fully formed matter on their website. We of course know that.... read moreDecember 16 2008
It was a stroke of luck that my Aperture library was in an external hard drive when my laptop's internal drive failed. It was therefore just a (somewhat inconvenient) matter of replacing the internal drive or buying a new.... read moreExporting a project's metadata
December 09 2008
This morning, I was told that I needed to directly fax an invoice to the client's accounting department. The DVDs of the completed project have been delivered to the project manager a day before, but it was necessary to.... read moreLED-backlit display: Is it better for digital photography?
December 02 2008
Last year, Steve Jobs uncharacteristically hinted at things to come when he publicly disclosed in an open letter (published in Apple's website), that the company plans to eliminate mercury in its LCD technology and arsenic in its glass casing by.... read moreThe unibody's multi-finger gestures in Aperture
November 25 2008
Last week, I picked up a new 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro. When it was first introduced a few weeks ago, and despite the temptation, I actually decided not to upgrade. I told myself to wait it out until at.... read moreReferenced setup saves the day!
November 18 2008
To a photographer whose work depends largely on flawlessly running Macs, any manner of hardware failure can qualify as a major disaster, perhaps leading to quiet panic and maybe even desperation. The idea of losing everything can elicit a hopelessly.... read moreAperture's integration with iLife and iWork
October 28 2008
Deciding to use only Aperture to organize your photographs is not a "limiting choice." With Apple's elegantly designed integration, pictures from your Aperture library will show up, and can be used, in iLife, iWork and several other Mac and 3rd-party.... read moreOctober 21 2008
Do you know what Aperture is doing other than what you are doing? Most likely, not. Unless you are keeping an eye at the activity status from the Control Bar. But what if your control bar is hidden? And.... read moreAperture takes it all in, and out
October 14 2008
Last week, between my location shoot at Princeton University and three different areas in Manhattan, I've shot more than 3,000 RAW images. That's a lot of images from two shooting days. As soon as I fill up a CF card.... read moreThe (possible) rise of 4th-party developers and 3rd-party jumpers
October 08 2008
By now, almost everyone who has an iPhone and who have downloaded apps from the App Store, will most likely know what 3rd-party software means, and by natural extension, who the 3rd-party software developers are. And everyone also most likely... read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
