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Dominique James

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Dominique James (www.dominiquejames.com) is one of Asia’s finest portrait, fashion, advertising and commercial photographers based in Manila, Philippines. He is one of the first and among the few Apple Certified Professionals and Apple Certified Trainers for Aperture in Asia. He is also an Epson Stylus Pro Photographer. Dominique James is a sought-after speaker and regularly conducts seminars, lectures and workshops on photography and Apple's Aperture all over Southeast Asia. In Manila, he is an instructor at the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (http://www.pcci.com.ph).

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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 more

Using 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 more

Should I use iPhoto again?

January 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 more

In more ways than one

January 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 more

A courtesy book

December 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 more

What 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 more

Rebuild your library database

December 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 more

Exporting 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 more

LED-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 more

The 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 more

Referenced 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 more

Aperture'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 more

What is Aperture doing?

October 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 more

Aperture 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 more

The (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 more

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