Photoshop: Friend or Foe. You Decide.
A recent story by the BBC gives all photographers something to think about. They discuss in detail how manipulating an image can change the way the human memory recalls things. A quote from Rose Eveleth states, “Doctored images can affect what we eat, how we vote and even our childhood… Read More »
Apple’s Aperture Gets Another Update to 3.3.4
Apple’s been steadily updating their full fledged photo application, Aperture. Some have been disappointed that we haven’t seen a major update to version 4.0 yet I’m quite happy and enthusiastic about Aperture’s trajectory. While it’s true we haven’t seen the BIG update yet, I’m confident that it’s not far off.… Read More »
Quick, Easy, Free! Video Editing on the Mac With Quicktime
Many people often ask what program I use to edit my movies. Most of the time it’s Apple’s iMovie, and soon I plan to move to Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. Not sure if that will replace iMovie but we shall see. iMovie is so powerful and easy. Its main… Read More »
Apple’s Keynote and Pages – Getting Images Out of These Documents
I’m a huge fan of Apple’s Keynote and Pages programs. Keynote is the Apple equivalent to PowerPoint and Pages is the Apple version of Word. Both are extremely powerful and allow you to actually convert all respective documents to/from either of Microsoft’s versions of the similar program, and it does… Read More »
Pixelmator: Watermark Copyright Protection and Practically Free at $14.99
Creating watermarks for your photographs is something every photographer should be doing. It tells people you are proud of your hard work and at the same time offers a warning to those who wish to pirate your images and use them for their own purposes. All photographs are technically and… Read More »
Aperture’s Third Party Plugins
Aperture itself is an amazingly powerful workflow tool. But improving it’s capabilities is something you can do by adding third party plugins. What plugins do can vary. Some reduce noise, others allow you to combine images for HDR composites, there are lens correction tools and artistic filters, interpolation software as… Read More »
Introducing Joseph Linaschke: THE Aperture Expert
Workflow, the process of managing and working with your digital photos, is one of the most daunting, yet important aspects of being a competent photographer in todays digital world. Even if you don’t sell your images, the ability to put a finger on a particular picture, at a moments notice,… Read More »
Aperture Web Templates: Custom and Pre-Made
Greetings everybody. What a glorious day as I type this post, headphones on and jamming out to Steely Dan. It’s a cool September afternoon and I’m happy to be back in Montana. I love traveling but it’s always great to get home. I was doing a little web surfing this… Read More »
Capturing an Image and Post-Processing
The image below was first run as part of my final post for our Arctic Documentary Project in Svalbard/Spitsbergen, Norway. It’s kind of buried in the main blog so I though I would pull this out for easier reading. The key elements I used to create this image include the… Read More »
Popular (and free) RSS Readers
RSS is a simple way to stay up to date with your favorite blogs and social media sites. Instead of having to visit each site on a regular basis, why not have any new posts delivered right to your RSS inbox? Here are a few popular RSS services and software… Read More »