Aperture Applets~Is Aperture Coming to IPad?
One of my favorite Blogs for all things Apple is 9-5Mac Apple Intelligence. They recently posted a story about a patient application that suggests we may see the IPad running some form of Aperture in the future. Those of you who follow our Corkboard/Blog know that this has been a… Read More »
Introducing Aperture Applets~Tips and Tricks for Aperture Workflow
One of the most difficult aspects of the digital photography workflow is finding software that helps us process thousands and thousands of captured images. Back in the mid 90’s when the internet came alive and gave us the opportunity to present our images like never before, I was introduced… Read More »
Portia Polar Bear A Finalist in International Book Awards Contest
This morning we received our first award for Portia Polar Bear’s Birthday Wish. Several months ago our dear friend Julie Cox began the lengthy process of submitting Portia to lots of different children’s book award contests. It’s a long and arduous process but well worth while if a title… Read More »
IPad as a Photographers Tool~Update
Awhile back I wrote a piece on using Apples IPad as a device to store my images on while traveling. I had taken my IPad to Vietnam and tried using it exclusively as my sole archiving tool. For those who read that earlier post you know that I came away… Read More »
Apple’s Aperture for Digital Photo Workflow
Many of you know that I’ve been using Adobe’s Lightroom as the main photo editing software for my digital photography workflow and it’s been a great tool. However, for our latest photography workshop in Costa Rica I decided to move over to Apple’s Aperture due to it’s better ability to… Read More »
A New Mini Film Partially Shot with Nikon D5100
My wife Tanya and I recently treated Jill, Tanya’s office assistant, and Colter, my god son, to an all too short vacation in Florida. Colter was out on spring break and had never been to Florida. Tanya got creative and tracked down a place to take surfing lessons in Cocoa… Read More »
Thirty Three Years Shooting Nikon Cameras
Nikon recently sent me the new D5100 camera and 18-55mm kit lens. I’m fortunate that they often allow me to test new gear if I request it. One very big misconception many people I meet seem to have is the idea that I have some sort of special inside… Read More »
Zip Lining Costa Rica-A MiniVideo
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZQP6TwLKRA[/youtube] Three of our guests on our recent Costa Rica Photography Adventure decided to try the Arenal Volcano Zip Line experience. I shot some video of one of our favorite people Michelle Duggan working on gaining the courage to take the leap. This zipline is unbelievably long, nearly a half mile.… Read More »
Mentoring~ Pass It On
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting a very pleasant young man from my home state of Minnesota. His name is Jae Seifert and he’s currently attending college in Bemidji, Mn. Jae and I met at a presentation I was giving for the Boca Grand Camera Club in Boca Grand,… Read More »
Apple’s IPad 2~Update to my Traveling Light and Mobile Entry
Several weeks ago I announced my intentions of working with Apple’s IPad as a new tool for trying to go as light and mobile as possible. I started this “experiment” during my most recent Mentor Series Worldwide Photo Trek to Vietnam/Angkor Wat. Unfortunately it didn’t go as I had hoped,… Read More »