A friend contacted me this weekend. Back when it was time to choose a Digital Asset Manager (DAM), he weighed back & forth with Aperture and Lightroom, ultimately going with the latter. Recently, he came to the conclusion that Aperture would be more to his liking. Then, a funny thing happened – except that it […]
Last week, Nik Software announced the release of its next version of Silver Efex Pro. Many of my friends already had the software on order (I have a whole rant against the phrase “pre-order”, but I’ll spare you), but I hadn’t made up my mind yet. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m far more passionate about […]
Last week, Steve Jobs introduced an updated Apple TV and declared the HD revolution was over – HD won. It’s true. I can’t recall that last time I turned to a non-HD channel on my cable box. I want the full resolution of that beautiful 50″ plasma screen every time I see it. The change […]
Taking and storing photographs is easy. I use Aperture, other folks may use Lightroom or some other digital asset manager. The trick is to find the images you want after you’ve stored hundreds of gigabytes. There’s a plethora of metadata available when you import your images, but I’ve found that the method that works for […]