As the newest addition to the Inside Aperture team, one of my primary focuses will be sharing ideas about what to do with your images once you have imported them into Aperture. I'll look at a photo workflow that revolves...

From an interview by Barbara Diamonstein with Gary Winogrand: BD: I've often wondered how a photographer who takes tens of thousands of photographs -- and by now it may even be hundreds of thousands of photographs -- keeps track...

This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting the blogger known as Bagelturf. Bagelturf, known more formaly as Steve Weller, runs a blog and for the past year or so has been posting some pretty interesting articles and...

Hello everyone! Allow me to introduce myself, Josh Anon, and my mother, Ellen Anon. We're the newest members of the Inside Aperture blog, and we're excited to be posting here. In case you're not familiar with either of us, we...

One of the memes that's been going around the circle of photographers that I chat with is that the better your original RAW files, the better your final files. The whole idea of "Fixing it in Post" is somewhat flawed...

Las Vegas was far more interesting tonight because WPPI put Art Wolfe on stage to share his adventures from Travels to the Edge, a public television series that offers unique insights on nature, cultures, environmental issues and the new realm...

I received this email from Joe Schorr about a Raw image decoding review by the Aperture engineers. Since you're a member of the Inside Aperture community, you might want to contribute. Here's what Joe had to say... ------- As part...

I recently did a commercial job which had a precise schedule over two days. I have done this kind of event photography before, but this time using Aperture, I planned on cutting my post processing time, with some pre-production work...

Adobe Lightroom (excuse me, "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom") has some features I'd really like to have in Aperture, such as the Recovery slider, which lets me do highlight recovery without affecting the midtones and shadows in an image, and the Vibrancy...

I just finished breezing through Kendall Gelner's 87-page Aperture Adjustment Tool Guide, which is a downloadable PDF that you can grab for free, and if you find it useful, then make a donation. Kendall has put a lot of work...

For a variety of reasons, some of which I've posted about on this blog, I use referenced images, available in Aperture as of version 1.5. There are many advantages and disadvantages to using referenced images as opposed to a managed...

The eyedropper tool in the White Balance panel of the HUD is a handy way to automatically adjust an image's color balance. Find a neutral area in the image, click on it, and you'll receive Aperture's recommendation for adjusted color...

The timing was perfect. I was in the middle of post processing a commercial job with Aperture, when the courier shows up with a brand new, USB connecting white Aperture Keyboard from LogicKeyboard ($99USD), which they sent me to test...

The latest (and final Tiger update) contains a boatload of benefits for Aperture users. New Raw support for over a dozen cameras, changes to Core Image that improves Spot and Patch correctness, and improved RAW file format compatibility for the...

After spending a week comparing Aperture and Lightroom I realized something; I need to get my archive organized. Ever since I started using Aperture, about a year ago, I have been paying special attention to how I organize my work....

At this point in Aperture's life-cycle, and with the release of Lightroom to stir up the pot, my thoughts have been turning more and more to things I'd like to see in the next version of Aperture. A few weeks...

I just posted a new photo assignment gallery from my virtual camera club, and doing so reminded me that sometimes you just have to add a little code yourself to create the features you want in Aperture's web gallery....

One of the nice things about Aperture is that once you're using it, you can spend less time hassling with the Finder. Thanks to metadata and Smart Albums, you can organize and sort your images by metadata tags, rather than...

LogicKeyboard is now shipping three versions of a new custom keyboard specifically designed to take advantage of Aperture 1.5's keyboard shortcuts. This Danish company makes a variety of custom keyboards, including ones for Photoshop, but I'm anxious to get my...

First let me start by saying how much fun I have had on this project. I really was overwhelmed by all the comments and discussions that ensued after each post. I hope we can keep it going. So, last week...

I've written before in this blog about the importance of calibrating your monitor. The general message of those articles is: The calibration tool that you use is less important than the act of calibration itself. In fact, the only way...

I find it very helpful to give yourself a photo assignment from time to time. Photo assignments can help you expand your skills and force you to step out of your comfort zone and work on your craft a bit....

I just recently purchased a new Core2Duo 15" MacBook Pro to replace the CoreDuo 15" MacBook Pro that I bought last year. While one could look at this as a testament to my pronounced level of nerdery, I prefer a...

You can now browse all plug-ins related to Aperture by visiting Apple's new Aperture Downloads page. Not only can you grab the latest version of the application itself, you can peruse the bountiful menu of export plug-ins available. Plus you...

Aperture has some pretty nifty slideshow features, but you have to navigate down to the "Edit..." selection on the popup menu to get to them. Alot of people think that they're stuck with the stock options such as "Dissolve" and...

Okay, it's a sad fact that photographers are often not the best editors. I think there are many reasons for this. For one thing, you were there when you took the picture. So often when looking at images, you remember...