I have three zooms in the 70mm to 200mm+ range, and they couldn't be more different from one another. My favorite of the bunch is the Canon 70-200 f/4 L. I think it's one of the best lenses I've ever...

When I started my wedding photography business a little over a year ago, the volume of my digital images shot up over a hundred percent. No longer post-processing an occasional 50 or so family or street photography images from...

Every photographer knows how important it is to have backups of your digital files. I have an external RAID system that I've used for a couple of years to store my image files and important documents. When I saw that...

As you may have noticed I have been a little behind on my weekly blog submission. Well, I have a pretty good excuse. In the past couple of weeks I have had some serious computer problems. The fans on...

Computers are like pets or infants in some ways. When something is wrong they rarely calmly deliver a message that explicitly states what's wrong. You know, something on the order of, "Attention your hard drive in Bay C is going...

Something very exciting happened Tuesday morning for Aperture users looking to buy a new laptop--Apple introduced new MacBook Pros (MBPs). As you'd probably expect, the new machines are faster (they're available with up to a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2...

Today I'm going to take a step back and share some thoughts about the process of our art rather than specific techniques. Photography attracts a lot of people who love gear (including me). Impassioned discussions of which is better, and...

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...

Aperture works well with every printer I've hooked up to my Mac. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that this $89 portable works as well as the others.

Some of the younger readers might not recognize the title of this post as a line from the 1980's movie Top Gun, and others of us barely remember it because it was so long ago :) But this post...

For those of you who have been wondering, can a MacBookPro and Aperture peacefully co-exist, in my opinion, the answer is yes. I realize that your mileage may vary.

It's been said that the most sound investment is Real Estate ... the same seems to be true when using Apple's Aperture. A little extra screen real estate can make your experience even more pleasurable. How do I know? Well,...

Pay close attention to the graphics card and RAM, and you'll end up with a superb computer for Aperture.