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I’m A Skipper
May 03, 2023 - I am a “Skipper”. No, not the boat kind, I skip software versions, and hardware upgrades on a regular basis (but not eve...
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Zen and the Art of Aperture
October 16, 2022 - I love beauty and beautifully designed things. The adage that “form follows function” is true, and when both are in perf...
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The Perfect Pairing :: Aperture and Exposure X5
May 05, 2021 - Sometimes, once in a great while perhaps, you come across a pair of image editing softwares that play so well together y...
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Aperture :: And The Unsupported Image Format
April 05, 2021 - If you are an Aperture user (I know, we are a very small but dedicated and scrappy bunch), this is the one thing you hop...
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The Continued Case Against Software Subscriptions
April 03, 2021 - Grabbing a warm, steamy cup of Joe, I thought I would settle in and wax on with a few more thoughtful insights against s...
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Aperture :: Make It Big
March 16, 2021 - If you are an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber you probably know by now Adobe has just released an update to their separa...
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Tools Too :: Photography Gear Matters ~ Or Does It?
January 31, 2021 - A few years ago I wrote a post called "Tools:: On Why Gear Really Does Matter" and I have wanted to do an update, or at...
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What I Want ~ Aperture '21
January 12, 2021 - This post is part fantasy, but more importantly a really close look at a beautifully designed program for RAW image, and...
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Photo Editing ~ The State of the Art
January 09, 2021 - As we stroll into 2021 I want to take a peek into the current state-of-the-art of photo editing software. What I won't b...
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Aperture, Noise and Film Grain:The Quest for a Filmic Portrait
December 20, 2020 - This final portrait edit was created entirely in Apple's Aperture software here at the end of 2020. Yes, I'm still runni...
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Black & White Done Right!
October 22, 2020 - Exposure X5 (NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 vs.True B+W Conversion LUT)
As an artist and photographer I'm not one to go by numbe...
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It's 2020 and Adobe Is Finally Catching Up with Color Grading
October 08, 2020 - So, it's 2020 and Adobe has finally started catching up with the color grading world of still photography. Catch this re...
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Is RAW Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?
September 15, 2020 - Not all RAW converters are the same, that's not a new revelation. When I was photographing in the analog film days, all...
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Creating & Using Custom LUTs in Affinity Photo and Exposure X5
September 06, 2020 - Creating and using custom LUTS for still photography is easy and fun using Affinity Photo and Exposure X5. (the above vi...
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The Case Against Subscription Software
April 24, 2020 - This is the third and final post in a series on photo software. A lot has been said and written about the whole Adobe mo...
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Back To The Future ~ Taking The Zen Path
January 12, 2020 - A funny thing happened on the way to the future... I decided to go back. No, not back to 1985 but more like 2014. Since...
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To Upgrade, Or Not To Upgrade, That Is The Question
December 25, 2019 - We've all been there. We know the drill. If you are doing your post-processing of images with a program that you bought...
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Got Film? ~ A Part Two Update
August 08, 2019 - Almost five years back I wrote a blog post called "Got Film? Digital Photographers Now Have Choices" on the state of the...
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I Was Dark Mode Before Dark Mode Was Cool... Or A Thing
July 24, 2019 - Way back in November 2007 I started this site to showcase my work, and eventually find a home for my blog. My goal then...
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Going Forward After Aperture :: The Future Looks Bright
July 07, 2014 - Some time ago, I wrote a post about the demise of Aperture being premature when the interwebs responded to the Aperture...
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Aperture Closing :: Apple Stops Development On Aperture Photo Software
June 30, 2014 - It's official: On Friday, June 27th 2014, Apple announced it would cease any further development on its professional pho...
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Tools :: On Why Gear Really Does Matter
April 25, 2014 - So you think gear doesn't matter? Or maybe you are on the side of those who are all about the supremacy of gear at the e...
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On Resting Places
January 14, 2014 - Sometimes it seems like this techno-photo-centric world we are in is racing along at a break-neck speed. Newer cameras,...
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Why Zenfolio Matters
December 10, 2013 - Why have I chosen Zenfolio for my website as opposed to any other portfolio hosting solutions or a Wordpress site? Essen...
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Create Custom Textured Brushes For Unique Portraits
November 07, 2013 - Creating a completely unique and customizable look to your images can be as easy and fun as painting with textured brush...
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Got Film? Digital Photographers Now Have Choices
November 04, 2013 - To answer the question above, it can now be argued that "yes, indeed", digital photographers have film. Or rather "film...
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Why Pixelmator Matters
October 27, 2013 - This post could be subtitled: " How's that working out for you without Photoshop?" All said, I have to say I'm only scra...
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The Fine Art Of Texture Overlays For Creative Portraits
October 20, 2013 - This two part tutorial on creating fine, textured overlays and backgrounds for creative portraits, is a companion piece...
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iPhone Tintype For Creative Portraits Tutorial
October 03, 2013 - This tutorial on creating tintype textured backgrounds and overlays for creative portraits was inspired by a recent crea...
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Is It Time To Open The Aperture?
June 17, 2013 - With the advent of Adobe going to its monthly subscription model for Photoshop and all the other Creative Cloud applicat...
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Adobe Dissolves In The Cloud
May 16, 2013 - So, Adobe has chosen to "go cloud", and offer a subscription for software solution to its customers. No sooner was this...
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What Is In Your Photographic Kitchen?
February 20, 2013 - What is in your photographic kitchen? What herbs, seasonings and flavours do you most use? Like cooking, photography is...
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Why creativeLIVE Matters
January 28, 2013 - What is creativeLIVE? In short, it is a worldwide, on-line classroom for free while live, and during re-broadcasts, for...
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Filters, Plug-ins, Or Software?
October 29, 2012 - "Use filters and plug-ins!" "Don't use filters or plug-ins!" It seems everyone in the photography industry has an opinio...
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Aperture 3.3 :: Reports Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated!
June 21, 2012 - With apologies to Mark Twain for the title, I'm here to say that Apple's pro photography application Aperture is very mu...
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