Archive for February, 2010

Aperture 3 Feature for Backpackers and Photography

Here is a feature in Apple’s Aperture 3 that I ALWAYS wished I had…visual map reference of all my outdoor and backpacking adventures tied to all my images and GPS tracks for cataloging my adventures

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Photographer on top of the Empire State Building

I am always amazed at the great heights and lengths photographers will go to to create that image they see in their minds eye… their art. I found this video on Syl’s site, Pixsylated.com. This crazy guy, Joe McNally, working for National Geographic, climes up the needle on top of the Empire State Building. See [...]

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Aperture 3.0.1 Update Available

Today Apple came out with an update to Aperture 3 via Software Update that fixes a lot of items. Note that if you are currently testing Aperture 3 in Demo mode, the update will not show up in Software Update, or at least it did not for me. I used the method below to get [...]

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Beautiful

Beautiful (spontaneous song)[Audio clip: view full post to listen]- I love creating on the spot, especially in music. To be able to do this you need a band that is led by The Spirit, which is what you get at Life Bible Church. There is a strong value in seeking His presence. This piece came [...]

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The Three Sisters BW

After the first of the year, I was in need of a much anticipated break from everything. I decided to head out wheeling and camping in the Coburg hills. I took our new puppy and off we went. From the top you can see the Willamette Valley from Eugene to Albany on the West side [...]

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Changing The Oil

I was heading home after dropping my son off and needed to add some oil to my thirsty International Scout. I pulled over and while I was waiting for the oil to pour in I saw this image. It was as if the the oak tree had a magnetic field drawing the lightrays down from [...]

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Will the iPad be useful for photographers

The looooong awaited Apple tablet has been announced. The iPad. So, what will this device mean to photographers if anything?

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