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Aperture 3 the day after: nitpicks and bugs

I stand by my first impression: Aperture 3 is a great update. That said, now that the dust has settled and I’m over the rush of new technology, there are things appearing that are less than what I anticipated  - as well as the inevitable bugs of any new version.

Current 32 bit plugins don’t run [...]


Photographer Emiliano Larizza in Haiti

Amazing and haunting photography in the midst of disaster: Photographer Emiliano Larizza in Haiti
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Macworld UK: Apple Aperture 3 to be released next week?

It’s beginning to look a lot like xmas…  Rumour: Apple Aperture 3 to be released next week? – Mac – Macworld UK.
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Where Hot Shoe Flashes Dare Not Go

Where Hot Shoe Flashes Dare Not Go

Photo by Zack Arias
Great post from Zack Arias about moving into big lights:  Where Hot Shoe Flashes Dare Not Go
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Professional photographer? there’s an app for that!

Not sure what it’s worth but here goes: ProPhoto . I’m thinking marketing gimmick – but it’s free. I’ll try it out on my iPod Touch later tonight.
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A Tale of Two Papers from Luminous Landscape

Luminous Landscape compares Canson Infinity and Hahnemuhle Baryta papers:
A Tale of Two Papers
I’m a Hahnemuhle guy when it comes to baryta  (or Ilford’s excellent GFS) but now they have me interested in checking out Canson. And I thought the paper geek in me had settled ;-)
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Aperture 3 a reality?

Aperture 3 a reality?

From Derrick Story via Twitter: http://twurl.nl/e0v2sk
Not linkbait. He was on record several months ago about being on the inside regarding the app’s developement. Fingers crossed…

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artist site

artist site

Alright, so I have this blog and my corporate site. Fine. So how about an artist site?
I’ve just launched laroquephoto.com which is just that. A selection of big pictures, nothing else. I built it using flash because I wanted a quick way to allow scaling on any screen. But to be honest I’d rather use [...]


2010 – the future now

2010 - the future now

I was reading a tech article a few weeks ago about something due to come out in 2010. It took a few seconds for my brain to register that this was around the corner and not some far away future …
So here we are, with dreams of tablets and software and stuff we haven’t even [...]


Aperture 3: others chiming in

Aperture 3: others chiming in

From The Apple Blog:
But I wonder at what point those of us using Aperture have begun suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, and are defending our captors rather than breaking free for greener pastures.
Full article here.
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and the award goes to…

and the award goes to...

This is unexpected: I just won second place in the Faces of Canada – People category of Vistek’s Capture Canada contest. As of this writing it’s not public yet so consider this a scoop ;-)
Here’s the winning photo (which you might recognize from another post):
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aperture 3 coming?

aperture 3 coming?

Ok, first off: I know nothing. This is pure speculation. But yesterday Apple  - finally – unveiled major updates to its pro apps with new versions of Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio, each including new versions of every app in the suite (well, aside from the long forgotten DVD Studio Pro which lingers at version [...]


Avanti!

Avanti!

How cool is this: Avanti! the new Miriodor album for which I did the photography and design is coming out on May 5 – my birthday :-)
I already have my copy btw and it’s an amazing album. Their best yet imho. Check it out at Amazon.com: Avanti: Miriodor: Music.
There’s a full review here as well [...]


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