Aperture 1.5 Tips Podcast

As a professional wedding and event photographer—still fairly new to the industry—I’m seriously jazzed and inspired about the software programs like Aperture 1.5 and Lightroom and how they are helping move the profession along. 

Like iPhoto before it, Aperture makes digital photography fun and manageable. And as I’m in the process of developing my workflow in the program, I thought I’d try  to produce short and to the point video podcasts that might help others learn the program.

What’s my reason for doing these podcasts when there’s so much literature and resources already being produced on using Aperture?  Well, I used to think that Aperture is only for professional power shooters, but after spending some time in iPhoto 6 the other day to import and process a mere  25 family photos I took of my kids at school, I was longing for the features of Aperture. It took me twice or three times as long to process my family photos in iPhoto 6 than it would have been in Aperture. So while I’ve been an iPhoto fan every since its release, I’m now hooked on Aperture and what it can do. In fact, I plan to create another Aperture library for my family photos, and perhaps later I might import former photos from iPhoto into Aperture for better management and processing. 

Another reason for moving to Aperture is that latest version of the program now integrates with most all iLife programs, and there are many third party programs that you can export directly to from Aperture.

I would say that if you’re lucky enough to run a newer and faster Mac computer that supports Aperture 1.5, and if you take photos on a regular basis, I would highly suggest using Aperture over iPhoto; that is, unless Apple brings some of the batch processing features to iPhoto that exist in Aperture. I would dare say it might be even cooler if Apple discontinue iPhoto and make Aperture a part of the iLife programs. But that is really wishful thinking. 

Aperture may seem like a very daunting program to learn, but it really is not. You can learn all the basic features you need to know in one weekend, and from there you can build your skills with many of its features.

So I invite Mac users who want to learn Aperture to check out my Aperture 1.5 Tips podcast. I produce them basically as I’m working through client projects. They’re not always polished and insightful as I would like, but I’ve created 10 episodes so far.  They include tips and how-tos on how  to use the Straighten and Spot Tools, a suggestion for organizing your files and folders, how to use the 4-Up Slideshow during a wedding event, or how you can work in Full Screen mode. None of the episodes are longer than four minutes long, and I plan to keep it that way. I also plan to post articles on the podcast page and here at MyMac.com

So basically, I’m joining other websites and podcasters (I list links to some of them on my podcast website) who are also sharing their experiences and expertise.

I invite you to check out my podcast,  and give feedback and suggestions for future episodes.