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NEWS: Aperture 2 or now Aperture 2.1.1 at the Beijing Olympics, an interesting article by David Schloss from the AUN...Photoshop, Bridge, Aperture...the race is on…or is it won already?
In his article David is absolutely right, many Photographers dont have the time, (try to make time) or could not be bothered to change. I know many such cases...but I know also many others who are willing to listening and try very hard to make the switch from Photoshop to Aperture, in the end it is for their own benefit. I had similar reports from India where Photographers like to make the change but find it difficult to switch from their existing workflow, the lack of “HANDS ON” a common problem...but how can we solve this?
Websites like AUN (http://www.apertureprofessional.com/) and O’Reily (http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/aperture/certainly) can help you a lot, or the Tutorials from the Apple Aperture site, (http://www.apple.com/aperture/tutorials/) events like the Olympic Games in Beijing are certainly a great help for all our News/Sports Photographers, and gauging from the sheer scale Apple has put up at the Beijing Olympics there is no doubt in my mind on the SOLID COMMITMENT for the Pro and Amateur Photographer by Apple.
© Gunther
Deichmann - Kite surfing action Philippines
&
as David Schloss put it
so nice...
"How to shoot
at 10-frames-per-second and edit at
12-frames-per-hour."
Local and regional Retail
Apple/Mac shops can contribute in hosting some
Aperture events, introducing Aperture
2 at
least to a basic level, I know some of these event
have been organized in the US and we have done quiet
a few in the Philippines with the support of
the Power
Mac Center in Manila, for Training schedules go
to: http://www.powermaccenter.com/
My
personal opinion and closing words...get familiar
with one software instead messing around with many
different ones. You find Aperture is not that
difficult to learn or to digest, it might be a bit
strange in the beginning (no need to SAVE
anything) but as time goes by you going to love
it...like I do. Plus you have all the integration
on the Mac, perfect for events like the Olympic
Games.
But
now to Beijing...
Beijing
Olympics and the Photoshop
Paradox
( posted by David Schloss on Yesterday, 08:37 AM
)
The AUN's been on the scene at the Olympics for
nearly two weeks, working with Apple in the Main
Press Center helping to provide support for the
one-thousand-plus journalists who have descended on
Beijing to cover the world's largest sporting event.
While I've just arrived in country to replace someone
who has been here for weeks, I've already noticed
examples of what I like to call the Photoshop Paradox
or "How to shoot at 10-frames-per-second and edit at
12-frames-per-hour."
Apple's got a rather large amount of support
available in the MPC, (we're in the lower level,
relatively near the McDonalds) with fifty MacPro
desktop systems set up connected to 30-inch Cinema
Displays. Members of the media are welcome to come
and hook up to them and work on Aperture or any of a
number of other programs on the machines, and the
"broadband" connections mean that photographers can
go from shooting to submission in no time.
That is, unless they are still using Photoshop as
their main image management tool. I'm not talking
about Bridge, I've seen a few photographers who are
using various iterations of that image preview and
editing tool, but for some reason many of the
shooters—at least many of those who bring their own
laptops in to work on their images—still have a
workflow whereby they open up dozens of images at a
time in Photoshop, and use that interface as the way
to make their image selection...
read the
complete story & more @
http://www.apertureprofessional.com/showthread.php?t=18615
Late NEWS...RAINFOREST Reveals NEW Species in Guyana, a bit different from the usual Photography and Aperture stories, a Scince & Environment article from the BBC
© 2007
Gunther Deichmann - prestine Rainforest
in Micronesia/Pacific
I
thought I share this
interesting science article with you, yes a bit
different from the usual Photography and Aperture
stories.
But I am very fascinated by this article from the
BBC. New rainforest species revealed. Parasitic
vampire catfish caught on camera for the first time
An expedition to the rainforests of Guyana has
discovered species new to science. A team of
researchers and wildlife film-makers spent six weeks
searching the pristine forest as part of a BBC
documentary.
The group believes it has revealed two fish species,
one frog species and a number of bat flies that have
not been described previously. The finds are detailed
in the BBC series Lost Land of the Jaguar.
The three-part documentary includes footage of the
elusive South American cat. Dr George McGavin (BBC)
was astonished at the variety of life on show. "In a
short time, we caught hundreds of species, 10% of
which may be new to science. It was unreal,
unbelievable," exclaimed Dr George McGavin, a
zoologist and one of the four presenters of the
documentary.
Images/Video and
a lot more about this amazing story
at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7531537.stm
INFINITY...a short 45 second web commercial for websyncintl.com, created using a MacBook Pro...iLife (the old iMovie but new iDVD) Photoshop and Snapz Pro X...mixing the old with the new software does work.
©
Gunther Deichmann - Composite
“INFINITY”...and
www.websyncintl.com
....Today
I bring you “INFINITY” another
cool effect from this combination Aperture 2.1.1 - iDVD -
iMovie - Snapz Pro X and of course GarageBand but
with a little
twist. , I added Photoshop to
the list. This cool clip runs for about 45 seconds
and is a bit more complicated then the previous
ones...but so cool, using the old iMovie with some
3rd party plugins, adding some voice over and
flying balls...of course the Mac integration
played a big role here. However the technique is
the same using Snapz Pro X for the iDVD recording,
once that is done the possibilities are endless
and as mention before you can create some high
cool looking files for the TV too.
Click here or on the image
and travel to the Music Video/Podcast section to
play the clip, you might have to refresh
your Browser for the new clip to show,
enjoy. Stay tuned for the next GarageBand Mix
“Surfing
Blues” soon available on this blog.
GD
TIPS: Travel PHOTOGRAPHY…Part one (1) Protecting YOUR Camera Equipment from the extreme environment…Raincoats & Waterproof Camera Bags…plus PopPhoto.com presents 20 plus Simple, Useful, Clever, Fun Ways to Get Better Photos
Below are 2 tips which I had
published in the PopPhoto.com last year, the article
is still very popular and I decided to add a few
extra tips for our travel Photographers on today’s
blog. Other cool tips and the complete article in
PopPhoto.com @
http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4776/20
12) Oil's Well.
Need soft focus in only part of a scene? And you
still don't have your soft-focus filters? Gunther
Deichmann suggests using your finger to very gently
apply oil from your forehead to your lens (or better,
UV filter) at a point that corresponds to the area
you'd like softened. After shooting, be sure to
remove the oil with a lens-cleaning cloth or tissue.
10)
Reflection on You.
When
pro Gunther Deichmann (www.deichmann-photo.com)
makes portraits in areas where the subjects might be
shy, such as a remote village in Tibet, he doesn't
use large, intimidating reflectors. Instead, he wears
a white T-shirt.
"If you position yourself correctly in natural light,
the T-shirt is a very nice reflector," he says. "No
need for anybody to hold a reflector, and your hands
are free."
1)
Plus added today…More tips with the white
T-shirt…
also very handy for a nice soft fill in flash…just
point your strobe at your T-shirt and you have a very
nice soft fill.
This is a great OUTDOOR Fill and so much better than
all these gadgets on your Strobe…plus you look smart
in white, reflecting the heat during the day… feeling
cool…until later when you crawled around some ruins
got sweaty and dirty, I guess you just have to bring
a few extra white T-shirts, they are small enough and
take up very little space in your suitcase.
2)
Walking in the tropical rain…
Shooting in the rain can be challenging but also very
rewarding, I just love it… especially when you live
in the tropics like I do.
Creating images in the rain can be easy but risky for
your equipment… I always carry 2 simple inexpensive
(no more than US$5.00 each) Poncho type Raincoats,
one for myself and one for the camera bag. Make sure
they are the Poncho type, easy to put on and they
have enough opening to get to your Camera quickly.
(You can find them usually at Shopping Centers or
Department stores.)
The cool thing about these
inexpensive raincoats, they fold up very small
(approx. size of an A5 Note Book) and they have an
opaque appearance. This is perfect for your portraits
in the field if you have to use flash or you can use
them as a small soft box for the odd macro shot,
great for some artefact you might come across. Now
you covered up for the rain but also have a small
soft box when needed.
I
am also using different
Camera Bags; but which one I choose before going on a
trip? Well, that really depends on the shoot, the
location, if I bring the Computer and if I am
traveling alone or with an assistant, etc., etc.
But this Bag
from Lowepro is fantastic; the
DryZone
is
the world’s first totally waterproof, soft-sided
camera backpack.
When choosing a
Camera Bag think of it like buying a Condom for your
Cameras “health and protection must be guaranteed.”
This is not the cheapest one…but
your Cameras and lenses, etc., etc. need to be
protected they are worth a lot more than your bag.
You need to get the Job done, and a good Camera Bag
can help in protecting your equipment. I have been
using the DryZone 200
for a couple of years
now and I am very happy with it... a super cool bag
for the most rugged situations.
From the dust bowels in Tibet to the Beaches and
remote Islands in the Pacific this bag provided me
with the comfort and security I needed.Perfect for
some real Island hopping, given you the security in
rough or rainy weather when travelling in a small
boat from island to island. (See below some specs. on
the DryZone
200.)
The DryZone, even fully loaded, they float so
your gear is always protected. The inner drypod with
patented, waterproof TIZIP™ zipper provides 100%
watertight protection. It’s like a drysuit for your
equipment. When less protection is needed, leave the
TIZIP™ open and fasten just the inner zipper and top
clip for easier access. The heavy-duty, padded camera
compartment inside is fully customizable while the
outer shell comes complete with a technical backpack
harness. Also included, ergonomic lumbar support,
fully adjustable CollarCut™ shoulder straps,
tuck-away tripod holder, self-draining mesh pockets,
drain hole, rubber handle, and attachment loops for
SlipLock™ accessories. DryZone packs are comfortable to wear and
give you total peace of mind in extreme environments.
More details and Photos at:
http://products.lowepro.com/product/DryZone-200,1935.htm
Stay tuned or
subscribe to this blog for Part (2) Tips on Travel
Photography, for some images taken in the rain in
Cambodia last year go to:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/newimages5.html
MobileMe and Aperture 2...the new Mobile Me Gallery and Albums in Aperture 2, big changes on YOUR storage Capacity for all your PHOTOS
Just to fill
in the blank spaces I thought I remind everybody on
the MobileMe,
the new
icons popped up in Aperture 2.1.1 after
MobileMe was
activated, pretty clever by Mac.
Amazing new storage capacity for existing and new
MobileMe account
users, read my previous blogs with all the details on
MobileMe.
If you’re not
using MobileMe
you dont know what you are missing out on, super cool
features plus having all this storage at your
fingertips. In Aperture it is called the MobileMe
Gallery (before .Mac Web Gallery) and you can
add MobileMe
Albums now.
MobileMe together with Aperture 2 is a great way to
show your Portfolio to clients and frinds and impress
everyone with a cool looking Web Album.
In one of my up coming blogs I will describe the
difference between all these Web related things
within Aperture
2.1.1
We have also the Aperture 2 Web Journal and
the Aperture 2 Web
Page options, but more on that later, now I
have to follow Doctors orders and get some more rest.
GD
Apple Training and Certification introduces a NEW GREEN Certificate fulfillment process...contributing to a GREENER and better Environment
© Gunther Deichmann
- taken care of our Environment in 2008 and
beyond...
Hi,
Since environmental considerations are an integral
part of Apple's business practices, Apple Training
and Certification is pleased to introduce a new Green
certificate fulfillment process. Beginning August 1,
paper certificates will no longer be sent to Mac OS X
and Pro Apps students who pass certification exams.
Instead, students will receive an email with a link
to download a PDF version of their certificate at no
charge. Students will be able to print these
certificates, but we hope that most will choose to
simply post the PDF certificates on their websites.
This new system will be available worldwide.
Apple Training and Certification
Tip: iLife including Aperture 2 using the Themes from iDVD plus a little help from Snapz Pro X…of course the ever so cool GarageBand with iMovie, creating simple 15 and 30 second Video clips on the fly…or just having fun on the Mac
I only used a couple of Themes but in iDVD you have so many to choose from…try experimenting and you find there are a lot of cool things you can do. The Titles are: The Commercial - Our Marine Life - Tropical destination
Please note: You might have to refresh your Browser to see the new Video Clips. Click the link or the image below and View the three (3) 15 and 30 sec. Clips., or go to Music/Video Podcast
© Gunther Deichmann - Composite, Mumbai India
April 2008
How to do
it…open iDVD choose a Theme go to your
Media Browser and here you have your Aperture 2 library.
Pick a couple of images drop them into your iDVD
Theme and you almost there, if you using Snapz Pro X
choose the Movie option and record your iDVD theme.
Make sure you have the Drop Boxes enabled otherwise
they become part of your recording.
The rest is pretty much automatic, once Snapz Pro X
has finished the recording (depends on the lengths of
the clip) it prepared also a QT file for you, I
usually save them on my desktop easy to find later.
(This file can be from 50MB plus in size)
The only thing left to do is drag the Movie clip into
iMovie open your Media Browser for the Music and pick
anything you have created on to the timeline.
Fine-tune and make your soundtrack fit, add a fade in
and fade out, or what ever you like (lots to choose
from) now you can export everything to many different
file formats.
You have different options for exporting your Movie
file, there is also Share available. If you have
Quick Time Pro even better there you have all the
conversions you ever going to need, plus you can do
some editing too, but you have to have QT
Pro.
How long does this take…not very long at all, I guess
the hardest part is the Music, which I created from
scratch in GarageBand, but since I had already a good
selection of soundtracks the whole operation took
only one hour for all three clips.
Of course you can create more than one recording/clip
with Snaps Pro X and join them together later in
iMovie creating a short presentation or demo, great
for the web.
PS. I kept these files very small for easy viewing on
the web, however you can leave them in their original
size that is good enough for your desktop and TV.
GD
From Mumbai in India to Spanish…fotoaldia.com has just posted a photo selection from my Mumbai trip… View from my Car Window on their Website Gallery…
I guess some of you have to get that dictionary out and start reading…
GD
http://www.fotoaldia.com/GALERIAS-6-1293-0-1-0.html
Mostrando la Galeria de
:"Gunther Deichmann"
Click en la imagen para agrandar
Título:"Escenas de
Bombay, India"
El fotógrafo australiano Gunther Deichmann ha sido
galardonado con numerosos premios internacionales. Es
miembro del Instituto de Fotografía Profesional de
Australia (IAPP) y ha sido merecedor de 14
reconocimientos al mérito en sólo 3 años. Como
fotógrafo ama los colores fuertes, las combinaciones
de contraste y las situaciones de gran dramatismo. Ha
tenido además el honor de haber sido juez en los
premios anuales Professional Merit Awards. Fue a
partir de entonces que empezó a enseñar fotografía en
el Community College de Darwin. En marzo de 1983, la
Revista Time publicó en su portada una foto auya
sobre la gran sequía australiana. En 1985, the IAAP
lo premió como el mejor fotógrafo profesional de
paisajes de ese año. Ha publicado más de 12 libros,
incluyendo su obra más importante
“Journey Through Color
& Time”, en edición limitada de 360 páginas. Sus
imágenes han visto la luz en muchas publicaciones
internacionales como: Airone, en Italia, Geo, en
Alemania y Francia, la Revista Stern, el New York
Times, Grand Reportage, Figaro y también en VSD, en
Francia. En la actualidad Deichmann reside con su
familia en Manila, Filipinas, desde donde cubre como
fotógrafo todo el Sudeste de Asia y el Pacífico.
Desde marzo del 2007 está certificado como entrenador
de Apertura por
Apple. También integra la Junta Asesora de la
Apple para este programa. Para más información sobre
este fotógrafo visite esta página: http://www.deichmann-photo.com/
La página web de Gunther es:www.deichmann-photo.com
Gunther también escribe regularmente una columna en
este blog: :www.deichmann-photo.com
HANOI VIETNAM... View from the Car Window… a nice example of Vietnamese daily life…a reader contribution. A cool shot, edited in Aperture 2.1.1 interesting TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY and the shooting from the car window continuous…
Thank you Massimo for letting me use your image on my blog, a nice one to share with all our other readers.
See below email from Massimo:
Hello Gunther!
I always very interested to follow your blogs updates.
Just my 1 cent:
- Regarding the way to protect your pictures on the web I agree that flash make it more difficult. Anyway as you know very well it is very easy to copy a pictures using tools like "Grab" for the Mac, even if still in low resolution.
- I do really like your latest gallery "The View from my Car Window". Street photography (with or without car!) is what I really like and do a lot here in Vietnam. I would like to share the following picture that I got from the car last weekend.
© Massimo
Casal - Ha Tay province just ouside
Hanoi,Vietnam
you might also noticed that I have added a Copyright
watermark
on Massimo’s image hence my other blog
“How to protect my images on the
web”.
The picture is taken in Ha Tay
province (just outside Hanoi city) from the car
window.
I used a Canon 1DMarkIII camera + 28-300L lens. RAW
file processed with Aperture 2.1.1, using also the
Dodge and Burn plug-in to lighten and sharpen the
bride face.
Thank you very much and Best Regards!!
Massimo
Are YOU the next GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER? Magazine teams up with Apple’s new Aperture software
Click this banner or the
link below for more information.
Besides
this announcement there is a ton of other information
at the Aperture
Users Network available. Cool tips, trouble
shooting, workflow etc.,etc. just about everything
you need to know about Aperture (Aperture
2, & Aperture 2.1.1) plus a lot
more.
GD
See below the post I have picked up from the AUN
(posted by David Schloss AUN on 07-28-2008, 05:37 PM
)
American
PHOTO Magazine’s 3rd Annual “Emerging
Photographers” Call for Submissions
Winners featured in November/December 2008 issue -
Magazine teams up with Apple’s new Aperture software
New York, June 25, 2008 (Hachette Filipacchi Media
U.S., www.hfmus.com) -- American PHOTO announces the
call for submissions for its third-annual Emerging
Photographers’ portfolio review competition. The
winners will be given the opportunity to have their
work published in the November/December 2008 is...
read more @ http://www.apertureprofessional.com/
The View from my Car Window continuous…a very different perspective, frustrating but rewarding Photography…edited in Aperture 2 and exported to PhotoShelter never leaving Aperture, sounds familiar…
Aperture has just been updated to 2.1.1
Apple has just released Aperture 2.1.1, and update to the program that "supports general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of minor issues."