Aperture 3: Tips, tricks & techniques, seldom mention controls & adjustments in Aperture 3
Simple, but yet seldom mention new edition in
Aperture 3
Why
do we need Focus Points? What have the engineers been
thinking when they included this? I believe it is a
cool new edition for beginners in Photography, an
easy way on checking your focus after the shoot. I
use it a lot during my training sessions explaining
where the focus was during the actual shot, a cool
teaching feature.
Focus
Points
Hover
over the Focus Points button in the Camera Info pane
to see the focus points used by your camera to auto
focus the image. You can also click the button to
turn the display of focus points on or
off.



The
focus is on the
red square
Large
Caption Metadata View
Switch
to the Large Caption view when entering captions. In
this view, Aperture increases the size of the field
and font, making caption writing easier.


Halo
Reduction
This is a great one… at times we come across these
ugly purple and blue fringes produced by certain
lenses. Now we can get rid of those by using the
simple Halo Reduction brush, see the screenshot
below.
Use
Halo Reduction to remove blue and purple fringes
sometimes produced with certain lenses on overexposed
areas. Simply paint over the halos to remove unwanted
fringing. The brush can be used to eliminate
difficult halos when Chromatic Aberration alone
cannot completely remove them.

Keyboard Zooming
The last one for today is the Keyboard Zooming, very
simple... but we forget it sometimes.
Use
Command-Plus and Command-Minus on the keyboard to
zoom images at predefined increments.
GD
Photography: Join me at Celebrating the Images of Asia Event, Suntec, Singapore 23-24 October 2010
“Images of Asia – 23-24 October
2010 – Suntec, Singapore”

I
like
to thank the organizers of
"CELEBRATING THE IMAGES OF ASIA" for
their invitation and making me part of this great
event in
Singapore.
I am one of the Guest Speakers during the event and
conduct also some 90min.
Photography Workshops on
both days.
A detailed guide using
Apple Aperture 3 software
to get more from your photographs, plus the important
essentials and workflow after the shoot including
tips on backing up your files in the field
using
Aperture 3 software.
Photography today...
are we manipulating to much?
Plus an introduction in using Multimedia
presentations.
- Excerpts from the website: Images of Asia – 23 to 24 Oct 2010
For more information please go to: www.OneAsiaFest.com
Aperture 3 & Snow Leopard: Graphics Software update released.
PHOTOiNEWS - Beta Version soon available for Photographers

PHOTOiNEWS.COM
We
are proud to announce the launching of a Web Photo
Gallery –
PHOTOiNEWS - Beta Version exclusive for Mac users, in
cooperation with Websync Intl.Co and Gunther
Deichmann.
This site will cater for selected Semi Pro and Pro
Photographers who are using Apple computers.
We include a forum and individual Gallery’s to all
members and of course participants from the GD Photo
Workshops. Tips, tricks and techniques on
Photography, Software tools, hardware accessories and
other related issues.
Our objective is to showcase the very best Photos
from our members and expose them to a broader
international market without being lost in Cyberspace
plus providing interesting articles and discussions.
This is not a Flick’r or Multiply site! We are
exclusive and showcasing only the very best Photos
from our members.
In addition previous and future participants of the
GD Photo Workshops have a free membership
subscription automatically.
You have your own account password and username of
course, upload your images, change your themes and
many more exciting features.
THE BETA VERSION should be fully operational by
September 4, 2010, please stay tuned for more details
very soon.
GD
Aperture 3, iPhoto & Snow Leopard: Tips, tricks & techniques... getting more out of your Mac
Tips, tricks
& techniques...
getting more out of your Mac.
My
Road set
up... 15 inch MacBook Pro i7, 800 fire wire
card reader and two Lacie Rugged hard drives with a
triple interface.
In
recent months I have seen quiet a few newcomers to
Mac or as we like to call them
“Switchers” they moved from PC to MAC.
For those who are new to Mac and I am sure for some
long time users as well, I like to share some simple
shortcuts today making your work on a Mac even more
enjoyable.
OK. lets start with Apple’s Snow Leopard 10.6.4
Sharing articles from your Safari Web Browser made
easy
Did you know when you're browsing the web in
Safari and found an article you
like to share with friends or business partners that
with a simple click you can send the page without
copy and paste via e-mail?
Once in Safari just press Apple
(Command Key) and the letter “I” instantly Mail will open up
and the article is right there, add the e-mail
address and you’re done. Very slick if you like to
share articles without copy and paste. (Screenshot
below)

Safari & Mail
shortcut for sharing articles
The
easy way in using Quick Look
I guess most of us know the slick “Quick
Look” function on Snow Leopard by
highlighting the document or photo icon on your desk
top or files located in folders by clicking the right
mouse button or going to File and activate Quick
Look.
However
there is a much faster and slicker way of doing
exactly that.

Quick Look,
highlighted only one Icon
Note: The Icon for sending your photos direct to your
iPhoto Library
add to iPhoto is just above the arrow Icon for Full
screen
Highlighted
multiple Desk Top Icons, then open in Quick Look
Just highlight the document or what ever you like to
look at and press "Spacebar"
Wow... so much
faster and efficient, I use it a lot for a Quick Look
at photos, pdf files with multiple pages or other
documents. You can even select multiple photos and
within seconds you find what you're looking for,
instead open the software which can take time e.g.
open Word can take up to 15 seconds depending on the
speed of your Machine. This one is a real time
saver!
Very useful for screenshots, finding the right one
quick, also great for locating Videos or photos you
might have uploaded on your desk top and of course
reading documents in full screen without open the
software is just so much more fun.
There is even an Icon for sending your photos direct
to your iPhoto Library.

A Quick look at
your Videos
Don't be shy give it a test drive and play around a
bit... you find endless possibilities and remember
next time you’re looking for this elusive photo,
video, document or like to read your pdf pages in
full screen, just highlight the Icon
press
"SPACEBAR" without open the software.
A cool way moving selected Photos from
iPhoto (iLife '09) to your Aperture 3
Library.
Mac is all about drag and drop…very simple and
efficient; say you decided to move from iPhoto to
Aperture 3 and like to move “not all” but some of
your important Photos to the Aperture Library.
Open Aperture 3 go to Import and select in the
panel
show iPhoto Browser click and your iPhoto
Browser will open. Then highlight the photo or
multiple ones and drag them into your Aperture 3
Library, (see screenshots) Aperture creates
automatically a new Project, the only thing left to
do, name the Project…and you're done.

Aperture 3 and
Import panel open showing the iPhoto Browser
bar.

Aperture 3 behind
the open iPhoto Browser panel, it is here where
you select your photos and drag them into your
Aperture 3 Library
In
this exercise I have selected the Marine Images from
my iPhoto Library, see screenshots.
Now you have your selected Photos in your Aperture
Library…it is really that simple, very fast,
efficient and so integrated.

Underwater Photos
from my iPhoto library have now been moved to
my Aperture 3 library, at the same time Aperture
created a new Project.
Of course you can also import your whole iPhoto
Library if you chose to do so, in my workflow I use
iPhoto for private photographs and my low res. images
for the Web, using Aperture 3 for my pro and heavy
workload.
Utilizing the full integration on the Mac can be so
much fun, but it's also faster and more efficient.
GD
Aperture 3 in full screen view: Software update, resolved an issue editing photos in the latest OS X 10.6.4 update
The latest Software update 10.6.4 includes a fix and
resolve an issue editing
photos with iPhoto or Aperture 3 in full screen view.
Make sure you have a good connection this one is very
big some 641.1 MB
The 10.6.4 Update is recommended for all users
running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes Safari 5
and general operating system fixes that enhance the
stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac,
including fixes that:
- resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive
- resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening
- address issues copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers
- improve reliability of VPN connections
- resolve a playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing
- resolve an issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view
- improve compatibility with some braille displays
News: Switching from PC to Mac had been long overdue for these two...
From Jurassic
Park to the Future...
It was a big day yesterday for Juergen Warnke
Chairman of Club Paradise
and
El Rio y
Mar...he decided to make the
switch from PC to Mac. During my recent visit in
Palawan I had a lot of chats with Juergen about
the efficiency on the Mac and a week later we went
together to the Power Mac Center
to check out
the units.

Juergen Warnke is all
smiles at the Power Mac Center
Greenbelt 3 during his first test drive.
Being a Business man who travels a lot Juergen
decided on the new Mac Book Pro 13 inch, I certainly
going to help him with the initial setup and get him
up and running in no time. He is also looking into an
additional iMac for the Resort and a Cinema Screen
for his office, the perfect combination. He now has
all the Battery Power on the road and the luxury for
the office.
After we left the Power Mac Center
we switched
for a Glass of Wine at my favorite
Wine Bar the "Cave"
and just in
time for the World Cup Soccer game between
Switzerland and Spain. Wow the win by the Swiss
over Spain was just awesome.

Happy
Switchers...Othmar Frei and Juergen Warnke at
the
Cave Wine Bar
at
Werdenberg in Yakal street
Makati.
Othmar Frei the GM of Werdenberg
Corp. a good friend who
switched also just recently to a Mac greeted us,
it was only a couple of weeks ago that we both
went to the Power Mac Center to get his Mac Book
Pro i7.
So there you have it, two new-bees and happy
switchers. Othmar I ask, how is your new Mac? Oh boy
I should have made the switch a lot earlier, it is
just so cool...just love it. Great... after that we
had a few Glasses of wine and watched the soccer
game.
Tomorrow I continue with my adventures from
Palawan... "and then came the rain"...but that should
never stop you from taken photos...almost like making
the switch from a Pc to a Mac...it is never to late.
Until tomorrow,
GD
Apple Mac: Power Mac Center Redefined Greenbelt 3 Makati, Philippines, it was Party Time...
Power Mac Center Redefined...
Party Time in Greenbelt 3 Makati
Open
for Business again...but so redefined... the awesome
newly renovated Power Mac Center in Greenbelt 3
Makati Manila Philippines.

Philippine
All-Stars @ Power Mac Center
Greenbelt 3 Makati, Manila
It all started on Thursday the 27th of May 2010,
after undergoing some major renovation the past few
months PMC open its doors again with a big Bang,
attended by celebrities, personalities and Press it
was certainly a party to remember not to mention the
great food and drinks.
Apple representatives from Singapore attended plus
some "Super Heros" where walking the floor. Well,
that was day one...the celebration continuous with
yesterdays appearance of the famous Philippine
All-Stars cool music and lots of fun.
If you need a new Mac, iPod Touch or what ever your
heart desires drop in to this truly amazing...awesome
new PMC and avail of up to 15% discount which is
still available until Sunday. My good friend Luis
Harder and Photographer did just that yesterday,
walking out of the door with a new iPod Touch for his
wife and a cool iMac for his office.
But there is so much more...ongoing Tutorial for
GarageBand, Aperture 3 and other Apple applications
check out the schedules and dates at PMC.

A
cool new Classroom... and the nice redefined 1 on 1
tutorial room are now open...as a matter of fact we
have an Aperture 3 Introduction on Sunday the 30th
from 6 to...? Lets see, we might just make this one a
bit longer, please drop by and join me and find out
what Aperture 3 is all about.
http://powermaccenter.com/services/training/learning_series
Todays Photos are from the last few days...however I
am working on a nice fast slideshow from the event as
well and we post this one later, of course it will be
created using Aperture 3 and GarageBand, so please
stay tuned.

Congratulations
to the Staff and Management of the Power Mac Center
not only for providing Manila with such a great store
but for a super event.
The
PMC is certainly redefined!
http://powermaccenter.com/stores
GD
Aperture 3 Slide show demo including Motion from Final Cut Studio & GarageBand...endless possibilities
Aperture 3 Slide show including
Motion from
Final Cut Studio & GarageBand.
Multi Media Demo only. "Faces" from Nepal - using Aperture 3, Motion
& GarageBand approx. 1: 10 min.
Pls. Note: Color and brightness might vary on different screens
Also on Vimeo & YouTube
Incorporating Motion from Final Cut
Studio into an Aperture 3 Slide Show is giving us
some cool possibilities. I created the Motion Clips
with Motion which is part of Final Cut Studio, very
nice as an intro and finish for your Aperture Slide
shows.
The sound (2 separate tracks) I previously created in
GarageBand and had them in my iTunes Library.
Like with everything else on a Mac a perfect
integration, when open Motion I had access to all my
Photos in my Aperture 3.0.3 Library and could have
also used my soundtracks, but in this exercise I
added the sound later in Aperture 3.0.3
It was real fun messing around with Motion and
creating this short demo, with endless possibilities
at your fingertips you can produce a nice and cool
looking Multi Media show using Aperture 3, Motion and
GarageBand.
GD
Aperture 3 & the Battery life of the 15 inch MacBook Pro i7, simulated field test… plus a cool tip on Previews.
OK. we all know the new MacBook Pro models have an incredible Battery life (8 to 9 hours) but that is under normal operating conditions. Since I travel often to remote places I performed a simple field test at home using my machine just like I would if I am on the road.
At 100% charge the Battery lasted some 2 hours before I had to plug in the charger again.
During this time I worked heavy with Aperture 3.0.3 performed some editing and even managed to export 201 files from Aperture to my Desktop for my agencies.
Aperture export settings: Full size JPEG at 12 and at 110% total export time was just on 22minutes.
My external 360 Gig Lacie Rugged Hard drive was also connected, as a matter of fact that is where all my reference file are located for this project. Connection was via Fire wire 800 drawing power from the MacBook Pro as well. No external power source was used for the external Hard Drive.
Photoshop and Pages where open in the background, plus I was on full Wi-fi through out the whole time… checking emails, posted on Twitter and checked the web.

Energy Saver Panel
I unchecked also the Automatic Graphics switching
(just for this exercise) in the System preference
(Energy Saver).
Extreme circumstances…and most of the time we’re not
going to push it so hard, but at least I know how
long I can work before looking for a power outlet
when I am in a tricky situation.
Please
note:
I can’t be held responsible for the information
above, they are based on my own personal tests
results and might vary on other units or under
different conditions.
Aperture 3.0.3 Tip: Previews...

If
you don’t see some of your Previews in the Aperture
Browser (black frame) or you have the feeling they
playing up…don’t panic just perform this simple
exercise:
Move your cursor on the black image field…click the
right mouse button on the appearing menu scroll down
to Rebuild Previews and click here. (marked
with red)
However if the next menu tells you (screenshot) that
the previews are already up-to-date just perform the
next step and all your missing previews will be back
on the screen.

“The preview for the selected item is already
up-to-date. To force it to be re-rendered,
hold down the
option key when choosing this menu
item.”
GD
Aperture 3 & the New MacBook Pro Core i7 is it faster & more efficient? My first test & impression.
Aperture
3.0.3 & the New MacBook Pro Core
i7

© Gunther
Deichmann - speed & motion, wild Horses
Northern Territory -
Australia
I
didn't use any
speed test tools but my first impression running
Aperture 3 on the new 15 inch MacBook Pro i7 are very
good. A very nice performance increase from my
previous 2.66 MBP.
We all know Aperture 3.0.3 likes power, this new
Machine gives you certainly that extra performance
without any doubt... I noticed big improvements
during Import and Export in particular the speed
increase when changing your Browser View or going up
to full screen.
I really pushed it a bit the other day as I kept on
toggling back and forth bringing in new Raw Photos on
the screen…instantly they kept flashing in front of
me.
Going from full screen to 100% Zoom is also extremely
fast now, plus working with Brushes and other
adjustments tools has improved dramatically.
Switching between Libraries is defiantly much faster
there is almost no more waiting time.Very noticeable
is also the speed increase when Aperture 3 updates
the Library and Previews usually during exiting the
software.
It is still too early for my final verdict but from
what I have experienced up to now is already very
impressive.
The other cool thing I have a lot more space on my
hard drive now (comes with a 500Gig drive) great when
you don’t like to carry all your external drives with
you. 90% of the time I store all my Photos as
reference files on external hard drives, but it is
nice to know you have this extra space in times when
you need it most.
As a matter of fact, a good friend of mine was so
impressed that he went out yesterday to buy the new
MacBook Pro i7…a hard-core PC user until now, he made
the switch from his old PC to a Mac.
Please Note: If you migrating your system from your
old Mac to the New one, have your Aperture 3 license
handy you will be asked to enter it upon launching
the software.
Other than that everything is just so much faster.
I post additional information once I have used the
MacBook Pro i7 in the field and completed some more
serious editing.
GD
The
New MacBook Pro i7 & i5 15 & the 17 inch
models are available at all Power Mac Centers in
Manila.
Contact:
http://www.powermaccenter.com/index2.php
Email: info@powermaccenter.com
Please stay tuned also for the announcement of the
Grand re-opening of the Power Mac Center in Makati
Greenbelt 3, an amazing super cool shop that has
undergone complete renovation these past few weeks.
Aperture 3 Slide show including Movie clip using GarageBand for sound, Journey Through Culture & Time
& GarageBand - Nepal & India 2010
2010 © Gunther
Deichmann - Journey Through Culture & Time -
Aperture 3 slideshow 2:19 min. Also on
YouTube
and
Vimeo.
Pls. Note: Color might vary at different
Screens.
I
had a little time on my
hands today plus I was in the right mood...so I
created this short Slide show presentation in
Aperture 3.0.3 using a Video Clip which I had
prepared previously and using three different
soundtracks.
Everything worked flawless and I encountered no
problems at all...as a matter of fact it was pretty
straight forward and easy.
I like the Share or Export options in Aperture 3, you
can send it almost anywhere never leaving Aperture 3,
this is only a short clip but the possibilities are
there.
I created the sound tracks (3 different ones) in
GarageBand some time ago and had them handy in my
iTunes Library.
The Globe at the beginning of the slide show (Movie
.mov) I made last week, the original lengths had been
some 2.5 minutes. I just dragged the .mov file into
my slideshow trimmed it down with the Movie setting
in Aperture 3 to approx. 37 sec.added text, images
and the three soundtracks...then hit Export and I was
done.
This coming week (on Friday the 7th) we have an
Aperture 3 launch at the Power Mac
Center in
TriNoma where you can see the same presentation in
high resolution on a large screen. There will also be
an introduction to Aperture 3 Q & A plus Raffle
& cocktails.
For more information please contact the Power Mac
Center @ info@powermaccenter.com
Tel:
470 1917 - 18
May 7 at Power Mac Center
TriNoma
Aperture 3 Launch
with Talk and Q&A with GD
Program:
6:30 pm Registration
7:30 pm Start of Talk and Q&A
(Snacks to be served to all
participants)
9:00 pm Software tryout with Melvin Tosino and Mark
Agarin at 1 on 1 Tutorial Room
Raffle
GD
Aperture 3 Users:Release notes & Library info, latest update for Aperture 3 to 3.0.3
Apple Aperture 3 Users...This is the 3rd update since
its release.
Aperture 3.0.3: Release notes & also interesting
guidelines for upgrading your Aperture library read
more and get all the details @
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2518
Breaking News! Aperture & Photography, Apple just announced Aperture 3 the first details...
Just announced by
Apple
Aperture
3
It is finally here
Aperture 3, Apple has just announced today Aperture
3, now I am going to be in for some serious test
driving shortly, stay tuned for more info as they
become available.
This is great and very exciting NEWS.
Thank You Apple!
But
there is so much more...just incredible and if you’re
a Mac user then this is it...if you’re not, then you
might think about switching now.
Wow…Wow…now that is what I call a super slick Update,
just amazing and believe me well worth the wait. So
for those of you who made the switch to Lightroom you
might have to reconsider. As I have said many time
before, all good things take time and when Apple
comes up with something they do it real well…like in
Photography patience!
In the next few weeks I am going to be busy running
around in India and Kathmandu but at the same time I
have to do some real test driving with Aperture 3.
Please stay tuned for some real reporting on Aperture
3 in the field and from exotic locations.
GD
Excerpts from
MacWorld
The update ($99 for existing Aperture users), which
Apple said offers "over 200 new features," includes
advanced versions of the Faces and Places features
previously seen in iPhoto '09. There's a new
image-refinement tool called Brushes, which allows
users to paint adjustments directly on to images. And
a new Projects feature adds flexibility and I am sure
a lot more...
Now just a few Excerpts from the
Aperture User Network:
Support for Videos and Audio [Not in Lightroom]
Audio Files [Not in Lightroom]
Chromatic Aberration
Slideshows [Vastly Better than Lightroom]
Flickr and Facebook Albums [Better than Lightroom]
Quick Brushes
Curves and Chromatic Aberration
Adjustment Brushes [Not in Lightroom]
Labels and Flags
Import Features [Some Not In Lightroom/Some Better
Than Lightroom]
ILibrary Switching, Syncing and Sharing [Better Than
Lightroom]
Import Speed
Lumix users who have been
clamoring for RAW file support, today is your
day.
The same goes for you, Canon
sRAW shooters. You’re supported now.
More and more photographers
are working with video these days, and so Aperture
now has full support for importing video files. This
is a huge change and the support for videos in
Aperture 3 is unparalleled in the photographic
workspace. Videos can be imported, edited (using
trimming features like found on the iPhone) and
exported, and they can be used in the newly updated
Slideshow tool (which we’ll talk about below). You
can grab still images from your video, use them in
slideshows and albums, export them in a Library and
more.
After
many requests from users, Aperture now has full-bore
labeling (eight colors to choose from, with
customizable titles for the colors) and flagging.
Files exported from Aperture maintain their labels in
the Finder. And files labeled as flagged/locked int
he camera come into Aperture flagged. (That finally
gives me something to do with my cameras’s flag
button.) more @
http://aperture.maccreate.com/2010/02/09/aperture-3-overview/
Photography: A Never Ending Story & Times have changed, updates & PhotoShelter plus a letter from a publisher
Sort of
a chilling
story from a
Publisher that is...
the email exchange Part Two.

© Gunther
Deichmann - Hot Chilies in Phnom Penh just
uploaded
on my PhtoShelter Archives.
Today’s article was
prompted by my friend Tony Wu
an
outstanding Underwater Photographer
and Mac
user.
I
received the
news from Tony while working on my new GD Photo
Workshop site, uploaded yesterday new images into my
Agency archives and today finished with
more make up on the GD Photo
Workshop site (it never
stops) plus uploaded some 200
new Photos to my PhotoShelter Archives.
PhotoShelter: Click this link and then click
on
Link to all Galleries:
New Cambodia Dec.2009 http://www.deichmann-photo.com/page6/page6.html
A lot of work done in a
relative short time, but it needs to be done, how
good are your images if you only have them parked on
your Hard drives. As a professional Photographer this
work is as important then creating those images.
Thanks for the computer age; things are not quiet so
horrendous anymore. Good software like Aperture 2 and
good fast machines make our lives a lot easier today.
But sometimes I sit back and think about the old
days; the horror of labeling slides, storing and
editing, and sending them via FedEx or DHL to
Agencies was a real pain and expensive!
However the nice part was that fewer Camera Models
had been produced, a Nikon F5 or FM2 would last you a
lifetime. I still have the old Nikon FM2 Battleship
tucked away on standby, including my good old
Music…the Classics.
Now new models sprouting up every month like Bamboo,
technology has changed and many things around us. But
do we really need all those new Camera models? That I
leave today for you to decide.
Now back to Tony, my
inspiration for this article; Tony just received his
new jazzed up MacBook Pro and was beaming with sheer
joy, I wont go into tech details now but we both came
to the same conclusion…”It is a
Never Ending Story”
Yes there is a need to
upgrade your Computer otherwise you can’t keep up
with the huge file size and Videos, but a very good
MacBook Pro is a lot cheaper than some of those
Cameras, Tony made the right decision and upgraded
his system after many years, it was time. I am very
happy for Tony and his new set up, now his emails to
me will be even faster, he, he.
_____________________________________
Now
part two:
Changing Times…
I received this email in the first week of January
2010 from a reputable German Publishing Company
requesting 20 to 30 Photos on Palau.
This is a true story! See below excerpts from the
email, unedited except for names and the address,
everything else I left.
1. Email: Please can you send me
Pictures from Palau everithing what you have on the
Galleries 20 or 30 Pictures. Thanks we are a
Newspaper from Germany
2.
My reply:
please advise on your terms,
conditions and usage for publishing the Photos.
Best regards,
Gunther Deichmann
3.
Reply:
Dear Gunther, For a Newspaper ……… in the Januar
for travelogue.
4.
My reply:
please
advise on your paying/publishing rates, circulation
of Newspaper and size of images,
Thank you.
Best regards
Gunther Deichmann
5.
Reply:
Dear Günther, we are looking for free Pictures.
Thank you
6.
My reply:
Dear…..
sorry but this is the wrong address for free
pictures! I have to make a living too. I might remind
you that all the images on the website are
protected by
International © Copyright
Gunther Deichmann
Times have changed!?
GD
Announcement: Travel Adventure with your Digital Camera...New look for GD Photo Workshop site,
NEW look for
the GD Photo Workshop site in 2010...
Adventure Travel with your Digital
Camera.

Screenshot:
The NEW Home
page
It
has been long overdue but this morning at 4AM we had
it pretty much licked.
Thanks to my good friend and web guru Arnold for
hanging in there with me until the early hours in the
morning.
http://www.gdphotoworkshop.com
My old and rusty GD Photo Workshop site is gone and a
new one took shape by 4 AM.
Now directly wired to my Blog (press the button GD
Photo Workshops) plus on my main site, nicely
integrated, ha, ha how I love this word and YES it
was all done on a MacBook Pro. No need for many
words, it is all self-explanatory.
This one is easier to update and has already all the
PhotoWorkshop dates for 2010, India being the first,
starting in February and the participants getting
very excited already.
A lot of rambling the other day on tech issues, so I
keep this one brief plus I have to catch up with some
more sleep, so I am not sure on that one either since
my good Buddy Dirk from the Dugong Dive Center in
Palawan is on the way to me.
Take a moment and check out the NEW site and if you
feel up to it join me on one of my Photo Workshops in
2010 or 2011.
Enjoy, I hope you like it.
GD
Aperture 2.1.4 Tip: Sluggish? Perform a Consistency & Rebuild, plus using Nikon D300s & Aperture 2
Aperture
2.1.4 Tip: Sluggish performance?
For
those of you who have missed this post from March
2009 and due to more recent concern re. Aperture 2
performance with newer Camera models, I have posted
this article again plus some additional comments re.
Aperture 2.1.4

© Gunther
Deichmann - Phnom Kulen, Cambodia very first
test
on the Nikon D300s using the repaired 180mm 2.8 lens.
Shooting Raw and imported into Aperture 2.
Thanks to Nikon Singapore for doing such a great Job
on my Lens.
BTW importing files from the new Canon D7 and the
Nikon D300s are absolutely flawless since the recent
RAW file update by Apple. As a matter of fact I was
in Cambodia at the time when the update
arrived...installed it and imported all my RAW photos
from the Nikon D300s without any problems, about 2000
plus of them, including some Video files and Aperture
2.1.4 ask me where to store them too. They went on
the Desk Top for some very quick editing with the new
and very cool QT, released together with Snow Leopard

Video Screen shot
from the Nikon D300s straight from the Box
into the Phnom Kulen Waterfall in Cambodia ...very
first test.
No adjustments on camera or lens, more and real video
from the Nikon D300s later.
In 2009 we saw quiet a few new camera models hitting
the market; bigger...better?...more pixels... hence
requiring more storage and more computing power and I
am sure the trend is going to continue in 2010.
I have mention the word
Patience in my post from the 24th of
December...see below some excerpts from the article,
we see more new Camera models in 2010 and if we like
it or not they will require some more powerful
computers to cope with the ever increase in MB per
image. The performance can drastically be improved by
running Leopard or the latest Snow Leopard...I have
written an article on the performance increase on the
Snow Leopard, big difference in speed and no more
sluggish behavior.
(Article from September 5, 2009: Test driving
Aperture 2.1.4 on Snow Leopard. Is Aperture 2 running
smoother & more efficient now?) Again I have
posted the most important improvements below.

©
Gunther Deichmann - Heritage Suites Hotel
Spa
Nikon D300s using the 50mm 1.4 G lens. (wide open)
Imported into Aperture 2 as RAW file.
Excerpts from my previous post Dec. 24,
2009
New Camera models have been popping up non-stop in
2009; now we blame Apple and other for not keeping
up… sad! What ever happen to patience? From my past
experience when Apple has done something they did it
real well and not using some Beta version like Adobe
with Lightroom.
Would you buy or work with a Beta Version of a
Camera? As a serious
Photographer I don’t like to test things, I like them
to work…don’t forget who came out first with the
almost perfect Digital Photography workflow…Aperture
was way ahead and made things possible which had been
very difficult before and could only achieved with
Photoshop then.
Patience…all real GOOD things take Time and I am sure
Apple will come up with something soon enough…they
have always done so in the past, maybe a bit slower
but for sure it will be awesome and no need for Beta
testing.
Last years
article on performance re. Aperture
2
Just
like a car engine, Aperture 2 needs also a good tune
up once in a while to run smooth and trouble free.
Say you working happily away and all off a sudden
this window appears asking you to Rebuild or run a
Consistency check.

Since you never seen this
window before…panic strikes… oh my what is wrong?
This happen to me a few times, pushing Aperture to
the limit…but don’t worry it is an easy fix.
It’s Ok… Close down Aperture, then hold down the
Option and Apple Key while restarting Aperture again,
now this little window appears asking you either to
Rebuild or run a Consistency Check.
I have run both options and not only if I got the
warning but also when I noticed that Aperture was
running sluggish or behaving a bit erratic.
This works well if you have a lot of projects and
images, however you have to have a bit of patience
running the Rebuilding or Consistency Check as this
could take some time, it all depends on the size of
your Library.
Don’t Panic again if after the Consistency Check some
of your Projects and files have disappeared, no
worries just repeat the step and this time run
Rebuild and you find all your Projects are there.
If you’re not comfortable activating the Rebuild or
Consistency Check window then just wait until the
window appears one day, but then you have almost no
choice but to go through this exercise keeping
Aperture 2 running nice smoothly.
But isn’t nice that Aperture 2 is given you a warning
sign, just like the oil indicator for your Car
engine.
Now
a final word of advise, make sure you made a back up
of all your Images on an external drive, regardless
how good your Mac or how big your drive is and how
well Aperture 2 performs, back up is rule number one…
disaster can strike anytime.
Note:
I work
exclusively with reference files and keep all my
Projects on external drives as well, backing up
everything in the field with two identical hard
drives. Back home I then transfer all my files and
Projects to my Mac Pro storing everything again on my
Raid system for back ups, only then I delete the
Images on my portable Hard drives. I also archive my
Project when I am done with them on external drives,
giving me breathing space for my Library, I can
always go back to them when needed.
Excerpts from
the article September 5, 2009:
Test driving Aperture 2.1.4 on Snow Leopard. Is
Aperture 2
running smoother & more efficient
now?
1. Opening Aperture, much
faster now with Snow Leopard
2. Going
to full screen mode, no more delay, it is instantly
3.Selecting multiple images in
editing mode and then going to full screen, very fast
now.
4. Retouch Tools & Spot
Patch Tools have improved by 100% almost no more
delay when retouching using clone or repair
tools, this is a very big improvement.
5.
Opening from
within Aperture an External editor like Photoshop CS3
is super fast now
6. Opening Mail from within
Aperture also super fast improvement by at least X2
7. I
exported some 28 high res Raw images in one go as
Versions to full jpg size, wow, that went real fast,
again a huge improvement.
8. I also
experienced the same during import using a fire wire
800 Card reader, nice speed increase.
9.There
had been some delays before on some commands in
particular the Cloning and Repair but that has
disappeared now.
10. I
tried also the slide show with some 50 plus Raw
images, almost no delay very cool.
11. Edit
with: Dodge & Burn, very fast opening with the
use of the Tools, super fast on saving and closing.
12. Hitting the Z key (zoom) wow
again, it is instant; the bit sluggish Navigation
before is now very smooth, the same applies for the
Loupe much faster and so much more responsive on all
settings.
Aperture
2.1.4 performs very impressive
on Snow
Leopard,
a significant speed increase and overall smooth
performance. I think Aperture was ahead of its time
and was just waiting for the New
Cat….
Snow Leopard is made for Aperture 2.1.4 the perfect
combination. Not to mention the increase of disk
space after installation of the S.L.very cool. (see
my comments from my previous Blog Post)
Run like
you never run before… Aperture 2.1.4 is doing just
that; everything is just so much
more liquid and responsive.
I only used Raw and very large Tiff files, really
pushing it, editing has picked up another 100%.
So, if you’re using Aperture 2.1.4 go ahead and
install Snow Leopard, find out why I love Aperture
even more now, feel and experience the difference.
GD
Please note the above
information is based on my personal test only, and I
can’t be held liable if you experience different
results or performances.
Tips, tricks & techniques: Few seldom mentioned features on Snow Leopard.
For those who are not that familiar with Snow Leopard & Mac or just done the switch, let me introduce you today to a few very simple things you might find use full in your everyday workload.
Did a spring clean on your Mac? I know it is not springtime but I do it regularly throughout the year.

Trash: Deleted file by
mistake, red
square
Put
Back
A seldom mentioned and a new edition amongst others
in Snow Leopard is the Put
Back option from the Trash back
to its original location.
Say for example you done your cleanup and deleted
hundreds of documents, all of them in the Trash, just
to make sure you open the Trash and check for a last
time before you empty it, just in case, we don’t want
to delete anything we might need or we dumped by
mistake.
In Snow Leopard you open the Trash located at the
Dock, ones the folder is open check your files and
the ones you like to keep or have thrown out by
mistake you just highlight those, then you go to File
scroll down and you see Put
Back click on it and your files
go back where they came from in the first place.
With this cool and simple addition in Snow Leopard
check your Trash before you finally empty it, this is
very nice in particular if you have forgotten where
the files originated.
I just love
Quick Look!
For those new to Leopard and now Snow Leopard:
Quick
Look is a
super cool feature but did you know once you clicked
on it, (you can use the right mouse button to get to
it or go to File) it not only shows you the document
but you can do a lot more without open the actually
software, Acrobat Reader in this case since I used a
pdf file.
Try this…click say on a pdf file with multiple pages
on the MacBook Pro you use the scroll pad and enlarge
it or click full screen,
ok nothing new…but it is to big, you like to see a
few more pages then just hit –
(minus button on
the keyboard) and it gets smaller every time you hit
it to the size you comfortable with, nice if you use
another keyboard.

Expose or
show all Windows:
Another cool addition on all new Mac’s is the
Expose button
also called Show all Windows, this one is located on
your keyboard (F3)
have a go at it
open multiple windows and click on
F3
real nice and so
convenient. Not like before, on Snow Leopard the
arrangement is very nice now.
Just one
more:
How often it happen you tried to eject a flash drive
or your external drive and could not do that, can't
eject drive file is in use or something like that. It
is funny, I encountered this before, but now I am
waiting for it so I can check it out. Anyway, if this
occurs Snow Leopard will let you know where the
problem is, it was frustrating before not knowing
what was going on.
GD
Photography: Rumors & Suspense new products…last week has been very hectic on the Net with new DSLR's, Software & Apple products.
Thanks Luis for the inspiration and the good wine!

© Gunther Deichmann -
Northern Territory,
Australia 1982, Minolta X700, Kodachrome 25ASA
Announcements of New
products all over the place…and the battle between
Nikon vs. Canon continues big time with their new
models ready for the Christmas rush.
Plus a new line of cool products has just been
released by Apple…from the Magic Mouse to Mac minis
and the new iMac’s.
Rumors and speculations; the announcement by Adobe
with a Public Beta Version of Lightroom 3, and the
continuous questions when Apple is coming out with
Aperture 3, plus so much more. I guess it is this
time of the year when we see all those new things
hitting the shops for our big Christmas shopping
spree.
New technology, new gadgets and computers…great! But
aren’t we forgetting something even if we can afford
all of those cool things?
Education is the magic word! Do we really understand
one or the other software…or Canon v. Nikon?
Technology is progressing at blazing speed… and there
is nothing wrong with that, but we should also spend
some quality time and money on education, or we
forget the real art of Photography soon, becoming a
slave of “Photoshopmania”… etc.
A good Camera… (never mind the brand) a good Computer
and a good software will NOT create the ultimate
Image…but it is You and You alone; your feelings,
vision, patience, dedication your heart and passion
is what creates the ultimate image.
How many things do we need in a software for
processing our Raw images? I remember when I put my
360-page book “Journey Through Color & Time”
together using only Aperture 1 for the editing and
now we’re asking for so much more…
I have to admit Aperture 1 was a bit tough to work
with, but since Aperture 2 everything is just perfect
and lets not forget that Aperture 1 was the Pioneer
in the new workflow for Photographers and not only in
digital…I have mixed both digital and scanned images
to produce my Book in Aperture 1 Plus you can’t beat
the integration on the Mac with Aperture 2… it is
just awesome.
OK maybe I am also a bit biased like David Schloss
from Mac Create and the Aperture User Network who has
just written this very cool and interesting article;
see below excerpts and the Link to the complete
article.
We used film for generations, had no choice but to
have patience but now we are pushing the developers
and engineers, why the rush? Do we really understand
eg. Aperture or do we like to play just a bit more
with our images?
Besides why should I work with a Lightroom Beta
version inviting problems and testing something I
don’t have the time for.
For me patience is one of the most important aspects
in good photography… lets see and wait when Apple
announces a new upgrade to Aperture 2, I am happy
with anything they come up with.
I have the patience… I can wait, no problems, but now
I have to do some more work in Aperture 2... just
like David.
GD
Below the
excerpts from David Schloss at Aperture user
Network
Adobe Launches LR 3
Public Beta – Adds Some Aperture 1 and 1.5 Features
Adobe has announced
their Public Beta of Lightroom 3. Obviously I’m a bit
biased here, but I was hoping for a more extensive
list of features. As a photographer, I’m really very
happy to see competition in the marketplace. The
recent Nikon vs. Canon battles have raised the
quality level of photographic gear for everyone…
So when I read over the list of improvements for
Lightroom 3, I was a bit underwhelmed. I thought,
honestly that Adobe would be more forward
looking…read the complete artcle
at:
http://aperture.maccreate.com/2009/10/22/adobe-launches-lr-3-public-beta-adds-some-aperture-1-and-1-5-features/
Test driving Aperture 2.1.4 on Snow Leopard. Is Aperture 2 running smoother & more efficient now?
Setup:
Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) installed on a MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 4 GB and the Graphics Card set to higher performance in the System preference (you find the Graphics settings in the Energy Saver)
Working with an average image size of 38MB in Raw format, plus I imported some 75MB scanned tiff files too.

Composite
Image: © Gunther Deichmann - Speed and much more
efficient...
running Aperture 2.1.4 on Snow
Leopard...a cool
New Cat!
1. Opening Aperture, much
faster now with Snow Leopard
2. Going
to full screen mode, no more delay, it is instantly
3.Selecting multiple images in
editing mode and then going to full screen, very fast
now.
4. Retouch Tools & Spot
Patch Tools have improved by 100% almost no more
delay when retouching using clone or repair
tools, this is a very big improvement.
5.
Opening from
within Aperture an External editor like Photoshop CS3
is super fast now
6. Opening Mail from within
Aperture also super fast improvement by at least X2
7. I
exported some 28 high res Raw images in one go as
Versions to full jpg size, wow, that went real fast,
again a huge improvement.
8. I also
experienced the same during import using a fire wire
800 Card reader, nice speed increase.
9.There
had been some delays before on some commands in
particular the Cloning and Repair but that has
disappeared now.
10. I
tried also the slide show with some 50 plus Raw
images, almost no delay very cool.
11. Edit
with: Dodge & Burn, very fast opening with the
use of the Tools, super fast on saving and closing.
12. Hitting the Z key (zoom) wow
again, it is instant; the bit sluggish Navigation
before is now very smooth, the same applies for the
Loupe much faster and so much more responsive on all
settings.
Aperture
2.1.4 performs very impressive
on Snow
Leopard,
a significant speed increase and overall smooth
performance. I think Aperture was ahead of its time
and was just waiting for the New
Cat….
Snow Leopard is made for Aperture 2.1.4 the perfect
combination. Not to mention the increase of disk
space after installation of the S.L.very cool. (see
my comments from my previous Blog Post)
Run like
you never run before… Aperture 2.1.4 is doing just
that; everything is just so much
more liquid and responsive.
I only used Raw and very large Tiff files, really
pushing it, editing has picked up another 100%.
So, if you’re using Aperture 2.1.4 go ahead and
install Snow Leopard, find out why I love Aperture
even more now, feel and experience the difference.
GD
Please note the above
information is based on my personal test only, and I
can’t be held liable if you experience different
results or performances.
Test driving Snow Leopard...on Aperture 2, Rapid Weaver, FotoMagico and the awesome new Quick Time, my first assessment.

© Gunther Deichmann -
Jumping with Joy...
Snow
Leopard is available at Power Mac
Center
1.
Aperture 2.1.4 works
fast...a lot faster then before and everything else
is working cool, no problems so far...smooth as silk.
Aperture 2.1.4 was released a few hours after the
availability of Snow Leopard last Friday.
For those who have not upgraded via the software
update I recommend to do this prior installing Snow
Leopard.
2.
I learned the hard way
on Rapid Weaver, but not a big issue, for those who
use RW make sure you install Rapid Weaver 4.3 prior
installing Snow Leopard you can get the upgrade for
free if you have a licensed copy, just click the LINK
below.
Once installed you should be up and running, I tried
it before but no luck, I restarted my MacBook Pro and
installed the upgrade. Well, lets see if this Blog is
coming out OK., if not you can't read my assessment,
so I am crossing my fingers now, but so far so good.
(RapidWeaver 4.3 Release Candidate 1 is
now available!)
Download the file and install, don't worry if you
cant find your license number, like with everything
on the Mac it is straight forward.
3.
A Quick spin with FotoMagico 3.05 so far no issues,
all seems to be working OK. but again make sure you
have the latest update.
4. Awesome...
the New Quick Time even if you don't have the Pro
Version super slick, I just love it, Video editing
has just become a lot easier...5 stars from me.
5. I have picked
up some 28Gigs of Hard drive space, nice if you
dealing with large images and you forgot your
external drive when on the Road...super cool.
6. It goes
without saying Safari is humming very fast and nice,
even Firefox is running a lot faster now, not to
mention Mail and all those other cool things under
the Hood.
7. Installation
was a breeze and I encountered no problems at all,
this is a new Super Cat with a lot more under the
hood, more info in due time...have to run a few more
laps.
8. Then there
is, which I like a lot Restore from the Rubbish "Put
Back" it is called, good thinking...
9. A text auto
flow, I think that came from Aperture, ha, ha, for
Mail and Text edit.
10. Last but not
least for today, you have a great "New machine" for
US$ 29.95
As you all know I am leaving for Cambodia shortly and
put the Snow Leopard through its paces on location.
Was I worried to install Snow Leopard prior my
departure? Not at all. However, please do a thorough
check on the compatibility of other 3rd party
software you might have installed, updates for many
becoming available daily now.
BTW...Time Machine is working fine too. Even the
Spellcheck and a few other things I have noticed are
much more refined and easy to use. Maybe my
imagination, but I dont think so!
Don't panic if opening of your software takes bit of
time, this is only for the first time around, Snow
Leopard has to update all your existing files like
Mail, Aperture etc.,etc. but after that you fly &
there is so much more!
GD
Photography & Aperture 2 at Lyceum University Cavite Philippines, a Mac Campus Roadshow sponsored by Power Mac Center.
MAC CAMPUS ROADSHOW
BY POWER MAC CENTER

ABOVE: using Pages
from
iWork ‘09
Students
from the Computer Science and Photography Department,
Teachers and Faculty Members from the
Lyceum University
attended the
Mac Campus Road show. Sponsored by
Power Mac Center
and organized by Maleng
P. Raysag from PMC and the management at Lyceum
University.
The Power Mac Center Training Devision had set up an
array of iMac’s manned by their staff explaining to
Students and Teachers the possibilities on a
Mac. I could
not help noticing that Photo Booth was a real hit,
laughter non stop.
The program of the day included lectures on
Integration on the Mac, Photography, Digital workflow
using Aperture2 and a basic Photo Competition using
what ever Camera was available; Cell phones, Compact
Digital Cameras to SLR’s. , etc.
Part of the presentations included how the Mac can
help you and how to speed things up using
Aperture
2, (Aperture 2 &
beyond…) iWork ’09
and iLife ’09 explaining the cool
integration. Life
made so easy!
The photo Assignment for the day was again Shadows
for group “A” and group “B” Space, allotted time for
completion 45 minutes.

© Jhonille
Villanueva, Donna Dawn Santander-1st
Nikon D40
After the assignment, with
the help of Andrew & Mark-Lee from Power Mac
Center we uploaded the images into folders and
imported them into Aperture 2 for fast processing and
judging using the star rating system in Aperture.

© Aaron Basa-2nd
Sony Cyber Shot

© Paulo Caballero,
Prince John Risky
Arenas-3rd
Cellphone

© Raymark
Espeleta, Geneva Panigbatan-4th
Sony Digital Camera
The highest scoring images
received prizes sponsored by Power Mac Center.
Another fun Day minus the rain today, being with a
cool group of Students, Teachers and Faculty members
using only simple Cameras but creating some nice
images.
Thanks everybody, I had a great day!
GD
Photography Seminar & Mac Product Training Adamson University Manila, plus using Aperture 2 for something different.

Last Fridays Power
Mac Center Event, the 15th Anniversary.
& DJ Mark - Lee was in his element using a Bose
sound system.
____________________________________________
Some
50 students from the Computer Science Department from
the Adamson University attended the Photography
Seminar. The program of the day included lectures on
Photography, Digital workflow and a basic Photo
Competition using what ever Camera was available;
Cell phones, Compact Cameras to SLR’s. etc.

Students from the
Computer Science Department
from the Adamson University in Manila
After a two our lecture on
Photography, Keynote presentations and techniques I
divided the students into two groups for two
different assignments. Assignment
“A”
was
Shadows and group
“B”
Space,
allotted time for completion 90 minutes.
A real fun Day! What was amazing... the images the
students took for the competition, the small Digital
point and shoot Cameras and Cell Phones had the
highest score.
After the assignment, with the help of Andrew &
Mark-Lee from Power Mac Center we uploaded the images
into folders and imported them into Aperture 2 for
fast processing and judging using the star rating
system in Aperture 2.
It proved again how easy it is to work with Aperture
2 making selections and using it for something very
different today, after all we had to go through some
200 images fast.
Most of the students came from the Computer Science
Dept. but had a high interest in Photography and the
three lucky winners received prizes sponsored by
Power Mac Center.

First
Price went to Yves using
a
KODAK EASYSHARE
C813 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Yves took this shot pointing his Camera
into a mirror. Corridor at the
University.
Was I surprised? No! The
best and most creative images came from Cell Phones
and small compact Digital Cameras. Proven again, that
if you put your mind to it, you can create some very
nice images with what you have got. Photography is
you and you alone create these images, equipment
helps but if you have nothing else... you use what is
available.

Second
prize: KIMGHI using a
cell Phone, interesting
Image, a building reflecting in water on rough
concrete
during todays rain.

3rd
prize: Sherwin using a
SONY DSC-S40
He took this shot during our lunch break at the
nearby Mall
Even more amazing, the
weather was real bad raining non-stop, difficult for
the Group who had the Shadow assignment; of course we
considered that during our judging.
I had a lot of fun too, being with a cool group of
students using only simple Cameras but creating some
nice images.
Thanks everybody for a great day!
GD
Power Mac Center celebrates their 15th Anniversary, plus be part of Photography & Mac Learning Sessions.
Congratulation
& Best wishes to the Power Mac Center
on their 15th Anniversary.
Thank You! GD
__________________________________
Plus...Photos & Macs brought to
you by
Adamson University, Manila
BE PART OF PHOTOGRAPHY
&
MAC LEARNING SESSIONS
Sponsored
by Power Mac Center
NEWS RELEASE -
EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS
Listen to Mr. GUNTHER DEICHMANN, international
acclaimed travel photographer as he shares his
exciting works and experience on travel photography.
See the latest techniques in making the most out of
your pictures...Win exciting prizes and surprises!
Join the photo competition at the end of the seminar.
Interested participants may bring their digital
cameras or cell phone cameras to join... and lastly,
learn why Mac is the best computer for schools.
Where:
SD 3/Level, Adamson
Time:
8am-5pm
Schedule:
8am-9am
Registration
9am-11am
Talk by Gunther Deichmann,
11am-12nn
Photo Competition
12nn-1pm
Break
1pm-2pm
Photo Competition Judging
2pm-4pm
Apple Technology - a session on
latest gadgets & Mac products
4pm-5pm
Contact:
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Breaking NEWS!!! MacFixIt has announced New Mac Trojan targeting Mac OS
MacFixIt.
Latest News from
Version Tracker.
Late-Breakers
Friday, June 12 2009 @ 09:12 AM PDT
New Mac Trojan, OSX/Jahlav-C has been discovered
2009 has seen quite an onslaught of malicious
software targeting the Mac OS. The siege continues
with a new Trojan, OSX/Jahlav-C.
For complete details and information on this New
Virus go to:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612091219496
Another except
from macnn
While malware remains uncommon on the Mac, Apple has
had to stray from assertions that the platform is
effectively immune to problems experienced by Windows
users. A high-profile Trojan released this year has
been tied to pirated copies of
iWork and Photoshop, and it is believed
that more malware will debut as Macs gain popularity.
Hackers are known to target common platforms for the
widest possible impact.
Read the complete article @ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/11/new.mac.malware.circulates/
Aperture 2 & Travel Photography how to deal with 7000 images after the shoot, Seminars & Workshops at the Power Mac Center
A Journey
Through Rajasthan India...
7000 images later.

Created
with iWork ’09 using
Pages
How
I work with Aperture 2 & deal with 7000 images
after the shoot, visit my Seminars and Workshops at
the Power Mac Center
in Makati, Greenbelt 3, see the dates
below.
June 19 - 6:00PM
to 7:00PM (seminar)
June 27 - 3:00PM to 5:00PM (workshop)
July 10 - 6:00PM to 7:00PM (seminar)
July 18 - 3:00PM to 5:00PM
(workshop)
For questions and special requests, you can call
729-7087 or 88, or email us at
training@powermaccenter.com
http://www.powermaccenter.com/training.php
The
Seminars: An introduction to Aperture 2
the workflow after the shoot and the things you can
do with your selected images using iLife ’09
GarageBand and iWork ’09 working with Pages and
Keynote plus a lot more.
Total integration using the Mac.
The
Workshops: Travel Photography and Aperture
2, tips and tricks while on the road plus the
integration on the Mac using Pages and Keynote from
iWork ’09 the possibilities after the shoot.
How to record on the road by just using your iPhone
and creating real sound tracks later in GarageBand
for your slide shows and Keynote
presentations.
Photography & Aperture 2... plus a Taste of India at the Hyatt Hotel Manila, Philippines with two chefs from The Leela Kempinski Hotel and Residences in New Delhi
Photography
& Aperture 2 plus a Taste of India
during the month of June and July in Manila &
Makati Philippines.

Image above: Taken at
the
Spice Court Hari Bhawan, Achrol House
Jaipur
Thanks to Kuldeep Singh and India Tourism in
Rajasthan for a fantastic lunch.
If you pass through Jaipur make sure one of your
stops is at the
Spice Court, the food is out of this
world.

http://www.incredibleindia.org/
Lets
talk about food; Indian cuisine has always been one
of my favorites, I like it a bit spicy and exotic and
Indian food is just that. You have to try some of
those vegetarian dishes; just thinking about gets me
hungry. Too spicy? Don’t worry you can always ask the
Chefs to keep it mild, but the taste…oh boy.
During my recent visit to India I sampled the real
Indian cuisine, now the Hyatt
Hotel is
bringing you the taste of India to Manila.
At the same time some of my Images from India will
also be on display at the Hyatt Hotel during
the flavors of
authentic Indian
cuisine at the Market Café. But that’s not all, we
also have some seminars at the Power Mac
Center in
Greenbelt 3 during the month of June and July.
For more details contact the PMC at:
http://www.powermaccenter.com/training.php
Aperture
2 &
beyond… 7000 images later, a Journey through
Rajasthan,
India.
I talk about my experience on the road, the workflow
and how to deal with large number of images after the
shoot, but most important the things you can do with
your images using the integration on the Mac, you be
amazed by the possibilities.
Eg. producing a Book using Aperture
2,
creating your own flyers and posters using
Pages from iWork
’09,
making Keynote presentations
and using your
own sound recordings from your iPhone and mixing it later
in GarageBand.
June 19 - 6:00PM to 7:00PM (seminar)
June 27 - 3:00PM to 5:00PM (workshop)
July 10 - 6:00PM to 7:00PM (seminar)
July
18 - 3:00PM to 5:00PM (workshop)
In
the meantime you can check out some authentic Indian
cuisine at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila, for more info
see the Press release from the Hyatt Hotel below:
“A TASTE OF
INDIA” AT MARKET CAFÉ
4- 21 June 2009
From 4th to 21st
of June, “A Taste of
India” brings the diverse and
varied flavours of authentic Indian cuisine to Market
Café at Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila in the form of
popular dishes from north India that will spice up
the sumptuous buffet.
The hotel has invited Chef Ashwani Kumar and Chef
Chandramani Geeband, two chefs from The Leela
Kempinski Hotel and Residences in New Delhi to create
an explosion of Indian spices for a truly splendid
culinary feast.
Delight in the appealing tastes and textures of
Tandoori Chicken, one of the most popular Indian
roast chicken delicacies, Paneer Ki Khurchan, Murg Ka
Parcha, Subz Ka Palao, Seekh Kebab and more. Find
yourself indulging in unlimited Subz Biryani,
Navrattan Pulao and luscious mouthwatering desserts,
all for the same price as the regular buffet – just
PhP1,388 nett per person for lunch and PhP1,518 nett
per person for dinner.
Discover the distinct flavours and unique taste of
India exclusively at the Market Café at Hyatt Hotel
and Casino Manila.
“A Taste of
India” is
supported by Business World, Manila Bulletin, Foreign
Post, What’s On Expat, 105.1 Crossover, RJ 100, Magic
89.9 and The Leela Kempinski Hotel and Residences.
For
further enquiries or to make a reservation, please
call
245 1234.
Summer Kiddies Workshop... iMac's loaded with Drawing and simple Animation Software for the Kids, face painting and a lot more…a week full of fun.
© Gunther Deichmann
- “playing the Blues...”
My favorite Music, created in iWork ’09 using
Pages.
Children
had the chance under supervision to play with the
latest iMac Computers and iPods. Animation, some
basic drawing and other educational software had been
installed on all the iMacs with the guidance from the
PMC staff.
Laughter and giggles came from the Kids once they
discovered and had a go at Photo Booth…just watching
them was real good entertainment.
© Gunther
Deichmann - created in iWork ’09 using
Pages
There was also an artist on hand
who painted some cartoons on the Kid's faces, nice to
see that a company like the PMC organized this week
long fun and educational event for children.
All images on this post are taken with the Leica
D-Lux 4 my constant travel companion,back home a few
hours later, I created the layout with the new Pages
from iWork '09
© Gunther
Deichmann - created in iWork ’09 using
Pages
All the Kids (“the big ones too”)
had a lot of Fun myself included, plus I had a nice
day out with my Boys.
The images are uploaded already on my
PhotoShelter
Archive, check
out the new Gallery and click this
Link…Philippines March 2009
Photo Workshops with
Gunther in Cambodia @ http://www.gdphotoworkshop.com/home.html
Photography & the Integration of Aperture 2 on a Mac plus iLife '09 Workshop
Integration on the
Mac...Photography & Aperture
2,
iLife +
an
introduction to iWork ’09

Created
with iWork ’09 using Pages...
Join me on March
20 - Photography
& the Integration of Aperture 2
on a Mac &
on March
21- iLife 09
Workshop with iWork ’09.
All sessions will have computer set-ups for your
hands-on guided sessions and training starts
at 1pm-3pm
Please make your reservations at the Power Mac
Center, limited Computer set-ups available, these are
additional and special workshops and not necessary
listed on the Training Center announcements.
Go to the registration page @ http://www.powermaccenter.com/training.php
For questions and
special requests,
you can call 729-7087 or 88,
or email us at
training@powermaccenter.com
iWork fast…Designing Letterheads, Stationary, Brochures & a lot more on the fly with iWork ’09 using Pages.

Complete Stationary:
Letterhead, Envelope
& Business Cards...plus a lot more with
Pages
Here
are some samples of a stationary set and a simple
brochure created in just one hour with the new
iWork’09 using
Pages.
Apple has made it very easy for us, providing some
cool Templates (a lot of them) in iWork ‘09 using
Pages to create some slick looking Brochures,
Stationary, Posters and so much more on the fly.
The integrations on the Mac making the production so
very easy and you don’t have to be a Rocket Scientist
to work it all out.

Sample Brochure for the
Palau Pacific Resort -
If the deadline is not on your side...you can create
Brochures
in all shapes and sizes... plus a lot more with iWork
’09 & Pages
iWork ’09 and
Pages is a great and simple to use software,
uncomplicated and very handy when these deadlines
breathing down your neck.
The templates make it easy, but you can always modify
and add your own personal touch to it like changing
the font, colors, graphics or adding shapes, tables
or charts.
Of course the Media Browser is always around for your
images either using your Aperture 2 or
iPhoto Library, referring to my headline…
iWork
fast.
GD
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/
An evening with the System Engineers from Apple in Singapore…plus the Nikon D700 soon on a test drive.
Shortly I bring you also a first hand test report on the Nikon D700 and the just released Leica D Lux 4 plus some cool info how to deal with some storage problems.

From left:
Jeffrey, Junior, Benjamin, Ching Ping, Choon and
GD
Last night I got invited to
join the Asia Apple System Engineers for dinner and
afterwards for a few drinks at the Lunar Club.
Surrounded by these guys the iPhones where buzzing
all around me, but they also gave me some cool and
useful tips, in other words it was very educational
besides having a real good time with this totally
great bunch.
Super cool and real fun Guys… thanks a lot to Ching
Ping (SE Manager) Benjamin, Jeffrey, Junior and of
course Choon for a great evening and sharing some of
their knowledge with me.
GD
Creating a TV slide show for 8 x 40 inch high-end TV screens on site with a MacBook Pro using Aperture 2, Keynote and Quick Time.
We created a new presentation to promote two new Restaurants at the
O-CE-N Bali, managed by the Outrigger Hotels.
O-CE-N @ http://www.o-ce-n.com/
Testing the TV’s
before the final presentation
Using Aperture 2 for the editing,
Keynote for the Presentation and Quick Time for the
conversion to a high end DVD then burning it with
Toast Titanium.
I exported my edited images (Versions) from Aperture
2 using JPEG – 50% of the Original Size, which in
this case was more than good enough.
Now I open Keynote picked a Theme added the selected
images and some transitions, and send the complete
presentation to Quick Time at the highest settings.
Once the conversion was done I burned the DVD in
Toast Titanium activating the Loop option since the
DVD had to run non-stop.
GD
No more Fire Wire,well almost...and now super glossy screens, a nightmare or a blessing for Photographers?
First Depressions: New MacBook's Glossy Screen
( posted by David Schloss on 10-24-2008, 12:15 PM )
Last week I posted an editorial about the lack of FireWire on the new MacBook, the upshot of which can be summed up as "I wish it had FireWire, oh well." Having had a week's experience with the machine, I've turned my time to the glossy screen on the unit, and how it affects the pro photographer... click this LINK for the complete story.
I thought I just add the image below “Fashion at Tanah Lot Temple” Japanese Girls with their Guide in Bali wearing the popular
and colorful Crocs Shoes.

© Gunther
Deichmann - Tanah Lot Bali Indonesia Oct. 2008
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/
PHOTOGRAPHY: Palau Micronesia... Readers Choice Award 2008...a Paradise for Photographers above and below the waves...plus a complete Digital Photo Center with the latest imaging software including Aperture
© Gunther Deichmann -
aerial near the 70 Islands, Palau Micronesia for the
latest images on Palau please visit my
PhotoShelter
Archive click this
LINK or the
image above.
It comes at
no surprise that Palau made it in the
“Readers
Choice Awards 2008” again. Operators like Sam’s Tours
are part of this success having invested into a
complete iMac Digital Photo Center offering their
customers state of the art Photo and Video imaging
opportunities. Not only for the Pros., the NEW
Facility at Sam’s Tours caters also for the Hobbyist
who like to take the memory home from above and below
the waves, sharing the images with friends and family
members.
The Facility is also fully DSL/Wi-Fi connected.
For the Pro the DPC is fully equipped with the latest
digital imaging software including Aperture. Read
some excepts from the DPC below, there you find also
a direct link to Sam’s Tours Digital Photo
Center.
The Scuba Diving
Magazine Readers Choice Awards 2008

Palau,
Micronesia
FIRST
PLACE:
Dive Destinations
Marine Life
Big Animal Encounters
Wall Diving
Underwater Photography
Advanced Diving
TOP
THREE:
Top Macro Life
Top Value
TOP
FIVE:
Top Healthiest Marine Environment
Top Wreck Diving
While the Readers’ Choice Award category for
individual dive operators has been discontinued in
favor of destination awards, Sam’s Tours garnered a
total of 8 Scuba Diving Magazine Readers’ Choice
Awards beginning in 1997, including Gold List Award,
Top Dive Center, Top Staff and Top Value, making
Sam’s Tours the “Divers Choice” in Micronesia. Sam’s
Tours is a member of the Philippines Micronesia
Alliance, www.alliancediving.com
While the diving is spectacular in Palau all year
round, Sam’s Tours has scheduled some additional
Special Events for 2008, to offer visitors, check for
detail on the website.
Click on this
LINK or the image above and go direct
to
Sam’s Tours Digital Photo Center
DIGITAL PHOTO CENTER at SAM'S
TOURS
Sam's Tours Digital Photography Center is fully
equipped to cater to digital photographers of all
interest levels from those with handy
“point-and-shoot” cameras to the most demanding
digital photographers shooting in RAW format. Our six
top of the line Apple iMac workstations are loaded
with terabytes and terabytes of storage, archiving
and secure data back up systems, lots of RAM, and
completely optimized for digital imaging with Apple
Aperture image management software, Adobe Photoshop
Elements, Bridge, Toast, and topped off with DSL
Wi-Fi internet access. No other photo center in Palau
comes near!
Our rental equipment includes the latest Canon
Powershot SD850 digital cameras and Canon ZR830 mini
digital video cameras complete with underwater
housings, large storage media, plenty of additional
batteries, and full service support from our
professionally trained Photo Center staff.
Other Photo Center amenities include a padded and dry
camera prep table, battery charging stations, 110V
and 220V electrical supply, separate camera rinse
tanks, camera drying station equipped with towels and
compressed air, and secure storage for your housings,
equipment cases and other accessories.
Hey Dad have a look… this is what the iPod hard drive looks like…I turned around and had a quick look but my good old iPod was still in one piece, Mark Lee don’t scare the daylights out of me…
Since Mark –Lee started to work at the Power Mac Center in Greenbelt, Makati, he got into this habit of scaring the old man now and then. Like today when friends gave him an old iPod that was beyond repair, he took it apart and just walked up to me and said, hi Dad have a look what an iPod hard drive looks like, then he got me going I thought he had just dismantled my trusted 80 Gig iPod with my cool Blues Collection.

Inside of a 30GIG
iPOD
He wouldn’t dare or would
he? But my iPod was safe, and when I saw the small
hard drive it reminded me of an old Gramophone or
Record Player so I guess old ideas die-hard. Having a
Son who loves Mac and works at an Authorized Apple
Center can have its benefits but be ready for the odd
scare or two.

left:The Power Mac
Center Greenbelt, Makati, Manila,
right:Mark-Lee
Don’t try this at Home, if
you ever have a problem with your iPod I highly
recommend to take it to the next Apple Service
Center.
Aperture 2…the difference between the Web Gallery, Webpage and Web Journal... plus another option is iWeb… sharing and showing your Photos with YOUR clients and the rest of the world. My choice & workflow at the Beijing Olympics would have been the MobileMe Gallery, the one I LOVE so much.
I am not going into details of these three today but I rather explain in simple and short terms the difference. You might remember from of my previous blogs how much I love the Web Gallery now called MobileMe Gallery.

Heritage Suite Hotel Cambodia Screenshot of the
MobileMe Gallery,
view this Gallery online click this link
or
the image above.
But you have to use the Username: gdimages
Password: gd2551
1.
When you need to create
web pages that mix text and images, the
Web
Journal option
is your best choice. When you create a
Web
Journal, you
manually add the pages, images and text. This is
slower than the Web Gallery option, but it offers
precise control.
2.
Within
Aperture
there is a third option
simply called Webpage.
The Webpage
template offers less
customization than the Web
Journal;
the Webpage
translates an Album
into a page, and then allows you to specify a number
of columns and rows for each page.
Screenshot of the
Web Journal, ideal for lots of text.
Screenshot
of the Webpages, with limited text
options
3.
I guess you know this
one, the now called MobileMe
Gallery, my
absolute favorite, but then it depends what type of
work you producing or like to show. However you do
need a MobileMe
account for the
MobileMe
Gallery.
The Web Journal and
Web Page can be
placed also on any Server where as the Web Gallery
(now MobileMe
Gallery)
requires a .Mac account or now a MobileMe account.
I have described my favorite the MobileMe
Gallery (before
.Mac) in great details before and how much I love it
for the storage and distribution of my images, and
since the arrival of MobileMe it has only gotten
better.
If I where in Beijing right now and had to cover some
of the events I would certainly choose the
MobileMe
Gallery to get
my images out to the Editors and Publishers, the
MobileMe Gallery is very cool and smooth as
Silk…
Check this link for some action shots at the
Olympics:
CLICK HERE
“Phelps
Frame-By-Frame Phelps' Miracle”
Finish
However Aperture
does not stop here,
if Aperture’s
three webpage options
aren’t enough for you then you can turn to
iWeb,
which is part of the iLife
suite that is a
standard on all Macs.
Tip:
If iWeb isn’t located
in your Dock, you can navigate to your Applications
folder and launch it from here.
Note also:
If you have an active
MobileMe account, when you click on the Publish
button, iWeb
will automatically
upload your website. Otherwise you can always choose
File>Publish to a Folder to Export iWebpages
without needing a MobileMe account
(until
recently it was called .Mac)
WOW all of this
within Aperture
2.1.1; I keep on
saying…AMAZING… not surprising with all this
integration on the Mac.
GD
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
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
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/
Time to Remember…a simple but cool Video... created using iLife…GarageBand and iMovie this was a real father and son effort having a lot of fun doing it…plus in YouTube Now...
I have added a new Music Video/Podcast Gallery (upper left) from now you find the latest Podcast here, with the exception of today.
Direct Link http://www.deichmann-photo.com/page4/page4.html

“Time
to Remember” © Mark-Lee &
Gunther Deichmann -
(click on the link below or the image for the 1
min.Video, approx.2.5 MB)
Podcast
The
other day Mark-Lee borrowed my small
Sony
Video Cam and
took some cool footage at this Disco… and I was
trying to relax that day after some editing in
Aperture
making up some more
soundtracks for future presentations. But honestly… I
was just messing around relaxing with
GarageBand
when I looked over to
the Mac my Son was working on…hey cool footage son,
please let me have some of this stuff…OK Dad... I
whipped it into iMovie and about half an hour later
had this little Video up and running.
It just gets to show you how easy it is sometimes…of
course you need to have a Mac where everything just
works so well together, including the transfer of the
Video file from his G5 to my PowerBook Pro via Wi-Fi
network, super fast...
Cant beat this
integration, he,he….plus NOW in
YouTube
@
http://www.youtube.com/user/TIMEJOURNEY
By the way the
still shot at the start of the Video came straight
from the Aperture 2
Library using
the Media Browser
in iMovie,
the same with the Soundtrack created only hours
before in GarageBand.
GD
Nice feedback from our last Aperture 2 Photography Workshop at the Power Mac Center Manila, Philippines…using already the .Mac Web Gallery, Dodge and Burn and switching from PC to Mac…
The success and credit certainly has to go to Aperture 2.1 with all the NEW improvements from previous versions.
Read below some of the comments I have received from a few participants,many thanks again to all participants who attended the recent Aperture 2 & Photography sessions at the Power Mac Center at Greenbelt 3, Makati,Manila.
Hi Gunther,__Tks a lot for the session in Mac Center !!!_With the new function Dodge & Burn you introduce to me, I enhance a bit more this picture. Sharpen the lovely faces, and burn a little the upper side. Looks better now, no ? Tks again for the time you spend with rookies like us, it's a great experience to learn from a pro like you !!! ;-)__Keep me informed if ever you organize a workshop in the future._Looking forward to see you again,_Cheers,_Vincent_(tks also for your kind comment to my attention on the blog ! ;-J
Courtesy
Photo © Vincent Leterrier -
(see his comments above)
I did ask Vincent Leterrier if
we can use the image on our Blog, read his reply
below send via the .Mac Web
Gallery in Aperture
2…I
think I found another fan for the
.Mac
Web Gallery, it is certainly one of my
favorites. Note:
Vincent using a 15
inch Mac Book Pro and switched recently from Aperture
1.5 to Aperture 2
Hi Gunther,
Tks for your kind comment on my photos, first time I
received a recognition like that from a photographer
(I know my family and friends love my pictures,
but....;-)
Of course, you can use it on your blog, I'm even
honored ! (it sounds so formal, but it's not my
intention, just take it in the simplest way !)
Here are the photo, I've add another one that I like
too. The girl at the back have a pure model face, and
I like the East-Ouest multicultural dimension...
Unfortunately, at this time we did not meet yet, so I
was shooting in Jpeg only !!! There is a lack of
crisp, but this time is over now... ;-)
BUT, the new Aperture 2.1 functionalities like
Recovery and Black point are also working well for
Jpegs. So fantastic. And the tool Dodge and Burn
also!
Vincent Leterrier
http://gallery.mac.com/vincent.leterrier#100059
__________________________
Thank you Gunther, Hermes and to all the Mac staff –
an outstanding job!
Kristina, Rose and I had a fun and informative day.
Even an old dinosaur with embarrassingly limited
computer skills like myself, found the presentation
surprisingly "comfortable", not to mention inspiring!
You've won three more converts - at PC's expense!
Look forward to more of your workshops - perhaps
something on restoration techniques of old negative
and slide film?
Well worth the round trip from far away Subic!
Cheers,
Kevin Hamdorf, Photographer
__________________________
Hi Gunther!
Thank you for featuring some of my shots. It means a
lot to me and I am deeply touched. :-)
Hope to shoot with you soon! hehehe
Regards,
Sheila Go
©
Shiela Go - using the Monochrome Mixer in Aperture
2.1
Photography and APERTURE 2... Action and fun at the Power Mac Center in Makati Manila, Philippines
A
great shot from © Shiela Go - from Group
2,
my caption would be:
“Conserve Water”
Remember…this
was supposed to happen last week but due to Typhoon
Fengshen (Frank) the Aperture 2
and
Photography Workshop was moved to last Sunday. We had
a record attendance and I like to thank all
participants for taken the time being with me at the
Power Mac Center for this fun event.
Aperture
2 and Photography at the Makati Power Mac Center
Group 1 and 2
Besides
the Workshop a lot of other things happen at the same
time around the Power Mac
Center,
customers receiving a cool Tattoo I
LOVE
Mac, T. -shirts
and Camera Straps give away, plus participants from
the workshop received their certificate for being
part off it. To my surprise some very familiar faces
showed up during our first session, John Chua from Ad
Photo, Photographer Kevin Hamdorf who drove all the
way from Subic Bay with his Daughter and Rose his
Graphic Designer, good old Bebet Gaudinez a Lightroom
user who attended my Photo Workshop in Cambodia last
year and Vincent Leterrier who participated in one of
my earlier workshops made his presence felt with some
very cool images he shot recently.
A lot of fun
at the Power
Mac Center, Makati
Manila Philippines.
Hey.. do you like my new Tattoo
“I LOVE MAC”
All participants had to go out and
shoot a number of images which we later imported
into Aperture
2, then we did
some adjustments, cropping and changing a few into
Black & White using the Monochrome
Mixer.
Two images
from Group 2
top: Shiela
Go below: no name. Two more images this time
from Group 2 using the
Monochrome
Mixer in
Aperture
2
Again two Groups starting the first
at 1PM until 5PM then from 5PM way past 8PM a long
but fun day. Thanks to Honey Machuca from Think Big,
of course to the Management and technical staff at
the Power Mac
Center for
providing me with a non stop supply of Coffee and
made sure everything went smooth, they did a great
job. Thanks also to Mark-Lee Deichmann for some
troubleshooting and Hermes Singson for all the images
behind the scene. Thanks to Canon Philippines for
providing us with an excellent projector.

left: GD with
Shiela Go and the technical staff from
the Power
Mac Center
right: GD and Honey Machuca from
Think
Big
The Work Shop was a basic
introduction into Aperture 2
with all the
possibilities after the shoot, demonstrating the
total integration on the Mac with short demos
on iLife and
iWorks...plus a
lot more including a short critique session on the
images.
Thank you all,
and see you again soon,
GD
More Images by
Gunther Deichmann @ http://www.deichmann-photo.com/
Aperture 2 and GarageBand check out the Mac integration and have fun with the Podcast… assemble your Soundtracks in GarageBand...
Create YOUR own
Music and SOUNDTRACKS in advance for your
Slide Presentations & have fun doing it...
Whenever
I get the chance I open GarageBand and create my own
music tracks they come in very handy when putting
together slide shows or presentations later.
I have included a small soundtrack PODCAST below
which was created using GarageBand only .
I usually do this late at night or early in the
morning; I can concentrate and don’t get disturbed by
phone calls and other noise.
The integration on the Mac makes all of this very
straightforward and you don’t have to be a musician,
as long you have a good feel for music and a little
patience.
I love creating soundtracks in GarageBand with thousands of
loops to choose from plus the option to purchase a
variety of Jam Packs. A word of caution, the
Jam Packs do take
up some hard drive space.
Creativity is un-limited, it is all up to you, use
the existing Jingles and sound tracks or create an
entire music track from scratch, there are so many
possibilities.
Experiment with GarageBand, you soon find out
its enormous capabilities, besides it is a lot of
fun.
As mention above Aperture 2 is at your
fingertips and of course you have access via the
Media Browser to
iPhoto, iTunes &
iMovie as well. I have a whole collection of
sound tracks tucked away in my iTunes Library just
for the occasion when I need to put together a
presentation in a hurry, creating your own sound is
not only fun but you have something you made and this
will set you apart from all the others.
GarageBand - Podcast
setting with the Media
Browser open at the right,
just drag your images into the main window upper
track.
Drag your images direct
from the Media Browser, you have also access to your
iMovie, choose a Jingle small red square this will
open all the Jingles, now you can choose which one
you like, right large
red square. Drag any one of them you like on
the time line and have fun...
the soundtrack below was
created using Garageband only .
Podcast
The NEW Date for Aperture 2 & Photography at the Power Mac Center, now on Sunday the 29th of June...plus Editor's Choice 2008 Aperture 2.1
Aperture 2
Your
Best Shots. Made even better.

Photo by Noreen from Group 1 last week Saturday
the day before "Frank"
arrived
NEW
Date for our
Photo Workshop with Aperture
2 at the Power
Mac Center, Sunday the 29th of June from:
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM and from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
You
all know we had to cancel our last Workshop/Seminar
due to Typhoon Frank which hit the Philippines very
hard last Sunday, our thoughts go out to those who
have suffered during this severe storm.
Contact
the Power Mac Center in Makati for details @
Phone
7297087-88
http://www.powermaccenter.com/
Editor's Choice 2008: Imaging Software
Aperture 2.1
Workflow and image editing are equal partners in this
year's applications, led by Apple's powerful
Aperture
2.1.
By Jonathan Barkey and Russell Hart /
American Photo
June 2008
This year saw the advent of specialized plug-ins for
Apple's Aperture
2.1 and nondestructive
localized editing in Adobe's upcoming Lightroom 2.0
-- bringing Photoshop-style control of specific image
areas to these picture-management powerhouses. Some
of their fans just might not need Photoshop anymore!
Apple Aperture 2.1 click the
link below and read the complete
article.
http://www.popphoto.com/americanphotofeatures/5341/
Now We Know...what is Aperture 2...the first day and 12 hours later, two sessions of Photography and Aperture 2 at the Power Mac Center in Makati, Manila
Now We
Know...What is Aperture
2...
The Workshop/seminar included the ff.:
A
short briefing for the participants before the actual
photography, importing the images after the shoot
into Aperture 2
using MacBooks, introduction into the basics of
Aperture 2
including the versatile interface, tools, tips, how
to produce a short slide show with Aperture 2, the
integration on a Mac using iLife & iWorks including
a demo how to produce a short presentation with
Keynote, brief
description on Pages and a live/real time
demo using the .Mac Web
Gallery in Aperture 2, open discussions
and photo critique...plus a lot more.

Cool
shot by Group 1
Photo by John
Our
first two sessions at the Power Mac Center are done,
great attendance, great participants and some cool
images processed in Aperture 2.
Shooting around Greenbelt and later processing the
images in Aperture
2 an introduction into Aperture at the
Power Mac Center,
the first group from 1pm until 5 pm was lucky with
the weather. However the second Group from 5 p.m.
until 8 pm had to deal with tropical rain and
darkness, a challenge which in my opinion was well
executed.
The
participants and classroom sessions, the training
facility at the Power Mac Center, Makati,
Manila
I like to thank all
participants from today, for a job, well done,
special thanks to Melvin Tosino, Andrew and E.J. from
the Power Mac
Centers technical staff who assisted me during
these long hours.
Thanks to Mark-Lee Deichmann for helping out and
Hermes Singson for shooting behind the scenes, plus
to all the staff and Management from
Think
Big for a great job.
Next week we show you some more images (including who
took them) from these two days with Aperture 2 and Photography at
the Power Mac
Center.
A
well executed shot during the tropical
rain storm by Group 2
Aperture 2... setting up for the event at the Power Mac Center...Photography & Aperture Workshop
What
is Aperture?

Photo: Hermes Singson - GD
synchronizing the Mac Book Demo units with Aperture 2
for Saturday and Sunday's workshops.We try and report
in almost real time from the event over the next few
days, so please stay tuned.
Thanks
to the technical staff Mark and Melvin from the Power
Mac Center in Makati, Manila for their assistance in
setting up the the Mac Books for tomorrows
Aperture
workshop.
Special thanks also to Honey Machuca from
THINK BIG
for doing a great job in
marketing the Event.
There are still some seats available for tomorrow
night and a few for Sunday, call the
Power Mac Center
for more details and
reservations.
Book your seat now @
http://www.powermaccenter.com/
Dates:
June 21 and 22, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Aperture 2 Your best shots. Made even better. Photography Workshop with Aperture 2 and Mac...at The Power Mac Center in Makati, Manila...
What
is Aperture?
Aperture 2
features incredible tools for managing massive
libraries,speed through photo edits,making essential
image adjustments and delivering photos online and in
print using one simple, integrated workflow.
Aperture
Workshop (Free)
learn more about Aperture with Apple-certified
trainer
Gunther Deichmann
Dates: June 21 and 22,
2008
Time 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Book your seat now @
http://www.powermaccenter.com/
Aperture 2 in June... in New York with AUPN...in Manila with the Power Mac Center...plus PhotoShelter Shoot the day.
Aperture Day is approaching...
You find me at the Power Mac Center in Makati, Manila from June 21st to the 22nd. two days of Photography & Aperture 2, for reservations and more info I have provided a direct link to the Power Mac Center below.
Click this link
Manila
Aperture 2
Workshop (Free)
Learn
more about Aperture with Apple-certified trainer
Gunther Deichmann
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/
Dates:
June 21 and 22, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm

Visit Power Mac Center at Greenbelt 3 to book your
seat now!
Limited
seats only
For
more information call 7297087- 88
or email
training@powermaccenter.com
____________________________
NEW
YORK
Join AUPN at B&H for Aperture Day - June 23rd
by David Schloss 06-03-2008 filed in Blog > AUN
News
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Click this
link
The
AUPN will be presenting a day of seminars and
instruction at B&H Photo in New York City, on
June 23rd. Classes are free, registration via the
B&H website (link below). Especially aimed at the
iPhoto user and the photographer thinking of
upgrading to Aperture 2, this session will tackle
some of the hottest topics in digital photography,
and answer your Aperture questions.
Aperture Day @ B&H June 23 seminar descriptions
All
over the world with PhotoShelter

Click this
link
Mac Technology and fossils…they do have something in common... a very cool science article…if you interested in Fossils and Dinosaur you need to check this out.

left:
Ammonite from 160 million years ago - right: Nautilus
a close
relative from Palau
Micronesia
Some
of you know my background with fossils or
Paleontology…but what has a Mac in common with all of
this?
Read
this amazing and very cool article
below…
Running
with the Dinosaurs
Mac
Technology Helps Put the Spring in a Hadrosaur’s
Step
Read
more about this amazing story with cool images @
http://www.apple.com/science/profiles
Great NEWS for Photographers & Aperture 2 users...MobileMe, if you are a current .Mac member, your account will be automatically upgraded to MobileMe in July… more integration than ever.
Now Apple announced a few days ago a new Internet service called MobileMe - taking the best of .Mac and adding a host of new features. As a current .Mac member, your account will be automatically upgraded to MobileMe in July.
For a closer look, watch the MobileMe Guided Tour
Now is the time to sign up for the latest Mobile technology with MobileMe…. if you a current Mac account holder don’t worry your account will be upgraded automatically.
But here is the very cool part, if you are a Photographer and Aperture 2 user then you going to love this…double the online storage. To give you plenty of space for your email, photos, and other files, MobileMe doubles your storage from 10GB to 20GB for an individual subscription.
Individual subscription storage doubles from 10GB to 20GB.
If you purchased a storage upgrade, it will also be upgraded at no additional charge:
* A 10GB storage upgrade is now 20GB. Your new total storage will be 40GB.
* A 20GB storage upgrade is now 40GB. Your new total storage will be 60GB.
Mac integration you know and love. With MobileMe, you'll continue to enjoy features that take advantage of seamless integration with Mac OS X and iLife - Back to My Mac; access to your iDisk in the Finder; Mac-to-Mac syncing of Dock items, preferences, and more; iWeb site publishing; and photo and movie sharing directly from iPhoto '08 and iMovie '08.
In the meantime, if you have any questions about the upcoming transition from .Mac to MobileMe, please visit the MobileMe FAQ.
Apple talk until 3:30 AM...two Mac addicts chatting away all night...a marine biologist, photographer & writer from DivePhotoGuide
Matt was one of these very few.
9:30 PM Manila…the doorbell rang and Matt Weiss from DivePhotoGuide strolled into the office and my home.
Matt has just returned from Puerto Galera where he stayed with Asia Divers and El Galleon Beach Resort a partner in the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance.
Matt and myself chatted all night long and I thought at one point doing a Pod Cast but that would have been way to long… he walked out of here at around 3:30 AM just in time for his flight to Club Paradise in Palawan at 11:30 this morning.
We had a lot in common as we discovered during the cause of the evening...Matt I guess you using a Mac for your work...of course Gunther... the rest you can imagine, we talked shop all night.

Very few are allowed to
use my Mac...
Matt preparing a small article for me from his
visit to Puerto Galera.
Matt is studying marine biology and is working
for DivePhotoGuide
as a writer
photographer, he just arrived from Bali and is
covering now some of the dive destinations in the
Philippines, Jason Heller the founder of
DivePhotoGuide
and a good
friend ask me some weeks ago if I could assist Matt
during his visit over here.
So here we are Matt and myself talking all night
until the early morning, chatting away about our
experience with Mac and Aperture
2,
Photoshop, Photography and so on, a very interesting
and productive evening. Matt has left this morning
for Palawan another great dive destinations in the
Philippines and the only place to see Dugongs.
Interesting, Matt is using the New
MacBook
Air, he
decided to work on this trip with it since there are
so many weight restriction on small aircrafts and he
has to carry a lot already, a ton of cameras and
underwater housing making the MacBook
Air the
ideal choice. We try to catch up with each other
again when he is returning from
Dugong Dive Center
in Palawan
next week...for another session and Apple talk.
For all his images and stories check out
DivePhotoGuide.com in a few weeks.
GD

Matt Weiss and Gunther
Deichmann, two Mac addicts having fun, my son
Mark-Lee took the opportunity and recorded the
"event" on his cell phone.
APERTURE 2 & the .Mac Web Gallery a fantastic time and money saver for Photographers who spend time on the road…keeping those deadlines and making a sale from almost anywhere.
Creating an Aperture Web Gallery is straightforward but I am not going into the technical details today, I rather talk about its enormous use and flexibility, a real money and time saver plus the underestimated .Mac account.

The .Mac Aperture
2 Web Gallery
The scenario…
Lets use a Magazine for an example…say you did a
story in Malaysia but now you in Australia on another
assignment.
You received an email and the editor is requesting
some more images from your shoot in Malaysia but he
is not sure what he exactly wants…believe me this happens
a lot.
Now here is a potential sale and you don’t like to
miss out.… if you brought your laptop along
which I
always do and kept your Malaysia
project in your Aperture Library then no problem.
The editor is making a pre-selection only and the
production department would like to start the layout
and for that they can use low res. JPG Images.
This happen recently to
me with a story on Tibet.
Aperture
2 can
solve this problem easy…
You might not have your Master Images with you since
you store them as reference files back home on your
external hard drive, but you have the previews in
your Aperture Library in JPG . In my case I keep the
preview size to about 1024 good enough for
presentations and the web without clogging up my Mac
Book Pro.
You create a Web Gallery throw in some “50 shots”
from Malaysia and hope for a good connection, press
publish with an almost automatic notification to the
Magazine editor.

Direct
notification to the Magazine Editor via Mail
complete with username and
password
He can view a great looking
Web Gallery with many different options and of course
the production department can download the low res.
files for the layout.
All your caption and information is also there, no
need for redoing these since you applied all of this
before.
You can password protect and give a username, so only
the specific person can view or download the images,
however you can also choose for everyone.
I just love the username
and
password
option knowing
that only authorized persons have access to it, super
cool.
Don’t worry about this little site folder warning
which pops up when you try and publish your images it
only tells you that your Masters are not available
but your Previews in 1024 size are, good enough for a
selection and layout.

Pop up warning to
let you know that
your master images not
available
You finished your assignment
in Australia and hit back home, wait for the editor’s
choice, once you have his decision you just hook up
your external drive where you store your masters and
upload the chosen ones in high resolution.
You made a sale while on the road…OK I have to add
you do need a .Mac
account and a
connection and Aperture
2 of
course.
After the images have been published, you can delete
the Aperture Web Galley for more space on your .Mac
account and your ready for the next request.
Remember when you delete the Web Gallery all your
images in all the projects and folders are not
affected and stay where they are.
There are endless possibilities and it is up to you
how to use and implement them for your work.
Years ago we burned CD’s with images and even had to
make all the image corrections knowing that they
might not be used…not only that but we had to send
them via DHL or Fed Ex to magazines and Stock
Agencies, this took days and was very expansive. I
use to spend more than US$ 3000.00 for courier
service each year… how much I spend now? About US$
350.00 for Aperture 2
and a .Mac account, after that only about US$
100.00 per year for maintaining your .Mac account.
(of course you have the options to increase your
storage capacity for an additional fee) I think it
makes a lot of sense, plus I am connected and can
make a sale no matter where I am.
GD
iWorks’08 and APERTURE 2… Keynote, Pages & Numbers how useful are they for Professional Photographers? Do we really need iWorks’08 or can we do with out it? You be surprised…
article how useful iLife’08 can be…lets see how we go with Keynote’08
for starters…
See below a small presentation created for this article, how long did this take? About half an hour…uploading usually takes a lot longer and depends on your connection.

QUICK TIME MOVIE the
Colors of Mumbai![]()
Say,
your on the road shooting a resort and your client
requests a presentation the day before you
leave…launch Keynote, without any doubt my
personal favor, pick a Theme from the
Theme menu, go to your Media Browser select the
images direct from the Aperture 2
Library (iPhoto is also there) add
text, some animation and your almost done.
But if you really like to impress your client…go back
to your Media Browser and choose some Music, I always
have some sound tracks prepared in iTunes, multiple
tracks of 30 sec., 45 sec., and 2 min. or create your
own in GarageBand.
Now you add the sound track and you have a great show
in a few minutes, but it gets a lot better…Keynote
gives you some amazing export options,
like
Send to:
iDVD, iPhoto, iWeb, iTunes, GarageBand and direct
to
You Tube,
yes you have heard right… to
You Tube direct.
But Keynote doesn’t stop here, see the
screenshots
below for all the option you have
on the
Export Panel and a lot more in Quick Time
(QT Pro is required for all the options) I just love
Keynote for my presentations, the Web or sending a
quick preview to clients via mail.
If that
is not integration then I don’t know what
is!

Export
Panel...
Oh I
almost forgot…the Built-in voiceover
recording (very cool) and Import from and export to
Microsoft PowerPoint and other formats.
You might notice I have not left Keynote, it is the
perfect integration on the Mac which makes all of
this possible.
In short, you work with Aperture
2, edit
your images, make the necessary corrections and
impress your friends and clients with a cool Keynote
presentation.

Direct
to You Tube...
How do I use
Pages’08…
very simple, start with one of over 100 templates to
write letters, reports, business forms, and more.
Create newsletters, brochures, flyers and posters
with ease. Create a simple layout in Pages using the
Media Browser to access your Aperture
and iPhoto
Library.
Dont underestimate
Numbers’08 in
iWorks’08 it is an innovative
spreadsheet application great for your invoices or
other related forms such as travel planners plus a
lot more. If you need some images for your
Numbers then go to your Media
Browser, Aperture
2 and
iPhoto is right there.
But my
favorite is
Keynote’08 an amazing and easy to use
application, don’t know what I would do with out it…I
just love it and my clients too;
Keynote’08 alone is worth every penny
spent on iWorks’08.
GD
For
the latest images visit Gunther Deichmann's website
@
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/newimages.html
From LIGHTROOM to APERTURE 2…thinking of switching? Worried YOU loose all your DATA and having to start all over again? Do I have the solution...?
I have been asked over and over again…I am using a Mac and like to use Aperture 2 but I have done all my previous work in Lightroom, is it possible to transfer all my Data over to Aperture 2 and not loosing all the info and hours of hard labor?
This subject has come up many times and until very recently I could not answers these questions, and I have to be honest here I have no Idea about Lightroom, I started with Aperture 1.0 been happy since day one and working now faster and more efficient in Aperture 2, some of my previous blogs with samples have shown and proven this only to well.
Back to the real issue, I got in touch with Apple and the APERTURE USER PROFESSIONAL NETWORK AUPN and ask this exact question.
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Click
the logo and go direct to
AUPN
Why should we deny Mac users Aperture
2 if they
would like to make the switch, and if you ask me it
makes a lot of sense, if you a Mac user then you are
so much better off with Aperture just for the
integration alone plus with all these new plug-ins.
Apple is aware of it and from past experience a
solution is going to be available one of these days,
I hope soon for all you out there who like to make
the switch.
Go to AUPN for some info on this subject @
http://www.apertureprofessional.com/
Of course if I hear anything in the meantime or there
is some more NEWS on this subject I let you know.
GD
TIBET'S Horse Racing Festival published in the Asian Geographic Magazine...APERTURE 2 & the .Mac Web Gallery helped to keep the deadline...the story is out.
Check out also the Photography Competition in the Asian Geographic Magazine in 2008...cool prizes and a chance to see your photos published read my previous blog below "Asia Without Borders"
Here is the link for more details:
http://www.asiangeo.com/contest_awb.html
Tibet’s Horse
Racing Festival
PRAYER WHEELS AND HORSE RACES AT 4,500 METRES
Text & Photos
GUNTHER DEICHMANN
Tibet’s province of Nakchu in Tibet hosts many festivals throughout the year, but one stands out more than any other; it is the highest horse racing festival in the world – a spectacle of colour, festivities and endurance for participants and visitors alike.
Over 10,000 people will cross high passes of more than 4,000 meters by foot, horse and jeep to make their way to the Nakchu Racecourse, to race, eat, drink and make merry during this annual festival. This racecourse, at 4,500 meters, is undoubtedly the highest racecourse in the world.


But
be warned – this festival is not for
the faint-hearted – oxygen levels in Nakchu are
approximately 61 percent and during the month of
August, temperatures can soar up to 40 degrees
Celsius in the shade at high noon and go right down
to minus one degree Celsius in the early morning.
There are few tourists in this area due to the high
altitude – that and camping is the only accommodation
available.
Traversing the
Lhasa-Nakchu-Golmud route along the Qinghai-Tibet
Highway features landscapes of grasslands,
snow-covered mountains and villages, with the
occasional view of the newly built railroad from
China to Lhasa. It is an amazing journey and if
you’re lucky, you just might encounter a prostrating
pilgrim or two performing their ritual along the way.
If you decide to travel to Nakchu, check with the
local authorities or organize a local guide, then
prepare yourself for extreme temperatures. Bear in
mind that you are very close to the sun, so drink
lots of water to avoid dehydration and to lower the
effects of altitude sickness. Travelers should spend
a few days in Lhasa to acclimatize to the altitude
before hitting the road – when traveling from an
altitude of 3,650 meters to Nakchu at 4,500 meters...
more on
this amazing Festival on my website soon you find it
under (publications - spreads) there you can download
the whole story as a PDF file, or better get the
latest issue of the
Asian Geographic Magazine.
The
previous Blog from the 14th of May
APERTURE 2 & the .Mac WEB GALLERY
delivered Tibet on time…

For more images on
Tibet by Gunther Deichmann visit
his
website @ www.deichmann-photo.com
or visit
his PhotoShelter
Archive
& Collection @
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/stock.html
Deadlines,
deadlines and more deadlines…the last minute changes
by editors or the production staff from magazines… an
all to familiar story...not a problem anymore
with Aperture
2
APERTURE 2 & the .Mac WEB GALLERY…keeping tight schedules and deadlines is easy now…delivered Tibet on time…a real live scenario.
APERTURE
2 & the .Mac WEB GALLERY
delivered Tibet on time…

For more images on
Tibet by Gunther Deichmann visit
his
website @ www.deichmann-photo.com
or visit
his PhotoShelter
Archive
& Collection @
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/stock.html
Deadlines,
deadlines and more deadlines…the last minute changes
by editors or the production staff from magazines… an
all to familiar story.
Take this very recent case; I submitted images from
Tibet for a story in the Asian Geographic Magazine,
the first images where in low resolution…for
selection purpose.
Weeks went by and yesterday the shout for the
high-resolution images came in…
”we need them today”… OK. No problems…I
got Aperture
2 and
since all my high and low resolution images are
stored in my Aperture Library I quickly selected the
“CHOSEN ONES” had them up for downloading on a
New .Web
Gallery with username and
password…that was last night. (see the email
correspondence below)
Today I received the email below…do I have to say
anything else? I guess not…once the story is out this
month I let you have a preview until then…if you need
your images out there fast from one publisher to
another, use the Web Gallery
in Aperture 2, so easy now and happy
faces at the production department.
GD
See
below the original email correspondence from the last
24 hours…
First
email…
Hi Gunther,
Thank you for providing us with the requested
information so promptly under such short notice, we
really appreciate it. :)
Here are the images we require hi-res versions of,
(see attached).
Thank you,
Sabrina
A
few hours later…
Second
email…
Hi Gunther,
Thank you for your quick reply, we do apologize for
the short notice.
I have managed to download all the hi-res images from
the link you provided.
Thanks again,
Sabrina
Fresh APPLES and APERTURE 2… they had a lot in common recently …a simple shot from inside my Hotel Room in Mumbai India…plus one more Black & White…using the Monochrome mixer.
APPLES
+ APERTURE
2
= MUMBAI
INDIA

© Gunther Deichmann - Fresh Apples in Mumbai India
View GD images on India at his
PhotoShelter
archive or collection @
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/stock.html
It
is amazing what you find or have forgotten when you
do some more editing in Aperture a few weeks later.
Remember my recent trip to Mumbai India for
the Apple
Aperture 2 World Tour.
During my stay
at the Hotel I noticed these Apples on this small
Table, I thought…hey not bad, the light, the
reflection and I guess the relationship between the
words Apple and Apples, I shot this scene right in
front of me using only the available light from the
window.
Then in Aperture
2 I used
only the Raw conversion, the straighten tool, a
little cropping and applied some sharpening.
So there
you have it…real fresh Apples from Mumbai
India.

© Gunther
Deichmann - Apples and
window
This shot was taken few
minutes later while sitting on my bed and looking
towards the window, a straight shot I might add…and I
didn’t move the furniture either, no manipulation in
Photoshop, again using only the Raw converter
in Aperture
2, the
straighten tool, a little cropping and some
sharpening.
The
Black & White image below…

© Gunther
Deichmann - Mumbai India April
2008
I saw this women sitting
outside her home in a small alley in central Mumbai,
the original image was color but converted to Black
& White in Aperture
2 using
the Monochrome mixer.
GD
DJ Mark-Lee…Aperture 2 and GarageBand…plus iTunes…how does this fit together? Simple…if you got a Mac then you can do all of this plus…a cool slide show with sound, assembled on the road.
Let
there be visuals with sound...
pure integration &
imagination!
Artwork ©
Mark-Lee Deichmann - Mark-Lee used an old iSight
camera
mounted on the Mac Titanium G4…took a self portrait
of him
& manipulated the image in Photoshop.
Take
an Aperture slide show…you have to make a
presentation while on the road, fine you have the
images and got Aperture
2… but
music…?
In most cases if you using a Laptop for your roadwork
I guess you have GarageBand
and iTunes…iLife installed.
If not,
you better hurry and do it
now…
Here comes the sound, you create a sound mix in
GarageBand or use a short loop (pre-installed with
GarageBand) export the finished track to iTunes and
you’re done.
The only thing left to do… open your slideshow
in Aperture
2 and add
your sound track you created minutes ago,
follow
my instructions below how to get
there, iTunes
is now at your
fingertips find your sound track & add it to your
slide show, sounds almost too easy.
See my
sample screenshots below…
Maybe a bit of practice in GarageBand
will help, but
the rest is easy…
Take
my Son Mark-Lee for example… he is doing some part
time DJ work and he uses my old but still very
functional Titanium Mac G4 Laptop, using
GarageBand
and creating his
own artwork in Photoshop, see above…pretty cool if
you ask me.
There he is sitting with his Numark PHX Headphones
whipping out music on GarageBand
or just mixing
his sounds for his DJ stuff on my old G4.
If you are a music lover and created your own mix, of
course you can use these too...but
please don’t use something from the iTunes Store or
from other sources, Music which does not belong to
you, respect the copyright of others.
GD
When GarageBand opens
you see this screenshot, the small red circle
shows you where to find your loops & Jingles,
now delete/remove the tracks (large red oval)
Select Jingle red circle on
the left then your taste of music e.g..
Blues/Rock red
circle in the center, pick something
which will fit with your timing/lengths of the slide
show, listen to it and if Ok drag it on the the now
empty time line, remember you removed the other
tracks previously.
Select Share a panel
opens up to guide you the rest of the
way...to
iTunes
Back in Aperture 2
select your slide show, a
small panel opens, now click the small
arrow, red circle to go
to all the settings for your slide show
Once
you have arrived here you have many options and
your iTunes
Library is there too, now you find
your sound track which you have created only minutes
before, select it go through your slide show settings
and your done. Your own sound with a cool
Aperture
2 slideshow created on the road.
Of course you can always prepare some music at Home
and later use it for your Aperture Slideshow, I have
created my own tracks when traveling and the weather
was bad, spend my time in the hotel room, mixing
sound tracks in GarageBand... but at least I had some
fun.
APERTURE 2 Tip...iPhoto Library and Aperture 2.1 how well do they work together? Real well...& so useful if you started in iPhoto and switched to Aperture 2...iLike...or is it iLife.
Before the arrival of Aperture some of us used iPhoto but found it had its limitation… now you installed Aperture 2 and keep going back to iPhoto for these older images…Yes?
No need… you stay in Aperture and have access to all your iPhoto images and can leave them there, no need for importing all the high-end stuff, no more switching back and forth.
As a matter of fact you can do this not only with iPhoto but also with your images stored on your external drives from years ago as mention in one of my earlier blogs.
Now back to iPhoto and Aperture 2, because of the integration everything works just so smooth and the cool part is staying in one software instead open up half a dozen or so…
Check out the screen shot below for more details, so there you have it, full access to your iPhoto Library.
I normally use my iPhoto Library for my Blogs and personal images like the kids and family and use Aperture 2 for my Pro stuff, keeping them separate. The choice is yours how you like to manage your images, it is easy to import your complete iPhoto Library and use Aperture 2.1 working with one software.
That is why I love Aperture…given YOU the choice.
A little tip... if you have mixed up your personal images with some others but like to separate them, import the iPhoto Library into Aperture, once that is done delete all the personal images in Aperture and your images are organized, dont worry your personal images are still in the iPhoto Library since you selected in the import panel leave in current location.
Now you can go back to iPhoto and delete the non personal images...
I call this a real spring clean.
GD

Go to
File in Aperture
2 scroll
down and select Import
then
Import iPhoto Library, make sure you
select leave images
in their
current location.
Aperture
automatically creates a new Folder
(see the
red square on the screenshot)
containing your complete iPhoto Library,
Depends on how many images
you have stored in your iPhoto
Library this could take some time
since Aperture
2 creates
Thumbnails and Previews.

This is a screen shot of my iPhoto Library and you
can see (I selected the underwater images) they are
now in my Aperture Library.
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website @
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/home.html
APERTURE 2 Tip...where do I find my Camera info...this is nice if You like to compare DATA...very cool & not only for the Pro's...
A cool
little Aperture 2 Tip...
Where
do you find at a push of a button YOUR Camera Info
when you like to compare your shots after the shoot
in Aperture
2.1
See the provided screen shot below, the small drop
down menu (small
red circle) is where you find
...Show and
Hide Camera & Color info...the
red
oval shows you the data, you
have to be in the adjustment mode/panel.
This is very useful when comparing shots, what might
have gone wrong or right...You can also move your
Cursor over the image to get the color Value in
between the images, the grey area will show you the
Camera info. Play around and you find this is a very
useful addition in Aperture
2.
You can also move your cursor over your Thumbnails...
for those of you who are still in the early stage of
Photography this command is great for analyzing your
images quickly.
Try it out and have some fun...Aperture is not only
great for the Pro's but it can help you to take
better images by quickly finding out what went wrong
or right.
GD
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Deichmann's website @
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/home.html
TROUBLE SHOOTING & TRAINING at the POWER MAC CENTER Manila Philippines...the Dates & Topics
You
are cordially invited to attend our 6pm-7pm
FREE
MAC Training for the
month of May
at the Power Mac Training Center,
Level 2 Greenbelt 3,
Ayala Center, Makati.
For all Mac and non Mac
users...feel like switching? Why not!
Check out the Training Center at the Power Mac Center
In Makati.
Recommended by Gunther Deichmann a certified Apple
Trainer
for Aperture he is also on the Apple Aperture
Advisory Board.
Visit his website @ http://www.deichmann-photo.com/home.html
Click on the image
for your
Registration at the POWER MAC
CENTER
MAC
TOPICS:
May 6- Mac OS X.5 Leopard Basic
May 13- Mac OS X.5 Leopard Advanced
May 15-iWork (Pages & Keynote)
May 17-iLife '08 Basic (iPhoto, iMovie &
GarageBand)
May 20- Automator & AppleScript
May 22 - Movie Editing Using Final Cut Pro
May 24- Troubleshooting Your Mac
May 27-TAB Animation for Kids
May 29-Switchers 101 (From PC to Mac)
Check out our Training Calendar website for more info
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One-on-One Tutorial/ Group Training/ Venue Rental)
http://www.powermaccenter.com/training.php
TROUBLE SHOOTING…an issue with OUTLOOK (PC) & MAIL (MAC) more likely on the PC…how to fix this little but annoying problem…very simple… YOUR Signature creates this glitch.
With a little help from my friends…they all chipped in to solve this issue.

© Gunther Deichmann - Communication...Hong Kong, for
more
stock images visit GD PhotoShelter Archive, click on
the image
or this link: http://www.photoshelter.com/c/gdeichmann
Solving
a problem can be fun or frustrating…nothing to do
with
Aperture
2, Plug-ins or Photography this time, but with
Communication…
an
issue between Outlook and Mail… PC verses MAC
&
why I am
not surprised.
It
all started when
some of my friends complained having problems
replying to my e-mails, they wrote back and said
their Outlook started to freeze upon hitting the
reply button and could only reply by open OUTLOOK
again creating a new message. A persisting and
re-occurring problem for quiet some time with a few
of my good buddies who are using PC's
After a few weeks and some investigation we have
solved the problem… NO
VIRUS in
my system! Remember… I am using Mac…but they also had
no virus on their system.
So where was this little glitch…nothing major but I
understand a little annoying for some, they had to
re-boot when replying to my mail…no need for
re-booting on a Mac.
Do I rub it in again? Well just a little…cant help
myself, he, he.
We run some tests and found out this happens only
with Outlook upon replying to my mail, Outlook did
not like my SIGNATURE on my outgoing mail.
(I have
a couple of Logos on it)
Problem
solved, when I send e-mails now and I know they are
using Outlook I just remove my Signature and that
works, or you need to switch my emails to plain text
when replying because it is the html in the
SIGNATURE that creates this problem.
There you have it, nothing major just annoying for my
friends…not for me.
Problem is fixed…and we all smiles
again.
Visit
my Website @ http://www.deichmann-photo.com/home.html
GD
A personal view on all these NEW PLUG-INS for APERTURE 2.1...do we really need them all & how useful are they...plus a little workflow.

A straight shot...believe it or not, but very true.
I only applied the Raw conversion & a little
sharpening.
© Gunther Deichmann - looking out of my Hotel Window
in
Mumbai India April 2008 for the latest images on
India visit
my PhotoShelter Archives, click on the image or the
link below:
http://www.photoshelter.com/c/gdeichmann
Below
excerpts from the Aperture Users Professional Network
a great site for all the latest technical information
on Aperture.
http://www.apertureprofessional.com/
Tiffen's
the newest player to release an effect plug-in for
Aperture, Tiffen Dfx. The Tiffen Dfx software
simulates and replicates digitally the effects that
Tiffen filters can create, plus much more…
I
am excited? Yes? No?
Ok some of you might love
these plug-ins and there is really nothing wrong with
it but for me…filters and some others in the pipeline
are not much use to me.
I am a Photojournalist/Travel Photographer, I like my
images the way I saw them…even before the digital age
I have never used any filters, the only thing I do
now is remove the odd sensor dust, cropping and
straightening and of course the great
black &
white conversion. I do rely on the
RAW Image conversions and adjust the exposure a bit
at times, very minor tweaks... plus some sharpening
which all the Digital Cameras need...some more than
others.
I am not a Photoshop guy who enhances the images… no
need before, why now…but I love the ability to export
my files direct from within Aperture
2 to
my PhotoShelter
archives
and PhotoShelter
Collection, the latest plug in is very
cool, plus I can create a nice .Mac Web
Gallery,
(not a plug-in) one of my favorites…I call it
“show
and tell the client.”
View some of my images before the digital age shot on
Kodachrome 25 @ http://www.deichmann-photo.com/australia.html
These are the things I love more than anything…lets
take PhotoShelter
as an example I
have the ability to upload my images from just about
any location provided I have a connection, not only
having the possibility of a sale but just for safe
keeping in a different location, it is just like
another backup system & you know how important
that is.
OK. for our studio guys and commercial Photographers
some of these plug-ins are a welcome new addition
to Aperture
2.1 and
some of them come in very handy for sure, making the
job so much more efficient and easy but for me
filters and other new plug-ins are not much of an
advantage, I like to spend more time in the field.
However
a noise reduction plug-in would be nice, even for me,
I think Nic Software is working on it
now.
Aperture
2 has
much bigger advantages for me…being so
integrated
and the
management of images is out of this world plus the
speed and flexibility.
In the end it is your choice what you like or need,
with Aperture
2.1 you
have all the options for a variety of Jobs and that
is just so great.
GD
More new plug-ins for APERTURE 2.1…this time from PhotoShelter the easy way of uploading and meeting deadlines for Magazines & editors…plus MUMBAI INDIA is ready for viewing on the PhotoShelter archives now…the Journey continues.

©
Gunther Deichmann- a swoosh of color moving across
the camera...
small market area in central Mumbai, India, April
2008
On
the road again”…Woodstock…the Boggie…remember that
cool Blues song from Canned Heat, still one of my
favorites…and since I am on the road a lot, I guess
this blog is very
appropriate….
More
plug-ins arriving… the latest one is from
PhotoShelter (see the screenshot
below) an update from their
earlier version but now perfect and improved
for Aperture
2.1 this
has always been a great edition in Aperture since I
have joined PhotoShelter,
if you remember PhotoShelter
was one of the
very first plug –ins for Aperture 1.5.
I have already tested this new plug-in… very nice, it
even tells you if you have made a mistake e.g. forgot
to convert your black & white image
(Grayscale)
to RGB, and be honest we all make these little
mistakes sometimes, these guys are getting very
clever out there, taken all the thinking away from
us, well almost.
When you on the road as much as I am this plug-in
comes in very handy, no matter where you are you can
upload your images direct from within Aperture, don’t
I have mention this before…never leaving the program.
Hmmm…
Super cool and very important, you never know when
you capture this great shot and need to get it out
there, always connected.
Take for instance my last Journey from Mumbai in
India and then straight to Boracay… the latest Images
from India are already on my PhotoShelter
Collection…just waiting for the
editors now. The same images are also now available
on my
PhotoShelter
Archives and if you don’t believe
me…then check out link below and go to the Archive
and India is there, soon to follow is Boracay in
the Philippines.
The link… and on the road again…soon!
It is the
yellow one... Yellow brick road...reminds
me of another song.
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/stock.html

©
Gunther Deichmann- the amazing architecture
at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai India, April
2008
Oh,
I almost forgot, I just prepared a story on the horse
racing festival in Tibet shot in 2006 for my book
Journey through Color and Time for the Asian
Geographic Magazine. They needed a good choice of
images so I prepared them in one of my
favorite…the Web Gallery
in Aperture 2…with password, username…
the works ready for the selection and once they have
chosen from the low res. images I just upload the
high res. ones, given the editor a good broad
selection for the article, not missing out on
anything plus all my caption and info is done and not
having them to do twice… so simple all with
Aperture
2.1
Hey,
and DON'T
FORGET TO BOOGIE...
GD
Screenshot
of the NEW
PhotoShelter plug-in
for Aperture
2.1
I have
marked the area with a red
oval where
you can check if
there is a problem with your images.
From Mumbai in India to Aperture 2.1 plug-ins... they are on the way...one of the first from Nic Software...Viveza is available in May 2008...plus Sam's Tours Digital Photo Center in Palau exposed in Scuba Diving Magazine
©
Gunther Deichmann - wall decor at the Boracay
Mandarin Spa, Boracay Philippines
2008
©
Gunther Deichmann - having fun...
Parasailing in Boracay Philippines
2008

© Gunther
Deichmann - Kites at Boracay's White beach just out
side from the Boracay Mandarin Hotel Resort,
Philippines 2008
But
now to these new plug-ins...
The interesting part for
all these new plug- ins will be for our underwater
photographers in due time...some of whom still using
Photoshop to tweak some colors which can be difficult
for underwater landscapes. Remember when I set up
the Digital
Photo Center for Sam's Tours in
Palau, (check the previous
blogs for details) I have heard only yesterday that
everything is running very smooth.
The Wi-Fi connections we installed running cool, not
to mention the iMac upgrades and training of the
staff on Leopard and Aperture,
I guess all of this would not have been possible
without the investment from Sam Scott and the
incredible input and advise from Dermot Keane the GM
at Sam's Tours.
_________________________________________
Sam's
Tours has just been featured recently in the Scuba
Diving Magazine online Bottoms Time, see the
screenshot below.


Click on the image and go direct to
the Digital Photo Center
Press
release from the Scuba Diving
magazine:
ALL
- NEW DIGITAL PHOTO CENTER AT SAM'S TOURS IN
PALAU
Sam's
Tours' all new
Digital Photo Center
is fully
equipped to cater to digital photographers of all
interest levels, from those with handy
point-and-shoot cameras to the most demanding
digital photographers shooting in RAW format.
Their six top-of-the-line Apple iMac workstations
are loaded with terabytes and terabytes of
storage, archiving and secure data backup systems,
lots of RAM, and completely optimized for digital
imaging with Apple Aperture
2 image management
software, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Bridge, Toast,
and topped off with DSL Wi-Fi internet
access. No other photo
center in Palau comes near!
Plus, you can rent new Canon SD850 Digital Cameras
and Canon ZR830 Digital Minicams with underwater
housings. Other camera-friendly improvements include
an expanded "dry zone" for Camera Preparation and
Charging and a new Camera Drying Station complete
with towels and compressed air for post-rinsing
camera care.
________________________________________
What
has all of this to do with the new plug-ins? Actually
a lot...more capabilities on one system soon...I
guess to go with the iMacs and Aperture
at Sam's
Tours was the right decision, check it out the next
time you in Palau and dont forget your Camera for
these incredible shots above and below the waves.
GD
Nic software has just
announced the availability of one of the first Plug
-ins for Aperture
2.1 in May 2008. For those
of you who are interested in all these new plug ins
stay tuned as soon more become available I be
announcing them.
Exciting times ahead for some of you, soon you be
able to stay even longer in Aperture
2.1 without switching back
and forth or open Photoshop.
Click
on the images below for a direct link to Nic software
and a detail description of their products.
GD
Available
in May, 2008, Viveza will also be
compatible with Apple
Aperture
2 to
enable direct on-image editing, with the most
powerful and precise tool available to selectively
control light and color in photographic images. For
the first time, corrections and enhancements can be
made quickly and easily without the need to create
complicated selections or layer masks, providing
selective editing control within Aperture.
From black & white images…back to color… more images from India after the Aperture 2 event… roaming the streets in Mumbai and venturing towards Goa one afternoon.

© Gunther Deichmann - early morning in the Mumbai
Railway station...
I just love color and
movement.
© Gunther
Deichmann - early morning rush hour
in the Mumbai Railway station.

© Gunther Deichmann - light and shadow on the road
near Bollywood in Mumbai
I guess I did fall in love with the colors of Mumbai
and India and like to share just a few more images
with you before changing the subject… don’t worry a
selection of images will be shortly on my Site
(http://www.deichmann-photo.com/)
the
PhotoShelter
Archive and the PhotoShelter
Collection (http://www.deichmann-photo.com/stock.html)
but I have to
catch up first with a lot of editing, paperwork
and prepare for my next trip to Bali in Indonesia
now.
I guess you have to stay tuned for the announcement…
it wont be that long.
© Gunther Deichmann - amazing story telling decor in
the
lobby area at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in
Mumbai
© Gunther
Deichmann - the colors
of Mumbai

© Gunther Deichmann -
just along the road
central Mumbai
Aperture
certainly made
my life a lot easier these past few weeks…from the
extreme F1 Grand Prix in Sepang Malaysia where I
joined
Marlon Stockinger
on his
Formula BMW debut, remember the fast anf
furious…to Mumbai India for the Apple
Aperture World Tour and then straight to
Boracay Island in the Philippines for a commercial
shoot, it has been non stop and thousands of
images later, a few hectic weeks have gone by.
© Gunther Deichmann - "catching the color"
near the Mumbai Railway station
© Gunther Deichmann - happy faces even
with a heavy load...

© Gunther Deichmann - the two images above... late
afternoon along the road from Mumbai to Goa, women
carrying bricks at a small building site, these clay
bricks are manufactured right on site hence the dust
and smoke from the nearby brick
furnace.
If you are a photographer and shoot a lot of images
then Aperture is the solution not only of its editing
and management capabilities but the integration with
the Mac…editing has become fun again…not to mention
the new plug-ins soon available with
Aperture 2.1
( click this link for more
info)
For me who is constantly on the road it is the
ultimate software my “Road Warrior”
fast and efficient, Aperture 1 was the missing link
in Photography but now with Aperture
2.1 Apple
has set a standard for the workflow after the shoot
and with an amazing image management system.
… enjoy the images, thanks to Aperture
I managed to get
them out very fast, now I can concentrate on my next
trip creating images and not having to worry how I am
going to edit them quickly and efficient.
GD
Mumbai India...the view from the car window continues...how to create cool looking Black & White images with Aperture 2.1
The
view from my car window continues ...
but in Black & White.

©
Gunther Deichmann - a street vendor in Mumbai selling
a variety of books, no other comments
needed...
A
few more images
from my road trip in Mumbai India...the view from the
car window continues but in Black & White.
You all know I am very much of a color person and
never shoot much in Black & White, maybe changing
film before became a bit of a hassle or carrying the
extra camera around... I have been in color all my
life...

© Gunther
Deichmann - she is so
happy...

© Gunther Deichmann - A proud Mumbai taxi
driver...
However on these rare occasion I do shoot Black
&White and sometimes it looks even better... more
down to earth and real...no need to carry a second or
third camera around with you, Aperture
2 can do
all of this after the shoot and the nice part
is...you still have the original color images after
the conversion.

© Gunther
Deichmann - Think!
The
sad side...
I have encountered this scene not only in India but
just about everywhere
else I have traveled...no need for additional
comments...

© Gunther Deichmann - just another view from my car
window...
All
you have to do is... go to the Monochrome
Mixer in the Adjustments Panel and there you find all you
need including these color filters we used to use
during the old days in front of the lens.
No... I dont call this manipulation in the
Computer... remember you are not in Photoshop...this
is just like the old fashion darkroom... even before
I converted some slides into a Black & White
image in the darkroom... nothing new except is has
become a lot easier and remember it is the image you
created in the first place that will leave a lasting
impression.
I LOVE
COLOR but
sometime Black & White is beautiful too and I am
by no means against it, I love good Black & White
images and it is so great that we still can do this
today except for all these chemicals, I guess if you
look at it this way, Aperture
is very much
environmental friendly.
GD
Some Images after the Aperture event in Mumbai India... plus a 12 hour stop over via Manila before hitting the famous Boracay Beach in the Philippines for some commercial photography...
The brief stop over in Manila just gave me enough time to say hi and bye to my family, a change of underpants and enough time for a good cup of Coffee before hitting the road again…from one extreme to another, contrast and color along the road but having Aperture 2 in my “suitcase” makes my life a lot easier these days.
This blog is long overdue…but I just came back from this tropical Island called Boracay in the Philippines…also a long overdue shoot due to bad weather before.
Lets go back only a few days when I traveled to Mumbai in India for the Apple Aperture World Tour…for more details see my previous blogs.
I roamed the streets for a few days after the Aperture event in Mumbai and decided to shoot some images just from the car window, easy to do since the traffic is slow and you be amazed what you can capture…see below only some examples.
The
view from my car window...



© Gunther Deichmann - all the images above are from
my recent trip to
Mumbai India, they have been taken from the car while
traveling
through out the Mumbai area, I always wanted to
create some images
from the car without leaving it. Mumbai was a perfect
place to do this with
it's slow moving traffic in the late
afternoon.
More
on my main website very soon… but now to Boracay… a
commercial shoot but I decided to show you today
something a bit different…low light, color and
movement these images where taken in between the
commercial shoot when ever I had the time.
I am back for a month now and catch up with some long
overdue blogs and more on Aperture 2 or
should I say Aperture 2.1
©
Gunther Deichmann - Getting ready for Parasailing in
Boracay,
Philippines, April 2008
©
Gunther Deichmann - catching the last "wave" and
light, Boracay Beach,
Philippines, April 2008

©
Gunther Deichmann - late afternoon colors and kites
on
Boracay's famous White Beach, Philippines, April 2008
It
has proven again and again that without Aperture I be
spending to much time after the shoot... another 3000
plus Images just from the Boracay trip and I am
almost done with my editing and I just walked into
the door this morning, I might mention briefly again
the new feature during import…do not import
duplicates I keep this activated all the time now,
silly me mixed up some CF Cards again but hence this
very useful new Feature in Aperture
2 no
problems.
Now enjoy the Images…more frequent and very
interesting blogs are on the way or visit Gunther
Deichmann's website @ http://www.deichmann-photo.com/
GD
Aperture World Tour, the event in Mumbai India...Aperture 2...great people & so much contrast and color...the Journey continues...
Extremes & contrast...Mumbai
India

© Gunther Deichmann - Mumbai India, April 2,
2008
A very big thank you to
Mumbai in India for the incredible hospitality, the
people and the amazing colors around me and of course
the great food.
Yes you have guessed right the
Apple
Aperture event in Mumbai is completed and I am
hanging around for a few extra days and realized that
I should have come to India a lot sooner.
The Journey continues through Color and Time... or
more like contrast and extremes I have encountered
the last few days and as you all know... I love
contrast!
Thanks to the Apple Aperture team for having me on
board and my special thanks to all the wonderful
people I have met during the event and on the road.
See below some images from the Apple Aperture event
and in the coming days I feature some images from my
few days in and around Mumabi, yes
Aperture
2 came again very handy,
since the event I have shot some 1800 images in just
a few days, it really helps to have a
Road
Warrior like Aperture around.

Sam Leung - Product Marketing Manager Asia Pacific
introduction into Aperture
at the
Grand Hyatt Hotel
in Mumbai India, April 1st.
2008
The only drawback since the digital age and the
arrival of Aperture is that I get less sleep... in
the old days you just marked your rolls of film and
went to bed, but now you upload them and start
editing right away...well do I get carried away, my
fault...

Gunther Deichmann - during his talk about photography
on the road and after the shoot workflow.

Sam Leung - Product Marketing Manager Asia Pacific
during the Aperture Product demonstration at the
Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai India, April 1st.
2008

A full house, the
delegates at the Grand Hyatt Hotel...
Gunther Deichmann - during his talk about photography
on the road and after the shoot workflow.

The delegates at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai,
India, April 1st. 2008
Anyway with Aperture
2.1 at least it is quick
and very efficient not like before spending hours on
end in Photoshop, now I can get some sleep which
reminds me I have to hit the sheets soon. Sorry for
the delay of this Blog from Mumbai, but I hope you
understand that I rather shoot and create images then
writing all night long... there is just to much
contrast and color around me at the moment.
Dont worry the blogs keep flowing again as soon I am
back in Manila... with some more new and helpful
information about Aperture
2.1
from Mumbai India...GD
Late breaking NEWS… Aperture 2.1 just released… with amazing new features for photographers & soon in Mumbai, India for the Aperture World Tour.
Aperture
2.1 is red hot...

© Gunther Deichmann - red hot
chillis
The
land of super Curry and red hot chilli peppers is
near… Aperture
2 in
Mumbai India on the 1st
of April
2008. As
mention in my previous blog I try to give you an
insight direct from the location, lets cross our
fingers and hope the connection is Ok., until soon.
Marlon Stockingers website, the Photo Gallery and
front page has now been updated with the latest
images from the F1 Grand Prix and the Formula BMW in
Sepang, see Marlon in action...
@ http://www.marlonstockinger.com/gallery.html
GD
Aperture
2.1 updates
various features of the application and addresses
issues related to performance and overall stability.
The updates include the following and I guess a lot
more test driving on the road, you just have to stay
tuned.
.
Dodge & Burn Plug-in.
A sample plug-in
is pre-installed, taking advantage of the Edit API
introduced in Aperture
2.0. The
plug-in adds brush-based tools for Dodge (Lighten),
Burn (Darken), Contrast, Saturation, Sharpen and
Blur.
.
Customize Default Adjustment
Set.
You can now
specify which adjustments appear by default in the
Adjustments Inspector/HUD.
.
Updated Crop Tool.
A simplified UI
makes it easier to preserve an image's original
aspect ratio, match the aspect ratio of your display,
or use one of the standard preset aspect ratios.
.
Sorting in All Projects
View.
A contextual
menu allows you to sort the All Projects view in
ascending or descending date order.
.
Show on Map.
A contextual
menu allows you to choose the Show on Map by
right-clicking (or Control-clicking) on an image that
contains GPS data.
.
Access to Toolbar on Second
Display.
When using
multiple displays in Full Screen mode, the Full
Screen toolbar is now accessible on a second display.
.
"Snapshots" book theme.
This additional
theme includes new "photo border" frames in which to
place images.
.
Flip Images.
You can now flip
images horizontally or vertically within Aperture.
.
Vignette.
The range of
gamma and exposure settings available has been
expanded.
.
Save Books as JPEG or TIFF
images.
Automator
actions have been added to Save as PDF pop-up menu in
the Print Book window to automatically generate JPEG
or TIFF images from book pages.
.
Update EXIF from Master.
This command
allows Aperture to reread EXIF from a master images
after they have been imported.
.
Extended AppleScript
support.
The "Reveal"
verb in the AppleScript dictionary has been extended
to include containers such as projects and albums.
The update includes fixes
that impact the a number of areas, including:
.
Image import
. Image migration
. Erasing memory cards after import
. Quick Preview
. Batch Change
. Auto-stacking
. All Projects view
. Tooltips
. Smart Albums
. Tethering
. Adjustments inspector
. Viewer
. Loupe
. White Balance
. Definition
. Lift & Stamp
. Handling of externally edited images
. Reconnecting referenced files
. Keyboard customization
. Deleting images
. Metadata presets
. Book themes
. Borderless printing
. Web Page/Web Journal export
. Exporting versions
. Export Plug-in support
. AppleScript support
For further information
about this update, see Late-Breaking News
About Aperture
2,
available at http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Aperture_2.0_lbn_z.pdf
The
Aperture 2.1 Update is recommended for all Aperture 2
users.
Late News...Aperture World Tour... in Asia, Singapore-Hong Kong-Taiwan & India 2008
Aperture World Tour
2008
Countries and
Dates
Singapore March 12 -
Hong Kong March 20 - Taiwan March 27 -
India (Mumbai) April
1
Join
the Tour
Beginning in February,
Apple takes Aperture 2 on tour around the world. Join
us and enjoy a close look at the next generation of
Apple’s powerful photo editing and management
software.
With its simplified user interface, Aperture 2 is
easy enough for any photographer to pick up and use.
Intuitive and accessible, it brings a variety of new
interface features that members of Apple’s pro photo
marketing team will demonstrate, including:
* A new All-in-one Inspector
* Viewer Only mode
* Quick Preview mode
* Project skimming in All Projects view
This free, two-hour seminar explores all of the top
features in Aperture 2, our invited professional
photographer’s workflow and an introduction of
Canon’s latest camera.
Agenda
* Discover Aperture 2 - by Sam Leung
* Using Aperture on Assignment - by Gunther Deichmann
* Canon Digital Imaging Solution - by Canon
For more details and venues click on the image above
or this link: http://www.apple.co.in/aperture/tour/





