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The View from my Car Window continuous…a very different perspective, frustrating but rewarding Photography…edited in Aperture 2 and exported to PhotoShelter never leaving Aperture, sounds familiar…
Aperture has just been updated to 2.1.1
Apple has just released Aperture 2.1.1, and update to the program that "supports general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of minor issues."
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Sometimes we don’t realize what is around us when we travel by car… traveling to meetings or other appointments, visiting friends or family members. In short we spend a lot of time in our vehicles, trains, busses etc.
Shooting from your car window…glued to your seat never leaving the car, of course you have to have a Driver or go by Taxi. This can be challenging but also rewarding a very different perspective from the car window… you might remember I did something similar in Mumbai, India.
I had to discipline myself not to jump out of the car at times, but then that was the whole Idea in the first place, and I am not finish yet by all means…a lot more to come.
Not easy… moving, your view been blocked by other vehicles when you just about to press the shutter, trucks pull along side of you, or you have to stop at a red traffic light… see something and then of course comes Green, oh no… missed that one too.
We see these images every day as we drive to work or go to meetings, never realizing what is around us since we have to pay attention to the traffic. But as a passenger or with a driver you can create some amazing images, of course you have to bring your Camera along to the Board meeting… “A word of advice don’t try this, if you driving the car this could lead to major traffic jams and crashes…”
For more on the “The View from the Car Window” go my PhotoShelter Archive there you find images from Mumbai, India and Manila, Philippines.
PS.
All images have been taken with out ever leaving the car, edited in Aperture 2.1 then exported direct to PhotoShelter using the Plug-in from PhotoShelter never leaving Aperture. In other words I was “glued” to my car seat and also to my seat in front of my Mac BookPro using Aperture 2.1.1 now if that is not a coincident, then I don’t know.
GD
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