Digital Photography and Artistry

iPhone Version. See Aperture used in this episode in the 3-part set comparing Aperture and Lightroom artistic adjustments to a Tuscany Vineyard morning light. The set shows unique and common adjustment tools in each application, and how they compare and deliver results. This version is also edited tighter and more accurately color corrected.

iPhone Version. Lightroom is used in this third episode of the 3-part set for artistic adjustments to the Tuscany Vineyard in morning light. The set shows unique and common adjustment tools for Lightroom and Aperture, and how they compare and deliver results.

Lightroom is used in this third episode of the 3-part set for artistic adjustments to the Tuscany Vineyard in morning light. The set shows unique and common adjustment tools for Lightroom and Aperture, and how they compare and deliver results.

See Aperture used in this episode in the 3-part set comparing Aperture and Lightroom artistic adjustments to a Tuscany Vineyard morning light. The set shows unique and common adjustment tools in each application, and how they compare and deliver results. If this version will not play on your iPhone or iPod Touch, there is a version 2b compressed that will play well for you.

Three-part set showing Aperture and Lightroom artistic adjustments on an image of a Tuscany Vineyard in the morning light. Shows unique and common adjustment tools in each application, and how they compare and deliver results. Versions for iPhone of longer episodes 2 (Aperture) and 3 (Lightroom).

Why, when and how to add drama and appeal to selected images, using Aperture's vignette tool and adjustments panel. Draws on a photo shoot I did with friends around Boulder Creek, in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. This was in 2006, after a rainy season, and the whole forest was green, wet and mossy.

Starting this series around Aperture is a labor of love for me. In this first episode, I share what I am looking for when I photograph, how I think about my photographic art, and how Aperture supports that creativity. Lots of my images from around North America and the world are used in this episode as illustrations. Future episodes will go into more detail and depth on finding, shooting and creating individual images.

*iPhone version (.m4v). This first iPhoto episode shows a couple of easy but important fine tunes - the value of cropping, and WHY giving the image some subtle enhancements can lift it out of the ordinary. These episodes are more about the WHY, WHAT and WHEN, rather than details of the HOW. There are plenty of excellent videos tutorials by other people on how to use iPhoto features. I want to share a few tips on why, what and when I enhance and adjust certain images.

This first iPhoto episode shows a couple of easy but important fine tunes - the value of cropping, and WHY giving the image some subtle enhancements can lift it out of the ordinary. These episodes are more about the WHY, WHAT and WHEN, rather than details of the HOW. There are plenty of excellent videos tutorials by other people on how to use iPhoto features. I want to share a few tips on why, what and when I enhance and adjust certain images.

Intriguing and elusive imagery from Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, and Goosenecks. Glides on a bed of haunting music. Please share or embed link to file but give credit and do not sell.