Aperture

PW Assignment – Edit her photo

October 13, 2010
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The Pioneer Woman challenged her readers to edit a photo she took. This is her original photo: And here is my edit: All I did was crop the photo and boost the color, change the curve of color, adjusted the hot and cold areas. I didn’t do much. I tried to add a warm layer [...]

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Sunset Thunderstorm

June 7, 2010
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Last night the Salt Lake Valley had a short burst of a thunderstorm.  As I looked out my window, I noticed this beautiful diffused golden light, as can only happen with the sunset and clouds.  I grabbed my camera and took some quick shots before my camera got too wet.  Here are the views.  I [...]

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I succumbed and bought . . . .

March 31, 2010

Okay, okay, I just couldn’t help myself.  I was looking at all the new things that Aperture 3 has and I bought it.  Well . . . the upgrade. I was going through the website and looking at all the changes they were making, when this caught my eye – What?!  200 + new features. [...]

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Black and White Filters

March 25, 2010

Apple recently released Aperture 3.  I’ve been debating about buying the upgrade or not.  (In reality, I know I will buy the upgrade, but I’m just waiting for a good time.)  So, in the mean time, I’ve been looking at the differences.  One of the changes in the new version is that you can apply [...]

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Saturation and Vibrancy

March 12, 2010

Recently, I have only been using saturation and vibrancy to edit the photo’s that I take.  I have found that making these two, very small adjustments in Aperture 2 is not only easy, but quick.  For a while I would choose a color to boost individually, but doing it this way makes every color “come [...]

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Fall Leaves: Adjusting Color in Aperture 2

November 11, 2009

So, I wanted to take some pictures of fall leaves a few weekends ago, but it rained and then hailed.  I went out the next week, but the leaves in the canyon were all gone.  Sigh   I decided instead to try and find some good fall leaves in the neighborhoods around my house.  I [...]

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Editing Exposure and Color in Aperture 2

November 9, 2009

I have officially started learning how to use my fancy camera and my new fancy photo editing software.  I am a dedicated Mac user and therefore, I have decided to use their photo editing software Aperture 2 to edit my photos.  It is instinctive for me.  I have tried using Photoshop, but it doesn’t seem [...]

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