I was recently directed to a great site Digital Photography Review. The site provides very good information about all sorts of digital cameras with the ability to do comparisons. The forums seem to be very active and the users seem to be very helpful.

Well, I made my decision. After spending hours working with both Apple's Aperture and Adobe's Lightroom I have made my choice. I will be using Adobe's Lightroom. In the end, I thought they were both good applications and reasonably priced (both at $299.00).

In the end there were just a couple things I preferred about Lightroom.
1. More resources created and published by users / photographers.
2. Better integration with other software I use (Adobe Creative Suite 3)
3. Available for both mac and pc.
4. Slightly more advanced output support within... [More]

It is again time to give the guys over at wordpress praise. I just did the upgrade from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 and as usual, it went off without a hitch. I love how both the little upgrades and the major upgrades are always easy, stable and reliable.

After looking at Apple's Aperture it is time to take a closer look at the Adobe alternative Lightroom.

Out of the gate Lightroom offers a potentially significant advantage over other photography applications, both Mac and Windows versions are supported. Though for many people in the professional world, this may not be an advantage I suspect there are plenty of amateurs out there who have not plunked down the money for a Mac.

Overall the interface is good and very usable. Across the top of the screen clearly lists the modules / sections of the applica... [More]

I have recently been looking at applications specifically suited as resources for digital photography. I am currently looking at Apple's Aperture.

Overall this looks like a good application with a lot of capabilities. At a glance the management of photos is a little confusing. Library, Albums, Projects, Light Tables, etc. it was a bit unclear at the beginning where files should be, where masters versus versions are, duplication of resources, etc. In the end, once you read through the guides, it will all make much more sense.

Photo editing is a little weak. I like how versions are managed and originals are never altered and ... [More]