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The "Desktops" section is now available. Aaron Linville and I still have some tweaking to do to the resizer/watermarker script, and we'd still like to iron out some image quality issues, but it "works" in that images are served at the size you request and properly watermarked.
If you like what you see, consider donating a [...]

My friend Josh has released Lightbox XMP, which he describes as "an export plugin for Aperture tool that allows you to export XMP information, beyond what Aperture provides automatically, with your images." LXMP can export referenced master sidecars, export sidecars, export images and sidecars, and embed the XMP or export both sidecars and images with [...]

You know, shooting irons isn't so bad. But I'm having a heckuva time getting good shots of drivers, fairway woods, and hybrids. They tend to feature large expanses of curved shiny metal. What isn't highly reflective metal is often highly reflective black paint instead.
I'm trying a lot of different things, but I'm fairly certain I'm [...]

I went to Presque Isle's beach 6 last night in the hopes of seeing a sunset as spectacular as the one I saw on Wednesday while driving to the Y. The thing about taking pictures of sunsets is that, given at least somewhat favorable conditions, you just have to show up and see what happens. [...]

I'd like to begin offering some of the photos I've taken in the new "Desktops" section (see tabs at the top). Currently I'd plan to offer the following sizes:
4:3 Ratio 8:5 (Wide) Ratio
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A sign up form is now available at udslr.com if you're interested in receiving updates. Current plans are to send only one update and to deliver future updates at the UDSLR site itself.
If the logo hasn't clued you in, the general idea is "University" of "DSLR."
I still slightly prefer the original idea - "DSLRU.com" - [...]

I'm waiting quite awhile for the Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW to arrive at either Dodd Camera or Van Tuil. Van Tuil today gave me a line about "it's a new bag, did you know that? They're not shipping them until mid-April." Uhm, what? Huh?
I'd just order from B&H - again - except that I'd like [...]

Spring must be here. Right? I golfed today, it reached about 76°F, and flowers are blooming. That must mean it's spring, right?
Here are some crocus shots I took in about six minutes in the front yard. Used the 24-70 at 70mm, changed the aperture from f/2.8 to f/11 to see how different the changes would [...]

Looking forward to some warmer temperatures (highs in the low 60s were predicted today), Carey and I ventured out at about 11am to Presque Isle. I threw my camera in the car with the 70-200 and the 24-70. When I get my bag, I'll likely just take everything. It was 50° in the garage, 42° [...]

After attending the Pens game last Friday, Carey and I went to visit my grandma in Bedford. The primary reason was so that I could take pictures of her for her 80th birthday. The family is throwing a little party in late April for the occasion.
I took several pictures, and had only two real shots [...]

Here is my Aperture 2.0 wishlist. I've tried to limit this to features I think we could see.

Improved performance. I still have to quit most of my apps (especially Safari) if I don't want minutes of stalling and disk-thrashing. And this is a Mac Pro with a Radeon x1900 with 5 GB RAM.
A more widely [...]

In an attempt to learn a little more about my camera the other day, I took some pictures of my yard. I didn't really have a goal in mind - just to try to take some interesting pictures in what was basically a very dead yard. It's not yet spring, of course. I constrained myself [...]

Carey and I are attending a Penguins game tomorrow, and try as I might, I can't find the camera policy for Mellon Arena (for Penguins games) at pittsburghpenguins.com.
I called. Point and shoots are fine. No detachable lens cameras. Oh well. At least we have the point and shoot.

Imagine you walk into an engraving store to purchase a silver frame engraved with your name and birth date. Imagine returning a week later. The clerk pulls out ten or twelve other engraved items, all permanently engraved with your name and birth date, and tries to sell these to you at exhorbitant costs. You turn [...]

I still have my Final Cut Pro keyboard, but now a company has come out with an Aperture shortcut keyboard. I'd be tempted to buy it, but $59 for a set of keys alone? $99 for a $29 keyboard (with standard keys, of course). Forget it. I'll make due with the Aperture shortcuts PDF. But [...]