Ok, so I actually got my hands on a piece of glass, expensive glass. And when I say glass I don’t mean a lens. On the contrary, you need a lens to use this. I actually bought a Lee Filter, and they definitely do not come cheap.
Time to make a no bullsh*t list of photgrapher’s apps that work on Lion to see if you should upgrade.
Ok, with the release of Mac OS X Lion (10.7) a lot of things have changed. Officially Apple stopped Rosetta for example. The application that allowed you to run PPC binaries still. Also a lot fo the OS now runs 64bit and some features and enhancements have been added. Since we have had ample time to get the applications ready, let’s see what actually works in the final retail.
So, I am runninf Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) and going through the features and new small but powerful enhancements of the OS when around every corner you discover something new. While these features listed below are great for every day use, they are especially great for photographers and make things easier to work, compare and immerse yourself in your workflow.
With Aperture 3 supporting presets and with the Nikon D7000 being such a spectacular camera, I decided to use Nikon Capture NX, download a couple of RAW files and adjust aperture on the same monitor until they matched. Aperture’s import of Nikon, especially D7000 RAWs leave much to be desired in terms of color, sharpness etc. This preset file, when applied during import will bring the colors and sharpness to a level where they are close to what you saw when you took the photo.
A lot of people seem to think that portraits are very hard and that you need a lot of studio lights to make them look good. Well here is an easy way to make really nice portraits with just your DSLR and a “portrait” lens. For portraits, light is the most important ingredient and it is the one thing that mother nature gives us plenty during the day.