Brett Gross Photography

I just realized that I apparently never posted this. At least I can’t find it… Anyhow, using my Garmin eTrex HCx to navigate our way to and back from The Wave, I was able to use the excellent HoudahGeo to geocode my images. I then used some of those images to build a photographic journal [...]

I’ve been poring through my Aperture library to find my best photos. My goal is to reevaluate everything and start a fresh portfolio. I’ll restitch panoramas, rerender HDRs (probably a lot better) and retouch images. I expect the Dodge & Burn tool will get a lot of use and Noise Ninja has a lot of [...]

Thanks to diligent photographer Will Taylor for discovering a key piece to successfully geotagging images in Aperture post-import: it only ‘sticks’ for exported images if your masters are stored outside of the Aperture Library ie they are Referenced Masters. http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/05/04/how-to-geocode-with-aperture-houdahgeo Thanks Will!

Updated August 18, 2008 (thanks Will!) Geocoding with Aperture before version 2 was almost a non-starter. With the addition of the ‘Update EXIF’ command it is almost too easy. Here are my tips for good geocoding on Mac OS X with Aperture and HoudahGeo. First off, you’ll need a GPS. I recently started using a [...]

The idea of HDR photography should be of interest to any landscape or architectural photographer (and thanks to Wikipedia I don’t have to explain why). I have recently been experimenting with HDR and while I’m still working on my workflow for both single and multiple exposures I thought I’d share a little sample test that [...]

OK, ok I know that it is technically now known as Microsoft Expression Media but I’ll always remember it as iView MediaPro… I firmly believe that iVMP is the single best image cataloging & managing application anywhere, ever. Workflow applications like Apple’s Aperture (which I love) and Adobe’s Lightroom are nowhere near as powerful at [...]