Part of the incentive to start shooting more frequently, and
subsequently to start updating this blog on a regular basis, has been the
recent acquisition of the tools needed to store and process the images
captured. I had been working with an old
PC running Windows XP. Even something as
simple as sorting through a large number of images would make it groan from the
effort as its hard drive spun… Yes, it was an excuse not to go out and
shoot. On the flip side, having the right
tools in my hands serves as inspiration that I plan on running with…
Fast forward to the now.
I’m still shooting with my Nikon D40.
Still use the kit lens that came with it, the Nikon 18-55mm
(occasionally), and the Nikon 55-200mm VR (until recently, my go to lens). The Nikon 55-300 VR was added to the mix recently. All have a Clear UV filter on for
protection. I occasionally use a
circular polarizer (rainbows, blue sky, the usual), and I have graduated
neutral density and neutral density filters that I need to become more familiar
with.
For processing and storing images I’m using a 15” MacBook
Pro with Retina Display, running Apple Aperture (release 3.3.2). Despite earlier ranting about the evils of
excessively manipulating digital images, I realize that some tweaking of images
is necessary to fully realize one’s artistic vision, much like film pros used
to process images in the darkroom… All
of my images are now backed-up to 2 Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5 TB external
hard drives and burned to DVD (using an external Apple USB Superdrive).
Let the fun begin...
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