Comments on: Mac-centricity http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mac-centricity photography by Neil van Niekerk Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Howard Owen http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-13864 Howard Owen Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:41:28 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-13864 Glad you like your macs. I was forced to use them in graphic design school and couldn't get away from them fast enough once I was done. Having said that I might one day entertain the notion of trying a new mac, especially now that they have Intel processors and can run the Windows OS... seems like it *could* be the best of both worlds. But for now, I'll continue to be PC. Glad you like your macs. I was forced to use them in graphic design school and couldn’t get away from them fast enough once I was done.

Having said that I might one day entertain the notion of trying a new mac, especially now that they have Intel processors and can run the Windows OS… seems like it *could* be the best of both worlds.

But for now, I’ll continue to be PC.

]]> By: trev http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-13828 trev Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:31:14 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-13828 HI Neil, Did you ever get to try and evaluate Aperture? I did not see any posts you did unless I missed it. Aperture has by far the best 'details ressurector' I have seen. I am PC based at the moment and tried Aperture on a mate's iMac. I am going by whereby I had to shoot a house for a client [already shot his daughter's wedding and he was selling his house], and of course he wanted it done in the 'wrong' time of day, with daylight falling opposite the main features he wanted to show. No amount of talking could convince him to choose another time of day. So I took the shots, and I deliberately opened up the exposure by shooting 2.5 stops over the 'proper' exposure to get more details in the shaded area. It really blew out the white walls in the sun, but I thought I would take several and combine them if need be [camera on tripod]. Opened up the raw in ACR, recovered the highlights, looked pretty good, tried it in LR, same result, then I took the file just for the hell of it to my mate's place [iMac+Aperture] as he's been on my case for years to get a Mac. Well, I was absolutely stunned, the details in the wall that come out were amazing, very easily seen. So I was wondering if you had any chance to compare. Thanks for all the great info on your site btw, even though I and many others here may have been shooting for years, you always learn, and even looking thru some of your older posts, I can see how you have evolved yourself, and the best piece of advice I have ever received is the 'black foamy thingy', used to use white cards to bounce back or sides, but the 'black foam' just makes perfect sense. Trev. HI Neil,

Did you ever get to try and evaluate Aperture?

I did not see any posts you did unless I missed it.

Aperture has by far the best ‘details ressurector’ I have seen. I am PC based at the moment and tried Aperture on a mate’s iMac.

I am going by whereby I had to shoot a house for a client [already shot his daughter's wedding and he was selling his house], and of course he wanted it done in the ‘wrong’ time of day, with daylight falling opposite the main features he wanted to show. No amount of talking could convince him to choose another time of day.

So I took the shots, and I deliberately opened up the exposure by shooting 2.5 stops over the ‘proper’ exposure to get more details in the shaded area. It really blew out the white walls in the sun, but I thought I would take several and combine them if need be [camera on tripod].

Opened up the raw in ACR, recovered the highlights, looked pretty good, tried it in LR, same result, then I took the file just for the hell of it to my mate’s place [iMac+Aperture] as he’s been on my case for years to get a Mac.

Well, I was absolutely stunned, the details in the wall that come out were amazing, very easily seen.

So I was wondering if you had any chance to compare.

Thanks for all the great info on your site btw, even though I and many others here may have been shooting for years, you always learn, and even looking thru some of your older posts, I can see how you have evolved yourself, and the best piece of advice I have ever received is the ‘black foamy thingy’, used to use white cards to bounce back or sides, but the ‘black foam’ just makes perfect sense.

Trev.

]]> By: Neil vN http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-13792 Neil vN Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:33:45 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-13792 <blockquote>Jay ... I don't use iPhoto for anything other than getting images and video clips off my iPhone onto my computer. And I also use it to assemble the slideshow on my iPad. I don't like how iPhoto removes direct control over the images (and their location) away from me. Neil vN</blockquote>

Jay … I don’t use iPhoto for anything other than getting images and video clips off my iPhone onto my computer. And I also use it to assemble the slideshow on my iPad.

I don’t like how iPhoto removes direct control over the images (and their location) away from me.

Neil vN

]]> By: Jay http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-13781 Jay Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:37:42 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-13781 Niel, First I want to say this is great website. My question is about IPHOTO. Are you using it for any part of your workflow or storage. I generally inport my photos directly to IPHOTO and then go from there to LR OR PS for any editing. I have had mixed results with IPHOTO. It has crashed twice and lost all my photos. Forunately I was able to recover them but it has made me very wary of using IPHOTO as one of my storage locations. I back up my images that I have on my website on the hard drive in a file and on a backup storage unit. Jay Niel,
First I want to say this is great website. My question is about IPHOTO. Are you using it for any part of your workflow or storage. I generally inport my photos directly to IPHOTO and then go from there to LR OR PS for any editing. I have had mixed results with IPHOTO. It has crashed twice and lost all my photos. Forunately I was able to recover them but it has made me very wary of using IPHOTO as one of my storage locations. I back up my images that I have on my website on the hard drive in a file and on a backup storage unit.

Jay

]]> By: Anka http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-10683 Anka Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:59:12 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-10683 In photography terms you can look at PC and Mac users as you do JPG users and RAW users. RAW just rules. JPG users don't want to hear the simple solution of changing to RAW, they just want to know how they can fix their ever problematic JPGs. It's only when they change over to RAW that they understand what the fuss was all about! Simple. In photography terms you can look at PC and Mac users as you do JPG users and RAW users. RAW just rules. JPG users don’t want to hear the simple solution of changing to RAW, they just want to know how they can fix their ever problematic JPGs. It’s only when they change over to RAW that they understand what the fuss was all about! Simple.

]]> By: Neil vN http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-5562 Neil vN Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:16:23 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-5562 <blockquote>But how are you going to control your computer? Aside from a wired keyboard and mouse? The wires would make it a cluttered setup again. Neil vN</blockquote>

But how are you going to control your computer?
Aside from a wired keyboard and mouse?

The wires would make it a cluttered setup again.

Neil vN

]]> By: John.B http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-5561 John.B Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:05:42 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-5561 Note that while the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse are "nice to haves", they aren't necessary to run your MBP in clamshell mode. Note that while the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse are “nice to haves”, they aren’t necessary to run your MBP in clamshell mode.

]]> By: Niko http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-5539 Niko Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:12:39 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-5539 Great website Neil, thx for sharing so much! I use both Mac and PC, but ended up doing all photo(NIKON) work on Mac, it works great, and a choice must be made because collecting software for both platforms does not make sense. I've been using CAPTURE NX2, which works just excellent (except for speed when doing batches in RAW). Those who have not seen it, may want to take a look at it: great value for price. I'm getting more and more curious about Aperture I must admit, but like you said yourself, one simply cannnot know, own, and use them all.. Great website Neil, thx for sharing so much! I use both Mac and PC, but ended up doing all photo(NIKON) work on Mac, it works great, and a choice must be made because collecting software for both platforms does not make sense. I’ve been using CAPTURE NX2, which works just excellent (except for speed when doing batches in RAW). Those who have not seen it, may want to take a look at it: great value for price. I’m getting more and more curious about Aperture I must admit, but like you said yourself, one simply cannnot know, own, and use them all..

]]> By: Neil vN http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-5503 Neil vN Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:15:53 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-5503 <blockquote>The geek in me thinks this is so cool: <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Couple-Gets-Married-in-Apple-Retail-Store-135530.shtml" target="_new" rel="nofollow">a couple getting married in the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan</a>. Neil vN</blockquote>

The geek in me thinks this is so cool:
a couple getting married in the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan.

Neil vN

]]> By: Neil http://neilvn.com/tangents/2010/02/01/mac-centricity/#comment-5176 Neil Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:15:57 +0000 http://www.planetneil.com/tangents/?p=2149#comment-5176 <blockquote>Kathleen .. re the software, you could contact Adobe, and for a very small fee, transfer your Windows license for a Mac license for your Photoshop software. Lightroom is cross-platform, so no drama and extra cost there. I took a hit in having to buy another copy of CS4 because I wanted Photoshop on my Mac as well. (I still think it is extortion from Adobe.) Neil vN</blockquote>

Kathleen .. re the software, you could contact Adobe, and for a very small fee, transfer your Windows license for a Mac license for your Photoshop software.

Lightroom is cross-platform, so no drama and extra cost there.

I took a hit in having to buy another copy of CS4 because I wanted Photoshop on my Mac as well. (I still think it is extortion from Adobe.)

Neil vN

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