Aperture in Action

Jim Richardson: On Visual Storytelling

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    Jim Richardson

    “To me, Aperture’s not just a piece of software. It’s become one of the essential tools of my trade.”

How I use Aperture

In his video, Jim Richardson, a National Geographic photographer for more than 25 years, describes how he uses Aperture to easily create “interesting and visually engaging” photo essays. For “The Celtic Realm,” Richardson imported, rated, and assigned keywords to 43,000 photos. Using Smart Albums, he effortlessly collected photos for each of his themes. And he used the Light Table to make final selects.

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