I have tried a lot of different photo editing & photo management applications over the years. Photoshop is still very much the king when it comes to a full featured app to tweak or heavily modify your photos, a digital darkroom if you will. But my main problem over the last few years has been to manage my photo collection (tagging, sorting, organizing), keep my masters, create backups, …

Since I pretty much always shoot RAW (Why would I use only half of the color information I can get from my camera sensor ?), the tool needs to not only handle 16 bit formats (for my two cameras) but handle it well.

For many applications, I am perfectly happy with the open source alternative or a low-priced commercial solution. As far as photography goes, I am not and none of the tools I tried, from Capture One to f-spot did the trick. This week-end I had an opportunity to try Apple’s Aperture and I must say it is without doubt the most amazing piece of software I have seeen in a long time. If you don’t believe me, head out to your local Apple Store and try it out for yourself.

As soon as I get a job, Apple will get $450 of my money. I fanboy Aperture.

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