So Many Photos…

Ok, I am a geek. I love good soft­ware, and I am always chas­ing the next “Big Thing”. In pho­tog­ra­phy, the “Big Thing” over the last few years has been Dig­i­tal Asset Man­age­ment soft­ware. With the announce­ment from Apple of Aper­ture 3, and the impend­ing arrival of Adobe Light­room 3, I felt its about time that I updated my pre­vi­ous post on soft­ware for Pho­tog­ra­phers. So below I out­line my views on some of the lead­ing con­tenders, includ­ing Google Picasa, Apple iPhoto, and Adobe Pho­to­shop Ele­ments. In part 2, I will cover the more pro­fes­sional ori­en­tated offer­ings (at least in price) such as Apple Aper­ture, Adobe Light­room, and some more exotic candidates.

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