My daughter and the neighbor’s boy both turned 6 months recently. We commemorated the event with a few photos. Happy 1/2 birthday!

Check out my flickr stream for more photos of these two.

Out of nowhere, Apple announced Aperture 3 today. I downloaded the trial and spent a few hours editing shots this evening. I am happy to say that my $99 upgrade is on its way! Yes it has the iPhoto Faces and Places features (facial recognition and GPS locations), but I could honestly care less about that. Is there even a DSLR on the market that has GPS built in? Regardless, the fact that you can finally use non-destructive adjustment brushes and create presets is going to make my life a whole heck of a lot easier.

Coming off of a binge of only using the Lightroom 3 Beta, I can say that Aperture 3 has definitely filled in quite a few holes that Aperture 2 left wide open. For example, leaving your photo in Aperture 2 to destructively burn/dodge was a deal breaker for me.

However, these two photo management and processing software packages are starting to really come into their own. It is great to see both companies pushing each other forward. I would imagine though that Adobe has a few tricks up its sleeve for the Lightroom 3 release. In fact, I will bet we will start hearing some rumblings soon from San Jose regarding that. (No, that is not an earthquake joke.)