iPhoto-Aperture-Lightroom
Last week I spent most of my free time thinking about switching to a new photo workflow. I pondered hundreds of issues from scalability, ease-of-use, to archival systems, backups, and even touched upon some philosophical aspects of photography and where it’s heading with the tools of trade now at hand.
On this I could write at least 15 pages, perhaps even 30, and it’s not my aim now. I’m an impatient man, if you’re too, read my conclusion:
Whatever the tool, or software, or workflow; in the end it is the content which counts. Not the sharpest photo, not the 20-Megapixel-photo, not the perfect levels/contrast/saturation/hues/white-balance/dynamic-range photograph will ever be the “keeper”. You and I, and the rest of the world, will rather give preference to a photo that makes sense.
Good luck with taking such pictures! And while I’m at it, all three programs are incredible titans in their own ways. Congratulations to the developers–they have done an astonishing piece of work!
By mistake I held Command Key (the key with an Apple on it) while in edit mode in iphoto 6 and this automatically brought up the edit controls and adjusted the white point to match the point where I clicked. Whoa! Another undocumented, hidden feature in iPhoto. And this one is extremely powerful and so much missing!! Try it. Hold the Ctrl key (another one of my finds among the hidden functions, but already known I believe) after you do so to see the original image. Let’s see how long it takes till my post gets into Macworld jar of tips. 
