"Get Your Head Around Aperture provides a wealth of well-written information about a wide scope of Aperture's features in a convenient, easy-to-search format." -- Josh Anon, co-author of Aperture Exposed and contributor to Inside Aperture

Since Aperture 2.0 has now been released, Get Your Head Around Aperture 1.5 is no longer available to new customers. All the material in the book is on the blog, so feel free to browse.

I'll be creating a new book once I have enough blog material for it. Existing customers will be able to download the new book for free.

Download the cover, introduction, and full table of contents (1.4 MB PDF).

To follow the examples in the book, display the single-column, 560 page screen edition at 100% along the left side of the screen and run Aperture on the right side. Here is a page from the screen edition:

"The tutorials from the Bagelturf blog really give a great insight into using Aperture from the perspective of a serious user." -- David Schloss, Founder, Aperture Users Professional Network

The book is organized the same way as the Bagelturf blog's Aperture web pages. Each section covers one major aspect of Aperture and in addition includes a link back to the Aperture articles on the site.

"Get Your Head around Aperture 1.5 is the book I have been looking for. It took one knowledgable user to write down how he made use of the many features of this powerful tool. Thanks to Steve Weller for a marvellous job." -- Hartmut Greiser, Aperture user

The 170 page print editions have smaller graphics and are formatted in two columns with fonts and layout suitable for printing. One edition is formatted for US Letter paper, and the other for A4.

"Steve Weller's Get Your Head Around Aperture is your one-stop resource for learning and harnessing the power of Aperture. Take advantage of step-by-step examples and the latest techniques to supercharge your skills at organizing, processing, and publishing your photographs in Aperture." -- Adam Tow, Annoture Developer

As well as the standard Aperture topics such as Metadata and Adjustments, the book also includes a short section of Tips and Tricks, and a large section of answers to user's questions. Get Your Head Around Aperture 1.5 is heavily and consistently illustrated with screen shots and examples, so you should have no problem carrying out the steps you see yourself.

"Steve Weller's insights go far beyond that of a typical photographer. Get Your Head Around Aperture is filled with tips and tricks, a must read for first time users and Aperture masters alike" -- Micah Walter, photojournalist and contributor to Inside Aperture

Choose the format that suits your needs. Keep getting the web pages for free, or buy the book for the convenience and portability of owning your own PDF copy. Either way, you can keep up to date since you get to update the PDF up to four times after the initial download up to a year after purchase.

Marketing and press materials are available on the marketing page.

Answers to frequently asked questions can be found on the FAQ page.