Aperture for preliminary work and Luminar for final product

I too committed to Aperture and have continued to use it. I tried LR, but found it cumbersome compared to Aperture.
I am now committed to Luminar, which I have found to be as easy as Aperture, but much more sophisticated. I am hoping that when Luminar comes out with their DAM I will be able to completely move my Library to Luminar and retire Aperture.

Don't overlook the new MacPhun "Luminar". Presently only for Macs but soon for Windows.
Easy to learn and fun to use.

If, by chance, you have a Mac take a look at Macphun's LUMINAR. Not very expensive and fun and easy to use.

In addition to the suggestions already put forth I shoot each picture in bursts of 2 or 3. In this way I hope to get one that is sharper than the others. With the size and low cost of todays SD cards there is no problem with that many shots. Then at home on your big screen you can choose the sharpest image and delete the others.