My aperture photos are dark/

My aperture photos are dark? any ideas?

Are you shooting raw?
Then have a look at Keith Barkley's recent user tip. That explains, why raw photos may change the appearance on import, see this link:
The Big Three: Setting your camera for the best Aperture RAW results
Don't take photos with Canon's Highlight Tone Priority or Nikon's Active D-Lighting enabled in the camera, if you want to be able to judge the raw file in the camera while taking the photo.

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https://discussions.apple.com/message/17216135#17216135
And an even shorter summary here:
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When importing from camera into aperture, photo's are also copied to my desktop, if i delete from desktop i am unable to edit photo in aperture. Must have done something, but what?

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sharon108 wrote:
After consolidating iPhoto pictures into Aperture Library - and having to rebuild library all photos are shown under "Other" in storage under About this Mac. How do I get photos back into the Photo section. I am sure this is why Aperture is running very slow. Aperture library is on a 500 GB external USB hard drive. Does anyone know how to get photos into the right spot in the storage.
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