Posts by Author: John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
Three cheap and easy DIY reflectors you can use to take your portraits to the next level
Apr 19, 2022
John Aldred
Reflectors are one of the most valuable tools a portrait photographer can own. And we’re not talking about monetary value, but usefulness. Their cost is…
Blackmagic Design adds native cloud collaboration and a ton of new features to DaVinci Resolve 18
Apr 19, 2022
John Aldred
Blackmagic Design had one of their live presentation events yesterday. And as usually happens during such events from Blackmagic, the announcements were pretty interesting. Dubbed…
High resolution DJI Mini 3 photos leak ahead of rumoured April 28th announcement
Apr 18, 2022
John Aldred
We’re only 10 days away from the rumoured launch date of the DJI Mini 3 and more new images of the <250g drone appear to…
Aputure has announced the LS 600D – a slightly cut down version of its LS 600D Pro with a $500 price reduction
Apr 15, 2022
John Aldred
Aputure has announced their new Light Storm 600D – non-Pro version. It features many of the same capabilities as the LS 600D Pro but does…
The Digi Swap DoF adapter to use your smartphone as a “digital sensor” for film cameras is finally available (sort of)
Apr 14, 2022
John Aldred
Back in January, we heard about the Digi Swap. It’s essentially a depth-of-field adapter that parks on the back of your 35mm film camera and…
Watch and learn how to light and shoot cinematic looking interviews
Apr 14, 2022
John Aldred
Interviews are just a fact of life for those of us who shoot video. At some point, we’ll either choose to or find ourselves talked into…
The YoloBox Mini is an all-in-one pocket-sized live stream solution with a built-in touch screen display
Apr 14, 2022
John Aldred
YoloLiv has today announced its new YoloBox Mini. Building on the success of the original YoloBox (review here) and YoloBox Pro the new YoloBox mini…
The Nikon Z9 gains internal 12-Bit ProRes RAW, 8K 12-Bit N-RAW and other new features in v2.0 firmware
Apr 14, 2022
John Aldred
Well, these are some pretty significant updates to the Nikon Z9. Nikon has today announced the new version 2.0 firmware for the Nikon Z9. It…
GoPro has released a stripped-down “Hero 10 Black Bones” for DIY FPV drones
Apr 13, 2022
John Aldred
I suppose this had to happen eventually. They’re probably sick of seeing people strip down their beloved flagships to get them as small and as…
Nikon wants 50+ Nikkor Z mount lenses by 2025 and to implement Z9 features across the mirrorless lineup
Apr 13, 2022
John Aldred
Well, it looks like Nikon’s following on from Canon’s lead with the lens goals over the next few years. Canon’s annual financial report and presentation…