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.
This Ultimate Guide to Lightroom’s Smart Previews helps you edit on the road without external storage
Mar 7, 2022
John Aldred
If you edit on a laptop, particularly if you’re regularly travelling and using an external hard drive to store your images, you’ll know what a…
The best microphones for vloggers to buy in 2022
Mar 6, 2022
John Aldred
If, like me, you use your cameras for video as well as photography, then at some point (probably sooner rather than later) you’re going to…
New Sigma patent shows design for a 28-70mm f/2 full-frame mirrorless lens
Mar 4, 2022
John Aldred
A new patent suggests that Sigma might have a few new exciting lenses on the way soon for mirrorless cameras. The patent describes six lenses, including…
Researchers in Scotland develop “affordable” high speed HD camera tech that shoots millions of frames per second
Mar 3, 2022
John Aldred
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have developed a new advanced camera technology that can capture full-colour high definition (1280×720) resolution images at millions of…
Canon reports 6 month delays on delivery of EOS R3 bodies plus more delays EOS R5c and several lenses
Mar 3, 2022
John Aldred
Shortages and delays still seem to be the order of the day and Canon Japan has released their latest delayed product list with their usual…
Watch and learn how to use every effect in Adobe After Effects
Mar 2, 2022
John Aldred
After Effects has grown in capability a lot since I last used it regularly. Recently, I’ve found myself needing to use it again for a few…
Watching tiny capacitors explode at 187,500fps looks like the most dramatic fireworks you ever saw
Mar 2, 2022
John Aldred
When I was in electronics class in high school, our teacher made some capacitors explode and it was one of the most amazing things I’d…
The Haida M10 II Filter System brings some nice workflow improvements over the original M10
Mar 2, 2022
John Aldred
I’ve used a number of square filter solutions over the years and it’s rare that new holders are released, but that’s what’s happened with Haida,…
Slite is a portable magnetic 55 watt LED light for photos and video
Mar 2, 2022
John Aldred
While Slite’s claim of being “the world’s most portable light for creators” might not be entirely accurate (there are a lot of small portable lights…
Everything you need to know about adapting lenses
Mar 2, 2022
John Aldred
Adapting lenses has become a lot more common in recent years as now that pretty much every DSLR and mirrorless camera out there shoots some…