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.
12 things you didn’t know you needed to help you shoot epic toy photography
May 6, 2022
John Aldred
Toy photography has always been quite popular, but never more so than in the last couple of years while much of the world has been…
The beginning of the end? Canon reported to have discontinued the EOS M6 Mark II with no successor announced
May 5, 2022
John Aldred
It appears that Canon is set to discontinue the Canon EOS M6 Mark II. There’s been no official announcement, of course, although there never really…
The new Sigma HQ has a library, a rooftop garden and a “lens cellar”
May 5, 2022
John Aldred
Sigma opened up its new headquarters in the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan last month. It’s a pretty fancy looking building and while it looks like…
Complete DJI Mini 3 Pro specs leak confirms 48-megapixel sensor and 4K HDR video
May 5, 2022
John Aldred
There’s supposed to be a teaser announced later today and the official announcement is expected on May 10th, but the complete specs for DJI’s upcoming…
Light pollution is a problem that’s only going to get worse if we don’t do something about it
May 4, 2022
John Aldred
Light pollution is a pain, particularly to astrophotographers but to the human population in general, as you’ll discover in this video from Trevor Jones at…
Samsung has announced its UFS 4.0 storage with up to 2,800MB/sec writes and 4,200MB/sec reads
May 4, 2022
John Aldred
Samsung Semiconductor has announced its newest UFS storage tech. UFS 4.0 uses Samsung’s 7th Gen V-NAND memory and with a proprietary controller that offers some…
It looks like Leica outed themselves on a future new mirrorless medium format camera
May 4, 2022
John Aldred
Camera companies get leaked and outed all the time. Usually, it’s about new releases, with specs and images coming a few days before an official…
Slow Mo Guys team up with Steve Giralt to film super fast robots in super slow motion
May 4, 2022
John Aldred
I wondered how long it’d be before these two did some kind of collaboration and now it’s finally here. We’re big fans of The Slow…
Confused by colour grading? Watch this complete guide to the basic concepts and tools
May 3, 2022
John Aldred
Dealing with colour in video is a two-part process. First, you’ve got colour correction. This is the process where you tweak your footage to get…
10 tips for filming miniatures to make them look larger than life to the camera
May 3, 2022
John Aldred
Miniatures have been a part of filmmaking pretty much since filmmaking began. They’re typically used when building a full-sized set or prop would be impractical…