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.
Does this beautiful timelapse really show Europa and Io orbiting around Jupiter?
Feb 1, 2022
John Aldred
It’s funny how many things are being called out as fakes lately. It seems that most people think everything that’s posted to social media these…
This Snoppa Rover is a self driving tripod that wants to replace your camera op
Jan 31, 2022
John Aldred
This is a pretty interesting idea from Snoppa Tech. It’s called the Snoppa Rover and it essentially seems to be a motorised tripod on wheels….
Russian movie accused of stealing “Human Christmas Tree” photo idea for its marketing poster
Jan 31, 2022
John Aldred
We see almost daily reports of photographers having their work stolen and reproduced elsewhere without permission and against their wishes. But it’s not often that…
Joby just dropped a whole bunch of new microphones for content creators
Jan 31, 2022
John Aldred
Joby, the company famous for its GorillaPod line of bendy tripods, has always had a pretty strong focus on vloggers, social media shooters and self-contained…
Three Canon RF mount cameras rumoured for 2022 including EOS R/RP replacements and one APS-C
Jan 28, 2022
John Aldred
Rumours about new Canon cameras seem to have been fairly quiet since the Canon EOS R3 was announced. At least, they’ve been very quiet when…
The BBC’s 2022 Winter Olympics commercial shows off amazing 3D printed stop motion animation
Jan 28, 2022
John Aldred
Whenever the Olympics come around, the BBC always comes up with some fantastic promotional sequences for it – you know, just in case a single…
The Digi Swap is an adapter to shoot your old cameras with your smartphone’s sensor instead of film
Jan 27, 2022
John Aldred
Well, we never really did see “digital film” come to fruition, but this might be the next best thing to let you use your film…
Samyang’s new lower-budget AF 135mm f/1.8 FE is only $999 (less than Sony, Zeiss or even Sigma)
Jan 27, 2022
John Aldred
Samyang has announced their newest autofocus lens, the Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE for full-frame Sony E mount cameras. This essentially replaces the Samyang MF…
This filmaker has a unique relationship with her gimbal
Jan 26, 2022
John Aldred
Gimbals are cool. We know they’re cool. They were cool the day they were first introduced to the world and we know they’re still cool…
Syrp to be rebranded “Syrp Lab” with products folded into the Manfrotto Move ecosystem
Jan 26, 2022
John Aldred
New Zealand based camera slider and timelapse gear company, Syrp has announced that it’s rebranding itself to Syrp Lab and that its products will be…