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.
2020 DIYP Holiday Gift Guide – Cameras
Dec 8, 2020
John Aldred
‘Tis the season to give gifts to the photographers and filmmakers in your life. Or, if you’re the photographer or filmmaker in your life, to…
New Google Photos storage rules could delete your Gmail and Google Drive files too
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
Google recently announced they were killing off free storage for Google Photos from June 1st, 2021. A lot of people haven’t been happy with Google’s…
Don’t open this email from “Adobe”
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
There’s a new phishing scam going around, targeting Adobe users, according to a report from TechRadar. It involves sending an email from the “Adobe Cloud”…
This is the world’s brightest DIY LED flashlight at over 1.4 million lumens
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
Last week, we showed you the most powerful commercially available LED flashlight that’s around today projecting the bat signal onto clouds. It’s the Imalent MS18,…
This app lets you control your Pocket 4K/6K camera from your Apple Watch
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
Remote control is always handy, especially when it comes to video. If you’ve got your camera locked off on a tripod, especially if it’s hidden…
How to project the bat signal onto clouds with a 100,000 Lumen light and a DIY projector
Dec 3, 2020
John Aldred
We like bright continuous lights here at DIYP. We’ve featured a bunch of them over the years – including this 1,000W 90,00 Lumens DIY monster….
This is why anamorphic lenses have oval bokeh… It’s nothing to do with the aperture
Dec 2, 2020
John Aldred
After something of an at-home hiatus, John Hess at Filmmaker IQ is back and he’s dropped a doozy with his new video. Have you ever…
Sigma launches I series compact full-frame mirrorless lenses for L & E mount
Dec 1, 2020
John Aldred
Photos were leaked a week ago and then the specs for one of them came out a couple of days later, but now they’re official….
Profoto brings AirX Smart-TTL flash functionality to Android
Dec 1, 2020
John Aldred
Profoto has announced that they’ve expanded their recently announced AirX Smart-TTL functionality to Android, allowing you to shoot photos using your Android smartphone with your…
Planning to travel with a drone? These are the drone regulations around the world
Nov 29, 2020
John Aldred
Ok, so maybe you’re not planning to travel much for a little while just yet, but when the world eventually opens back up, people…