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 is the one simple thing you need to know about working with bounce flash
Sep 30, 2021
John Aldred
Sometimes, as much as we might hate it, we’re forced to stick a flash on the hotshoe. Perhaps it’s something not too important and we…
Tamron officially announces new 35-150mm f/2-2.8 and 28-75mm f/2.8 G2 lenses for Sony E mount
Sep 30, 2021
John Aldred
Well, there’s not much that we didn’t already know about the specs of these two lenses, thanks to a pretty much total leak of everything…
Adobe shows off powerful new masking tools coming to Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw
Sep 29, 2021
John Aldred
Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw have never really been all that good at masking. They’ve had some basic rudimentary masking features through the brush and…
Autel announces two new series of drones including a tiny one to take on the DJI Mini
Sep 29, 2021
John Aldred
Autel Robotics has announced two new series of drones, the EVO Lite and the EVO Nano, the latter of which is a sub-250g drone aimed…
Irix releases its new cine-based 30mm f/1.4 lens for photographers
Sep 29, 2021
John Aldred
Well, this is new. Typically, with companies that produce photography and cine versions of the same lens, the cine version is something of an afterthought….
Hasselblad celebrates its 80th birthday with the $15,000 Anniversary Edition 907X
Sep 29, 2021
John Aldred
It’s Hasselblad’s 80th birthday this year and to celebrate they’re releasing a limited 907X Anniversary Edition Kit, comprising the Hasselblad 907X camera withCFV II 50C…
How to step up your vlogging game and film yourself professionally
Sep 28, 2021
John Aldred
Filming yourself presents a lot of challenges. Anybody who’s tried to vlog with a DSLR or mirrorless camera will tell you that. There are a…
iPhone 13 Pro teardown shows a fatter camera module, bigger battery and more
Sep 28, 2021
John Aldred
The iPhone 13 lineup is the latest from the Apple camp and the iPhone 13 Pro has seen a few nice updates over its 12th…
10 tips for late summer and early autumn woodland photography
Sep 28, 2021
John Aldred
It’s getting to that time of year again for folks in the northern hemisphere. The days are getting shorter, and wetter and the sun’s starting…
Canon APS-C RF mount camera expected in 2022, new camera registrations, is EOS-M disappearing?
Sep 28, 2021
John Aldred
Well, a couple of things coming out of the Canon camp today. First up, Nokishita has spotted two new camera registrations from Canon coming from…