Posts by Author: John Aldred

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.

    Check out this 3D Printed seamless background stand for photographing small products
    Aug 24, 2021 John Aldred

    Shooting small products can be a lot of fun. It can also be quite challenging, too. In the case of Clayton Parker of 3D printing…

    First “in the wild” photo leaks of DJI’s new “Pro Camera” with built-in gimbal
    Aug 24, 2021 John Aldred

    Well, we’ve seen a few renders of it in the past, but now it looks like we have the first photo of the DJI “Pro…

    Watch this 10-step guide to shooting “shutter drag” portraits on location
    Aug 24, 2021 John Aldred

    Shooting portraits with slow shutters can be a lot of fun, whether you’re doing them during the day or at night. They’re not that easy…

    What the world would look like if 1 second were slowed down to 1 hour
    Aug 24, 2021 John Aldred

    We’ve seen some pretty extreme slow motion from The Slow Mo Guys, and it’s all very impressive and often satisfyingly beautiful. But unless you’re quick…

    Tamron 18-300mm APS-C autofocus lens for Sony & Fuji announcement expected September 24th
    Aug 23, 2021 John Aldred

    Tamron’s upcoming 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD autofocus lens for Fuji X and Sony E mount, for which a development announcement was made last…

    This totally unfair comparison pits the Panasonic GH5 II up against the RED Gemini 5K
    Aug 23, 2021 John Aldred

    As I was browsing through YouTube this morning, I spotted a new video from the folks at TheCameraStoreTV that looked quite interesting, pitting the new…

    Megadap’s new ETZ-11 autofocus adapter lets you put Sony E lenses on Nikon Z bodies
    Aug 23, 2021 John Aldred

    One of the best things that’s come out of the last few years of everybody switching to mirrorless and there being so many different mounts…

    The Cosyspeed PhotoHiker 44 is the most comfortable photography backpack I’ve ever used
    Aug 23, 2021 John Aldred

    I am notoriously difficult to find backpacks for, as I’ve mentioned on here before. I picked up a Tamrac Cyberpack 6 quite a while ago…

    Blackmagic drops the price of the URSA Mini Pro 12K from almost $10,000 to $5,995
    Aug 20, 2021 John Aldred

    Blackmagic has announced a massive price drop with the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K camera. They’ve knocked 40% off the purchase price for the body…

    Tilta’s $165 Cooling Kit for the Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6 has finally been released
    Aug 20, 2021 John Aldred

    Back when the Canon EOS R5 was first released and the rumours of overheating first came to light, one of the first companies to jump…