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.
Check out these 20 filmmaking gear items you can buy for under $20
Aug 17, 2021
John Aldred
For filmmaking and photography there are a lot of expensive pieces of kit out there that we either need to do our jobs or will…
Photoshop sees big new updates to Sky Replacement, Healing Brush and Magic Wand for iPad and desktop
Aug 17, 2021
John Aldred
Adobe has today announced new updates for Adobe Photoshop on both the desktop and the iPad. For the iPad the Healing Brush and Magic Wand…
End of an era? The Sony A9 is showing up discontinued at online retailers
Aug 17, 2021
John Aldred
Released in early 2017, the Sony A9 immediately proved itself to be a very popular camera. It still continued to remain in Sony’s lineup for…
Adobe After Effects’ new Composition Profiler helps you to speed up your renders
Aug 17, 2021
John Aldred
There’s a small bit significant new feature coming to Adobe After Effects. It’s currently available in the latest After Effects Beta and I expect it’ll…
The Feiyu Pocket 2S is the world’s first detachable wearable pocket sized gimbal
Aug 17, 2021
John Aldred
Feiyutech has announced the newest pocket gimbal, the Feiyu Pocket 2S. In normal operation, it acts similarly to practically every other pocket gimbal on the…
Pre-production: How cinematographers should prepare for a shoot
Aug 16, 2021
John Aldred
Shooting a video production, whether it’s for a Hollywood blockbuster, a YouTube video or anywhere in between isn’t as easy as you might think. Especially…
My Rode Reel 2021’s is offering $250,000 plus gear for its top prize winner
Aug 16, 2021
John Aldred
My Rode Reel is one of the short film highlights of the year. It’s the biggest short film competition of the year. This year, they’re…
Godox scales things down with their new Godox MF12 wireless macro ring flash
Aug 16, 2021
John Aldred
The trend in camera flashes over the last few years has generally been to make them more powerful, yet more portable at the same time….
Mythbusting: Megapixels don’t matter – fewer doesn’t mean better low light performance
Aug 16, 2021
John Aldred
If there’s one big giant myth that’s persisted since the dawn of digital photography, it’s that lower resolution means better low light performance. If you…
Affinity Photo gets a 10x faster turbo charge with latest 1.10 update
Aug 8, 2021
John Aldred
Serif has released version 1.10 of their Affinity products, including Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher, all of which come with some pretty supercharged performance over…