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.
How to create a teleport transition effect in DaVinci Resolve using Fusion
Feb 6, 2020
John Aldred
Blackmagic has done some pretty amazing things with DaVinci Resolve over the last few versions. It’s gone from being just colour grading tool (I…
How to edit in Lightroom using the “Dark Mode” technique for more contrast and drama
Feb 3, 2020
John Aldred
When it comes to processing our images, there are all kinds of weird and crazy techniques out there. This is an interesting Lightroom one from…
Photographer ordered to pay $200,000 after not delivering images to 54 clients
Feb 3, 2020
John Aldred
While many photographers struggle to pick up clients, some photographers have no shortage, but struggle to deliver. And some intentionally don’t deliver, as seems to…
Here is why your photos change colour when you export from Photoshop and how to fix it
Jan 31, 2020
John Aldred
Several times a day I see people posting online that they’ve exported images from Photoshop and the final JPG looks nothing like what they thought…
Fujifilm firmware adds big autofocus performance boost to the X-T3 and bug fixes to the X-Pro 3
Jan 31, 2020
John Aldred
Fujifilm has released firmware 1.04 for the Fujifilm X-Pro3 and firmware 3.20 for the Fujifilm X-T3, with the latter bringing some significantly improved features.
RGB vs Lab colour – What it is and how you can use it when processing your images
Jan 30, 2020
John Aldred
Most of us probably never leave the realm of editing our images in a regular RGB colour space. But many applications also allow you the…
Canon to release “EOS R5” camera with 45-megapixel IBIS sensor and 8K video
Jan 29, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this has been an interesting one. Rumours have been flying all day about an upcoming Canon mirrorless camera. That camera, according to Canon Rumors…
The Jollylook Auto is a “modern vintage” folding instant film camera
Jan 28, 2020
John Aldred
Those old folding film cameras are great. I’ve used a bunch of them over the years, and love when I get the chance to take…
Kodak posts advisory on how to travel with film through new airport CT scanners
Jan 27, 2020
John Aldred
A couple of months ago, it was announced that some airports across the US had switched over from the more traditional X-Ray machines to use…
How to make a (sort of) DIY JibONE camera jib
Jan 27, 2020
John Aldred
The recently announced Edelkrone JibONE looks like a fantastic bit of kit. It’s not terribly unreasonably priced at $999 for what it offers, but once…