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 mesmerising aerial timelapse shows the movement of a herd of over 1,000 sheep

Jun 29, 2021 John Aldred

Aerial timelapses are usually pretty cool and who doesn’t love animals? So, it makes sense to combine the two. And that’s exactly what Israeli drone…

Canon to announce the EOS R3 mirrorless camera tomorrow… or maybe just another teaser

Jun 28, 2021 John Aldred

There are reports that Canon is going to announce the upcoming EOS R3 mirrorless camera on June 29th, 2021. Yes, tomorrow. Canon Rumors initially reported…

Watch: Drones fall from the sky during 1,000-drone flying light show in Shanghai, China

Jun 28, 2021 John Aldred

Drone light shows have become all the rage over the last couple of years across the world, but probably no more so than in China,…

It turns out that yes, you can edit HD video on the $99 Raspberry Pi 400

Jun 28, 2021 John Aldred

Every day I see questions in Raspberry Pi groups on Facebook asking if it can do this or that and can it really replace a…

Canon has released firmware 1.3.3 for the EOS 5D Mark IV to fix what they screwed up in 1.3.2

Jun 25, 2021 John Aldred

After pulling their v1.3.2 firmware for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV a couple of weeks ago over unspecified “issues”, Canon has today released a…

GoPro opens up the Hero 9 Black to developers with new Open GoPro API

Jun 25, 2021 John Aldred

GoPro has announced Open GoPro, a new platform for software developers to modify the behaviour of their GoPro Hero 9 Black cameras to better suit…

Blackmagic RAW now supports Apple Silicon with version 2.1 update

Jun 25, 2021 John Aldred

Blackmagic released DaVinci Resolve for the Apple M1 back in March, shortly after DaVinci Resolve 17 was released. And while Blackmagic’s editing suite itself was…

Unplug your WD My Book Live right now or you might end up with an expensive brick

Jun 25, 2021 John Aldred

The Western Digital My Book Live NAS products are extremely popular amongst photographers. External storage devices that you can just whack on your network and…

Adobe Premiere Pro beta shows a major UX facelift for creating and exporting projects

Jun 25, 2021 John Aldred

Adobe has announced a new import and exposure interface for Adobe Premiere Pro. And while I described it as a “facelift” in the title, it’s…