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.
The Atomos Sumo19 finally allows you to watch and record four cameras simultaneously
Nov 13, 2019
John Aldred
This is a feature that Atomos Sumo19 owners have been waiting a long time for. But now Atomos has released the AtomOS 9.2 update for…
PolarPro targets landscape photographers and filmmakers with new Summit and BaseCamp filter systems
Nov 12, 2019
John Aldred
Having established themselves as a leader in producing filters for drones, PolarPro started turning their attention towards photographers and filmmakers a couple of years ago….
Pelican launches the Vault Photography Collection – A new line of lightweight rugged cases
Nov 11, 2019
John Aldred
Pelican has pretty much been an industry standard for many years now, in the worlds of both the photography and video. They’re tough, rugged, can…
How to quickly match colours for fast composites in Photoshop
Nov 10, 2019
John Aldred
One of the things many people struggle with when it comes to composites is matching the colours of the two (or more) shots. Manually dragging…
This street photography experiment gives unsuspecting New Yorkers a surprise photo of themselves
Nov 10, 2019
John Aldred
This is an interesting take on street photography. A social experiment of sorts. Normally, when we do street photography and people are included, or even…
Sony teases their new IMX686 quad Bayer smartphone sensor with sample photos
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Sony seems to have taken a bit of a back seat to Samsung lately when it comes to smartphone sensors. With many of them utilising…
Five common portrait mistakes and how you can fix them
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Portrait photography has boomed over the last couple of decades since photography went digital. As the cost of creating a photo has reduced to practically…
Getty Images is dumping rights-managed “creative” image licenses to go exclusively royalty-free
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Getty Images has announced that after poring over sales data and customer research, they’re ditching the rights-managed licensing options and going over to royalty-free for…
Video captures the moment a woman almost falls into the Grand Canyon while shooting a photo
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Stupid selfie risks seem to be on the rise, leading to ever-increasing bans on places where you can shoot. But being stupid while shooting photos…
Panasonic firmware update to add 10-bit 4:2:2 to the G9, CFexpress support to the S1R
Nov 7, 2019
John Aldred
Panasonic is set to launch some new firmware on November 19th for both the G series (GH5/GH5S/G9) cameras, as well as their full-frame S1 and…