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 Godox R1 and RF1 look a lot like the Profoto C1/C1+ except Godox announced them first
Sep 20, 2019
John Aldred
I missed this while I was away at IBC 2019, and they didn’t have any on the Godox stand, but Godox has announced a couple…
The super small and lightweight Insta360 GO really might be the “Action Camera Killer” we’ve been waiting for
Sep 15, 2019
John Aldred
Recently, Insta360 announced the Insta360 GO, a super tiny portable, wearable, stabilised, 180-degree camera. Insta360 is exhibiting at IBC 2019, so we went to go…
Canon patents a new 83-megapixel full frame sensor
Sep 10, 2019
John Aldred
A new Canon patent has been discovered by the folks at Canon News. It describes an 83-megapixel sensor which, if the maths are right, will…
Angelbird announces new super fast and rugged CFexpress cards are coming
Sep 9, 2019
John Aldred
You know, I was just thinking the other day when SanDisk announced their new cards that Angelbird’s been awfully quiet on the CFexpress front. They’ve…
The Ultimate Lens Hood is back with a new smaller “ULHmobile” version for smartphones
Sep 9, 2019
John Aldred
When the Ultimate Lens Hood was first announced a couple of years ago, it came via Kickstarter and saw pretty massive success, overachieving its funding…
Here is a comprehensive introduction to Darktable – a completely free alternative to Lightroom
Sep 9, 2019
John Aldred
Lightroom is still considered to be the leading software out there for digital asset management and raw processing. But it’s not the only one. There’s…
Reclouder is a $199 “hybrid” field recorder that backs up your audio to the cloud
Sep 6, 2019
John Aldred
This is an interesting little product. Reclouder is a “personal hybrid audio recorder” that saves audio to an SD card but also automatically uploads it…
Canon announces the EOS C500 Mark II – A full-frame 5.9K RAW-capable cinema camera
Sep 5, 2019
John Aldred
Canon has today announced the newest addition to its EOS Cinema Line, the EOS C500 Mark II. It’s the next generation of the original EOS…
Photoshop plugin veterans Alien Skin Software is changing its name to Exposure Software
Sep 3, 2019
John Aldred
Founded in 1993, Alien Skin Software would release one of the most ubiquitous Photoshop plugins of the late ’90s and early 2000s. Now, after 26…
Here are Five product photography tips and tricks to get those creative juices flowing
Sep 2, 2019
John Aldred
Product photography is a lot of fun to experiment with, even if you’re not a product photographer. It can teach us things about composition, light…