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.
Canon has removed the universal pin on the new SL3 (200D Mk II) flash hotshoe
May 3, 2019
John Aldred
Not too long ago, Canon announced the new EOS Rebel SL3 DSLR, otherwise known as the EOS 200D Mark II and Kiss X10 in other…
How dynamic range compares on film vs digital
May 3, 2019
John Aldred
The film vs digital argument has been going on since DSLRs first hit the market a couple of decades ago. But it doesn’t seem to…
The Creative Commons website now lets you search through over 300 million CC images
May 2, 2019
John Aldred
The Creative Commons licenses have been a blessing a curse. It’s allowed people to freely publish their images for other people to use while still…
[Updated] The $9.99 Photography plan has vanished from the Adobe website – now $19.99
May 2, 2019
John Aldred
If this isn’t just a website glitch, then is going to upset one or two people. It appears that the $9.99 Photography plan for Creative…
How to mod an old 35mm SLR lens to make your own DIY “Anamorfake” lens
May 2, 2019
John Aldred
Anamorphic lenses have become very popular again, ever since somebody realised you could mount one to a DSLR and then stretch the footage out in…
How to shoot a dark dramatic scene lit by computer monitors
May 1, 2019
John Aldred
When I first saw this video from The Film Look pop up in my feed, I thought it was going to be about how to…
How to stack Milky Way shots and composite them with your own custom foreground
Apr 30, 2019
John Aldred
Sometimes, the scene before you that you want to shoot just doesn’t line up with the sky that you want. Maybe it’s cloudy every night…
Rare glass plate propaganda photos of Hitler digitised into US National Archive
Apr 26, 2019
John Aldred
1,270 of 41,000 glass negatives created by Hitler’s personal photographer and “key propagandist”, Heinrich Hoffman have been scanned into the US National Archives. Many of…
This long term timelapse camera can run for a month off four AA batteries
Apr 17, 2019
John Aldred
Timelapse is a subject that many photographers and filmmakers have tried. But sometimes, a couple of hours just isn’t long enough to shoot the sequence…
How to set up a 2-camera interview using a motorised camera slider and pan-tilt head
Apr 17, 2019
John Aldred
While we were visiting NAB 2019, we took the opportunity to have another chat with Ben from Syrp. We wanted to find out more about…