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 make your own colour changing DIY LED ring light for under $30
Apr 1, 2019
John Aldred
Ring lights can be a lot of fun, and they’ve certainly become more popular over the last few years, especially for video. And while ring…
The Slow Mo Guys actually managed to film light at 10 trillion frames per second
Apr 1, 2019
John Aldred
Every new Slow Mo Guys video just makes me go “wow!”. Seething every day things shot at tens or hundreds of thousand frames per second…
Arri launches the Alexa Mini LF – “Large format” 4.5K cinema camera
Mar 29, 2019
John Aldred
The photography crowd might laugh at Arri’s use of the term “large format” when we’re talking about a sensor only a hair larger than a…
Atomos has announced an SDI version of their Shogun 5.2″ field monitor
Mar 28, 2019
John Aldred
When the 5.2″ Atomos Shinobi was announced only last month, it got a lot of people very excited with its 1920×1080 pixel 1000 nit 427ppi…
Use these seven tips to get more cinematic footage with your smartphone videos
Mar 27, 2019
John Aldred
Shooting video on a smartphone has become far more commonplace now than it used to be. Even for quite serious projects. And, sure, it was…
Sekonic wants your feedback for adding Godox compatibility to its light meters
Mar 27, 2019
John Aldred
Native Godox support with Sekonic light meters is something I’ve seen many Godox, Pixapro and Flashpoint users asking about for a long time. It seems…
Sony’s new RX0 II rugged action camera offers internal 4K recording and a flippy up LCD
Mar 26, 2019
John Aldred
Released in September 2017, the original Sony RX0 was a very impressive camera. It offered 4K 4:2:2 video via HDMI, timecode sync for multiple…
How to create a realistic shallow depth of field effect in Photoshop
Mar 25, 2019
John Aldred
Shooting with a shallow depth of field has become so popular in the last few years that it’s almost become a cliché. But it remains…
This is one street photographer’s philosophy to create stories out of chaos in the city
Mar 25, 2019
John Aldred
This morning I woke up to one of those emails. Yes, that’s right, another SmugMug Film is being launched today. This one follows street photographer…
The Insta360 ONE X is a 5.7K 360° “action camera” which completely eliminates the need for a gimbal
Mar 24, 2019
John Aldred
The pace at which some technologies are developing today is just amazing. One area that’s seen particularly rapid progress over the last few years is…