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.
Use a drill to get cool slow motion rotating footage with your smartphone
Oct 19, 2018
John Aldred
The guys over at COOPH do come out with some pretty nutty ideas sometimes, but this one’s kinda out there. Although I’ll still probably give…
Contrast detection autofocus doesn’t suck as much as you think and here’s why
Oct 19, 2018
John Aldred
New cameras get a lot of hassle over their autofocus systems. Either it doesn’t have Eye AF, or it isn’t dual pixel or it’s not…
Photographing a rock band on wet plate with 7500Ws of strobe power
Oct 18, 2018
John Aldred
Photographing a group of people on large format wet plate needs a lot of power. Even with a relatively wide f/5.6 aperture, with an ISO…
Magic Lantern begins testing on the Canon EOS R mirrorless
Oct 18, 2018
John Aldred
They sure don’t waste any time over at Magic Lantern HQ. A1ex at ML sent over a couple of firmware files over to Andrew Reid…
How to simulate a medium format camera with a DSLR
Oct 17, 2018
John Aldred
The “Brenizer method” isn’t exactly a new idea. In fact, it’s been around since before it was claimed by Ryan Brenizer. He was simply the one…
Adobe’s new Moving Stills sneak peek lets you move the camera after you’ve shot the photo
Oct 17, 2018
John Aldred
Object recognition and AI has come such a long way in such a short amount of time that effects that used to take hours can…
The GRAYCAP is a lens cap with a built in grey card so you always have one with you
Oct 17, 2018
John Aldred
Grey cards always seem to disappear when you need them the most, don’t they? There you are on a shoot, the lighting’s changed, you need…
This amazing Monaco Hyperlapse film took two months to shoot
Oct 16, 2018
John Aldred
Timelapse and hyperlapse aficionado Kirill Neiezhmakov has been creating some pretty amazing films over the last few years. He’s travelled all over the place from Hong…
Comparing the difference between $10 and $25 headshots
Oct 16, 2018
John Aldred
Ever wondered what kind of portrait $10 in photographer’s fees will get you? Ever wondered what $25 in fees will get you? I am not…
Photographing motorcycles at a wedding with a $12,000 400mm f/2.8 lens
Oct 16, 2018
John Aldred
There are times when only a super long lens like a Canon 400mm f/2.8L will do, even when photographing people. And when this wedding couple wanted their…