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.
Amber X is a privacy-focused in-home cloud storage for your photos you can access anywhere
Dec 14, 2020
John Aldred
With all the goings-on at Google and people looking for alternate cloud storage options, sometimes it’s easier to just be your own cloud. I use…
2020 DIYP Holiday Gift Guide – Accessories & Gadgets
Dec 12, 2020
John Aldred
We’re onto the final gift guide of the holiday season. We’ve had cameras, lenses, lights, tripods sliders and gimbals, but now it’s time for those…
Canon has patented a strange-but-cool zoomable 1-2x teleconverter
Dec 11, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this is an interesting idea, and pretty unique, too. Canon has patented a zoomable teleconverter. You know, those things that effectively increase the focal…
2020 DIYP Holiday Gift Guide – Tripods, Sliders and Gimbals
Dec 11, 2020
John Aldred
Keeping cameras steady or having complete control over their position is important, regardless of whether you’re shooting photos or video. We’ve already covered cameras, lenses…
Just how good are cheap extension tubes and do they really compare to an expensive dedicated macro lens?
Dec 11, 2020
John Aldred
Macro photography is some of the most fun you can have with a camera. But good macro lenses can be very expensive. There are other…
How to create very realistic (but still fake) reflections in Photoshop using 3D
Dec 11, 2020
John Aldred
Creating reflections in Photoshop is one of those things that people have been trying to master ever since those early Photoshop experiments hinted that it…
Aputure releases LS 600D Pro and announces Amaran 100D/X & 200D/X Bowens mount LED lights
Dec 11, 2020
John Aldred
It’s a busy day of announcements for Aputure today. Their new Lightstorm 600D Pro LED light is now available to purchase, and they’ve also announced…
2020 DIYP Holiday Gift Guide – Lighting
Dec 10, 2020
John Aldred
Light is something that plagues us all, whether we’re photographers or filmmakers. There’s either never enough, or it’s coming from the wrong direction, or it’s…
Canon patents a Dual Pixel AF Back-side Illuminated sensor (finally)
Dec 10, 2020
John Aldred
It’s taken a while for Canon to jump on the whole BSI train, although the company appears to have filed a patent in for what…
Check out the high ISO performance of the Canon EOS R5
Dec 9, 2020
John Aldred
With a lot of the overheating controversy from the video crowd (which Canon has been working on), we have to remember that ultimately the Canon…