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.
Fixing colour casts with neutral density filters using the ColorChecker Passsport
Aug 1, 2018
John Aldred
Recently, I posted a video on my YouTube channel on profiling my phone’s cameras. I do this because I like shooting DNG and then processing…
The Steadify claims to replace all your tripods and monopods
Aug 1, 2018
John Aldred
This is an odd one, and I’m curious what you guys think. When I first saw this, I thought “that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever…
New Canon SX740 HS point & shoot offers 4K video and 40x optical zoom
Jul 31, 2018
John Aldred
Well, we knew it wouldn’t be long before 4K started to trickle down to lower end cameras. It’s been around in phones for years already….
The OKO helps to shoot photos and video with your phones at the expense of your dignity
Jul 31, 2018
John Aldred
If you thought Google Glass was obnoxious and obvious, you’ve seen nothing yet. Meet OKO (yes, it’s on Kickstarter). Ok, maybe I’m being a little unfair….
Godox finally launches Android app for the A1 – but only for some phones
Jul 29, 2018
John Aldred
Almost a year later than originally scheduled, Godox has finally released an Android app for the Godox A1 mobile flash trigger. The A1 was launched…
Negative vs transparency film – when to use one over the other
Jul 27, 2018
John Aldred
Film is definitely back on the rise, to the point where Fuji may even be bringing some of theirs back. While most of the films…
The Standard 4×5 is a 3D printed large format camera
Jul 26, 2018
John Aldred
I love that large format seems to be coming back in fashion. I really do. In the last couple of years we’ve seen some great…
Bit depth explained – what 8Bit, 10Bit and 12Bit really means
Jul 26, 2018
John Aldred
Bit depth is something we hear spoken of a lot. When the Panasonic GH5 was announced with the ability to shoot 10Bit video, a lot…
How to create full colour photographs with only black & white film
Jul 25, 2018
John Aldred
We all know that digital images are made up of red, green and blue “pixels”. Often, to capture this, sensors are in some kind of side-by-side…
The “Ultimate Lens Hood” is… the ultimate lens hood?
Jul 25, 2018
John Aldred
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jsdesigns/the-ultimate-lens-hood One would think that a lens hood is a simple and straightforward sort of thing. We’ve all got them for our various lenses to…