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.

This is everything you could ever want to know about Frequency Separation

Jun 21, 2018 John Aldred

I’m a huge fan of very long and in-depth educational videos on YouTube. People keep going on about how “5-7 minutes is the ideal length!”….

Yongnuo’s new 50mm f/1.4 lens keeps up with Canon at less than 2/3rds the price

Jun 21, 2018 John Aldred

Yongnuo has been coming pretty thick and fast with lenses over the last couple of years. Sure, they’re generally copies of somebody else’s lens, but…

MUWI is a super compact motorised dolly for cameras and smartphones

Jun 19, 2018 John Aldred

Finding that perfect slider or dolly is a challenge. I’ve got a few of them now, and they all annoy me in slightly different ways,…

DIYP reviews the MIOPS Splash water drop photography kit

Jun 18, 2018 John Aldred

In the world of photography, water droplets are something of a rite of passage. It’s the perfect rainy day photography project and one that many of…

These tricks will up your control of smoke to ninja level

Jun 17, 2018 John Aldred

I’ve used smoke machines on shoots indoors before, and they never end up looking quite the way I expect. Thanks to this video from Gavin…

Leica launches new C-Lux 20.1MP 15x optical zoom 4K compact camera

Jun 16, 2018 John Aldred

Leica has announced a new point & shoot; The Leica C-Lux. It contains a 20.1MP 1″ MOS sensor, shoots 4K 30fps video, features 5-way optical…

How to create Photoshop Actions to make star trails from a single photo

Jun 15, 2018 John Aldred

Star trails are a common subject amongst astrophotographers. When they’re not trying to capture the milky way, they’re showing the path that our stars take…

This is how the $800 Tamron 28-75mm lens stands up against the $2200 Sony 24-70mm G-Master

Jun 15, 2018 John Aldred

When it comes to the 24-70mm-ish range, there aren’t that many options for Sony. There’s the $2,200 Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G-Master, of course. Or you…

Neewer releases 35mm f/1.2 APS lens for Fuji and Sony that costs only $120

Jun 15, 2018 John Aldred

It looks like Yongnuo aren’t the only cheap Chinese manufacturer looking to expand into lenses. Although, while Yongnuo does typically make the products onto which…