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.
The REVORING is the last step-up ring you ever need to buy for your filters
Jun 29, 2020
John Aldred
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revoring/revoring-a-variable-step-ring-for-your-camera-lens-filters I’m a big fan of step-up rings. I buy all my circular filters in 77mm diameter (the largest diameter of all the lenses I…
This Insta360 ONE R teardown shows they packed a whole bunch of tech inside that tiny body
Jun 29, 2020
John Aldred
Amongst the tiny form factor cameras, the Insta360 ONE R is pretty unique. It’s the first modular action camera that lets you easily swap out…
Canon will be live streaming the EOS R5 and EOS R6 announcement on July 9th
Jun 29, 2020
John Aldred
It looks like there isn’t that much longer to wait for Canon to finally pull completely pull the curtain away on the much anticipated EOS…
10-year-old 2K cine camera goes up against 8K smartphone camera in this side-by-side comparison
Jun 29, 2020
John Aldred
The 2K Arri Alexa was a revolution in digital filmmaking. It was the first camera that saw a lot of big Hollywood filmmakers really start…
“Breaking up with Adobe” is the kind of epic short film we can all related to (NSFW)
Jun 27, 2020
John Aldred
We’ve all had our frustrations with software over the years, although in the photo and video industry, probably no more so than with Adobe –…
Hoya’s ProND Graduated Filters let you darken landscape skies without a separate filter holder
Jun 26, 2020
John Aldred
Hoya has today launched their new ProND Graduated neutral density filters. Like all graduated ND filters, they’re designed to help you darken down the brighter…
Analog people in a digital world – why do some still shoot the old ways?
Jun 26, 2020
John Aldred
Although analogue photography, particularly film, seemed to die off in the early 2000s as the world started to switch to digital, it’s seen something of…
The BIGSOFTI is yet another small LED light to help you shoot better smartphone photos
Jun 26, 2020
John Aldred
Small lights just seem to be popping up more and more lately. We’ve got Lumiee, Litra, Lumecube and a whole bunch of others beginning with…
Adobe changed all its app icons and designers are absolutely raging
Jun 25, 2020
John Aldred
Last month, Adobe started to change the icons for its ever-growing suite of applications. The biggest change was the new colourful Creative Cloud logo, but…
Last Of Us 2 shows us the right way to pack a cable post shooting (or when looking for zombies)
Jun 25, 2020
John Aldred
Cables seem to be popping up more and more in our lives lately, whether it’s power cables, USB cables or whatever. And as many of…