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.
How to shoot water splash product photography using a DIY catapult
Jun 6, 2020
John Aldred
Water splashes often seem to go hand in hand with product photography, although it’s not always easy to capture. Often it requires several pairs of…
Leaked images show Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 on the way – announcement expected next week
Jun 6, 2020
John Aldred
Tamron is preparing to announce a new walkaround superzoom lens, according to the latest photos leak from Nokishita. According to the images, the upcoming lens…
Lexar announces new $50 CFexpress card reader with read & write speeds up to 1,050MB/sec
Jun 5, 2020
John Aldred
Lexar has joined SanDisk, Sony, ProGrade, Delkin and Wise by releasing a CFexpress memory card reader. Surprisingly, it seems to be the cheapest on the…
“No, you can’t embed posts on your website without permission”, says Instagram
Jun 5, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this is a shocker. Image sharing platform Instagram has weighed in on the whole embedding thing after a second case has arisen involving post…
Signature Edits is a website with free raw files for you to practice your editing skills
Jun 5, 2020
John Aldred
Back in 2017, a website popped up called WeSaturate. Its goal was to become sort of a “Pixabay for raw files” type library where people…
Need sound effects? Rode’s entire Ambisonic Sound Library is now available to download for free
Jun 5, 2020
John Aldred
With the introduction of Rode’s ambisonic microphones like the VideoMic Soundfield and more recently the Rode NT-SF1, recording ambisonic sound has come down in cost…
How to remove glare from glasses in Photoshop
Jun 4, 2020
John Aldred
The best way to avoid glare in glasses is to simply position your lights and your subject in such a way that they don’t reflect…
The new black edition Leica D-Lux 7 is now available to pre-order for $1,195
Jun 4, 2020
John Aldred
Just as I was starting to write up this post about Nokishita leaking the photos of the upcoming black Leica D-Lux 7, it popped up…
Zeiss releasing three (four?) new Supreme Prime cine lenses – photos leak ahead of announcement
Jun 4, 2020
John Aldred
Photos have leaked of three new Zeiss Super Prime cine lenses ahead of an official announcement. There isn’t much information on them besides what we…
GoPro’s new GoPro Labs platform lets you test out experimental features
Jun 4, 2020
John Aldred
GoPro has announced a new platform, GoPro Labs, that allows the GoPro community to start testing out experimental features they’ve been working on. GoPro says…