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.
Billboard shoots photos of terrified jaywalkers after scaring them with tire screeching sounds
Jun 3, 2017
John Aldred
Billboards are often ignored. You can walk past a hundred of them in a day and not remember what a single one of them was…
Learn how to get the perfect light on your subject with this light modifiers comparison
Jun 2, 2017
John Aldred
When a photographer decides to use flash, it typically starts something like this. Photographer posts online asking which flash to buy, gets a lot of responses,…
Create cool lighting effects for video and photos using a projector
Jun 1, 2017
John Aldred
Adding a projector to your kit might seem a little old fashioned these days. But projecting images toward your subject or the background can be…
7 great tips for working with photographs in Adobe Premiere Pro
Jun 1, 2017
John Aldred
People are using photographs in videos for all kinds of reasons these days. Sometimes it’s to supplement a behind the scenes shoot or a vlog. Maybe…
How to turn 360° footage into Tiny Planets using Adobe Premiere Pro
May 31, 2017
John Aldred
One of my favourite things to come out of the whole 360° camera thing is tiny planets. They’re getting pretty popular, too, almost to the…
Glidecam and Ronin M gimbal stabiliser go head-to-head in these running shot action tests
May 31, 2017
John Aldred
Camera stabilisation has always been a big deal. It’s the difference between a good shot and a piece of footage you can barely watch. Until…
How to suspend objects in the air for photos and video
May 31, 2017
John Aldred
Levitation is an often visited subject for both stills and video. It’s often done with human subjects using some fancy Photoshop compositing work. But it can…
Nikon announces new 28mm f/1.4E wide lens, 8-15mm full frame Fisheye and budget friendly 10-20mm DX lens
May 31, 2017
John Aldred
Three new wide lenses have been announced by Nikon today. Two for full frame, the 28mm f/1.4E ED and 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5E ED Fisheye and one DX lens,…
Shoot for the stars – The beginner’s guide to astrophotography
May 30, 2017
John Aldred
I’m not really a big astrophotographer, the skies are just too bright around here most of the time. I’ve dabbled with it here and there,…
Turn your Godox AD200 into a continuous video light with the new LED head
May 30, 2017
John Aldred
The Godox AD200 flash has proven to be very popular since it was released a couple of months ago. A $299 200Ws flash with a…