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 Fashion 101 course shows you how to shoot and break into the world of fashion photography
May 29, 2017
John Aldred
Fashion Photography 101. Even a basic introduction to fashion photography is fairly in depth. So, renowned photographer Clinton Lubbe decided to split the topic up…
This is the full budget and lighting breakdown on shooting an $8,000 commercial
May 29, 2017
John Aldred
The world of commercial shooting, whether stills or video, is an attractive one. It can be a tough one to break into, but it can…
Conceptual photographer takes us behind the scenes on the moon’s ever changing cycle
May 26, 2017
John Aldred
Swedish Photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson goes all out for his creations. They take so much work that, according to his website, Johansson aims to…
The popular Macphun photo editing software is finally coming to Windows
May 26, 2017
John Aldred
I’ve been looking forward to this announcement for a while. Affinity did it last year, bringing their popular Photo and Designer apps to Windows. Now Macphun…
Use Nikon & Canon full frame lenses with Fuji GFX medium format with no vignetting
May 25, 2017
John Aldred
Adapters that let you mount a lens from one camera system to a body of another are nothing new. Even so-called “Speed boosters” which allow…
Shooting with a 35 year old roll of Kodak black & white film
May 24, 2017
John Aldred
Last year, Colin Wirth at This Does Not Compute inherited some old camera gear from his grandparents. Along with the usual assortment of cameras, lenses and…
Triggertrap Mobile camera-control dongle goes Open Source
May 24, 2017
John Aldred
Over the course of its life, Triggertrap has had a pretty eventful journey. Triggertrap started life as an Open Source universal camera trigger backed through Kickstarter in 2011….
Stop trying to pose your subjects and direct them
May 23, 2017
John Aldred
Posing human subjects that are in front of my camera is something I tend not to really do all that much any more. I used…
Take your studio outside with this field macro photography guide
May 23, 2017
John Aldred
The world of macro photograph is one that can absorb a photographer completely. You start off simple, perhaps with a reversing ring photographing small things…
The Pinhole Pro is the world’s first multi aperture pinhole lens designed for DSLRs
May 23, 2017
John Aldred
Pinhole photography has had an interesting life. It started off as the most basic fundamental way to capture an image. Despite becoming “obsolete” as lens…