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.

Spice up your food photography by backlighting it with a light box

Mar 22, 2017 John Aldred

Backlighting translucent objects is always great fun to experiment with. Sometimes it’s quite easy. You just put a light on a stand, place it behind…

The Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 goes up against the twice-the-price Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8

Mar 22, 2017 John Aldred

Usually, lenses of a similar focal length and aperture cost a similar price. Except, perhaps, when they have Zeiss written on them. The Zeiss Batis…

Photographing the Royal Air Force jets from the air on film in 1977

Mar 16, 2017 John Aldred

With today’s technology, shooting photos from the air is simple. Send up a drone, and you’re good to go. When drones can’t keep up, there…

The wait is finally over – Photopills is now available for Android

Mar 15, 2017 John Aldred

PhotoPills has become one of the most popular iOS apps out there for location photographers. Whether you shoot landscapes, astrophotography, portraits, or anything else on…

The Fujifilm GFX 50S and Canon 5DS R face off to find out if all pixels are created equally

Mar 15, 2017 John Aldred

When the 36MP Nikon D800 was originally released in 2012, it was hailed as the “medium format killer”. Well, medium format has not only survived,…

A Slow Mo Guy talks about the challenges of shooting high speed slow motion video

Mar 15, 2017 John Aldred

High speed photography for stills presents a whole lot of challenges, just for a single image. When you’re trying to capture a thousand, ten thousand…

Combine regular, fast, and slow motion footage for mind bending video effects

Mar 14, 2017 John Aldred

Fundamentally, for me, photography’s about playing with time. Either you’re freezing a moment of it, or you’re capturing a lot of it into a single image….