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.
These images may look like CG renders, but they’re actually photographs
Jan 3, 2017
John Aldred
In a world where many CG artists are aiming for photorealism, one very skilled photographer seems to be going the opposite way. These images look…
Is Phase One feeling threatened by mirrorless medium format cameras? Capture One “Unlikely” to support Fuji GFX
Jan 3, 2017
John Aldred
Adobe Lightroom has always faced some stiff competition against Phase One’s Capture One for medium format shooters. Even many photographers using DSLRs have made the…
Easy but powerful colour correction and grading using colour wheels
Dec 30, 2016
John Aldred
Colour wheels are fairly common to video editing applications. Lately, they seem to have started popping up in still image editing applications, too through the…
Manually fixing distortion in Photoshop is easier than you think
Dec 30, 2016
John Aldred
When you’re photographing interiors or tall buildings, perspective distortion is often inevitable. There’s ways around it with tilt shift lenses or large format film cameras,…
How to use coloured gels with studio strobes and softboxes
Dec 29, 2016
John Aldred
Using coloured gels with speedlights has become pretty common. Many people who shoot with speedlights have given it a go at least a couple of…
The Art of the Timelapse and some of our favourite timelapses from 2016
Dec 29, 2016
John Aldred
Timelapse seems to have exploded in 2016. Every other week, there’s a new one coming out trying to best the ones that came before it….
How to measure the diameter of custom lens bokeh using a compass
Dec 28, 2016
John Aldred
Creating custom bokeh for lenses is something many of us try at some point. Even if it’s not something we’re ever going to do again,…
Here’s how colour charts let you get perfect and consistent colour every time
Dec 27, 2016
John Aldred
After calibrating your monitor and profiling your printers, the next important step in colour accuracy is profiling your camera. There are several devices out there…
F-Stops vs T-Stops – What are they? and when do you use them?
Dec 26, 2016
John Aldred
F-Stops are a familiar term when it comes to photography. As more photographer start to delve into the world of video, though, they’ve started looking…
Should you stick with your kit lens or upgrade to something more expensive?
Dec 22, 2016
John Aldred
Many interchangeable lens cameras these days come with some kind of kit lens. Something to get you up and running, shooting as quickly as possible,…