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.
Sony may be preparing to launch their own drone
Feb 3, 2020
John Aldred
Historically, Sony has jumped onto just about every bit of consumer tech (and even led the way sometimes) as soon as it appeared on the…
How to edit in Lightroom using the “Dark Mode” technique for more contrast and drama
Feb 3, 2020
John Aldred
When it comes to processing our images, there are all kinds of weird and crazy techniques out there. This is an interesting Lightroom one from…
Photographer ordered to pay $200,000 after not delivering images to 54 clients
Feb 3, 2020
John Aldred
While many photographers struggle to pick up clients, some photographers have no shortage, but struggle to deliver. And some intentionally don’t deliver, as seems to…
Canon’s end of year financial report drops hints about new EOS R cameras and RF lenses
Feb 1, 2020
John Aldred
Canon has released its 2019 end of year financial results and presentation, in which Canon highlight how they’ve done over the last year, and also…
Here is why your photos change colour when you export from Photoshop and how to fix it
Jan 31, 2020
John Aldred
Several times a day I see people posting online that they’ve exported images from Photoshop and the final JPG looks nothing like what they thought…
Fujifilm firmware adds big autofocus performance boost to the X-T3 and bug fixes to the X-Pro 3
Jan 31, 2020
John Aldred
Fujifilm has released firmware 1.04 for the Fujifilm X-Pro3 and firmware 3.20 for the Fujifilm X-T3, with the latter bringing some significantly improved features.
Police in the UK will soon be able to ground and seize drones from pilots
Jan 30, 2020
John Aldred
On January 27th, the British parliament heard and debated a bill (for the second time) which gives police and prison authorities more powers to be…
RGB vs Lab colour – What it is and how you can use it when processing your images
Jan 30, 2020
John Aldred
Most of us probably never leave the realm of editing our images in a regular RGB colour space. But many applications also allow you the…
This is why location scouting is so important for destination and event photographers
Jan 29, 2020
John Aldred
I’m lucky with my photography. It’s almost all on location, but I mostly get to choose the location myself. They’re places I’m familiar with, that…
Canon EOS 850D/Rebel T8i specs and photos leak – announcement next month
Jan 29, 2020
John Aldred
Well, Canon sure is the talk around the water cooler lately, huh? First the EOS R5, then the EOS R6 and now it seems the…