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.

Kodak reports film business revenue is up, but overall profits are down

Nov 12, 2019 John Aldred

Kodak has reported its financial results for Q3 2019. They have announced that their film business has grown by 21% in the last quarter over…

Irix expands their cinema lens range with the 45mm T1.5 and more on the way

Nov 11, 2019 John Aldred

Irix shocked us all recently by announcing that their 45mm prime lens was going to be released as a T1.5 cinema lens first, and not…

Pelican launches the Vault Photography Collection – A new line of lightweight rugged cases

Nov 11, 2019 John Aldred

Pelican has pretty much been an industry standard for many years now, in the worlds of both the photography and video. They’re tough, rugged, can…

The Camera Canopy stops your camera getting wet in the rain – and it’s a real thing

Nov 11, 2019 John Aldred

It turns out that the Camera Canopy, first shown off near the beginning of this year, wasn’t a prank after all. It’s a real genuine…

Here are 10 microphone tips to improve the audio quality in your videos

Nov 11, 2019 John Aldred

Audio is often the biggest challenge for filmmakers, especially newer ones. Most people just coming into the world of video don’t realise how much of…

How to quickly match colours for fast composites in Photoshop

Nov 10, 2019 John Aldred

One of the things many people struggle with when it comes to composites is matching the colours of the two (or more) shots. Manually dragging…

Here’s how Sigma builds the fp – the world’s smallest full frame mirrorless camera

Nov 10, 2019 John Aldred

I always love Johnnie Behiri’s behind the scenes looks at how the kit we used is made. He recently treated us to a look inside…

This street photography experiment gives unsuspecting New Yorkers a surprise photo of themselves

Nov 10, 2019 John Aldred

This is an interesting take on street photography. A social experiment of sorts. Normally, when we do street photography and people are included, or even…

The QooCam 8K is the world’s first 8K 360° camera that actually fits in your pocket

Nov 9, 2019 John Aldred

There are a number of pocketable 360° cameras out there now, like the Insta360 ONE X, Insta360 EVO, YI 360 VR, and countless others, but…