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.
Create big light from small flashes with a Chinese Lantern paper lamp shade
Mar 29, 2016
John Aldred
Speedlights often go hand in hand with shooting portraits on the street, especially at night, but small flashes have one big issue. Due to their…
It’s amazing what you can do with cutlery, a glass ball and a perforated metal sheet
Mar 28, 2016
John Aldred
Howard Ashton-Jones has often spoken about the importance of personal work outside of his main work as the official photographer for Scottish Gymnastics. Personal work allows us…
Photographing Kenya’s rich and powerful glamorous grannies
Mar 16, 2016
John Aldred
This is the story of Kenya’s League Of Extravagant Grannies, who were once corporate and government leaders in the 1970s. They now live the retired high life…
Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer coming soon to Windows
Mar 15, 2016
John Aldred
Mac owners have had the opportunity to make use of applications Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer for almost a year now, but that the software has only been available for…
Photographer blends reality with CG to produce amazing surreal landscapes
Mar 7, 2016
John Aldred
We’ve all had that feeling of being in a beautiful or dramatic landscape, wanting to capture it, and then found it was missing just a…
Spice up your old 35mm SLR with a one-of-a-kind hand crafted wooden grip
Mar 5, 2016
John Aldred
Despite being principal photographer for Jaguar World, Classics Monthly, Retro Cars and a number of other popular British car magazines, Chris Frosin always seems to find…
Think 10 stops of ND is a lot? How about 17 hour exposures with Lee Filters’ new 15 stop Super Stopper
Mar 5, 2016
John Aldred
Announced today via Lee Filters UK distributor, Linhof Studio, a new member joins the Stopper family, adding to the 10 stop Big Stopper and 6 stop Little…
The ultimate Lightroom film look presets comparison
Mar 4, 2016
John Aldred
When it comes to getting the look of film, or something even vaguely resembling film, I’m one of those who would sooner just pick up an…
Pentax K1 sample images have been released showing off the Pixel Shift Resolution
Mar 4, 2016
John Aldred
Ricoh have today released a set of sample images for the recently announced full frame Pentax K1 DSLR. I have to admit, I was a little underwhelmed…
“Specifications have nothing to do with quality” – Insights from a camera tech + the best lens teardown video you ever saw
Mar 4, 2016
John Aldred
Mike Kusak at FixyourCamera.org is a self-confessed electronics nut. As a camera tech with over a decade of professional experience Mike has worked on some of…