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.
Sennheiser XSW-D microphones make it easy to get wireless audio into your cameras
Sep 25, 2019
John Aldred
One of the biggest problems for many video shooters is getting decent audio in the camera. The in-camera mics in most cameras aren’t exactly great,…
The Blackmagic Atem Mini is the video switcher that live streamers didn’t know they needed
Sep 25, 2019
John Aldred
While we were at IBC 2019, we heard Blackmagic had a new toy for live streamers. The Blackmagic Atem Mini. It’s a four HDMI device…
The Nanlite Forza 500 could be an Aputure 600D killer
Sep 25, 2019
John Aldred
At IBC 2019, Aputure had only just announced their new 600D LED light. But already it looks to have some serious competition in the form…
How to shoot a moving camera timelapse of people from a vertical slider
Sep 25, 2019
John Aldred
While we were at IBC 2019, we stopped by the Syrp stand to take a look at the new Syrp Tilt Platform. While we were…
The DOP Choice Universal Snapbag is a softbox you can mount to any light with barndoors
Sep 24, 2019
John Aldred
There are a lot of LED panels out there these days with no real access to add modifiers. Sure, there are some that are Bowens…
Deity’s “Connect” 2.4Ghz wireless microphone system lets you remotely control your transmitters
Sep 24, 2019
John Aldred
The Deity Connect is Deity’s new wireless microphone system for lavaliers and XLR microphones. It runs on 2.4Ghz, lets you control your transmitters remotely, and…
SanDisk has finally released their 1TB Extreme Pro SD Cards
Sep 24, 2019
John Aldred
It’s been three long years since SanDisk first showed off a 1TB SD card at Photokina. It was operational, but it was essentially just a…
Premiere Pro wants to be your go-to video editing tool for social media
Sep 24, 2019
John Aldred
Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the most widespread video editing applications out there. It’s always been a hugely popular application since its initial release….
The Glyph Atom Pro is the fastest portable SSD in the world
Sep 24, 2019
John Aldred
The demands placed on portable storage are higher now than they ever were, especially for creatives working in photo and video. We need larger capacities…
The DigitalFoto Ares eliminates Z bounce in your gimbal footage
Sep 24, 2019
John Aldred
I first saw the DigitalFoto Ares 4th axis stabiliser a little while ago, but I really wanted to see one in person to see how…