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.
If you shoot through prisms and own a 3D printer, you’ll want to make this
Jul 5, 2019
John Aldred
Shooting through prisms and glass or crystals of all kinds of shapes has become quite popular over the past couple of years. Lensbaby even put…
Watch this gimbal starter guide to get you shooting cinematic video quickly
Jul 5, 2019
John Aldred
Gimbals can be wonderful filmmaking tools, and they’re ideal for adding interesting movement to your shot with the minimum of fuss. But they’re not always…
Nikon D6 rumoured to have in-body image stabilisation and be released in early 2020
Jul 5, 2019
John Aldred
This will be an interesting move for Nikon if it turns out to be true, but the word is that the Nikon D6 is going…
Here’s how you can edit Blackmagic RAW footage in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Jul 5, 2019
John Aldred
When the news that Blackmagic were replacing CinemaDNG with their own Blackmagic RAW format, there was a mixed reaction. It’s Blackmagic’s own format, offering a…
If you can’t beat ’em, copy ’em – Yongnuo announces YN200 portable strobe
Jul 4, 2019
John Aldred
Yongnuo has just announced their new YN200 “Speedlite”. Following their tradition of making products that are highly “inspired” by other products made by other companies,…
Fixing the base of the Manfrotto RC2 tripod quick release system with 3D printing
Jul 4, 2019
John Aldred
The Manfrotto RC2 quick release system is one of the most popular in the world for photographers. Its only real competition for tripod mounting supremacy…
The Film Carrier Mk1 is yet another film holder for “scanning” your film with a digital camera
Jul 3, 2019
John Aldred
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/negativesupply/film-carrier-mk1-35mm-roll-film-holder-for-camera-scanning There’s a new Kickstarter up from a company going by the name of Negative Supply. It’s for the “Film Carrier Mk1”, a 35mm roll…
Nikon is killing off some of their DSLR product lines, rumour claims
Jul 2, 2019
John Aldred
A post has popped up on Nikon Rumors suggesting that Nikon is killing off some of their most popular DSLR lines. Specifically, the D3x00 and…
How to balance your strobes with ambient light on location
Jul 2, 2019
John Aldred
Many users of flash feel quite comfortable with it in the studio. The studio makes things fairly straightforward. You expose to eliminate all the ambient…
German lighting manufacturer Hensel goes into provisional insolvency
Jul 2, 2019
John Aldred
We appear to have another casualty in the increasingly competitive strobe market. According to ProfiFoto, The District Court of Würzburg has ordered the provisional insolvency administration…