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.
Syrp’s Genie Mini II upgrades connectivity, adding WiFi, more reliable bluetooth and USB Type C
Jun 25, 2019
John Aldred
The original Syrp Genie Mini quickly became a leader in motion control for timelapse photographers and filmmakers. The small form factor made it easy to…
This guy shot a modern car race with a 1968 Super 8 camera and it looks awesome
Jun 25, 2019
John Aldred
I don’t know about you, but I always find it fascinating to see current events shot on old cameras. Whether it’s stills or motion, it’s…
Manfrotto’s Befree GT XPRO is a travel tripod designed specifically for macro shooters
Jun 24, 2019
John Aldred
Macro is one of the more difficult subjects that many photographers choose to shoot, especially when we’re travelling. Often, there’s not enough light to go…
This is the most well thought out DIY overhead camera rig I’ve ever seen
Jun 24, 2019
John Aldred
For most of us, when we want an overhead camera rig, we set up a light stand with a boom arm or stick a modified…
The Octopus is a 5K full frame open source camera that lets you swap out sensors
Jun 24, 2019
John Aldred
Now that digital imaging sensors are starting to become more freely available to the masses, all kinds of open source projects have been popping up…
The Wingo Pro lets you shoot bullet time with your action camera
Jun 23, 2019
John Aldred
We’ve all had moments where we thought to ourselves “This would be the perfect opportunity for some bullet time!”. We’ve seen some DIY rigs in…
Mac users can now get Lightroom directly from the Mac App Store
Jun 23, 2019
John Aldred
Adobe just made the first major app shift from their own platform by adding Lightroom to the Mac App Store. This isn’t the first Adobe…
Take your light painting game to the next level with these unconventional techniques
Jun 23, 2019
John Aldred
Light painting is typically done one of two ways. Either you have a flashlight and wave it around your scene from behind the camera to…
Watch how Fujifilm makes the new GFX100 camera
Jun 21, 2019
John Aldred
This two-part video series from Johnnie Behiri at Cinema5D covering the creation of the new Fujifilm GFX100 medium format digital camera has been absolutely fantastic…
The Flip Camera on the ASUS ZenFone 6 is a lot more durable than it looks
Jun 21, 2019
John Aldred
There’s been a lot of talk about the Flip Camera on the ASUS ZenFone 6. It immediately jumped to the top of DxOMark’s “Selfie Camera”…