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.
How to approach commercial product photography to achieve the best results
Mar 29, 2019
John Aldred
Commercial product lighting is very challenging. Whether you’re shooting stills or video, you never know what type of product you might need to shoot from…
A Sony shooter’s review of the Nikon Z6
Mar 28, 2019
John Aldred
It’s always interesting to see camera reviews from shooters of systems other than that to which the camera they’re reviewing belongs. There is no doubt…
No, Olympus is NOT selling their camera business
Mar 28, 2019
John Aldred
Rumours were flying earlier this month out of Japan saying that Olympus wasn’t having a great time right now. In fact, they suggested Olympus was…
Atomos has announced an SDI version of their Shogun 5.2″ field monitor
Mar 28, 2019
John Aldred
When the 5.2″ Atomos Shinobi was announced only last month, it got a lot of people very excited with its 1920×1080 pixel 1000 nit 427ppi…
Panasonic S1 paid upgrade offering 10-bit and V-Log coming in July
Mar 28, 2019
John Aldred
It’s been known for a while that Panasonic has been planning a paid upgrade for the Panasonic S1 mirrorless camera. And it wasn’t really unexpected,…
Profoto launches the Connect – a completely button-free flash trigger
Mar 27, 2019
John Aldred
Most flash triggers today have a massive array of buttons and doohickies with a fancy LCD screen. Just look at the Godox XPro. According to…
Canon Asia “pre-announces” new EOS R firmware with improved Eye AF and bug fixes
Mar 27, 2019
John Aldred
Canon Asia has “pre-announced” that there is to be an upcoming v1.2.0 firmware for the Canon EOS R mirrorless camera. I’m not sure what a…
Use these seven tips to get more cinematic footage with your smartphone videos
Mar 27, 2019
John Aldred
Shooting video on a smartphone has become far more commonplace now than it used to be. Even for quite serious projects. And, sure, it was…
Sekonic wants your feedback for adding Godox compatibility to its light meters
Mar 27, 2019
John Aldred
Native Godox support with Sekonic light meters is something I’ve seen many Godox, Pixapro and Flashpoint users asking about for a long time. It seems…
Sony’s new RX0 II rugged action camera offers internal 4K recording and a flippy up LCD
Mar 26, 2019
John Aldred
Released in September 2017, the original Sony RX0 was a very impressive camera. It offered 4K 4:2:2 video via HDMI, timecode sync for multiple…