Posts by Author: John Aldred

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.

    This hilarious short film is everybody who’s ever pre-ordered a newly announced camera
    Jan 23, 2019 John Aldred

    This video is one of the funniest things I’ve seen so far this year. It begins as a somewhat sombre and dramatic piece. Immediately you can…

    This rare Marilyn Monroe contact sheet by Bert Stern can be yours for only $195,000
    Jan 23, 2019 John Aldred

    eBay is no longer the site it once was when it first started. Initially, you could find all kinds of great used treasures there. These…

    Watch a meteor crash into the Moon during the recent lunar eclipse
    Jan 23, 2019 John Aldred

    In case you hadn’t seen the onslaught of photographs on social media over the past couple of days, we recently experienced a blood moon lunar eclipse….

    How to easily shoot long exposure photographs at night
    Jan 22, 2019 John Aldred

    Long exposures are a lot of fun to shoot and experiment with. Although they can take some time to create (they are long exposures, after all),…

    Meike’s super low budget 50mm f/1.7 lens is coming to Nikon Z & Canon RF mirrorless cameras
    Jan 22, 2019 John Aldred

    So far, most of the lenses announced or expected for the Nikon Z and Canon RF mount systems have been quite pricey. Meike, a company…

    This super slim adapter will let you mount Sony E lenses on Nikon Z cameras with full autofocus
    Jan 22, 2019 John Aldred

    It’s interesting how things evolve. Nikon has traditionally made lenses that you can adapt to pretty much any other system (to varying degrees of compatibility),…

    Lenses are getting much heavier than they used to be
    Jan 22, 2019 John Aldred

    It feels like every year or to, my camera bags get heavier and heavier, even though the total amount of kit I carry hasn’t really…

    Employee fraud will cost $150,000,000 says drone manufacturer DJI – 29 people fired
    Jan 21, 2019 John Aldred

    A Bloomberg report says that the world’s largest maker of drones, DJI, has discovered around 1 billion yuan (~$150 million) worth of employee fraud, and…

    Computer generated fashion models will take over the industry – Is it happening already?
    Jan 21, 2019 John Aldred

    This is a topic that I’ve seen come up every few months in some form or another. Removing photographers from the process of image creation….

    How to read video scopes for perfect colour and exposure
    Jan 21, 2019 John Aldred

    For most stills photographers, the only measure of exposure that many of us see (besides the camera’s built-in reflective meter) is the histogram; essentially a…