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.

You can’t post your nude photography to Tumblr anymore

Dec 4, 2018 John Aldred

With Facebook and other social media platforms having a complete ban on nude and suggestive imagery, many nude and glamour photographers have turned to Tumblr…

2018 DIYP Gift Guide – Lenses

Dec 4, 2018 John Aldred

In this part of our 2019 seasonal gift guides, we’re moving on from cameras to focus on lenses. There have been some great ones released…

2018 DIYP Gift Guide – Cameras

Dec 3, 2018 John Aldred

It’s that time of year again! Black Friday and Christmas are on the way, which means it’s time for our annual gift guides. Maybe you’re…

Google used this crazy 5-phone case to tweak Portrait Mode on the Pixel 3

Dec 3, 2018 John Aldred

When the Google Pixel 2 came out it was extremely impressive. Despite only having the single rear camera, it beat out everything else on DxOMark…

Photokina in 2019 is cancelled – The next one is in 2020

Dec 3, 2018 John Aldred

Well, this will come as a bit of a shock, especially to all of those people who decided to skip Photokina this year in order…

8K video is now a real thing and it’s being broadcast in Japan

Dec 3, 2018 John Aldred

With all the talk of potential 8K Sony cameras recently, there have been a lot of cries of “Overkill!”, “Way too much”, “We’ll never need that!”….

Here Are 9 Simple DIY Photography Hacks

Dec 2, 2018 John Aldred

Everybody loves quick DIY photography hacks, and in this video, we bring you nine of our favourites. They’re all pretty straightforward, and even beginners shouldn’t have a…