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 simulate a medium format camera with a DSLR
Oct 17, 2018
John Aldred
The “Brenizer method” isn’t exactly a new idea. In fact, it’s been around since before it was claimed by Ryan Brenizer. He was simply the one…
Adobe’s new Moving Stills sneak peek lets you move the camera after you’ve shot the photo
Oct 17, 2018
John Aldred
Object recognition and AI has come such a long way in such a short amount of time that effects that used to take hours can…
Insta360 brings 180° 3D workflows to their Pro series cameras
Oct 17, 2018
John Aldred
Insta360 has now released a new 180° 3D VR workflow for the Insta360 Pro and Insta360 Pro 2 cameras. Insta360 says that these are the…
The GRAYCAP is a lens cap with a built in grey card so you always have one with you
Oct 17, 2018
John Aldred
Grey cards always seem to disappear when you need them the most, don’t they? There you are on a shoot, the lighting’s changed, you need…
This amazing Monaco Hyperlapse film took two months to shoot
Oct 16, 2018
John Aldred
Timelapse and hyperlapse aficionado Kirill Neiezhmakov has been creating some pretty amazing films over the last few years. He’s travelled all over the place from Hong…
Comparing the difference between $10 and $25 headshots
Oct 16, 2018
John Aldred
Ever wondered what kind of portrait $10 in photographer’s fees will get you? Ever wondered what $25 in fees will get you? I am not…
Photographing motorcycles at a wedding with a $12,000 400mm f/2.8 lens
Oct 16, 2018
John Aldred
There are times when only a super long lens like a Canon 400mm f/2.8L will do, even when photographing people. And when this wedding couple wanted their…
Sony plans triumphant return to APS-C camera development
Oct 15, 2018
John Aldred
A lot of folks expected more from Sony during Photokina 2018’s announcements. The “baby A9” rumoured to come in the form of the A7000 was…
This is how high your light source should be for photographing portraits
Oct 15, 2018
John Aldred
One of the questions I often hear from people who are new to photography, particularly when using flash is “How high should my light be?”….
How and where to focus on landscapes to shoot sharper images
Oct 13, 2018
John Aldred
When you’re shooting landscapes, the biggest challenge is getting images clean and sharp from front to back. You’d think it’s quite simple. Focus on infinity…