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.
The Goodman One is an open source 3D printable medium format camera you can make yourself
Jun 1, 2018
John Aldred
Dora Goodman is a creator of beautiful handcrafted and customised analogue film cameras. She’s always had an obsession with handmade objects, and cameras afford her many…
Tamron admits autofocus issues with new 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III E mount lens – firmware fix coming
Jun 1, 2018
John Aldred
Tamron couldn’t stop shouting about its new 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD full frame lens for Sony leading up to its launch. I must’ve received a…
How to make your own DIY beauty dish for less than $10
May 31, 2018
John Aldred
The beauty dish has become a staple of portrait and fashion photographers. When used well, they offer a pleasing and flattering look to your subject….
Camera+ 2 brings a new interface, raw editing and dual camera support to your iPhone
May 31, 2018
John Aldred
Camera+ is one of my favourite iOS apps. It’s almost certainly the one I’ve used the most during the time that I owned iPhones. Whenever…
This 70 year old projector lens creates “insane swirly bokeh” that rivals a $7K Leica
May 30, 2018
John Aldred
Weird and crazy lenses is what Mathieu Stern has become known for. He seems to find some of the most unusual lenses that ever existed,…
How to build this heavy duty DIY camera car rig for only $30
May 30, 2018
John Aldred
Mounting cameras to cars is a lot of fun. It can allow us to get some unique and unusual perspectives in photos and videos. But…
How to shoot a day-to-night transition, the holy grail of timelapses
May 29, 2018
John Aldred
The day-to-night transition has been the holy grail for timelapse photographers since timelapse first became a thing. What makes it difficult is rather obvious. The…
How to create your own LUT filters in Photoshop the easy way
May 29, 2018
John Aldred
LUTs have become a big thing recently. Once only used for grading video, they’ve become extremely popular for regular photography, too. Photoshop’s been able to…
DJI announces pricing and availability for Ronin-S camera stabiliser, should you get it or the Crane 2?
May 29, 2018
John Aldred
DJI’s line of Ronin camera stabilisers, however, is very well regarded, and they work pretty flawlessly. So, when DJI announced a handheld 3-axis stabilised gimbal…
The ultimate portrait bokeh shootout – Crop vs full frame vs large format
May 29, 2018
John Aldred
When it comes to the discussion fo bokeh, we often hear of the “benefits of full frame”. There are many comparisons out there all over…