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 create quick and easy cinematic colour grades in Photoshop in 2 minutes
Mar 26, 2018
John Aldred
There are a million ways to create cinematic looking colour grades, but this has to be the quickest I’ve seen. All it requires is a…
GoPro licenses out its camera tech to third parties
Mar 26, 2018
John Aldred
Well, it seems that GoPro may be struggling even more than many of us thought. Despite reporting the first profit in 2 years at the…
Canon full frame mirrorless “confirmed” to be testing with select pros
Mar 26, 2018
John Aldred
It seems Canon weren’t kidding when they said they were willing to cannibalise their DSLR sales to go full on into mirrorless. Canon Rumors report…
DIYP reviews the Zhiyun Crane 2 motorised 3-axis gimbal stabiliser
Mar 26, 2018
John Aldred
Ever since I got to play with the original Zhiyun Crane at Photokina 2016 I’ve wanted to put one of these things to work and…
Bargain Veydra cinema lenses win out over Zeiss CP.2s in new tests
Mar 25, 2018
John Aldred
It’s not often that you see a small company challenge the likes of Zeiss. It’s even less common to see one actually beat them in…
This 3D portal smartphone optical illusion requires no special glasses to see
Mar 23, 2018
John Aldred
This is a very cool piece of tech. Swedish developer Peder Norrby has done something pretty amazing with the iPhone X. He’s created a 3D…
This new app checks your last 10 Instagram posts to see if you were shadowwbanned
Mar 23, 2018
John Aldred
Instagram has been cracking down on various tactics people use to try to get ahead of the others on the platform. They’ve killed off many…
The world’s largest SSD now holds 100TB of data
Mar 23, 2018
John Aldred
The storage space race never seems to end. With ever-increasing storage demands on both consumers and storage facilities, it’s not surprising. We’re creating more digital…
YouTube makes it easier to live stream from your phone or desktop
Mar 22, 2018
John Aldred
YouTube’s live streaming has been very popular since they introduced it in 2011. But for many users, it’s just been too complex to deal with….
How avoiding social media for a year improved this photographer’s life
Mar 22, 2018
John Aldred
Quitting social media, even for a brief time is something that most of us wish we could do. Some of us are lucky enough to…