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.
This Sony A7III review shows it’s as good in the real world as it is on paper
Mar 9, 2018
John Aldred
Since its announcement at WPPI recently, the Sony A7III has been the hot topic around the camera body water cooler. A lot of people had…
How and why you need to colour grade your video footage
Mar 8, 2018
John Aldred
Colour grading seems to be the buzz term for video these days. It didn’t really exist until O Brother, Where Art Thou? but it quickly became…
A beginner’s guide to polarisers and neutral density filters
Mar 8, 2018
John Aldred
Some might have you believe that neutral density and polarising filters aren’t required in today’s modern era of digital photography. That you can replicate their…
Here is how to tell a real BlackRapid from a fake one
Mar 8, 2018
John Aldred
When we hear about fake products in the photography world, it’s usually memory cards. Cheap SD cards with fake SanDisk or Lexar labels being sold…
Wacom’s entry-level Intuos tablets just got a huge new upgrade
Mar 8, 2018
John Aldred
A graphics tablet is one of the most essential pieces of kit one can own as a photographer or retoucher. Sure, you can edit with…
How to build your own DIY track dolly for under $50
Mar 7, 2018
John Aldred
Anybody getting into video soon realises that camera movement is the key to getting more interesting shots. Often the first investment made to get that…
Atech’s new Blackjet CFast 2.0 card reader is built for durability and speed
Mar 7, 2018
John Aldred
Since the demise and maybe-rebirth of Lexar, the memory card news has been quite interesting. We’ve had world’s fastest, world’s biggest, world’s fastest again, and…
How to make your own medium format camera from scratch with a piece of PVC pipe
Mar 7, 2018
John Aldred
Pinhole cameras are about as old as photography gets. They’re such a simple and basic concept that’s withstood the test of time and are still…
ProGrade Digital will not make XQD, will focus on CFexpress
Mar 6, 2018
John Aldred
I was hoping that new memory card company ProGrade Digital would give photographers some good news about XQD at some point. And this simultaneously isn’t good…
The UniColor LED light tube has an IP67 rating for underwater light painting
Mar 6, 2018
John Aldred
With light painting becoming as popular as it has, it’s no surprise that we’re starting to see more and more products popping up to aid…