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.
Sekonic’s new L-308X light meter is targeting both filmmakers and photographers
Mar 6, 2018
John Aldred
The Sekonic L-308S meter is by far their most popular light meter. Fairly basic but very accurate and affordable, it’s the model that often introduces…
Product photography is way more creative and exciting than you think
Mar 5, 2018
John Aldred
My first paying photo gig was a product shoot. It ended up turning into a regular thing for a couple of years. It wasn’t what…
Contrast vs Phase Detection autofocus – What it means and why it matters.
Mar 5, 2018
John Aldred
Often, we hear much talk about the advantages and disadvantages of phase detection vs contrast-based autofocus systems. But not everybody knows what that means or…
This video was shot on a $32 iPhone 3GS from 2009
Mar 5, 2018
John Aldred
They say that the gear doesn’t matter, and to some degree that’s true. Sometimes, though, it absolutely does. Even if that gear isn’t very good….
Elinchrom launches the ELB 500 TTL – Their most powerful portable TTL strobe ever
Mar 5, 2018
John Aldred
TTL seems to have become all the rage for big strobes the last few years. There are now TTL strobe options from Godox, Profoto and…
The Dobot Mooz is a 3D printer, laser engraver and CNC milling machine
Mar 4, 2018
John Aldred
Recently, I’ve been researching 3D printers while considering how one might make my photographic & video life easier. In my search, I discovered that our…
Irix expands their Edge filter series with a 15 stop neutral density
Mar 3, 2018
John Aldred
The likes of B+W and Lee have pretty much dominated the strong neutral density filter market for the last few years. Both of their 10…
Facebook bans user for posting photo of 30,000-year-old statue of naked woman
Mar 2, 2018
John Aldred
As if Facebook’s photo rules and regulations didn’t seem stupid enough already. Now, according to Business Insider, they’re banning people for posting photographs of 30,000-year-old…
Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus camera knocks the Google Pixel 2 off its top spot
Mar 2, 2018
John Aldred
It seems that with every new smartphone release, DxO has to offer up a new standard. It’s not surprising, though, really. Mobile phone camera technology…
This is all the shiny new camera gear announced at this year’s WPPI
Mar 2, 2018
John Aldred
WPPI has been a good one this year for gear announcements. We’ve got the very impressive looking new Sony A7III camera and a whole slew of…