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.

Samyang announces 50mm f/1.2 adding to “XPert” lens series for Canon

Feb 20, 2018 John Aldred

Samyang has now officially announced their new XP 50mm f/1.2 lens. It’s the third in the “XPert” series designed specifically for full frame Canon EF…

Shooting steampunk style wet plates handheld

Feb 20, 2018 John Aldred

Shooting wetplate is a bit of a feat all by itself. Sure, it’s getting a little more common than it was a decade or two ago,…

Panasonic has made an 8K global shutter CMOS sensor capable of 60fps

Feb 19, 2018 John Aldred

Well, it seems that Sony isn’t the only one with a global shutter CMOS announcement of late. According to a press release, Panasonic has also…

Use a tilt-shift lens to be a little more creative with your portraits

Feb 19, 2018 John Aldred

Often relegated to the realms of architectural, product photography and the occasional bit of timelapse, tilt-shift lenses aren’t typically found in a portrait photographer’s bag….

Sony’s new CMOS sensor eliminates rolling shutter and does 600 FPS

Feb 19, 2018 John Aldred

Rolling shutter has been the bane of DSLR and mirrorless video shooters since the beginning. In fact, for users of just about any camera with…

Drone may have caused helicopter to crash land in South Carolina

Feb 17, 2018 John Aldred

After a drone collides with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter just last month, we’re already hearing about another incident involving a helicopter and a…

DPRSplit lets you pull more dynamic range out of your Canon 5D Mark IV raw files.

Feb 17, 2018 John Aldred

This is a pretty cool development from LibRaw (the company behind FastRawViewer) which lets you squeeze an extra stop of dynamic range out of your Canon…