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 process and grade drone photos in Lightroom

Dec 4, 2017 John Aldred

With drone cameras improving on an almost weekly basis, shooting photos with drones has become very popular. Possibly even more so than shooting video with drones….

DJI accused of spying on the US for China according to leaked government memo

Dec 1, 2017 John Aldred

It seems that crowdsourcing is not beyond intelligence agencies. At least, according to a leaked memo from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In it,…

This Isolite modifier system lets you relight your photo in post

Dec 1, 2017 John Aldred

And we’re not talking iPhone Portrait Lighting mode here. This is light actually recorded on-set, that can be adjusted and changed in post. It’s a…

Google finally opens up Visual Core chip for HDR+ to third party apps on the Pixel 2

Nov 30, 2017 John Aldred

Google have now announced the availability of the final Developer Preview of Android 8.1. While the finalised version won’t roll out until December, the new…

Use Photoshop’s Lighten blend mode to shoot high end product composites

Nov 30, 2017 John Aldred

Shooting product photography is a whole lot of fun. Often, though, it can require a surprisingly high number of lights and modifiers to get the…

Leica announces 75mm f/1.25 manual focus lens and it’ll only cost you $12.8K

Nov 30, 2017 John Aldred

I know things with Leica written on them are supposed to be expensive, but wow. Leica has been producing Noctilux lenses for over 50 years….

Don’t leave your Mac unattended. High Sierra bug lets anyone log in as root

Nov 29, 2017 John Aldred

This isn’t so much a photography related post, but a PSA for photographers, video professionals, or anybody else who uses a Mac. If you’ve updated…

This miniature replica Canon IV SB rangefinder is an $80 USB stick with only 8GB of space

Nov 29, 2017 John Aldred

For the Canon shooter who has everything, this could be the perfect little stocking filler this year. Assuming you love them enough to spend $80…

Use a bulk loader to massively cut the cost of shooting film

Nov 29, 2017 John Aldred

If the cost implications of shooting photography on 35mm film are putting you off, then worry not. The two biggest expenses to shooting film are…