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.
Rent a DJI Mavic Pro for free courtesy of National Geographic
Oct 23, 2017
John Aldred
Wouldn’t you love to be able to go and rent a Mavic Pro for free? Well, apparently now, you can. At least, you can if…
Adobe Scene Stitch is content aware fill on steroids – Uses AI and image databases to fill holes
Oct 23, 2017
John Aldred
This is one of those features that many of us wish was added years ago. It’s common for photographers to fill in holes from one…
This photographer uses the camera to fight depression, anxiety and make a difference
Oct 21, 2017
John Aldred
The short series from Wex, More than an image, is an insightful look at the lives of some very inspirational photographers. It’s also a look at…
Adobe’s new “Cloak” technology is like content aware fill for video
Oct 20, 2017
John Aldred
The Adobe MAX conference just ended today, and its closing brought about some very cool sneak peeks of Adobe tech. One such piece of new…
These are the film stocks Fujifilm will abandon in 2018
Oct 20, 2017
John Aldred
Every few months it seems like Fujifilm are going a bit less “film”. To the point where they should probably get ready to just drop…
Irix expands its product range with a new 100mm filter holder for wide angle lenses
Oct 20, 2017
John Aldred
Irix, the Swiss lens manufacturers are branching out into new products besides lenses. The natural extension to lenses is filters. While Irix lenses do come…
Canon patent shows giant new LCD flip screen for DSLRs
Oct 20, 2017
John Aldred
People have been begging Canon for years to put flippy out (or up) articulated LCDs on their higher end bodies for years. Now it looks…
Internet “entrepreneur” shocked that copyright owner sued him for stealing their work
Oct 19, 2017
John Aldred
This is one of those stories you couldn’t make up if you tried. Most people, especially content creators, such as those with YouTube followings of…
Phottix launches the “innovative” Juno manual speedlight with built in 2.4Ghz transceiver
Oct 19, 2017
John Aldred
Phottix have announced a new speedlight, it’s “a manual flash with all the innovation you’ve come to expect from Phottix”. And, if you’ve come to…
Macphun arming themselves for the war against “Lightroom Classic”
Oct 19, 2017
John Aldred
With Lightroom CC shifting into the cloud, there’s a lot of doubt amongst fans of the former desktop application. They question Adobe’s commitment to the…