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 make your own DIY magic bokeh balls with your printer
Sep 9, 2017
John Aldred
Making custom bokeh for your lenses can be a fun project. Usually, photographers do it by crudely cutting shapes out of a piece of black…
The photographer’s dos and don’ts of working with models
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
There are many rules in photography, but few of them are set in stone. When it comes to photographing people, though, there are a few…
Bodycam footage shows the moment cop shoots photographer without warning
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
The body camera footage from Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Jake Shaw has been released showing the moment he shot New Carlisle News photographer, Andy Grimm….
Fuji’s new raw process uses your camera’s hardware to speed up desktop workflow
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
This is an interesting developing. Fuji have announced that a new raw processing application is coming in November; Fujifilm X RAW Studio. Unlike all current…
How to give your subjects a total hair makeover in Photoshop
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
Hair is one of those parts of retouching that I least look forward to. It just takes so long to get things looking perfect. Especially if…
Does the Rotolight Neo 2 live up to the hype? This photographer doesn’t think so
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
I wrote about the announcement of the new Rotolight Neo 2 a couple of days ago. Looking at the specs, I wasn’t really all that…
Google is killing off Google Drive in March – Are you prepared?
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
With Amazon killing off their unlimited storage, and CrashPlan ditching consumers in favour of enterprise level clients, more were bound to follow. Google is now…
Turn your bathroom into a natural light softbox for amazing portraits
Sep 7, 2017
John Aldred
When most portrait photographers want to create a directional soft light look, they break out the strobes. Then they usually stick a big octabox on…
Who needs a keyboard and mouse when you can edit your videos with a Steam controller?
Sep 7, 2017
John Aldred
There’s been a lot of talk lately about using… “non standard” input devices for using software. DIY Projects such as MIDI2Lightroom, and the Playstation Lightroom…
This guy shot a selfie a day from 12 years old until the day he got married
Sep 7, 2017
John Aldred
I love seeing Hugo Cornellier’s annual updates to his very long term selfie project. Huge has been shooting a selfie a day from the age of…