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.
Vandals destroy local landmark “Duckbill” Rock at Oregon’s Cape Kiwanda
Sep 6, 2016
John Aldred
In what can only be described as another incident of mindless stupidity, vandals have destroyed an iconic sandstone pedestal at Cape Kiwanda on Oregon’s coast….
Yongnuo’s new 35mm f/2 for Nikon is kind of interesting
Sep 5, 2016
John Aldred
Recently, Yongnuo announced their 35mm f/2 lens for Nikon. It’s basically the YN 35mm f/2 for Canon but with a Nikon mount. What makes this…
8 year old girl knocks a drone out of the sky with a golf ball
Sep 5, 2016
John Aldred
Drones are usually pretty good at staying stable. Especially when they have 6 or 8 props rather than the traditional 4 of a quadcopter. With…
DIY your old train set into a motion control timelapse dolly
Sep 5, 2016
John Aldred
This is one of those unique repurposing projects that would have never occurred to me. Having never owned a train set in my life, why…
Did GoPro just leak photos of the Hero5, Karma drone and a new handheld gimbal on their website?
Sep 5, 2016
John Aldred
GoPro are officially announcing their new Karma drone on September 19th, perhaps the Hero5, too. GoPro have kept both a very closely guarded secret for months….
Stanford Professor puts his entire digital photography course online for free
Sep 2, 2016
John Aldred
When it comes to the list of digital imaging pioneers, Marc Levoy is one of those names that belongs right near the top. His work…
Panasonic’s GH5 to come with 20MP sensor and shoot 6K video?
Sep 2, 2016
John Aldred
Japanese site Nikkan is reporting that the Fuji GH5 is to come with 6K video. If true, this is very exciting and completely ridiculous. We’re…
GoPro’s Karma Drone expected in just two weeks
Sep 2, 2016
John Aldred
A teaser posted to GoPro’s YouTube suggests that the Karma Drone may finally be coming in a couple of weeks. We’ve known for a long…
Eye-Fi unbrick their X2 cards to give us what we should have had in the first place
Sep 1, 2016
John Aldred
Several weeks ago, you may remember a post about Eye-Fi’s decision to “End of life” a bunch of their products. It’s not uncommon for companies…
Instagram finally adds a half hearted “Pinch to Zoom” feature
Sep 1, 2016
John Aldred
Instagram has finally added a pinch to zoom feature to their app. A feature so underwhelming that they didn’t even mention it on their blog…