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.
This band made an entire music video using the Prisma app
Aug 11, 2016
John Aldred
Video capability just can’t come to Prisma fast enough for some people. For band Drive like Maria, it certainly can’t. For their new video, Deep Blue, every…
You could probably store your photographic life’s work on Seagate’s new 60TB SSD
Aug 11, 2016
John Aldred
When I upgraded from 386 to 486, my hard drive went from a measly 40MB to a whopping 240MB. Totally blown away. Look at all this…
FTC to crack down on social media celebrity advertising posts
Aug 10, 2016
John Aldred
Bloomberg are reporting that the American Federal Trade Commission are cracking down on social media advertising. Users now must be very clear about paid product endorsements. Users…
Here’s Nikon’s NPS cache at the Rio2016 games
Aug 10, 2016
John Aldred
After Getty and Canon, it was only a matter of time before we’d see the inside of Nikon’s NPS facilities at the Rio2016 Olympic Games. As…
This amazing San Francisco 4K timelapse took three years to complete
Aug 10, 2016
John Aldred
In November 2013, filmmaker Matthew Maniego presented us with a great timelapse of San Francisco called Paradise x SF. Since that time, he’s been working on…
Learn how to read your histogram and nail exposure in just 2 minutes
Aug 9, 2016
John Aldred
Histograms are handy things. They either confirm that you’ve nailed your exposure or let you instantly see if you need to adjust. But, they can…
Samyang drops two new 20mm lenses for photography and video
Aug 9, 2016
John Aldred
Following on from the 135mm T2.2 Xeen, 50mm f/1.4AF and 35mm f/1.2 APS-C, Samyang have announced their third new lens in as many weeks. This time it’s actually…
Get perfect sound in your videos with $5 DIY sound absorbing panels
Aug 9, 2016
John Aldred
Getting quality sound in your video can be tricky. Even when you have a great microphone and field recorder, you’re hindered by the environment. Outside we have traffic, birds and…
The spectacular Perseid meteor shower will peak on Friday night with a meteor every 18 seconds
Aug 9, 2016
John Aldred
As Earth passes through the trail left by comet Swift-Tuttle, the night sky will come alive this month. More commonly known as the Perseid meteor…
7 life lessons learned from photographing tribal and indigenous people throughout the world
Aug 8, 2016
John Aldred
Photography teaches us some very valuable lessons. Some of those lessons are common to all of us. Like, remembering to check your camera battery isn’t flat…