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.
Adobe Lightroom comes to AppleTV but doesn’t let you edit images
Jul 26, 2016
John Aldred
Adobe have just announced the release of Lightroom for Apple TV. Interestingly, it doesn’t actually seem to let you edit your images. What it does…
This is how Getty gets ready for the Olympics
Jul 26, 2016
John Aldred
Now here’s a treasure trove many of us would love to have access to, regardless of what brand we may normally shoot. This is Getty’s arsenal…
Quickly and easily retouch shiny skin in Photoshop & Lightroom
Jul 25, 2016
John Aldred
Shiny skin can sometimes be a problem for portraits, especially if you don’t have a makeup artist. Camera LCDs are so small that you might…
Android users rejoice. Prisma for Android is now available
Jul 25, 2016
John Aldred
Yup, that’s right, after a super brief beta period of only a few days, Prisma is now available for Android. The wildly popular iOS app…
Flickr’s future uncertain as Verizon seem set to buy Yahoo for $5 billion
Jul 25, 2016
John Aldred
It’s not new information that Yahoo has been struggling. It may have been one of the Internet’s original giants, but they just can’t keep up and…
An easy guide to colouring with LUTs in Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve
Jul 25, 2016
John Aldred
Lookup Tables, or LUTs, are simply amazing. LUTs are like presets, but work across all platforms and software, for both video and stills. LUTs can be used for both…
Photograph of rain microburst looks like a mushroom cloud over Phoenix
Jul 22, 2016
John Aldred
Extreme weather often makes for amazing photography. Sometimes, you can predict how things will look. You’ve got an idea of how it will appear in…
How to create shafts of light in-camera in your photos and video
Jul 22, 2016
John Aldred
Adding shafts of light to your photos in post is pretty common, but doing it in camera is even easier. All it takes is a…
Rescue helicopter crashes wedding couple shoot in Iceland
Jul 22, 2016
John Aldred
Everybody wants their wedding photographs to be interesting and special. This is probably why this couple chose to hire photographer CM Leung and shoot theirs in Iceland. It’s a…
6 Things to watch out for when operating a boom mic
Jul 21, 2016
John Aldred
If you’ve been shooting video on your DSLRs for any length of time, you’ve realised that in-camera sound is awful. Perhaps you want to branch…