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 photographer quit her job three years ago to photograph women around the world
Jul 17, 2016
John Aldred
Many of us wish we could give up our jobs to go and follow our passion. For a very lucky few, our job is our…
Photographer crashes $350K supercar through showroom window during photo shoot
Jul 15, 2016
John Aldred
Sometimes, when you’re out making photographs, you have a bad day. Other times, you have a really bad day. This seems to be the latter…
Build your own DIY GoPro stabiliser out of LEGO
Jul 15, 2016
John Aldred
Stabilising small cameras such as GoPros can be tricky. Their light weigh makes them particularly vulnerable to things like wind or fast movements. There are…
Optical zoom finally comes to the mass drone market with DJI’s new Zenmuse Z3
Jul 15, 2016
John Aldred
Everybody seems to have a drone these days of some sort or another for all kinds of different things. Most of them have cameras attached,…
Photographer chased storms for 18 days over 20,000 miles to make this epic timelapse
Jul 14, 2016
John Aldred
The amount of ridiculously good timelapses coming out this year that are putting the rest of us to shame is just getting crazy. Still, we can’t…
Lightroom Mobile now lets you edit DSLR Raw files on your phones and tablets
Jul 14, 2016
John Aldred
Lightroom Mobile for Android has had some Raw support for a while now, at least when you’re using the phone’s built in camera, but now Adobe…
DJI and Hasselblad team up to laugh at your puny drone camera with this medium format monster
Jul 13, 2016
John Aldred
What do you get when you cross Hasselblad’s A5D aerial camera with a DJI Matrice 600? The photo above is what you get, and it’s…
Build an easy DIY overhead camera rig with Open Source Hardware
Jul 13, 2016
John Aldred
Whether hardware or software, Open Source is a wonderful thing. Open Source doesn’t always mean free, though, especially when it comes to hardware. While not…
Yi 4K vs GoPro Hero4 Black first impressions
Jul 13, 2016
John Aldred
Yesterday, we mentioned that the Yi 4K action camera was now available in the USA and it seems that the pre-orders have already started arriving…
FStop, it’s basically Tinder for photographers and models
Jul 13, 2016
John Aldred
Many photographers and models tend to go to sites like Model Mayhem when looking for new people with which to collaborate, but such sites were built…