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 create a fake HDR effect in Photoshop
Apr 12, 2016
John Aldred
HDR tonemapping is the Marmite of photography. It’s something people either love or they hate, but even if you hate it, when used subtly it’s…
The Impossible Project announces an instant camera with built in ring flash
Apr 12, 2016
John Aldred
When it comes to the unlikely and improbable, few overcome it better than The Impossible Project. It seems hard to imagine that we’d be seeing the launch…
Watch as Rankin recreates one of David Bailey’s iconic photographs with Bailey’s help
Apr 11, 2016
John Aldred
When it comes to the names of those that have changed the photography world over the years, fashion photographer David Bailey is often one of…
California wildfire ‘selfie’ arsonist gets 20 years and a $60 million fine
Apr 11, 2016
John Aldred
Selfies are just a part of our culture today, whether stills or video, but they have been known to land people in hot water a…
Is Travel Photography the latest victim in the Photoshop manipulation saga?
Apr 11, 2016
John Aldred
We’ve covered the “evils of Photoshop” as it pertains to human subjects a number of times, but the use of some photography and Photoshop techniques in travel…
Scientists have learned how to store images in DNA and then perfectly retrieve them
Apr 8, 2016
John Aldred
As our data creation and acquisition requirements soar, so must the technology to store it all, and a team of computer scientists and electrical engineers…
Model & Photographer couple travel the world creating amazing images as they go
Apr 8, 2016
John Aldred
Originally based on Florida, and drawn together by a common love of photography, Victoria Yore and Terrence Drysdale took their first trip together in June…
Use this time stacking technique to create surreal landscapes
Apr 8, 2016
John Aldred
Stacking photographs made from a locked off tripod over a given duration is not a new technique, and has been commonly used for creating star trail…
The new Hasselblad H6D boasts 4K video, 100MP sensor and a touch screen
Apr 7, 2016
John Aldred
When Hasselblad founder, Victor Hasselblad was approached by the Swedish government in 1941 to see if he had the skills to produce a camera identical to…
Advertising Standards Authority bans Gucci ad after ruling that the model looks “unhealthily thin”
Apr 7, 2016
John Aldred
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), an advertising watchdog in the UK, yesterday presented a ruling upholding a complaint about a Gucci advert from December last…