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.
Spice up your old 35mm SLR with a one-of-a-kind hand crafted wooden grip
Mar 5, 2016
John Aldred
Despite being principal photographer for Jaguar World, Classics Monthly, Retro Cars and a number of other popular British car magazines, Chris Frosin always seems to find…
Think 10 stops of ND is a lot? How about 17 hour exposures with Lee Filters’ new 15 stop Super Stopper
Mar 5, 2016
John Aldred
Announced today via Lee Filters UK distributor, Linhof Studio, a new member joins the Stopper family, adding to the 10 stop Big Stopper and 6 stop Little…
The ultimate Lightroom film look presets comparison
Mar 4, 2016
John Aldred
When it comes to getting the look of film, or something even vaguely resembling film, I’m one of those who would sooner just pick up an…
Pentax K1 sample images have been released showing off the Pixel Shift Resolution
Mar 4, 2016
John Aldred
Ricoh have today released a set of sample images for the recently announced full frame Pentax K1 DSLR. I have to admit, I was a little underwhelmed…
“Specifications have nothing to do with quality” – Insights from a camera tech + the best lens teardown video you ever saw
Mar 4, 2016
John Aldred
Mike Kusak at FixyourCamera.org is a self-confessed electronics nut. As a camera tech with over a decade of professional experience Mike has worked on some of…
Next SD cards will go at 90MB/sec min and capture 8K video
Mar 2, 2016
John Aldred
The SD Association, the group responsible for developing standards for Secure Digital memory cards, have unveiled the newest version of the SD standard, SD 5.0. This iteration…
Photographing a drag racing team never looked more fun
Mar 2, 2016
John Aldred
It’s no secret that I love behind the scenes videos, and this one from Guy Rhodes covering Mark J. Rebilas‘ shoot with Don Schumacher Racing for…
Nikon expands their D750 recall to cover a much longer manufacturing period
Mar 1, 2016
John Aldred
Nikon USA have announced that they are expanding their recall of Nikon D750 bodies to cover those manufacturered over a significantly longer period of time. Since the…
Capturing motion in-camera using flash, with Manuel Cafini
Mar 1, 2016
John Aldred
I recently came across the work of Italian photographer Manuel Cafini over on Facebook, and I was instantly blown away. His Chronophotography project particularly intrigued me, as…
Build your own Speedlight power pack – a pictorial with Manuel Cafini
Mar 1, 2016
John Aldred
Photographer Manuel Cafini recently posted a great series of images on how he built up his own SLA based battery packs for his speedlights to help improve recycle…