John Aldred – Page 11 – BeyondPhotoShoot

The wait is finally over – Photopills is now available for Android

March 15, 2017John Aldred

PhotoPills has become one of the most popular iOS apps out there for location photographers. Whether you shoot landscapes, astrophotography, portraits, or anything else on location, it’s a valuable tool. It’s also a tool that’s previously been exclusive to the Apple mobile platform. Now, all that changes as PhotoPills comes to Android. The team behind […]

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The Fujifilm GFX 50S and Canon 5DS R face off to find out if all pixels are created equally

March 15, 2017John Aldred

When the 36MP Nikon D800 was originally released in 2012, it was hailed as the “medium format killer”. Well, medium format has not only survived, but seems to be thriving. It’s even started to make its way into slightly less expensive markets thanks to the introduction of the Hasselblad X1D and Fujifilm GFX 50S. They’re […]

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A Slow Mo Guy talks about the challenges of shooting high speed slow motion video

March 15, 2017John Aldred

High speed photography for stills presents a whole lot of challenges, just for a single image. When you’re trying to capture a thousand, ten thousand or a hundred thousand of them every second, those challenges quickly compound. Whether stills or video, the key ingredient is light, and lots of it. This is why The Slow […]

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“Apple is dead to me” – Trey Ratcliffe talks about his transition to Windows

March 14, 2017John Aldred

Apple have taken a lot of criticism over the last year or so, especially from working photographers, editors and designers. Partially because of new dongle requirements, and due to the limited amount of RAM. Some blame this on Apple’s dedication to the iPhone and iPad above all else. Personally, I think they’re just turning their […]

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Watch how one photographer shoots flying food with a couple of strip softboxes

March 14, 2017John Aldred

This probably isn’t something you’ll want to try at your local coffee shop to get a quick photo for Instagram. But, if you’re a budding food photographer, or want to try something a little different, this is certainly an eye catching technique. Seattle based commercial food photographer Steve Hansen has more than a few food lighting […]

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Combine regular, fast, and slow motion footage for mind bending video effects

March 14, 2017John Aldred

Fundamentally, for me, photography’s about playing with time. Either you’re freezing a moment of it, or you’re capturing a lot of it into a single image. There’s a lot we can do with those two principles, but ultimately you’re creating a still image. This image only shows one of those two things. A moment frozen, or […]

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Olympus kills off the legacy Four Thirds system

March 13, 2017John Aldred

Now, steady yourself, this might come as a bit of a shock. Olympus have now officially killed the Four Thirds camera system. Ok, so perhaps it’s not really that much of a surprise. It’s more than six years since the last new Four Thirds camera, so we all knew it was probably coming. DPReview reports […]

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This photographer created phoenix wings by light painting with real fire

March 13, 2017John Aldred

Light painting is something many of us try at some point in our photographic journey. Some of us just make a brief visit into this world, but others make it their home. One such photographer is Derek VanAlthuis, an avid light painter who’s produced some outstanding work. One such image is the one above. When I […]

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Drone captures incredible footage of 70ft big wave surfer crashing and subsequent rescue

March 13, 2017John Aldred

Within just a few short years, drone footage has already become something of a cliché. Sometimes, though, sequences come up that just make you go “wow!”, and this is one of them. At least, it made me go wow. It’s like a scene out of a horror movie, trying to escape the bad guy. He […]

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Five shotgun microphones shoot it out in this side-by-side comparison

March 13, 2017John Aldred

Once you graduate from on-camera mics such as the Rode VideoMic Pro the next step is usually a real shotgun mic. Shotgun mics are popular due to their very directional nature. You can point them directly toward a subject to pick out their voice from the background noise. Or, they can be used in a […]

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