Author: John Aldred

A7RIII 80 megapixel rumor – Let’s talk about why I love the Megapixel race (not what you think)

John Aldred

Sony Alpha Rumours have made a lot of buzz the last couple of days by announcing that they’ve received some hints about the potential size of images that may be produced by the Sony A7RIII.  According to their source… a7Riii the new sensor will be between 70 – 80 Megapixels. They are working on improved IBIS […]

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Olympic Diver Tom Daley discovers why it’s not always such a great idea to ask the Internet to Photoshop your photo

John Aldred

British Diver and Olympic Bronze Medalist Tom Daley ran a brief competition on his Twitter feed recently.  The brief was simple.  Modify a photograph with the winner being chosen to become the new banner for his Twitter profile. With 2.6 million followers, Tom had no shortage of entries, and the competition was soon hijacked by Photoshop pranksters, as was inevitable. […]

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Creating a new breed of super hero, one sad and lonely photo at a time

John Aldred

When I first came across the work of Russian photographer, Ilya Nodia, I knew I was going to like what I saw as I headed towards his portfolio. In this particular project, the tale of “Captain Sadness”, the story goes something like this… In 1989, young Rick Sogers won a lookalike competition of Captain America in […]

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How to turn toy action figures into life sized super heroes with compositing

John Aldred

We’ve all been there, playing with our action figures as kids as if they were real.  For me it was He-Man.  For photographer Ari Mahardhika, it’s the characters of Marvel Universe, but just playing wasn’t enough. In this amazing series of images, Ari has brought these action figures to life, using a selection of techniques to […]

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How to make the world’s cheapest flash diffuser for only $0.02

John Aldred

The humble popup flash.  Let’s face it, we hate it. You might be able to use it for a little fill now and again, but as a main light source it gives hard shadows, often harsh specular highlights, and is generally the last type of lighting you would ever consider using, but for those times when you have nothing else […]

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Create big light from small flashes with a Chinese Lantern paper lamp shade

John Aldred

Speedlights often go hand in hand with shooting portraits on the street, especially at night, but small flashes have one big issue.  Due to their size, they often give very hard, harsh and unflattering light, especially if you’re forced to use one on the hotshoe. After being asked to photograph a night time outdoor music event, […]

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It’s amazing what you can do with cutlery, a glass ball and a perforated metal sheet

John Aldred

Howard Ashton-Jones has often spoken about the importance of personal work outside of his main work as the official photographer for Scottish Gymnastics.  Personal work allows us to explore new techniques, new genres, new styles. It helps us to learn and develop as photographers, broadening our experiences and gives us valuable information that we can take back and […]

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Save Photoshop files up to 20x faster with just a couple of clicks

John Aldred

PSB files are Adobe’s answer to the 2GB file size limit of PSD files, the standard Photoshop Document, and something which most photographers will likely never have to deal with, but the big issue that plagues them can also apply to large or complex PSD files, too. PSB files are something I only ever have to worry about […]

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Photographing Kenya’s rich and powerful glamorous grannies

John Aldred

This is the story of Kenya’s League Of Extravagant Grannies, who were once corporate and government leaders in the 1970s. They now live the retired high life travelling to exotic and remote areas within Africa to explore, party and enjoy in exclusivity. We managed to catch up with 3 of them in Somalia soon after they landed. Little […]

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