Author: John Aldred

It’s time to bust out those Instamatics. Now you can load them with 35mm film using this adapter kit.

John Aldred

When I was a kid, the Kodak Instamatic 25 was our go to camera for family stuff. Sure, my dad had a fancy Olympus OM-1, but the Instamatic went with us everywhere. My mother recently found that camera and gave it to me. Ever since then it’s sat on a shelf, in the hopes that […]

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You can win over $500,000 in gear if you make a really good short

John Aldred

RØDE Microphones film competition, My RØDE Reel, is now in its fourth year. Established in 2014, it’s rapidly grown to become the world’s largest short film competition. With close to 8,000 entries from 89 countries, it’s become a staple amongst the global filmmaking community. This year, the competition is back with a massively increased prize […]

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How to make ultra lightweight giant scrims for diffusion or gels

John Aldred

There’s a lot of DIY solutions out there for big diffusers, and such. Most of them with either wooden or PVC pipe frame. While PVC pipe is certainly lighter than wood, it’s rather flexible, and are still kinda bulky if you need several of them. In the studio, this isn’t usually a problem. But, if […]

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New Porsche convertible 2-in-1 takes aim at the MacBook Pro

John Aldred

This kinda reminds me a little of the Ferrari branded Hasselblad. A brand jumping into another completely different industry for no apparent reason. Except that this doesn’t just seem like a fancy paint job for a pre-existing product. Porsche Design have teamed up with Intel, Microsoft and Quanta Computer to launch the first of what they […]

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How to make a motorised camera slider with an Arduino and a stepper motor for $75

John Aldred

Despite the proliferation of sliders, motorised ones are still quite expensive. Without motors, they’ve dropped to ridiculously low prices. But it’s really not that difficult or expensive to convert a standard manual slider into a motorised one. This video from Max Maker demonstrates how to turn a very inexpensive slider into a more practical and […]

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How to make a motorised camera slider with an Arduino and a stepper motor for $75

John Aldred

Despite the proliferation of sliders, motorised ones are still quite expensive. Without motors, they’ve dropped to ridiculously low prices. But it’s really not that difficult or expensive to convert a standard manual slider into a motorised one. This video from Max Maker demonstrates how to turn a very inexpensive slider into a more practical and […]

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How to effectively use Warp Stabilizer to make your shaky footage rock steady

John Aldred

Even if you’re trying to be as rock steady as possible with your footage, the camera almost inevitably moves in a way you hadn’t counted on. Sometimes you’ll just shoot it again, but there may be no opportunity for that. You might not even know there’s a problem until you’re back home reviewing the footage. […]

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Photographer turns to light bulbs for this fantastic “Yin Yang” themed image

John Aldred

Photographing light bulbs is a long established photographic technical exercise. They present pretty much every lighting problem a photographer can face. You have to deal with reflections, refractions, surface brightness, and even illumination from within the bulb itself. Brazilian Photographer Alexandre Watanabe decided to take the familiar light bulb a step further this time, though. […]

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How to shoot wet portraits in a home studio using high speed flash

John Aldred

Water is one of the most versatile subjects one can photograph. The very nature of water, though, means that it’s wet, so it can be messy and potentially dangerous. Working with it to shoot portraits in a home studio especially so. It’s not impossible, though. You just need to plan ahead, prepare properly, and perhaps […]

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Hasselblad are introducing four new XCD lenses for the X1D medium format mirrorless camera

John Aldred

Hasselblad’s X1D camera was announced last year with much fanfare. The world’s first mirrorless medium format camera. It’s been out for a little while now, and seem to have received nothing but praise. Now, Hasselblad are introducing four new lenses to the XCD lineup designed specifically for the X1D system. The first new lens is […]

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