Author: John Aldred

Firework photography tips and tricks for 4th July

John Aldred

The 4th of July is rapidly approaching, and some of our American readers may be getting ready to have a go at some fireworks photography. Fireworks aren’t difficult to photograph, but they aren’t something you want to go into blind. In this video from photographer David Bergman at AdoramaTV we get some great advice for photographing fireworks effectively […]

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These artists recreated lost and destroyed artwork using Photoshop and stock images

John Aldred

Whether the work we create is digital, or a little more tangible, it’s an inevitable consequence that some of it will be lost or destroyed.  In this short series of videos released by Adobe, we see four of them recreated using Photoshop and stock imagery. Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee went missing […]

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1200 rolls of undeveloped film shot by one photographer in the 1950s discovered at auction

John Aldred

66 bundles of undeveloped film, estimated to be over 1,200 rolls, shot by the same photographer in the 1950s have found themselves in the hands of Levi Bettwieser at the Rescued Film Project. Acquired by the Bettwieser a year ago at auction,the bundles of film are meticulously wrapped and labelled, including information such as the camera […]

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You can now get a fader filter to adjust your scene’s colour temperature

John Aldred

This is a strange one, and I’m not quite sure how I feel about it yet.  The new ICELAVA Warm-to-Cold fader is a new filter which offers a stepless level of white balance adjustment from 2900K to 6300K. It works similarly to a circular polariser or variable neutral density filter.  You screw it onto your lens, and […]

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Woman’s head saves drone from crashing straight into the ground at 25mph

John Aldred

In another instance of drone operator stupidity, 38 year old Stephanie Creignou was seriously injured when a 2.8lb (1.3kg) drone dropped from about 33ft (10m) in the air straight into her head with a velocity of around 25mph (11m/s) during the Challenge 5km Arc-en-Ciel race in Beloeil, Canada. TVA reports that the operator of the […]

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Warning: Trying to shoot a selfie while walking across hot coals may damage your feet

John Aldred

Here’s another one to add to the list of dangerous selfies.  Walking across hot coals and stopping to take a selfie; if it wasn’t obvious enough already. Approximately 40 people have been treated for burn injuries for allegedly doing exactly that during a Tony Robbins “Unleash the Power Within” seminar at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center […]

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Registering your hobbyist drone in the USA only costs $5 and here’s how to do it

John Aldred

We posted about the new drone regulations for commercial drone use a few days ago, but what about hobbyists?  For most hobbyists, all you need to do is register, and that’s only if your drone weighs more than 250g. If your drone weighs less than that, just go out and fly, but for those with […]

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This is the $4 upgrade you should be giving to all your gear bags

John Aldred

Fiddling around with little zippers on bags can be a pain, especially when you’ve your camera in one hand, with a bag clenched between your knees trying to unzip it with your free hand. Caleb Pike of DSLR Video Shooter has a super cheap solution that not only helps to make this problem go a […]

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