by Reed Hoffmann | Aug 4, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Color Management, History, Holidays, Lenses, Photoshop
I had an interesting assignment last week for the Orange County (CA) Register. The University of Missouri – Kansas City hosts a choreography conference for a week each summer, and the Register had a writer covering it. They needed photos of the seven young...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 27, 2013 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Travel
People often ask me how to pack for photo trips, which can be a real challenge for photographers these days. Airlines have gotten stricter about both checked and carry-on bags. Traveling internationally, you may find the rules going are different than the rules coming...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 18, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Flash, Intermediate, Light, Technology
While most of what I do these days is teaching, I still shoot some assignment work around Kansas City. Last week I had a job for the New York Daily News, and thought I’d write about what went into that. The News wanted me to work with a reporter on a follow-up story...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 11, 2013 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Focus, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, People
If you don’t work as a photographer full-time, it can be a challenge finding reasons to shoot pictures. And if you don’t shoot pictures, you’re not going to get better. Finding a personal project is one great way to get you making pictures. I recently helped a friend...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 20, 2013 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Exposure, Focus, Intermediate, Lenses
I used to think cutting grass was fun. Maybe it was because dad bought a riding mower and that was the closest thing I had to a car then. But for the last thirty years, it’s just been a chore. So when I opened the garage to cut the grass a couple of days ago, I was...
by Reed Hoffmann | May 30, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Education, Intermediate, Technology
We all know numbers can be misleading. That’s one reason people usually think the more pixels a camera has, the better its pictures. But that’s not necessarily true. Lots of things affect the quality of pictures, including the design of the sensor, the data processing...
