by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 30, 2024 | Archiving, Beginner, Editing, Intermediate, Technology
Whenever I see people taking pictures, whether with their phones or “real” cameras, I often wonder what they do with them aside from sharing on social media. After all, if you’re passionate about photography, then you should also be passionate about managing your...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 5, 2023 | Archiving, Beginner, Computers, Intermediate, Photo Mechanic, Technology
Every photographer’s new year’s resolutions list should include archiving. Sorting through the past year’s photos and making sure the backups are up to date. Yes, it’s that time of year again. If you’re like most of us, you love going through your photos and picking a...
by Reed Hoffmann | Apr 30, 2020 | Advanced, Archiving, Beginner, Computers, Intermediate, Technology
When I bought my first external hard drive in the 80s, it was 60-megabytes and I thought I’d never fill it. Of course, documents were much smaller then, and I wouldn’t start shooting digital for another ten years. Since then, I’ve bought many, many more hard drives...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 23, 2020 | Advanced, Archiving, Beginner, Camera Gear, Computers, Intermediate, Technology
I hope your new year is off to a good start, and that means off to a good start photographically as well. Here are a few tips for an annual photography maintenance program: Every photographer’s workflow should include taking care of certain things each January. Here’s...
by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 14, 2019 | Advanced, Archiving, Beginner, Editing, Intermediate, Lightroom, Photoshop, Technology
I always tell people that the most important aspect of a digital workflow is that it makes sense to you and is easy to repeat. Find a system that works and stick with it. But that doesn’t mean it should never change. Digital photography won’t stop evolving, and...
by Reed Hoffmann | May 22, 2018 | Advanced, Archiving, Beginner, Exposure, Flash, Intermediate, Technology
I used film for 25 years before converting to digital in the late 90s. Which means more than half of my life in photography is on film. Now I’m bringing new life back to those old images, I’m digitizing old photos. I’ve always been a proponent of using digital...