by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 7, 2018 | Action, Advanced, Archiving, Beginner, Camera Gear, Editing, Flash, Intermediate, Lenses, People, Technology, Travel, Video
If you volunteer your time to do photography for local charities, then your workflow – how you manage your time and photography – will determine how easy or difficult that is, and to some extent how good a job you do. In December I shot about 10,000 stills and three...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 1, 2018 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel
So there I am, cold and tired and up way too early, watching clouds obscure yet another eclipse. “Why”, I ask myself, “why?” Last summer I chased the total solar eclipse, managing to find a relatively clear area about 15-minutes before the sun...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 24, 2018 | Advanced, Beginner, Composition, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
Yellowstone is not only our country’s first national park, it’s also one of my favorites. Wildlife, waterfalls, geysers, hot springs and endless landscapes, the variety makes it a photographer’s playground. And winter makes most of that even more beautiful. I’ve just...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 28, 2017 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, History, Holidays, Intermediate, Lenses
I’m sure everyone’s heard of Isaac Newton’s third law, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This applies to photography as well, especially the part about reaction. And as opposed to Newton’s law, that...
by Reed Hoffmann | Oct 25, 2017 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Editing, Exposure, Intermediate, Light, Photoshop, Workshops
On a recent workshop in the alps, we had a sunset shoot scheduled for the Matterhorn. As impressive as the Matterhorn was, my eye was caught by something else there – an observatory. Our group had taken the cog railway to the top of Gornergrat for the evening session....
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 9, 2017 | Advanced, Beginner, Composition, Editing, Education, Intermediate, Photoshop, Technology
I’ve just finished the fourth image critique of submitted photos. To view it, simply click on the image below. You can make the video play full screen, where it will be easier to see the edits I do, by clicking the icon in the lower right (between the...
