by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 21, 2017 | Beginner, Editing, Intermediate, Lightroom, Photoshop, Technology
I’ve spent a lot of time teaching software, which means I’m always looking for anything new that might be better or easier. Sometimes that means software packages, like Mylio. Other times it’s plugins, like Nik (now owned by Google), which attempt to simplify the...
by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 7, 2017 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Light, Travel, Workshops
I’m teaching a workshop for Best Buy this week in Tucson, and wanted to take advantage of being in the desert. So last night I took a stroll out among the cactus to do some light painting. Here are the steps I go through when doing that: 1 –...
by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 4, 2017 | Advanced, Beginner, Editing, Education, Intermediate, Lightroom, Photoshop
One thing I hear regularly from students is how much they learn from critiques of their photos. So I’ve decided to start doing that as a regular feature on this blog. Every week or two I’ll choose up to five photos that people submit and create a...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 20, 2017 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
In the summer of 2015 I was the photographer on a ship in the Arctic, and the staff there kept telling me if I liked the Arctic, I’d love the Antarctic. They were right. This January I led a photography workshop to the Antarctic Peninsula on a One Ocean Expeditions...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 7, 2016 | Action, Archiving, Beginner, Camera Gear, Flash, Focus, Intermediate, Lenses, Light
One of the biggest challenges facing photographers is finding new and different ways to make pictures. That’s especially true when shooting something you’ve shot before. Which means it’s time to think through your options. For the last eight years...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 22, 2016 | Beginner, Composition, Education, Intermediate, Light, People, Travel, Workshops
“Of all the places you’ve been for photography, which is your favorite?” That’s a question I hear a lot, but there’s no one, easy answer. Are you asking about landscape photography? People? Wildlife? It depends on what you most like...
