by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 4, 2022 | Advanced, Beginner, Education, Intermediate, Travel, Workshops
I hope everyone’s had a nice summer and been able to do some photography. With COVID coming under control, my spring and summer have been busy, leading trips to Georgia, the Palouse, the Canadian Rockies, Iceland, Sedona and most recently, Nova Scotia. I’m off to...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 31, 2022 | Beginner, Infrared, Intermediate, Night Photography, Travel, Workshops
As a photographer, if you went to Arches National Park and didn’t see Delicate Arch, you’d have missed a nice experience and a beautiful photo. So when I take groups there, as well as to other iconic locations, I make sure they have that opportunity. However, I also...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 14, 2022 | Action, Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Lenses, Sports
If you want to get better at framing while doing action photography, practice with a longer lens. Anyone can shoot loose and crop, and yes, today’s high-resolution cameras make that pretty easy to do. But you lose resolution and the background can be more distracting...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 7, 2022 | Beginner, Exposure, Intermediate, Light, Night Photography, Travel
I returned home last Friday at 4am after 13 hours, 400 miles and four stops. And after three attempts, I finally had the photo of Teter Rock I’d been wanting (above). Planning and persistence paid off. But it was just the latest addition to a project I began two years...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 23, 2022 | Advanced, Beginner, Computers, Editing, Intermediate, Photo Mechanic, Technology
I recently heard a photographer say he’d spent 17 hours going through 10,000 images, deciding which ones were worth saving. My first thought was, “I hope he’s retired.” My second thought, though, was that he badly needed a lesson on speeding up his workflow....
by Reed Hoffmann | May 3, 2022 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Editing, Education, Filters, Flash, Infrared, Intermediate, Night Photography, Travel, Workshops
For photographers, creativity is the difference between a nice photo and a NICE photo. But what happens if you’re not feeling very creative? That’s when I like to dive into what I call my “photographer’s creative kit,” a bunch of different things to try. That might...
