by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 5, 2021 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Education, Exposure, Focus, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
As many of you know, I started teaching some live, online classes last fall. One on Landscape Photography, one on Night Photography and a third on Wildlife Photography. So far, I’ve taught several sessions of each and have had over a hundred students. I will be...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 29, 2020 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife
In the Wildlife and Night Photography classes I’ve been teaching online the last few months, I stress the importance of things like good planning, understanding animal behavior, autofocus modes, smart exposure control and proper lens use among many, many other topics....
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 14, 2020 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Education, Focus, Intermediate, Sports
In a previous post, I wrote about buying the new Nikon Z 6 II and wanting to put its upgraded autofocus system to the test. I wasn’t able to do that then, but now I have. And I like what I’m seeing. If you want to challenge an autofocus system, look for fast-moving...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 1, 2020 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Wildlife
I went out recently planning to test the new Nikon Z 6 II’s improved autofocus by doing some bird photography. Once again, though, what I planned to do and what actually happened were two different things. As a lifelong Nikon shooter, and an early adoptee of their...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 24, 2020 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Education, Intermediate, Lenses, Night Photography, Workshops
Is it possible to run a socially distanced photography workshop in the time of COVID? Yes. Is it easy? No. But that’s just what I did recently in Moab, Utah. I’ve been leading a fall workshop in Moab since 2017, and had another planned for this year. By summer though,...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 7, 2020 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Night Photography
This year, mainly due to COVID 19, I’ve been doing a lot more night photography around home. The one advantage to that is that it’s given me an opportunity to experiment with star trails photography. In the old days of film, that meant one long exposure (perhaps an...
