by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 19, 2020 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Computers, Education, Intermediate, Lenses, Night Photography
What do you do if COVID-19 has brought your life to a screeching halt and you’re a photographer? You’re certainly not going to any workshops in the next few weeks, nor camera club meetings or sporting events or concerts or… you get the idea. Here are a...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 6, 2020 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Composition, Focus, Intermediate, Technology, Wildlife
Aside from understanding what the different focus modes on your camera do, the single best thing you can do to improve your use of autofocus is what’s often referred to as “back-button focus.” Here’s why… Back in the early 90s, when decent autofocus was in its...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 26, 2020 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses
With the Chiefs playing in the Super Bowl next weekend, I thought this would be a good time to do a recap of some of my favorite photos from this season. While travel kept me away from the early games, beginning in late October I managed to shoot the last five of...
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 | Jan 14, 2020 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Education, Intermediate, Technology
I’ve been using Nikon’s Z 7 and Z 6 cameras for over a year now, and for the most part have been very happy with them. Here’s why, and the camera settings I’ve used that work best for me. (if you want to see images, most of what I’ve posted to...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 2, 2020 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Editing, Intermediate, Technology
In my two decades of teaching photography, I’ve enjoyed pushing the limits of cameras. Which is why at the Chiefs/Chargers game last weekend I decided to use two cameras made more for commercial or landscape photographers, not the sports-specific cameras the rest of...
