by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 22, 2013 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate
I’ve found a new camera strap that I’m in love with – the FS-SLIM, by Carry Speed. Straps don’t get the attention that cameras, lenses, strobes, favorite filters, bags and other accessories do. But they should. The one that ships with most cameras is functional, but...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 21, 2012 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Computers, Editing, Lenses, People, Travel, Video
This December was the fourth in a row I’ve spent a week at a ski resort in Colorado, doing very little skiing. Instead I’m shooting pictures and video. That’s because I’m there to help Disabled Sports USA document their Ski Spectacular, a week of teaching disabled...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 30, 2012 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Composition, Flash, Intermediate, Light, People
With Christmas and Chanukah around the corner, odds are you’ll be spending time with family the next month. Good luck! Everyone takes pictures then, but how many people take the time to make really nice photos? With a little planning, you can add some high quality...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 9, 2012 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Composition, Intermediate
In 1996 I started shooting digital for my newspaper with the latest, greatest digital camera, a Kodak (Nikon) NC2000e. It cost $15,000 and gave me 1.3 megapixel images. The quality wasn’t very good, but it was state of the art at the time. A couple of years later I...
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 12, 2012 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Education, Filters, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel, Video
Last weekend I was in Lake Tahoe to teach another Popular Photography Mentor Series workshop. This one had a bit of a twist to it – we were going to teach video too. The Nikon D90 was the first DSLR to offer video, and now it’s a given that any new DSLR will have that...
by Reed Hoffmann | Aug 17, 2012 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, People, Travel
Nikon made a big splash a while back with the announcement of a new entry-level DSLR, the D3200. The biggest news about it was that they were packing 24 million pixels (24MP) onto a DX sized-sensor. And, at $699, it would be the highest resolution camera in their...
