by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 26, 2024 | Beginner, Composition, Flash, Intermediate, Travel, Workshops
For twenty years I lived and worked in the Northeast, and in that time visited most major areas along the East coast. But I never made it to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. Then about ten years ago, I was invited to help teach a photography workshop there and...
by Reed Hoffmann | Oct 19, 2024 | Beginner, Composition, Infrared, Intermediate, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
If you asked people to name great places to take pictures, it’s likely that very few would list South Dakota. In fact, go ahead, think of one thing you’d travel to South Dakota to photograph. Still thinking? That’s too bad, because there are some really nice spots,...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 9, 2024 | Composition, Exposure, Light, Travel, Workshops
My wife often asks why I don’t lead more photo trips to Europe. You know – England, France, Germany, etc. The short answer is that I find other places around the world more interesting photographically, with landscapes and cultures quite a bit different from ours. But...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 12, 2023 | Advanced, Beginner, Composition, Infrared, Intermediate, Light, Photoshop, Workshops
When I started in photography, I shot almost exclusively in black-and-white. Along with being less expensive, I could control the process – it was easy to develop the film and print the pictures myself. Gradually, though, the newspapers I worked for starting using...
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 14, 2023 | Beginner, Composition, Exposure, Intermediate, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Workshops
That’s the question I hear the most when people find out I’m leading a photography trip there in late summer. After all, Arizona is HOT, right? So Sedona in August must be broiling, right? Well, the answer to that is the answer that works for most photo questions, “it...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 21, 2021 | Beginner, Composition, Flash, Intermediate, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Workshops
It’s been a busy few months. In August I spent nearly two weeks in Tanzania leading a safari workshop (the Serengeti, returning in 2023). September I was up in South Dakota running a workshop there. Early October it was Maine for another workshop (Acadia), then after...