by Reed Hoffmann | Apr 1, 2017 | Advanced, Archiving, Beginner, Composition, Exposure, Intermediate, Light, People, Travel, Workshops
Every year around this time I post a few of my favorite photos from the previous year. And that’s something I strongly believe every photographer needs to do. Go through your photos from the previous year, select the best 10-15, and do something special with...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 20, 2017 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
In the summer of 2015 I was the photographer on a ship in the Arctic, and the staff there kept telling me if I liked the Arctic, I’d love the Antarctic. They were right. This January I led a photography workshop to the Antarctic Peninsula on a One Ocean Expeditions...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 22, 2016 | Beginner, Composition, Education, Intermediate, Light, People, Travel, Workshops
“Of all the places you’ve been for photography, which is your favorite?” That’s a question I hear a lot, but there’s no one, easy answer. Are you asking about landscape photography? People? Wildlife? It depends on what you most like...
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 27, 2016 | Beginner, Composition, Exposure, Intermediate, Light, Travel
I love fall, with its cooler temperatures and changing color. And as a photographer, I try to take advantage of that color, since it only happens once a year and is so brief. I got a head start this year thanks to an assignment in Colorado. Going up near 10,000-feet,...
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 6, 2016 | Beginner, Composition, Exposure, Flash, Intermediate, Light, People
Here in Kansas City, we live less than an hour from a place that becomes an unusually eye-catching photo spot once a year: Ted Grinter’s Sunflower Field. When the flowers are at peak, the owners not only allow but encourage the public to come out and traipse...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 23, 2016 | Beginner, Composition, Intermediate, Light, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
If you’ve ever been to Iceland, you know that its name is misleading. Yes there’s some ice, but in summer it’s a landscaper’s dream. Jagged mountains, lush fields, waterfalls, geysers and hot springs, fjords, glaciers, icebergs, ocean – an...
