by Reed Hoffmann | Apr 10, 2025 | Beginner, Infrared, Intermediate, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
I don’t always listen to my wife like I should. She’d been telling me for years I should lead a photo trip to Savannah, GA, but it wasn’t until 2024 that I finally did. Partnering with my old friend and Nikon School co-instructor Bill Durrence (who’s lived there his...
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 | Mar 17, 2024 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, History, Infrared, Intermediate, People, Travel, Workshops
The area around Savannah, Georgia, is steeped in history – from the founding of our country to navigating the challenges of modern times – which made it a perfect location for the “Jewels of the South” photography trip I just led. We spent time among towering oaks...
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 | Nov 28, 2023 | Beginner, Infrared, Intermediate, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Workshops
As a newspaper photographer, I always enjoyed getting lost between assignments, turning down a road I’d never been on before to see what was there. Although I left newspapers many years ago, that’s still one of the things I enjoy most about photography – exploring,...
by Reed Hoffmann | Oct 1, 2023 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Infrared, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
Over nearly twenty years of leading photo trips for Popular Photography’s Mentor Series, I had the pleasure of going to Montana many times. In partnership with the state’s department of tourism, the magazine would run a photo trip there almost every year, and either...