by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 5, 2024 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel, Wildlife
In the 1990s I was doing a fair bit of backpacking in the Adirondack mountains of Upstate New York, and spent a year trying to find a compact camera that would give me the quality I wanted. I never did, and ended up carrying a Nikon F3 and two small lenses (adding at...
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 | Nov 3, 2024 | Beginner, Intermediate, Night Photography, Travel, Weather, Workshops
In life we try to put ourselves in the right place at the right time. For photography, that’s even more important because if you’re late, you’ll miss the moment. But you also need to consider time of day and weather, and occasionally, unique celestial events. That’s...
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 | Oct 6, 2024 | Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Night Photography, Travel, Workshops
With my 2024 trips wrapping up the over next three months, now’s a good time to remind everyone of what I have scheduled for the first part of 2025, as well as what I’m hoping to do later that year. More info on all of these trips can be found here. February – Iceland...
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 29, 2024 | Action, Exposure, Intermediate, Night Photography, Sports, Technology
The verdict is in – Nikon’s got a new leader in high-ISO performance: the Z 6 III. When I wrote my initial hands-on review after getting the camera in June, I’d not had time to give it serious, real-world high-ISO testing. Having fewer pixels than the Nikon Z 9 and Z...
