by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 18, 2014 | Action, Camera Gear, Composition, Flash, Intermediate, Lenses, People
Seven years ago, thanks to a generous grant from Microsoft, I began a project to help Disabled Sports USA build a photo and video library from their events. DSUSA is an organization that helps disabled people become active in sports and is run by a...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 9, 2014 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Filters, Flash, Intermediate, Lenses
Once again it’s that time of year when we’re looking for special for gifts for friends and family. If you’re lucky, they’ve asked you for a list of things you’d like. Or maybe you’re just tired of buying for others and want to treat yourself to something...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 20, 2014 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Exposure, Filters, Intermediate, Light, Travel
I love shooting pictures. I also travel a lot, and don’t love that. So whenever possible, I try to take advantage of that travel to squeeze in some shoot time. Last weekend I had a quick trip to Washington, DC to teach Nikon School, and because of a change of plans,...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 13, 2014 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, History, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel
If it seems like photography’s always changing, you’re right. It’s been doing that from the beginning, over 150 years ago. I was reminded of this recently when reading a story about improvements in mirrorless cameras. While interesting, it’s not as big a deal as some...
by Reed Hoffmann | Oct 13, 2014 | Advanced, Beginner, Computers, Editing, History, Intermediate, Photoshop, Technology
I’m in the midst of a major workflow change, and in a way I’m coming full circle. I began using Photoshop in the early 90s when we started scanning film to digitize it for the newspaper. Which was a godsend, because before that we had to print our color photos, which...
by Reed Hoffmann | Aug 17, 2014 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Exposure, Filters, Intermediate, Light
For over twenty years as a newspaper photographer, I never once used a graduated neutral density filter. Which was stupid. And I rarely used a polarizing filter, which was almost as bad. There were two reasons for this. First, in photojournalism there’s a high...
