by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 27, 2013 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Travel
People often ask me how to pack for photo trips, which can be a real challenge for photographers these days. Airlines have gotten stricter about both checked and carry-on bags. Traveling internationally, you may find the rules going are different than the rules coming...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 18, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Flash, Intermediate, Light, Technology
While most of what I do these days is teaching, I still shoot some assignment work around Kansas City. Last week I had a job for the New York Daily News, and thought I’d write about what went into that. The News wanted me to work with a reporter on a follow-up story...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 11, 2013 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Focus, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, People
If you don’t work as a photographer full-time, it can be a challenge finding reasons to shoot pictures. And if you don’t shoot pictures, you’re not going to get better. Finding a personal project is one great way to get you making pictures. I recently helped a friend...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 1, 2013 | Beginner, Exposure, Intermediate
Many of you will be out watching fireworks Thursday night, and if you’re into photography like me, you’ll probably have a camera along. There are a few tricks to making good fireworks pictures, and now’s a good time to review them. Great fireworks pictures are like...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 20, 2013 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Exposure, Focus, Intermediate, Lenses
I used to think cutting grass was fun. Maybe it was because dad bought a riding mower and that was the closest thing I had to a car then. But for the last thirty years, it’s just been a chore. So when I opened the garage to cut the grass a couple of days ago, I was...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 12, 2013 | Action, Camera Gear, Intermediate
Whenever I get a new camera, I try to put it through its paces to see how it performs. Sometimes that means making it do things it wasn’t necessarily designed for. I’ve had my Nikon D7100 for about two months now, and been very pleased. It’s a mid-level camera that’s...
