by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 1, 2011 | Action, Advanced, Flash, Intermediate
Every now and then I set up our living room as a studio for doing some portraits. And each time I do that, my dogs think they should be the subjects. It’s true. Whenever I get out the light stands and hang the backdrop, the dogs make a beeline for it and plop down....
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 16, 2011 | Beginner, Composition, Intermediate, Light
Back in the days when I was a newspaper photographer, part of our job was to find “enterprise.” That meant looking for feature pictures as we drove between assignments. So when I woke up today and saw heavy fog, my old newspaper instincts took over. With...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 1, 2011 | Advanced, Intermediate, Video
Recently I’ve needed to share not just still images, but videos. And YouTube just wasn’t going to do what I wanted. Then I discovered Vimeo. Since I’ve started shooting and producing videos with my digital SLRs, I needed a way for people to view them...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 20, 2011 | Beginner, Editing, Intermediate, Printing
I was down in San Antonio for the Imaging USA Conference earlier this week. With some free time Tuesday morning, I took a walk through the print winners, and was struck by how few “straight” prints there were. Considering the state of the photography...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 7, 2011 | Beginner, Editing, History, Intermediate, Printing
One of the great advantages of digital photography is that we’re able to control every step of the process. From capture to output, if you’ve got editing software and a printer, you can manage each step the image goes through. There’s a downside to...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 8, 2010 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Printing, Travel
I led a workshop in the Tetons in September, and was given a photo book by one of the participants at the close. It wasn’t until a few weeks later that I had a chance to sit down and really go through it. When I did, I was treated to a nice collection of some...
