by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 1, 2025 | Camera Gear, Lenses, Travel
Over decades as a professional photographer, I’ve developed all kinds of neck, shoulder and back pain from carrying pro gear. And while I’ve found ways to cut back on how much I carry, taking that kind of kit with me on vacation doesn’t sound like vacation. On...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 5, 2024 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel, Wildlife
(Updated for action photography, Dec. 27,2024) 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...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 20, 2024 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Lenses, Sports, Technology, Weather
What’s harder than 18 holes of golf in hot, humid weather? How about chasing 156 golfers around a course for 12 hours? That’s what I did last Thursday and Friday in Wichita, KS, covering a Korn Ferry PGA tournament for Getty images. Saturday and Sunday the field was...
by Reed Hoffmann | May 13, 2024 | Action, Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Lenses, People, Travel
When Nikon announced a new 28-400mm, f/4-8 lens in March, I didn’t get very excited. After all, lenses that attempt to cover an extreme range of focal lengths (“all-in-one”) tend to suffer from distortion at their widest and longest and lose sharpness at...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 25, 2024 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Lenses, People, Sports
While I photograph the Kansas City Chiefs home games during the season, I don’t go along if they make the playoffs or Super Bowl. But that doesn’t mean I’m finished doing assignments involving them. This year, for instance, I was hired to cover their departure from...
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...
