by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 23, 2015 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, Flash, Intermediate, Light, People, Travel, Workshops
As I watched – and ground my teeth – I realized it was simply a matter of ignorance. They just didn’t know any better. Here we were at an incredible photo op, and people were using direct flash! Don’t get me wrong. I’m a big fan of flash. Used properly, it lets...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 10, 2015 | Advanced, Beginner, Editing, Filters, Flash, Intermediate, Light, Travel, Wildlife
I had the great pleasure of leading my first Yellowstone winter photography workshop in January, and wanted to take a few minutes to go through some of the things we shot, with details on the how and why. We split our time in the park between Mammoth Hot Springs and...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 27, 2015 | Camera Gear, Flash, Intermediate, Light, Technology
Late last year Nikon introduced the SB-500 Speedlight, a small flash powered by two AA batteries. I was curious, but figured it would be too low-powered to do much good. Boy was I wrong. There are times where being smaller is actually a good thing. Since it only...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 26, 2014 | Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, Holidays, Intermediate, Light
Now’s a great time to go out and practice your night photography skills. The craziness of the holidays is winding down, but the light displays are still in full glory, and will be for the next several weeks. So let’s go over the basics of what it takes to make nice...
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 | 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...
