by Reed Hoffmann | Aug 22, 2013 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Editing, Intermediate, Lenses, Technology
Last week I covered a preseason game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. My first experience with NFL football came in the summer of 1980. I had just started working for a newspaper in Rochester, NY, and my boss asked if I wanted to cover the...
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 | May 30, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Education, Intermediate, Technology
We all know numbers can be misleading. That’s one reason people usually think the more pixels a camera has, the better its pictures. But that’s not necessarily true. Lots of things affect the quality of pictures, including the design of the sensor, the data processing...
by Reed Hoffmann | May 20, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Technology
In the past, when we talked about instant photos, we were talking about Polaroids. Today we mean pictures shot with a cell phone and shared instantly. But I just got some nifty (and inexpensive) adapters that let me share better pictures than anyone’s going to get...