by Reed Hoffmann | Oct 13, 2014 | Advanced, Beginner, Computers, Editing, History, Intermediate, Photoshop, Technology
I’m in the midst of a major workflow change, and in a way I’m coming full circle. I began using Photoshop in the early 90s when we started scanning film to digitize it for the newspaper. Which was a godsend, because before that we had to print our color photos, which...
by Reed Hoffmann | Apr 30, 2014 | Beginner, Computers, Editing, Education, Intermediate, Photoshop, Printing, Technology
On the long list of topics that people find confusing about digital photography, resolution is near the top. I recently had a note from a friend who was making prints, and they came back “pixelated.” When I read that, I was 90% sure the problem was...
by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 1, 2014 | Advanced, Beginner, Computers, Intermediate, Technology
Computers are a fact of life for most people today, and that’s especially true for us photographers. What that inevitably means is a constant process of upgrading or replacing them. I did just that with one of my older laptops, thanks to a new SSD drive. For well over...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 23, 2014 | Archiving, Beginner, Intermediate, Technology
Every January people talk about their New Year’s resolutions. For photographers, one of our main resolutions should be to archive everything we’ve done the previous year. It’s not fun, but it is manageable, and actually much easier now than it was with...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 18, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Intermediate, Technology
I just finished doing something I really hate doing. I cleaned the sensors of a couple of my cameras. If you have a digital camera and can change lenses, at some point you’re going to have dust on that sensor, which can create problems. Fortunately, there are...
by Reed Hoffmann | Oct 22, 2013 | Advanced, Camera Gear, Technology, Video
Over the last two years I’ve been shooting more video with my cameras, finding it to be both challenging and fun. It’s definitely a different way to tell stories, and as such requires some different equipment. The cameras and lenses are no problem, but because all of...
