by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 2, 2024 | Advanced, Beginner, Education, Intermediate, Travel, Workshops
Great news – I’ve now finished setting up the photo trips I’ll be leading this fall and early next year. Here’s a quick update on those and more planned in 2025 that I still have openings for, and you can find lots more information about them here....
by Reed Hoffmann | May 28, 2024 | People, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
If you’re looking for an African adventure that’s a lot more than just a wildlife safari, then Namibia’s for you. I’ve led about a dozen trips to Tanzania and the Serengeti over the past 20 years because I haven’t found a better place to see large numbers of...
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 | Mar 17, 2024 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, History, Infrared, Intermediate, People, Travel, Workshops
The area around Savannah, Georgia, is steeped in history – from the founding of our country to navigating the challenges of modern times – which made it a perfect location for the “Jewels of the South” photography trip I just led. We spent time among towering oaks...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 28, 2023 | Beginner, Infrared, Intermediate, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Workshops
As a newspaper photographer, I always enjoyed getting lost between assignments, turning down a road I’d never been on before to see what was there. Although I left newspapers many years ago, that’s still one of the things I enjoy most about photography – exploring,...
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...