by Reed Hoffmann | Jun 14, 2026 | Camera Gear, Landscape, Lenses, Travel, Wildlife
Last year I wrote about my ideal personal kit for doing photography while on vacation. Since then I’ve made some changes, based on the kind of photography I plan to do. That sent me in two different directions: wider and longer. As you can see above, that first kit...
by Reed Hoffmann | May 2, 2026 | Landscape, Night Photography, People, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
Mention Savannah, Georgia, and for most people that conjures visions of stately old homes and historic squares full of massive oak trees dripping Spanish moss. And that’s an accurate description. But it doesn’t do justice to everything else the city and its...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 11, 2026 | Action, Landscape, Night Photography, People, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
When a photographer hears “Africa,” they naturally think wildlife. That’s true for parts of the continent, but it’s a big continent! Northern Africa, like Egypt and Morocco, are much more about culture, people and landscape. But as you move south, out of...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 29, 2025 | Action, Camera Gear, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
Did we really need to spend four days in tundra buggies, photographing polar bears outside Churchill, Manitoba, with temperatures in the 20s and windchills below zero? Well, as I often say: It depends. In November, when I helped Mark Comon lead a Creative Photo...
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 25, 2025 | Action, People, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
I’ve been lucky enough to lead photo safaris to several African countries, including Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. But the one I return to over and over is Tanzania. Why? If your goal is to see an incredible number of animals in the wild (not a “reserve”), then...
by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 2, 2025 | Action, Camera Gear, Exposure, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
This is one accessory I can’t live without while doing wildlife photography: my 1.4x teleconverter. It takes my already impressively long 180-600mm lens and gives me an extra 240mm of focal length. I can now shoot at 840mm! In wildlife photography, you can’t always...
