by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 1, 2021 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Education, Flash, Infrared, Intermediate, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
What if I told you there’s an area that’s great for both wildlife and landscape photography, has a geography that’s unique in the U.S., is wide open for exploration and not heavily visited by photographers? That’s just what you’ll find if you take the time to go up to...
by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 16, 2021 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel, Wildlife
Every spring, 80% of the world’s sandhill crane population ends up just five hours away from me. At its peak, about a million cranes find their way to the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska during their migration north. So last week I did my own two-day migration...
by Reed Hoffmann | Mar 2, 2021 | Advanced, Beginner, Composition, Education, Flash, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
Online classes: Over the course of three nights in February, I taught my new “Mastering Flash” class, and it was so well received that I’m now offering it again. This time I’ll teach it over three Tuesday nights, March 16, 23 and 30. As with my other classes,...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 25, 2021 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Night Photography, People, Sports, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
I doubt that many of us will look back fondly on 2020, with lives turned upside down due to COVID. Despite having to cancel over a half-dozen workshops, I count myself lucky. My wife and I, our kids and extended family, have been able to stay healthy and avoid...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jan 5, 2021 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Education, Exposure, Focus, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
As many of you know, I started teaching some live, online classes last fall. One on Landscape Photography, one on Night Photography and a third on Wildlife Photography. So far, I’ve taught several sessions of each and have had over a hundred students. I will be...
by Reed Hoffmann | Dec 29, 2020 | Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Night Photography, Travel, Wildlife
In the Wildlife and Night Photography classes I’ve been teaching online the last few months, I stress the importance of things like good planning, understanding animal behavior, autofocus modes, smart exposure control and proper lens use among many, many other topics....
