by Reed Hoffmann | Sep 26, 2017 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Exposure, Filters, Intermediate, Light, Travel, Wildlife
“With great risk comes great reward,” is one of Thomas Jefferson’s great quotes. That’s a good way to sum up the Alaska polar bear adventure I just ran. We took a gamble on a very out-of-the-way place and the weather, and came up with a big win. Here’s how that came...
by Reed Hoffmann | Apr 11, 2017 | Action, Advanced, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
I’ll admit it – I’m a fair-weather birder. They’re usually just too darn small and far away to make good pictures. But get me close to some action, and I sing a different tune. A few years ago an old friend here in Kansas City asked if I was interested in going to see...
by Reed Hoffmann | Feb 20, 2017 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Composition, Intermediate, Lenses, Light, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
In the summer of 2015 I was the photographer on a ship in the Arctic, and the staff there kept telling me if I liked the Arctic, I’d love the Antarctic. They were right. This January I led a photography workshop to the Antarctic Peninsula on a One Ocean Expeditions...
by Reed Hoffmann | Nov 15, 2016 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Exposure, Intermediate, Light, Technology, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
In the days of film, we shot low ASA’s to minimize grain. With digital, we learned that raising ISO (the term that replaced ASA) resulted in more visible noise and loss of color saturation, so we stayed away from that too. But with today’s cameras, sensors and...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 23, 2016 | Beginner, Composition, Intermediate, Light, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
If you’ve ever been to Iceland, you know that its name is misleading. Yes there’s some ice, but in summer it’s a landscaper’s dream. Jagged mountains, lush fields, waterfalls, geysers and hot springs, fjords, glaciers, icebergs, ocean – an...
by Reed Hoffmann | Jul 7, 2016 | Action, Advanced, Beginner, Camera Gear, Education, Intermediate, Lenses, Travel, Wildlife, Workshops
“Rhino!” That was the shout that electrified everyone in our truck. In six trips to the Serengeti, I had yet to see that most iconic, and most endangered, animal there. Although we weren’t close, it was a magical moment. And that’s what I tell everyone...
