He found his love for his favorite subjects – insects – as well as his love for photography already in his home country. Hoffman was born in an artistic family, father also loved to take pictures of the local fauna and flora and he’s the one who greatly influenced Hoffman. The photographer’s first camera was an analogue Pentax, but today he usually uses a digital Canon whenever starting a tour. When he travels around the globe, that’s the camera which is always on board, and it helps him in finding many of his breathtaking images. He especially loves the immense diversity of life in Central America and Asia. Hoffman basically leaves interpretations to his viewers and whenever they interpret his photos correctly, he feels that his mission of producing the image has been accomplished.