Everglades Three Day Photo Adventure!

3 Day Everglades Photo Adventure January 24, 25, 26, 2014 Have fun, travel, and improve your photography! The Everglades, called Pa-hay-okee, the grassy water, by the Seminoles, is the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S.. At its heart is a slow moving freshwater river, 60 miles wide and over 100 miles long. Its 1.5 million acres contains […]

How to Get a Solid Photography Education in just Four Weeks. Free Webinar

Replay comes down at midnight. Check it out! It’s free! Free webinar “How to Get a Solid Photography Education in Just 4 Weeks” replay comes down at midnight! https://understandphotography.leadpages.net/understand-photography-webinar/   Hi from Peggy! Have you been struggling to learn photography in bits and pieces and need a clear plan? Are you the type of person […]

Inspiration for a Photoshoot

Understand Photography hosts one free photowalk each month, where a group of amateur to professional photographers get together to shoot. For me as a busy portrait photographer, these are my opportunities to get my creative juices going and build up my portfolio of general artwork. I hadn’t thought of creating a general portfolio until recently […]

Photography Zoom Effect Using Your Camera for Motion

by Joe Fitzpatrick When does a stationary object appear to be in motion? When you zoom the lens during the exposure. This neon sign captured my attention but needed something extra. Zooming the lens during the exposure created the streaks of light that give the illusion of motion. Because you will need to use a […]

My Favorite Free Photoshop Action

Photoshop Actions, Filters and Plugins! There are so many different ways to enhance your images! Since I am a working Portrait and Wedding Photographer, most of my images are not enhanced. I apply some “artsy” effects on only a few of my images to create art pieces and to show the clients what is possible. […]

How to Install Photoshop Actions

The procedure to load Actions is the same in Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements. First download your new Actions and save them somewhere easy to find (on your Desktop?). Now open Photoshop or Elements. From the top menu, click on Window then make sure Actions is checked. At the top left of the Actions palette, […]