Understand Photography

There are many ways to sharpen a photograph. Using the high pass filter in Photoshop or Elements is one of my favorite sharpening techniques. Many digital photographs will require some level of sharpening. Luckily, this is a fairly simple ...

by Peggy Farren Understanding exposure is the first thing a photographer must learn. Fortunately, the meter that is built into our cameras makes it so easy to learn. First of all, there are three basic components to controlling your exposure: ...

Lens filters were an important part of my equipment when I used film cameras. When shooting weddings and portraits I would have an entire bag full of Cokin filters, indispensable for obtaining the variety of photo effects in vogue at ...

“Four Weeks to Proficiency”. These are our four basic classes, given weekly. We will cover all the important basics of photography in four short weeks. Of course, this is not all there is to learn, but your photography will ...

We’ve had the Understand Photography Training Center for over three years now so we have seen a lot of different photographers at every level of experience come through our doors. Here is an observation about some of the photographers who ...

The ability to instantly see your image after capture is one of the great features of digital cameras. Many digital cameras and all DSLRs can also indicate areas of the image that are blown out, overexposed to the point that ...