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Are you ready to really learn how to take the pictures you dream of?
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We know you'll enjoy exploring all that we have to offer. Be sure to check out our upcoming online classes, our hands-on classes in Naples, FL, and our exciting photography trips! For fun and informative tips and tricks, head over to our blog with photography and software techniques.
How to Get the Most of Out of This Site by Peggy Farren
At Understand Photography, our motto is "We Simplify the Technical". Our blog posts, as well as all our training programs and materials, are designed with that in mind. Meet Peggy Farren, the founder of Understand Photography, as she explains how to get the most of this website.
Our Trips and Excursions
Cuba, Everglades, Old Naples Photo Tour, Women Only trips and more. Peggy Farren and Joe Fitzpatrick will give a very brief overview of what makes our excursions so special.
Photography Training
We offer simplified, step by step photography training in different formats.
We highly recommend everyone begins with our Four Weeks to Proficiency in Photography course. This course is a live, interactive online class with lots of support! and includes practice assignments.
We also offer training through hands-on, in person workshops and private lessons.
Tours and Trips
Join us for a short two hour tour, a day trip or spend days with us!
With the exception of our trips to Cuba, we limit attendance to five or six photographers per tour so that everyone can get individual attention.
We plan our tours so that every level of photographer will learn, have lots of fun and leave with amazing images!
We specialize in tours to Cuba, short Florida trips (we live here after all!) and Women-only trips.
Product Store
Here are our products and services, as well as trusted affiliates, partners and friends' products.
Do you need your camera cleaned or repaired? Would you like a custom photo bag created just for you?
Our classes and trips can be purchased here as well!
“ Peggy and Joe are wonderful photographers with a gift for explaining things well. ”
The Understand Photography Show
Live Show Schedule
Here is the schedule for the upcoming LIVE episodes of The Understand Photography Show! This schedule is updated frequently. Each episode is live on www.facebook.com/UnderstandPhotography every Friday at 4 p.m. EDT. After each episode, we post the show notes right here on our website!
The Understand Photography Show
The Understand Photography Show Episode 40 Traveling the Silk Road with Jim Sernovitz
Peggy Farren interviews travel photographer Jim Sernovitz about his travels down the ancient Silk Road on episode 40 of The Understand Photography Show.
Photography & Software Techniques
The Fabulous Nifty Fifty Lens
Aperture is controlled by your lens, not your camera. Most “kit” lenses that come with your DSLR camera only open up to an aperture of 3.5 or 5.6mm. Both Canon and Nikon make an inexpensive 50 mm 1 ...
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The Understand Photography Show: Episode 39 How to Run a Successful Photo Club Ft. Sonny Saunders
In this episode of The Understand Photography Show, Peggy Farren interviews photographer and co-founder of Digital Photography and Imaging Special Interest Group of Naples, Florida: Sonny Saunders. Sonny has helped bring this club from a mere 20 members to a thriving membership of over 400 photographers. He gives advice on what has helped to make this club so successful.
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UnderStand Photography Show: Episode 38 - All Kinds of Tips Ft. Jason Eldridge
Peggy Farren interviews landscape photographer Jason Eldridge and gets an amazing array of photography tips! As a youngster, Jason idolized Spiderman. Peter Parker, the boy behind Spiderman's secret identity, was a photographer. So young Jason asked for and received his first camera at the age of 8, and gained an interesting story to his beginning of a love for photography.
Photography & Software Techniques
Photographing the Milky Way out in the Everglades
First of all, this was the first time I (Peggy Farren) had ever done night sky photography! If you really want to grow as a photographer, befriend other photographers! I was lucky to go out with Joe Fitzpatrick, who seems to know EVERYTHING about photography, and Chris Hopkins, avid photographer and Everglades expert. Joe has been watching the sky via an app called "Sun Surveyer" and determined this is the best time to view the Milky Way in Southwest Florida. You can view it all summer but it will be higher and higher up in the sky so it will be tougher to get a nice foreground and the Milky Way later. Chris did some scouting to find a couple of good spots and Joe prepared us with astrophotography tips.
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The Understand Photography Show: Episode 37 Getting Your Nature Photography Noticed Ft. Cheryl Arena
Peggy Farren interviews published nature photographer Cheryl Arena to discuss tips for making your images stand out and get noticed. Cheryl encourages everyone to just "get out there", join groups, get feedback, and enter your images in contests.
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Episode 36: Gary Farber of Hunts Photo and Video: Photography Trends and Conferences
Peggy Farren interviews Hunt's Photo and Video partner Gary Farber to talk about equipment, great photography conferences, and the importance of getting to know your customers. Gary and his brother Scott currently have 8 retail stores across the northeast. They pride themselves on customer satisfaction in a business that has been family owned and operated since 1889, which is quite a feat in a society run by internet business and big box stores.
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Episode 35: An Introduction to Mirrorless Cameras ft. Joe Fitzpatrick
Peggy Farren interviews professional photographer Joe Fitzpatrick as he explains the differences between mirrorless cameras and DSLRs. Joe gets technical in this episode as he delves into sensor sizes and dedicated pixels in an effort to give us a clearer understanding of the three levels of MILCs.
About Peggy
Peggy Farren is an award winning, professional photographer, instructor, writer and speaker.
With over 17 years as a fulltime professional photographer, Peggy offers photography training through her training center “Understand Photography”.
I am THRILLED with what I have learned!
This class (Four Weeks to Proficiency in Photography) is great because Peggy explains things in a logical easy-to -understand way. Plus she shows photos to demonstrate the points.
- Live Show Schedule
- The Understand Photography Show Episode 40 Traveling the Silk Road with Jim Sernovitz
- The Fabulous Nifty Fifty Lens
- The Understand Photography Show: Episode 39 How to Run a Successful Photo Club Ft. Sonny Saunders
- UnderStand Photography Show: Episode 38 - All Kinds of Tips Ft. Jason Eldridge
Essential Preparation Tips for Travel Photography
This free report will help you choose the right cameras, lenses and accessories for your travels. You'll need different equipment depending on where you are going, your finances, and the weight of the gear. We'll show you how to determine the best equipment for your needs. Also included is a comprehensive list on what you'll need, some things you may not have heard before but you'll be so glad we let you know!
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Essential Preparation Tips for Travel Photography
Many you've never heard before!