Photography Techniques

Flash can be a very useful tool and there are various modes you can use. Here's what they are and what they're used for.

Here are nine situations when manual focus can work better than your camera's auto focus.

See how you can quickly remove a background from a photo with Photoshop's Magic Eraser Tool.

See how creating a Photoshop Action can save you time when performing regular and mundain image editing tasks.

John Gravett shows us how wind movement can make interesting and more dynamic landscape shots.

Learn more about the several modes that can help you with your photography.

ePHOTOzine take a look at Autofocus and explain exactly what it is.

Read on to see how blur isn't always a bad thing as it can help emphasis speed and create action in a shot.

Holding a camera steady is essential if you want to make the most of your camera and lens quality.

Holly Knowles shares 10 of her tips on finding, posing and shooting models.

Learn how to use Photoshop's Background Erase tool and you'll soon be removing backgrounds with ease.

This week, Mike Browne is showing you how to bring all the knowledge you've learnt over the last six weeks together.

Flash can be a very useful tool and there are various modes you can use. Here's what they are and what they're used for.

Here are nine situations when manual focus can work better than your camera's auto focus.

See how you can quickly remove a background from a photo with Photoshop's Magic Eraser Tool.

See how creating a Photoshop Action can save you time when performing regular and mundain image editing tasks.

John Gravett shows us how wind movement can make interesting and more dynamic landscape shots.

Learn more about the several modes that can help you with your photography.

ePHOTOzine take a look at Autofocus and explain exactly what it is.

Read on to see how blur isn't always a bad thing as it can help emphasis speed and create action in a shot.

Holding a camera steady is essential if you want to make the most of your camera and lens quality.

Holly Knowles shares 10 of her tips on finding, posing and shooting models.

Why is it when we go on holiday and need a passport photo we rely on that robot booth to churn out automated pictures at a tune of over £3 per shot? Peter Bargh shows you how to shoot, prepare and print pictures for your passport with ease.

Having a little knowledge about how the camera's shutter speed works can help you obtain pictures with more impact.

The famous high key effect is one of the most interesting, yet simple, effects you can achieve in digital photography

See how a hand-held light meter will help you get better exposures, even if you are using a digital camera.

Photoshop expert, Terry Steeley, kicks off the first of a new series of tutorials for ePHOTOzine that looks at how to watermark our digital images to protect them from being used without our consent.

The eyes are one of the most important parts of a portrait, and usually the first thing we notice. Therefore, a small amount of enhancement on the eyes can go a very long way to producing a portrait with real zing.

Peter Bargh explains how you can use the valuable Layer Mask option of Photoshop to make better colour changes and selections, in this step by step image editing technique.

Once you grasp the basic principles of focusing your photographs will take on a whole new depth.

Chris Burfoot AMPA shows us how to set up studio lighting.

Attaching a neutral density filter to your camera lens will bring you several benefits, as Peter Bargh explains.

ePHOTOzine take a look at Autofocus and explain exactly what it is.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make a contact sheet of your black & white negatives.

Here's a simple technique using your image editing program to turn a colour or back& white photograph into a silhouette.

Flash can be a very useful tool and there are various modes you can use. Here's what they are and what they're used for.

Struggling to capture that picture perfect Puffin? Are your subjects flying out of frame before you've clicked the shutter button? If so, you need Joe Kellard's help.

If you want to create a shallow depth of field in your photographs but have not got the necessary equipment at the time, you can always recreate this effect later on using image manipulation software such as Gimp.

Here are five tips to help you get started in still life photography.

Photographer Lara Jade shares her advice on finding your own style.

The famous high key effect is one of the most interesting, yet simple, effects you can achieve in digital photography

Peter Bargh explains how you can use the valuable Layer Mask option of Photoshop to make better colour changes and selections, in this step by step image editing technique.