Photography Techniques

David Clapp shows us how to adapt manual focus lenses for digital cameras.

Here's some things you should know about digital zoom before choosing a digital or advanced compact.

These wasps are 5 mm – 40 mm large, and difficult to photograph. This article will explain how to shoot them and where to find them in the field.

See how three simple steps can improve the landscapes you take.

In part one of our series for beginners Michael Jenkins gives advice on choosing and using cameras.

Spring is here and daffodils are blooming so with that in mind here are ten tips for different daffodil photos.

This article by Edwin Brosens will give you some top tips on how to shoot fossils in the studio.

Photographer and author Linda Pitkin specialises in underwater photography and she spoke to ePHOTOzine about life under the ocean waves.

Photographer Edwin Brosens shares his wisdom on how to shoot wood ants effectively.

Following on from last month's article on beginners astrophotography Michael A. Covington now goes one stage further and explain about telescopes and how to use them to view stars and planets.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

John Gravett of Lakeland Photographic Holidays shows us how we can give landscapes mood.

Denise Ippolito shows us how to take great shots of flower petals with a lightbox and some simple post processing.

We try to shed a little light on Lightroom's Catalog to give new users a little more knowledge.

Light is not always what it seems. Peter explains about colour temperature.

John Gravett explains how shooting snow scenes in black & white can add so much more to an image.

Ben Boswell returns with some tips on photographing train stations.

Photoshop's eye-dropper tool guide

Vignettes are a simple yet subtle way to guide the eye through a shot and here are four ways to create one.

To help you capture a rainbow we've put together some quick tips and pieces of advice so when one does finally appear you'll be ready!