Photography Techniques

Tackle one of the most colourful subjects with the help of our nature expert, Jason Smalley.

As the world goes into a football frenzy capture some of the joy and heartache that goes with the big game.

Find the ideal hyperfocal distance to ensure your landscape images are sharp throughout.

David Clapp swaps people for plants as he puts the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 to the test as a macro lens.

A beginners guide to wildlife photography in your area.

Venture into the insects world with a few helpful tips and tricks from our specialist wildlife photographer Peter Madeley

David Clapp shares a few tips on photography in an Arboretum.

What to photograph at Halloween.

Mike Browne is back sharing his knowledge with beginners. This time he has tips on lenses and focal lengths.

Here's a round up of some of the top insect macro talent we have on site, in no particular order.

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.

Use a small pocket torch to add interesting light effect to still life subjects

In this book extract, we take a look at modifying tones based on ranges of luminance.

Learn how to shoot flowers in a way that'll make your shots stand out from the crowd.

A Photoshop tutorial on improving foggy shots.

If everything in your shot looks like it's leaning to one side try straightening the horizon.

How to give your images a pop of colour in Photoshop.

Soon our fields will be awash with yellow and the colourful landscape can make for interesting imagery.

If you own, or have access to a darkroom, you could be using an enlarger to help improve your photographic composition. There is no substitute to a well composed picture in the first place, but often, through no fault of our own, we capture a picture on film that needs further help.

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

Michael Bates shows us how to turn a person into stone and create a statue effect using the free image editing software, Gimp