Photography Techniques

Optical filters can make all the difference to your pictures, especially when you shoot on transparency film, as Mike Busselle explains.

We give you some tips on candid photography technique.

The effect of using Red, Green and Blue filters at the exposure stage can now be simulated in Photoshop following this simple step-by-step tutorial.

Michael Bates shows us how to use the curve tool to control the exposure and colour of an image.

As the leaves fall off the trees and the nights get longer venturing outside into the damp and cold to take a photograph of a mushroom isn't something everyone will want to do. Here, two photographers who specialise in fungi photography tell us why we should be photographing mushrooms and how to capture them in their best light.

David Hogan explains why other people can sometimes help you get a great picture.

Michael Bates shows us how to use layer masks in GIMP.

See how a subtle change to a portrait can makes a huge difference to its appearance. Here’s how to do it.

The healing tool can be very useful. This short tutorial will show you how you can use it.

Creating a card in Photoshop is easy and it will save you a few quid too!

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.

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.

Duncan Evans explores the new mono-conversion filter in the latest version of Photoshop.

In this tutorial we adjust the tones of our image with Lightroom's Split Toning options.

For those new to Lightroom, here's a quick introduction to the workspace.

Victor Habbick tells us why upgrading your kit to a level that suits your need is a good idea.

Here are some tips on how you can control natural light in your photos.

We give you some tips on candid photography technique.

The sea's a fantastic subject but sometimes it needs a little warming.

This tutorial will show you how to remove objects in Photoshop with the Clone tool.

Peter Bargh explains what polarising filters are, how they work and provides a series of tips to get the best out of them.