Photography Techniques

Mountaineer, diver, photographer, lecturer and author, Jack Jackson shares his wealth of experiences in this shark photography guide

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

Mountaineer, diver, photographer, lecturer and author, Jack Jackson shares his wealth of experiences in this extreme weather photography guide

Having mastered the basic camera controls, you may want to become more creative with your camera. One easy way of doing this is by using different focal length lenses.

David Clapp shows us how The Nikon 14-24 Lens on a Canon 1DsIII can be used for landscapes.

Russ Barker, takes us on a scenic tour of the American Southwest Slot Canyons and explains all you need to know to get a good set of photos.

David Clapp tells us why our old equipment shouldn't be put at the back of the cupboard just yet.

Here's another way you can capture star trails.

Take your camera out in town to photograph the flora that will soon be decorating the streets.

Enjoy the fresh air and photograph some couples outdoors.

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.

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

Leading landscape photographers Mark Bauer & Ross Hoddinott share their top tips on shooting landscapes.

You don't have to venture very far to find some water to photograph.

Learn to shoot portraits that will make every woman smile.

Pick a location or just walk outside your house and see what interesting things there are to photograph a few minutes from your front door.

Get in close and focus your attention on faces.

Making a colour ring around is one of the best things you can do if you are trying to master colour printing. Peter Bargh explains.

You can dramatically alter the tones of a black & white photograph by placing coloured filters over the camera lens. It's all explained here.

Improve your flash pictures by getting the flashgun off your camera and firing it remotely with a slave.

Zoom burst is an interesting technique that can take some time to get right. Here's our advice to help you perfect the technique.