Photography Techniques

We give you some tips on candid photography technique.

In part four of our beginners guide to nature photography Ian Andrews looks at what can be achieved using specialist lenses.

With every increasing zooms on compact cameras and the affordability of digital SLRs, the world of fast cars is open to everyone, as Duncan Evans explains.

A car is something most of us now use everyday but have you ever thought about using it as an object for photography? Well three photographers who specialise in car photography have some advice and pointers about this type of work.

Brightly coloured trees, crisp cold mornings and the crunch of leaves underfoot are all signs of autumn creeping in and if you're a landscape photographer there's no better time to be outdoors capturing all of what nature has to offer. Here Tony Howell and Nick Jenkins tell ePHOTOzine why autumn is such a great season and they also offer a few autumnal photography tips along the way.

Gary Wolstenholme explains why he thinks there is no "best" equipment when it comes to taking pictures at concerts.

If you're heading to a festival this year to take some pictures you're going to need much more than just your wellies and a tent.

We catch a wave with surf photographer Jason Murray and learn a thing or two about surf photography.

Winter's on the way which means the football season is well under way. Frank Reid and Sam Furlong give us their tips for capturing perfect match photographs.

15 tips you should consider when taking photographs at a zoo.

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.

Don't let a messy background spoil your shot when you can replace it with your own.

Here are five tutorials that'll help you take better shots at the coast.

How to use the gradient tool to add a digital rainbow to shots in Photoshop.

Heading to the coast and taking your camera with you? Make sure you read these tips before you leave.

Here is our top ten guide to photographing water, in all its forms.

Professional portrait photographer Rossella Vanon shares her top tips for taking better portraits.

Michael Bates uses Paint Shop Pro X2 to put a watermark on an image.

John Gravett's back and this time he's sharing his ice photography tips.

Robin Whalley has some essential mountain photography tips.

Andy Warhol’s work features one of the most recognisable styles of print in the art world and his silk screen prints of stars as famous as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor are iconic. Here Michael Bates recreates the effect for using the free image editing program, Gimp.