Photography Techniques

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

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

Michael Bates shows us how to use GIMP's Path tool to selectively colour an object.

Barry Beckham turns an ordinary snapshot of a cafe into half cartoon.

Using layers to make a quick composite image of balloons

A simple technique to combine a selection of photos using Photoshop to make a montage.

Using Photoshop's Marquee tool to make selections

Barry Beckham shows us how to use Photoshop's Clone tool

Barry Beckham shows us how we can use Photoshop's Magic Wand tool more effectively when making selections.

Using Photoshop's Move tool to rearrange elements in a digital image.

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.

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.

Capture a little bit of history in one of the many museums that are open across the UK.

The latest book in Terry Hope's <EM>Black and White Photography </EM>series deals with the perennial subject of the nude. In this extract, a selection of photographers talk about the techniques they have employed to produce their pictures.

Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine shows you how to use Photoshop's Color Range tool to change a background.

How and why should you use longer lenses for taking photos.

Sometimes landscapes can be a little on the cool side but a quick photo filter can sort them out.

Holly Knowles shares 10 of her tips on finding, posing and shooting models.

How to use Photoshop's Layer Masks to merge two images side by side, edge to edge.

Learn how to take better snaps of your dog at the beach.

Our cities change appearance as the sun sets and it's a great time to shoot buildings.