Photography Techniques

Closed shops aren't good for the economy but they're good for your camera.

Ben Boswell explains why ‘Old and New’ is a great abstract idea for a shoot.

Doug Jackson shares his tips on photographing interiors.

How to crop a picture in a way that makes part of the photo look as if it could go on forever.

Advice on shooting the bridges that dominate our towns, cities and countryside.

Heading off to photograph one of the many castles in the UK? Have a look at our tips first.

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

Parkour Photographer Scott Bass share his top 10 tips on photographing this unusual activity.

Here are a few tips and ideas for shooting photos of urban areas.

Mike Browne returns with a new series of beginner guides. This time his focus is on 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.

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.

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.

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

Using a digital camera to take infrared pictures is much easier than the film method as we explain.

Mike Browne from PhotographyCourses.Biz shows you how to use apertures creatively.

Grab your coat, get outside and head for a nearby lake or river for a spot of winter water photography.

Sending pictures by email is easy with a tiny amount of computer knowledge

Pete Bargh uses Photoshop Elements to remove a picture spoiling flash shadow.

Here are some amazing examples of moonlight photography and an insight into how they were taken.

Learn how to make selections in Photoshop with the Quick Selection tool.

Here's a rundown of the top ten things that you can do to put a different perspective on your photography.