Photography Techniques

See how a little work in Photoshop can turn a good portrait into a great one.

No longer will you need to navigate menus as Michael Bates shows us all the hotkeys we could ever need.

Here's our first tutorial looking at Photoshop's Selection Tools.

Here's a round-up of some of ePHOTOzine's most popular portrait photography techniques.

We list 5 ways you can quickly improve / fix your shots when you're back infront of your computer.

Tone mapped HDR images are rarely perfect when the HDR program finishes with them. They can look flat, lack overall contrast, and can suffer from artifacts, ghosting and halos. Ferrell McCollough of www.beforethecoffee.com explains how to correct such problems.

Paul Charlton explains how we can tint photos that can be varied at a later date without affecting the original Using Curves Adjustment Layers.

Here's ePHOTOzine's guide to photographing historical buildings.

Michael Bates shows us how Layers can be used in GIMP.

Zooming in with a telephoto and picking on detail is fun to do.

A 'rust fix' is something John Gravett likes to have every once in a while. Here he explains how you can shoot successful rust shots without too much effort.

Lean how to add watermarks to images in GIMP.

If you have to take photographs in the middle of the day make sure you make your own shade.

Michael Bates show us how to create a frosted glass border in GIMP.

David Clapp shares his tips on taking and processing infrared photographs.

If you take your camera to your local park you'll find plenty of interesting objects to photograph.

How to plan a photography walk and what to take with you.

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.

The famous high key effect is one of the most interesting, yet simple, effects you can achieve in digital photography

See how a hand-held light meter will help you get better exposures, even if you are using a digital camera.

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.

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.

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.

Chris Burfoot AMPA shows us how to set up studio lighting.

Robin Whalley shows us how to create an infrared landscape in Photoshop.

How to adjust shadows and highlights in Photoshop.

Here's a simple technique using your image editing program to turn a colour or back& white photograph into a silhouette.

You've taken the pictures now add a little bit of colour to your incense smoke images in Photoshop.

Duncan Evans goes on a whirlwind tour of focal lengths when shooting portraits and explains what not to shoot.

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.

A tripod is an essential part of an arsenal carried by any travel and nature photographer so you need to make sure you have the right one.

How to give a photo a sepia tone using Adobe Lightroom.

Want to have a go at creating your own photography book? Robin Whalley shows you how to do it in Lightroom.

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