Photography Techniques

What should you photograph in our hilly national parks? John Gravett finds out.

A fascinating underground world awaits your discovery. Find out what you need and how to shoot in the dark from a leading cave photographer.

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

Jonathan Beer is a photographer with a passion for products. Here he tells ePHOTOzine how we can improve our auction site images and make our irons look the best in town.

The closer you look the more you'll see. Angelika Stehle suggests we add a new dimension to our flower photography.

From the earliest known relic, some 8000 years old, to the latest metallic monstrosities, statues are waiting to be photographed.

Tony Shapps of the WideScreen Centre provides an insight into the fascinating world of 3-D, or Stereoscopy

In part one of our series for beginners Michael Jenkins gives advice on choosing and using cameras.

Here are some tips on how you can control natural light in your photos.

The effect of blurring the non-critical parts of an image helps separate the main subject from the rest of the foreground and background that might otherwise be found as distracting. Anthony Moringello shows us how to digitally create depth-of-field.

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.

Learn how to shoot macro images of rain drops with the help of Edwin Brosens.

Chris Burfoot continues his excellent guide to getting the best results from studio lighting.

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

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

How to make objects in layers take on the shape of objects in lower layers

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.

Daniel Locke Wheaton, captures South Africa's wildlife with the helpful of sponsors PhotoGlossy.com and Dunns Imaging.

How to add a gradient filter effect using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3.

Author and photographer, Matt Bamberg shows us how to create a simple frame in Photoshop.

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.