Photography Techniques

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

Ways to take photos of children without expensive lighting or flash cameras

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

We show you how you can still shoot interesting photos of children without spending much money.

Take your camera into a hot climate and you're bound to encounter problems. This collection of invaluable tips from Jack Jackson will help you avoid potential disasters whether in a dust storm in a Mediterranean holiday resort or on an African Safari.

Why you need to pay particular attention to skin tone when shooting boudoir photography.

Tim Curtis loves all types of photography but his main love is with photographing what not many humans have photographed before. His great sense of curiosity means exploring caves are a favourite pastime and here he tells us why we shouldn't be afraid to try this dangerous hobby.

This tutorial will show you how to use Christmas lights to add interest to your indoor portrait shots.

This article by Edwin Brosens will give you some top tips on how to shoot fossils in the studio.

From sparkling rain to tranquil lakes, water provides a range of subjects allow our creative photography juices to flow.

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.

As well as portraits and shots of beaches why not take a few shots of the plates of food you purchase?

Learn how to make a quick repair of an area with this tool.

Attaching a neutral density filter to your camera lens will bring you several benefits, as Peter Bargh explains.

Peter Bargh talks through a few tips to improve your panning technique.

Ted Byrne tells us why we should be making the most of the harvest season.

We show you how to create a realistic jigsaw puzzle out of one of your digital photographs

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

Here's a quick tutorial which will show you how to use the Quick Mask Tool in Photoshop to make a selection.

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

We try to shed a little light on Lightroom's Catalog to give new users a little more knowledge.