Photography Techniques

Pixels, resolution and compression expained.

Here are ten tips to help you improve your phone photography skills.

Your camera has a self timer mode. Learn how to make the most of it in our beginners' guide.

Photographs taken with a digital camera very often only need a series of small changes to significantly improve them. Using Photoshop 6 let's show you what we mean with the image below.

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

All you need to know to get close to your subject

Digital cameras, like film cameras, often have an ISO setting, but what does this means and how do you use it? All is explained here...

Pick up a toy camera and get creative. Here are a few tips to get you started.

Sam Furlong says knowing your kit can be the difference between getting a shot or not.

Many cameras have a built-in flash which can be used in more creative ways than you may think as we explain.

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.

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

Visit a birds of prey centre and shoot some interesting imagery with the help of these tips.

This article is a few pointers to get you started posing for the camera if you're new to modelling or if you're a bit nervous. Photographers will also find this information useful for dealing with models.

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

Here's how you can fix converging verticals in the free photo editing software GIMP.

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

To make sure eyes stay on your subject try adding blur to the background.

Chris Hanley shows us how a picture rail and a dress can make a unique image.

We explain how you can take great photographs of tadpoles in a pond.

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