Photography Techniques

Joe Roberts says that wide field fixed tripod astrophotography is the simplest form of astrophotography. It's the ideal starting point, because it takes only basic equipment, and even first timers can get very nice results!

Norman Koren explains why you should learn how to use your camera's meter and the Zone system to make your photos stand out from the crowd

Colin Speedie, photographer and professional yachtsman, talks about the Shark Trust project and how the Canon EOS 1V helps him to achieve spectacular results.

Gavin Gough tells us how a one year sabbatical turned into a full-time photographic career.

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 use the clone tool so you can fix your photos with ease.

Learn how to turn your life-size shots into model-like scenes.

Barry Beckham shows us how to use Photoshop's Clone tool

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

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

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

Barry Beckham and David Rowley explain how to combine several images into a montage with Photoshop.

How to take great photos for the holiday album before you've even stepped off the plane.

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

Give your modern photos a vintage twist in a few easy steps.