Photography Techniques

Light painting or drawing is a photographic technique some photographers are finding very addictive and ePHOTOzine spoke to a couple of light junkies to find out more about it.

Tackle one of the most colourful subjects with the help of our nature expert, Jason Smalley.

Landscapes don't just have to be about trees and hills.

Learn some tips from David Clapp who has been back out in the landscape light painting in moon light.

Here are a few reasons why you should try using vertical lines in your images.

Bob is an ePHOTOzine reader and has shared the technique of his wonderful images.

Here's a round up of some of the ePz photographers who shoot good landscapes, and how they take their stunning shots.

Learn how to fill the frame with a small bird that's just a dot to the naked eye. It's all done with a digital camera attached to a spotting scope.

Peter Bargh shows you how to take better still lifes which, for one, could help you with your ebay listings.

Part 4 of Michael Jenkins guide to beginning photography looks at tighter framing of the subject.

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.

Create artistic shapes on paper in this traditional darkroom technique shared by Peter Bargh.

Holly Knowles shares 10 of her tips on finding, posing and shooting models.

In this tutorial we adjust the tones of our image with Lightroom's Split Toning options.

Denise Ippolito shows us how to create multiple exposure images with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III.

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

How to use Photoshop to create a studio style canvas background

How to produce shots without distracting backgrounds by combing two or more photos together.

This article quickly explains why you get flare, how to reduce it or use it to your advantage.

Peter Bargh looks at a fun way to turn your archive of thousands of photographs into a mosaic using a free download program called Andrea Mosaic.

Tim Wallace works with famous car companies such as Jaguar. Here's how he got there.