Photography Techniques

Denise Ippolito shows us how to take great shots of flower petals with a lightbox and some simple post processing.

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!

Windmills make great photographic subjects as ePz member Gaz_H knows.

Not all blur is bad as you'll find out if you read this article.

If you plan on visiting a church on your holidays here are a few photography tips to help you out.

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

Load up your camera with infrared film and shoot the world in a whole new light.

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

First part of a three part series considers camera choice and how to save your digital photos

Award-winning photographer Simon Plant shows us how he created one of his images. See how he plans, shoots and edits his work.

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.

Having mastered the basic camera controls, you may want to become more creative with your camera. One easy way of doing this is by using different focal length lenses.

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

Create a splash and be ready to be surprised with the photographic result.

Here are a few tips on photographing dandelion clocks creatively.

Trees looks great in Autumn but you don't have to wait until then to photograph them.

We show you how to create Warhol style Pop Art using Photoshop and a dandelion photo.

Chris Hanley has some great wedding table photography advice.

Windows XP comes with a small program called Windows Movie Maker that most photographers may not have realised could be a useful tool. Peter Bargh shows you how it can be used as great tool for creating fun slide shows.

Martin Evening was recently given the honour of appearing in the Photoshop Hall of Fame. Here he shows us how to use the Content-Aware Scaling tool in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Martin Jordan braved the crowds of fashionistas for catwalk photography and a report for ePz!