Photography Techniques

Michael Bates tells us all about the Adjustment Layers that can be used to alter an image without actually changing the colour information of the original image.

Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine shows you how to use Photoshop's Color Range tool to change a background.

Peter Bargh demonstrates how to use your computer to make your own personalised greetings cards.

Learn how to create a water reflection in Photoshop.

Dave Ellison show us how to use Photoshop to repair a damaged photograph

Make your own Christmas card with your own photos in Photoshop.

Want to add a different shade to your background? Well you can with Colour Range in Photoshop.

Learn how to use the Paste into and Layer mask options in our advanced Photoshop masterclass step by step guide.

Robin Whalley shares his tips on managing your digital assets.

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.

Andy Warhol’s work features one of the most recognisable styles of print in the art world and his silk screen prints of stars as famous as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor are iconic. Here Michael Bates recreates the effect for using the free image editing program, Gimp.

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

Having the right gear is important when specializing in any aspect of photography. Here respected landscape photographer Colin Prior explains what equipment he uses and why.

Chris Burfoot AMPA shows us how to set up studio lighting.

Improve your flash pictures by getting the flashgun off your camera and firing it remotely with a slave.

Here is our top ten guide to photographing water, in all its forms.

Here we are going to learn how to replace the background of a photograph and correct the lighting so that the two images are seamlessly combined to recreate a special moment. Michael Bates is your tutor and he's using the free editing program Gimp

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

Make selections quickly with the Magic Wand tool.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make your pictures like line drawings using lith film in this traditional darkroom technique.