Photography Techniques

Pete Bargh uses Photoshop Elements to remove a picture spoiling flash shadow.

Mark Elliott of Better Photos shares his advice on using flashguns for shooting flattering portraits.

Mark Elliott of Better Photos shares his advice on using flashguns.

Mark Elliott of Better Photos shares his advice on operating flashguns.

A fascinating underground world awaits your discovery. Find out what you need and how to shoot in the dark from a leading cave photographer.

Should summer deign to show its rosy cheeks again you might be tempted to rush out, camera in hand, to capture that warmth in your portraits but, as Duncan Evans explains, bright sunshine brings specific problems.

An outdoor shoot means you can enjoy the fresh air and take some fantastic shots at the same time.

When winter arrives you may prefer to stay indoors and try some still life photography. Peter Bargh suggest a project that will deliver vividly colourful images

Kelly Rowland, Nuno Frade, Steve Sharp and Rob Eavis continue to tell ePHOTOzine how we can capture some of the amazing places hidden below our feet.

Find out why a flashgun is great for outdoor portraits.

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 shoot flowers in a way that'll make your shots stand out from the crowd.

Pick a location or just walk outside your house and see what interesting things there are to photograph a few minutes from your front door.

How to photograph someone writing their name with a sparkler.

You don't have to venture very far to find some water to photograph.

Peter Bargh takes a look at the fascinating world of macro photography.

How to make objects in layers take on the shape of objects in lower layers

How to blend two images together in Photoshop.

In this extract from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 FAQs, we look at some commonly asked questions concerning videos.

Leading landscape photographers Mark Bauer & Ross Hoddinott share their top tips on shooting landscapes.

Here's another roundup of some of the great landscape talent we have on the site.