Photography Techniques

Infra-red photography is a bit like Marmite you either love it or hate it and John Powell, the founder of the Infra-Red Photographic Society most definitely adores it. He started taking infra-red images in the eighties and here he tells ePHOTOzine why more people should be looking at the world in a way we can't usually see.

Professional Social photographer David Simm explains how you can safeguard your business.

Mike Browne from PhotographyCourses.Biz explains how to make a manual exposure.

Here's part 2 of the professional photographers advice on weddings.

John Gravett shows you how to take better photos of Robins.

Take a look at a showcase of work produced by some of the top flower photographers on ePz.

Peter Bargh provides an all-inclusive guide to developing your first black and white film.

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.

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

Take a look at a showcase of work produced by some of the top flower photographers on ePz.

Here's a simple technique using your image editing program to turn a colour or back& white photograph into a silhouette.

How to turn your quick sunset snap into something which packs a serious punch.

Light is not always what it seems. Peter explains about colour temperature.

Nick Jenkins shows us why a little bit of patience is something we all need.

Ian Badley shares his advice on shooting sunrises.

How to blend two images together in Photoshop.

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.