Photography Techniques

Ever wondered how other people get their images published? Well there really isn’t any secret as Cheryl Surry explains.

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

Ian Cook describes the difficult work a Crash Scene photographer does.

The latest book in Terry Hope's <EM>Black and White Photography </EM>series deals with the perennial subject of the nude. In this extract, a selection of photographers talk about the techniques they have employed to produce their pictures.

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!

Michael Bates takes us on a tour through the tools that are available in graphics packages.

15 tips you should consider when taking photographs at a zoo.

Gary Hickin Shows you how to set up and shoot a still life.

Sometimes it's what you leave out of your images that makes them great as we explain in this article.

John Gravett is a landscape photographer who lives and works in the lakes so who better to ask for a few autumn photography tips.

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.

Here are ten tips to help you improve your phone photography skills.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make a contact sheet of your black & white negatives.

Vignettes are a simple yet subtle way to guide the eye through a shot and here are four ways to create one.

John Gravett explains how shooting snow scenes in black & white can add so much more to an image.

How to seamlessly blend two different exposures from the same RAW file.

Sending pictures by email is easy with a tiny amount of computer knowledge

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

Running events are the perfect opportunity for you to capture some close-up, photographic action.

Anyone can take a picture of a person but to take a really great picture of someone takes practice, patience and a little bit of know how. We spoke to three professional portrait photographers to see what tips they have for taking better portraits. Here's part one.

How to make a digital photo look like a Polaroid in Photoshop.