Photography Techniques

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

Light is the basic substance that your camera captures or records. This article explains the primary elements that govern how much light reaches your camera and makes an image too light, too dark, or exposed correctly.

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.

In part four of our beginners guide to nature photography Ian Andrews looks at what can be achieved using specialist lenses.

One of the most fascinating and rewarding areas of photography is shooting close-up and macro studies. Small may be beautiful, but Steve Bavister shows you how to make it big. using photos by Peter Bargh.

Learn how to fill the frame with a small bird that's just a dot to the naked eye. It's all done with a digital camera attached to a spotting scope.

Light has many moods and if you want to take better pictures Steve Bavister suggests you need to learn how to make the most if it.

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.

Once you grasp the basic principles of focusing your photographs will take on a whole new depth.

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.

Learn how to take better snaps of your dog at the beach.

How to add stars to any night sky in Photoshop.

Duncan Evans explains how to slice up objects to give them a 3D feel, then arrange them into an arty print, using Paint Shop Pro.

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

Tips on looking for and shooting patterns in architecture.

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.

Here's a simple trick showing how you can turn your friends into vampires.

Here are five reasons why you should give black & white photography a go.

Here's a quick tutorial on creating a postcard in Photoshop.