Photography Techniques

Tackle one of the most colourful subjects with the help of our nature expert, Jason Smalley.

Does everything that's in your frame need to be there?

Part 2 of our beginner's guide to photography Michael Jenkins suggests we look around a little more when pointing the camera at the subject

With every increasing zooms on compact cameras and the affordability of digital SLRs, the world of fast cars is open to everyone, as Duncan Evans explains.

Whenever there's a major celebration our skies become explosive with fireworks. Learn how to capture these moments with your camera

Your camera has a self timer mode. Learn how to make the most of it in our beginners' guide.

A beginners guide to wildlife photography in your area.

Gigrin Farm in Powys, Wales is a great location for wildlife photography fans.

Still Life photography provides a fine opportunity to learn about composition and lighting.

See what there is to photograph within one mile of your home.

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.

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

Peter Bargh shows you how to take better still lifes which, for one, could help you with your ebay listings.

Keywording isn't enjoyable but it must be done and here, Robin Whalley explains how to do it in Lightroom.

Aerial perspective's a technique that can help give your landscapes an interesting twist as we explain.

How to blend two images together in Photoshop.

Puffins make great characters for portraits so why not head to the coast and spend an hour or two photographing these popular sea birds.

For those new to Lightroom, here's a quick introduction to the workspace.

Have a go at Dodging and Burning the digital way with the help of Robin Whalley's tutorial.

We list the nine most popular flower photography tutorials posted over the last year.

How to use Photoshop's Layer Masks to merge two images side by side, edge to edge.