Photography Techniques

Tips on better exposure and lighting when photographing black people in the studio.

Russ Barker, takes us on a scenic tour of the American Southwest Slot Canyons and explains all you need to know to get a good set of photos.

Stained glass windows are colourful and prime target for great photographs. In this article Peter Bargh explains the common problems and offer ways to help you improve your chances.

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

Most photographers have one or more favourite themes, a particular type of subject which attracts their eye. If you look through my filing cabinets it's not hard to identify mine, one in particular crops up time and time again - trees.

Takui Neko explains how to prepare a photo ready to upload to the ePHOTOzine gallery.

Give your digital images the Holga look with the help of Photoshop and Robin Whalley.

Taking pictures of images on a television screen is easy if you follow a few simple procedures. We tell you how to get good results from snapping TV screens here.

Robin Whalley shares his noise knowledge and tells us how we can avoid it.

Want some basic tips on how to photograph buildings? Take a look at this article.

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.

Create starburst filter effects with ease using Photoshop's custom brushes

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

We try to shed a little light on Lightroom's Catalog to give new users a little more knowledge.

Edwin Brosens shares his tips on using flash when shooting macro work.

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

Eddie Ephraums shares his black & white printing secrets

Learn what layer masks are and how to use them with the help of Robin Whalley.

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.

Zooming in with a telephoto and picking on detail is fun to do.

Give your digital images the Holga look with the help of Photoshop and Robin Whalley.