Photography Techniques

Rob Sheppard tells us why foreground interest is an important factor.

Being more selective with your views often leads to better landscapes. When taking landscapes George Standen suggests less is often more.

Here's an explanation on what tripod heads are available and what they are good for.

Making the decision of whether to throw-away or enhance an image on the mind of Photoshop expert Aidan O'Rourke.

Gary Wolstenholme tells us why low light isn't a bad thing.

Here are a few tips for photographers looking to shoot images with more feeling.

Here are a few suggestions on why you should shoot a self portrait and how to make sure you get it right.

Gene Kiegel's advice for getting noticed.

John Tisbury shares his first 10 tips on how you can become more creative.

Wondering what photography gear you should take on holiday? Take a look at our guide.

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.

Rob Sheppard tells us why foreground interest is an important factor.

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

Lightroom has incredibly good image processing power and one of the star features is its HSL filtering for Hue, Saturation and Luminance in eight different colour ranges.

Michael Bates shows us how Layers can be used in GIMP.

This tutorial will show you how to use GIMP to create a black border for your images.

If everything in your shot looks like it's leaning to one side try straightening the horizon.

See how a hand-held light meter will help you get better exposures, even if you are using a digital camera.

If you like to get it right in camera rather than editing later you should pack some filters when you're heading out to shoot landscapes.

Here's a quick overview on what the Color Pickers is for and how it can be used.