Photography Techniques

Digital cameras, like film cameras, often have an ISO setting, but what does this means and how do you use it? All is explained here...

What's ISO, how and when can it be used? We answer these questions here.

Mike Browne from PhotographyCourses.Biz explains how to use ISO.

Try shooting portraits with a difference. Forget the flashgun and light up a candle or two for people pictures with a difference.

Higher ISOs and noise aren't always something we should shy away from. Find out why here.

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.

Here's some things you should know about digital zoom before choosing a digital or advanced compact.

Robin Whalley's low light photography advice.

Karl Taylor has some essential tips that will keep you taking great photos even when there’s only a little bit of light in the sky.

Pick up a toy camera and get creative. Here are a few tips to get you started.

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.

Want to add a starburst to your Christmas lights? This is how you do it.

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.

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

Here's ePHOTOzine's guide for lenses in the landscape and a few tips on composition and depth of field.

We have a few more food photography tips from Jamie Oliver and David Loftus.

With a breeze in the air head off to the sea or a reservoir to capture windsurfing action.

How and why should you use longer lenses for taking photos.

Robin Whalley shows us how to soft proof our images in Lightroom.

Learn how to make a quick repair of an area with this tool.

Learn to take advantage of dark nights and produce great photos with Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine.