Photography Techniques

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

Takui Neko shares his Photoshop blending skills

Learn how to use the Paste into and Layer mask options in our advanced Photoshop masterclass step by step guide.

Add some hints of colour to your black & white images with the help of Photoshop.

Want to move a building to a new location? Well you can with Photoshop.

See how a little work in Photoshop can turn a good portrait into a great one.

Robin Whalley shows us how to create an infrared landscape in Photoshop.

Images with large amounts of colour noise can lead to bigger files when using Jpeg compression, Matthew Page describes his technique for reducing the noise, without sacrificing detail.

In this series of articles using Paint Shop Pro we show you how to pimp up a Camper van and here we work on the wheel arches. Try following our technique and then using it to max up your car photos.

Give your images a 3D feel by making your subject pop out of a photo frame.

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.

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.

If you own, or have access to a darkroom, you could be using an enlarger to help improve your photographic composition. There is no substitute to a well composed picture in the first place, but often, through no fault of our own, we capture a picture on film that needs further help.

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.

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.

Tips on how to shoot successful shots of shadows.

Here are ten tips on how to use and what to shoot with a telephoto lens.

Mike Browne from PhotographyCourses.Biz shows you how to use apertures creatively.

Here's a quick tutorial which will show you how to use the Quick Mask Tool in Photoshop to make a selection.

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.

Turn your bright sky into night with the help of Photoshop.