Photography Techniques

A beginners guide to wildlife photography in your area.

Anyone can take a picture of a person but to take a really great picture of someone takes practice, patience and a little bit of know how. We spoke to three professional portrait photographers to see what tips they have for taking better portraits. Here's part one.

To some graveyards are spooky locations, but to photographers they offer masses of shooting potential. Pete explains why.

Before you head off on holiday with your camera have a read of ePz's travel photography tips.

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

a guide to wildlife photography on your doorstep

For those who want to learn how to photograph seals, take a look at this article.

Tips on how to successfully photograph the people who live in the place you're travelling to.

Here's some top tips on shooting autumn macros with a compact camera.

Autumn's a great season for photographing wildlife so here's a few tips and a round-up of what you can photograph.

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.

Peter Bargh takes a look at the fascinating world of macro photography.

Here are 5 tips to help you take better photos of butterflies.

Peter Bargh looks at a fun way to turn your archive of thousands of photographs into a mosaic using a free download program called Andrea Mosaic.

How to turn your quick sunset snap into something which packs a serious punch.

How to blend two images together in Photoshop.

Here's our second tutorial looking at Photoshop's Selection Tools.

We explain how you can take great photographs of tadpoles in a pond.

Here are five reasons why you should give black & white photography a go.

Don't let a messy background spoil your shot when you can replace it with your own.

Tips on shooting landscapes with brilliant skies.