Photography Techniques

Starting out in stage photography? There are a few rules you can apply.

Chris Hanley shows us how a picture rail and a dress can make a unique image.

A software guide showing you how easy it is to colour sparkler trails

Make your portraits perfect with the help of Photoshop.

See how Barry Chignell works through several post processing steps to complete his car image.

The coastline around the UK has several piers jutting out towards the sea. As well as providing amusements for the kids and hosting the local entertainment, they can provide fascinating subjects for photographers.

Panoramas are easier than you think! You don't even need a special tripod head.

John Tisbury shares his nude photography advice.

A quick tutorial on what layers are and what they can be used for.

We take a more detailed look at layers and explore the more creative things you can do with them.

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.

To make sure eyes stay on your subject try adding blur to the background.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make a simple crop tool, useful for deciding which part of a digital image to crop.

No longer will you need to navigate menus as Michael Bates shows us all the hotkeys we could ever need.

Here's a quick round-up of just some of the top waterfall photographers on ePHOTOzine.

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

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

An outdoor shoot means you can enjoy the fresh air and take some fantastic shots at the same time.

For those of you heading off to a carnival this summer, here are a few tips to help you out.

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

Using a digital camera to take infrared pictures is much easier than the film method as we explain.