Photography Techniques

Using layers and Motion Blur filter to create a sense of speed.

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...

This tutorial will show you how to fix the lighting in an outdoor photograph using GIMP's colour and sharpening tools while maintaining a natural end result.

Award-winning photographer Simon Plant shows us how he created one of his images. See how he plans, shoots and edits his work.

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.

10 tips to help you take macro shots that always impress.

Scanning pictures from books can cause unwanted problems. Peter Bargh shows you ways to get better results.

Make selections quickly with the Magic Wand tool.

Here are 10 tips you need to read before you begin taking photos at someone's big day.

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

All you need to know to get close to your subject

Photographer Taylor Mathis shows how different types of light will change the look of your food photography.

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.

Mountaineer, diver, photographer, lecturer and author, Jack Jackson shares his wealth of experiences in this extreme weather photography guide

Venture into the insects world with a few helpful tips and tricks from our specialist wildlife photographer Peter Madeley