Photography Techniques

Dr Mike Ware's comprehensive guide to Cyanotype printing

Despite what some experts say, you don't have to own five studio flash heads to produce high-key lighting.

Tips on better exposure and lighting when photographing black people in the studio.

Michael Bates shows us how the Makeover Tools in Paint Shop Pro X2 are great for beginners.

Duncan Evans turns back the clock to the golden age of Hollywood star portraiture.

Michael Bates shows us how to remove imperfections and improve an image in Gimp.

Professional photographer Brett Harkness shares his ten top portrait photography tips with you.

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.

Trees looks great in Autumn but you don't have to wait until then to photograph them.

Learn how to shoot macro images of rain drops with the help of Edwin Brosens.

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.

A useful guide to what situations lens hoods are most useful in.

Learn how to create a simple frosty frame in Photoshop.

Being more selective with your views often leads to better landscapes. When taking landscapes George Standen suggests less is often more.

Here's a round up of some of the ePz photographers who shoot good landscapes, and how they take their stunning shots.

Bridges come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, plus they are everywhere so you are seriously spoilt for choice on this day.

Learn how Lightroom can help photographers produce good quality prints from home.

Creating cut outs in textured images is easy with an image editing program that has layers. Here Peter Bargh shows you how it's done using Paint Shop Pro.