Photography Techniques

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

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

ePHOTOzine member Philip Mccordall(Grampy)shows you how to produce professional looking still life shots without professional lighting.

First part of a three part series considers camera choice and how to save your digital photos

Once you've played in the arcades and had your fish & chip dinner don't take a walk over the pier go under it.

Second in a three part series on moving to digital

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

Ben Boswell explains why ‘Old and New’ is a great abstract idea for a shoot.

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

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.

Using Photoshop's Marquee tool to make selections

When you've taken a portrait and the background lets it down, there's only one thing to do and that's remove it. This tutorial will show you just how easy it is to remove the background from an image and create a new one.

Lack any kind of artistic ability but want to create oil-painting style portraits? You’ve come to the right place as talent-free Duncan Evans explains.

From ruined hill forts to beautifully preserved country houses, castles provide majestic architectural delight.

Once you grasp the basic principles of focusing your photographs will take on a whole new depth.

It might not be everyone's cup of tea but it's an easily accessible sport if you want to practice your photography.

Pete Bargh uses Photoshop Elements to remove a picture spoiling flash shadow.

How to photograph someone writing their name with a sparkler.

How to use the gradient tool to add a digital rainbow to shots in Photoshop.

See how you can quickly remove a background from a photo with Photoshop's Magic Eraser Tool.