Photography Techniques

Jonathan Beer is a photographer with a passion for products. Here he tells ePHOTOzine how we can improve our auction site images and make our irons look the best in town.

Keywording is something all photographers should be doing but not all do. Here three keywording specialists and two professional photographers who use the system successfully talk to ePHOTOzine about this confusing subject.

Winter's on the way which means the football season is well under way. Frank Reid and Sam Furlong give us their tips for capturing perfect match photographs.

Learn why you need to be selling yourself from the very first conversation you have with your client.

With the global economy struggling it is more important than ever to try and make more money. Well Michael Alan Bielat, a photographer from the US may just be able to help you earn a little bit more cash.

We spoke to Chris Hanley to get a few tips for capturing those perfect family portraits.

Take your camera with you when you visit a farmers market next time and shoot some of the produce that's on offer.

Here's part 2 of the professional photographers advice on weddings.

Norman Koren explains why you should learn how to use your camera's meter and the Zone system to make your photos stand out from the crowd

Paul Hobson is a wildlife photographer and lecturer of environmental science at Sheffield college and here he gives ePHOTOzine a few pointers about how we can make our wildlife photography the best.

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.

Tips on shooting landscapes with brilliant skies.

Soon our fields will be awash with yellow and the colourful landscape can make for interesting imagery.

How to cope with bad weather so it doesn't spoil your day of photography.

Winter's on the way which means the football season is well under way. Frank Reid and Sam Furlong give us their tips for capturing perfect match photographs.

See how a hand-held light meter will help you get better exposures, even if you are using a digital camera.

How to use Photoshop's Dust and Scratch filter to improve your old photos.

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

See what there is to photograph within one mile of your home.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make a contact sheet of your black & white negatives.

We show you how backlighting your photographs can help create shape using the rim lighting technique