Photography Techniques

A bit of creative blur can make a big difference to a photograph as Rob Sheppard explains.

Get creative with your night shots by experimenting with slow sync flash.

How to use slow shutter speeds to capture creative candids.

Not all blur is bad as you'll find out if you read this article.

Slow your shutter speed right down and turn fields of crops into waves of colour.

Mark Elliott of Better Photos shares his top tips for photographing waterfalls.

Why you should spend some time photographing rivers.

Having a little knowledge about how the camera's shutter speed works can help you obtain pictures with more impact.

Light is the basic substance that your camera captures or records. This article explains the primary elements that govern how much light reaches your camera and makes an image too light, too dark, or exposed correctly.

Make the most of your camera's built-in flash to get the best results from your photos.

Here's ePHOTOzine's guide to photographing historical buildings.

Michael Bates shows us how Layers can be used in GIMP.

Zooming in with a telephoto and picking on detail is fun to do.

A 'rust fix' is something John Gravett likes to have every once in a while. Here he explains how you can shoot successful rust shots without too much effort.

Lean how to add watermarks to images in GIMP.

If you have to take photographs in the middle of the day make sure you make your own shade.

Michael Bates show us how to create a frosted glass border in GIMP.

David Clapp shares his tips on taking and processing infrared photographs.

If you take your camera to your local park you'll find plenty of interesting objects to photograph.

How to plan a photography walk and what to take 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.

The famous high key effect is one of the most interesting, yet simple, effects you can achieve in digital photography

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

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.

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.

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.

Chris Burfoot AMPA shows us how to set up studio lighting.

Bruce Smith is a fashion photographer with over 30 years experience in the industry. His new book, Pro Digital Fashion Photography tells you everything you need to know to succeed in the fashion industry. Here he offers some advice about taking great fashion photographs.

Create artistic shapes on paper in this traditional darkroom technique shared by Peter Bargh.

Barry Beckham provides an overview of Photoshop's brush tools.

Here are five popular tutorials on urban photography ePHOTOzine have published on site.

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.

All you need to know to get close to your subject

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

Peter Bargh explains what polarising filters are, how they work and provides a series of tips to get the best out of them.

Robin Whalley shares his travel photography tips.

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