Photography Techniques

Holding a camera steady is essential if you want to make the most of your camera and lens quality.

Spring is here and daffodils are blooming so with that in mind here are ten tips for different daffodil photos.

Here's how you can fix converging verticals in the free photo editing software GIMP.

How to add a touch of digital mist to your landscape photograph using Photoshop.

A technique using Photoshop to show you how to make a successful cut out around fur.

If you are stuck indoors or get caught outdoors in a downpour, here are some ideas on how you can still enjoy some photography.

Take your camera out in town to photograph the flora that will soon be decorating the streets.

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

Don't think that bad weather means you have to stay indoors as John Gravett explains.

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.

Many cameras have a built-in flash which can be used in more creative ways than you may think as we explain.

Progressing your framing using the 3 Ps: Presentation, Professionalism and Profit.

Jeff Cable shares his advice on shooting sport photography.

David McGirr tells us how we can take successful shots in cities such as Krakow.

The Background Eraser tool lets you easily remove unwanted backgrounds while retaining the fine detail in your photos. Learn how to either add a new background or move the isolated subject to a new photo.

To make sure eyes stay on your subject try adding blur to the background.

Four quick tips to help you improve your images of lighthouses.

Does everything that's in your frame need to be there?

This tutorial will show you how to add more punch to a sky in a photograph.

Duncan Evans goes on a whirlwind tour of focal lengths when shooting portraits and explains what not to shoot.