Photography Techniques

As the Leeds and Reading festivals are just around the corner, here are some top tips for shooting in the rain at festivals.

Chris Hanley shares his advice about getting a great picture in the rain.

A comprehensive pictorial guide to the Platino-Palladiotype process with Dr Mike Ware

Over the next three articles Dr Mike Ware describes three iron-based processes - new cyanotype, argyrotype and platino-palladiotype. They have the same working methods so, to avoid repetition, the equipment, materials and handling procedures you will need are described here first.

Dr Mike Ware's comprehensive guide to Cyanotype printing

To enjoy the full benefits of black & white photography you need to venture into a darkroom and process your own films. Here we look at the options for setting up a darkroom.

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

The complete guide to Argyrotype with our host, Dr Mike Ware

Patricia Fenn talks to ePHOTOzine about birds, buds and blossom.

If you like to photograph Seals this time of year's one of the best times to do it. ePHOTOzine spoke to ePz member Edgar Steward to find out more.

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.

In this book extract, we take a look at modifying tones based on ranges of luminance.

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

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

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

Attaching a neutral density filter to your camera lens will bring you several benefits, as Peter Bargh explains.

All you need to know to get close to your subject

For those new to Lightroom, here's a quick introduction to the workspace.

A quick list of ten points you need to know before heading out to photograph landscapes.

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

Robin Whalley's low light photography advice.