Photography Techniques

All you need to know to get close to your subject

The effect of blurring the non-critical parts of an image helps separate the main subject from the rest of the foreground and background that might otherwise be found as distracting. Anthony Moringello shows us how to digitally create depth-of-field.

Using a digital camera to take infrared pictures is much easier than the film method as we explain.

Here's ePHOTOzine's guide for lenses in the landscape and a few tips on composition and depth of field.

A useful guide to what situations lens hoods are most useful in.

Using your camera's focus lock is one way to override the automatic focus and ensure you photographs are sharper.

Pick up a toy camera and get creative. Here are a few tips to get you started.

Learn how to fill the frame with a small bird that's just a dot to the naked eye. It's all done with a digital camera attached to a spotting scope.

How and why should you use longer lenses for taking photos.

10 tips from photographer Itai Danan you need to read before you head off on your holidays with your camera.

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.

Here's a rundown of the top ten things that you can do to put a different perspective on your photography.

Here are 10 top tips on photographing bridges.

Running events are the perfect opportunity for you to capture some close-up, photographic action.

Here's an explanation on what tripod heads are available and what they are good for.

Peter Bargh explains how the budget concious can mix their own developing chemicals.

Tips on shooting landscapes with brilliant skies.

Here are a few tips on photographing dandelion clocks creatively.

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.

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.