Photography Techniques

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

ePHOTOzine take a look at Autofocus and explain exactly what it is.

DIYframing.com offer some practical advice about the world of picture framing.

Being more selective with your views often leads to better landscapes. When taking landscapes George Standen suggests less is often more.

Find out what metering modes are and how to use them.

Take a walk to your local woods and you'll find plenty to photograph.

Pick a location or just walk outside your house and see what interesting things there are to photograph a few minutes from your front door.

If the weather's not playing ball here are a few photography ideas to keep you busy.

Gene Kiegel's advice for getting noticed.

Black and white is still a useful and rewarding format, as shown here.

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.

When perfected, panning can produce some rather brilliant shots so for those new to it, here are some tips.

This tutorial will show you how to use GIMP to create a black border for your images.

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.

You don't have to venture very far to find some water to photograph.

Robin Whalley shows us how to soft proof our images in Lightroom.

Sending pictures by email is easy with a tiny amount of computer knowledge

Pick a location or just walk outside your house and see what interesting things there are to photograph a few minutes from your front door.

How to add stars to any night sky in Photoshop.

We take a look at the Upright Tool which now features in Lightroom 5 Beta.