Photography Techniques

Style guru Wayne Hemingway uses an Epson printer to make hats for special events. This simple seven step guide will help you make your own designer hat!

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

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

Infra-red photography is a bit like Marmite you either love it or hate it and John Powell, the founder of the Infra-Red Photographic Society most definitely adores it. He started taking infra-red images in the eighties and here he tells ePHOTOzine why more people should be looking at the world in a way we can't usually see.

No longer will you need to navigate menus as Michael Bates shows us all the hotkeys we could ever need.

Read David Kaplan's advice and learn how to take breathtakingly-good landscapes.

Michael Bates takes us on a tour through the tools that are available in graphics packages.

We try to shed a little light on Lightroom's Catalog to give new users a little more knowledge.

Want letters after your name? Here's a useful guide to help you pass

If you like to get it right in camera rather than editing later you should pack some filters when you're heading out to shoot landscapes.

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.

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

How to take good photos at the one of the many agricultural events that will be held this summer.

Try shooting portraits with a difference. Forget the flashgun and light up a candle or two for people pictures with a difference.

This tutorial will show you how to use Christmas lights to add interest to your indoor portrait shots.

Learn how to create a simple ragged border in Photoshop.

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

You can dramatically alter the tones of a black & white photograph by placing coloured filters over the camera lens. It's all explained here.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make a contact sheet of your black & white negatives.

Making the decision of whether to throw-away or enhance an image on the mind of Photoshop expert Aidan O'Rourke.

John Gravett of Lakeland Photographic Holidays shares his wide angle photography tips with ePz.