Photography Techniques

Gary Hickin Shows you how to set up and shoot a still life.

This article is a few pointers to get you started posing for the camera if you're new to modelling or if you're a bit nervous. Photographers will also find this information useful for dealing with models.

Anyone can take a picture of a person but to take a really great picture of someone takes practice, patience and a little bit of know how. We spoke to three professional portrait photographers to see what tips they have for taking better portraits. Here's part one.

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

Here's a quick round-up of just some of the top waterfall photographers on ePHOTOzine.

ePHOTOzine spoke to portrait photographer Michael Alan Bielat to see how he lights portraits.

What should you photograph in our hilly national parks? John Gravett finds out.

How to use various points of interest in one image to create meaning.

While you're out and about, at the coast or on your foreign holiday snap a few signs.

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.

John Gravett of Lakeland Photographic Holidays goes on the hunt for Damselflies.

The healing tool can be very useful. This short tutorial will show you how you can use it.

Want some basic tips on how to photograph buildings? Take a look at this article.

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

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

15 tips you should consider when taking photographs at a zoo.

Here's a round up of some of the top insect macro talent we have on site, in no particular order.

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

Make selections quickly with the Magic Wand tool.

Michael Bates shows us how to use GIMP's Path tool to selectively colour an object.