Photography Techniques

Spend some time at the seaside photographing on and at the beach.

Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine shows you how to use Photoshop's Color Range tool to change a background.

Images with large amounts of colour noise can lead to bigger files when using Jpeg compression, Matthew Page describes his technique for reducing the noise, without sacrificing detail.

You often shoot images where the subject looks stationary and there's nothing worse than a motorbike stuck in its tracks. Here Peter Bargh shows you how to make that static bike come to life using a few Photoshop tools

If you’ve ever wondered how they make cars look as good as they do in magazine adverts, then here we will learn how to get a good deal of the way towards creating a professional-looking advert for a car of your choice.

Just as with portraits car photography is all about flattering the subject.

Chris Burfoot AMPA shows us how to set up studio lighting.

Here's a technique to improve your portrait photographs using the Selection tools and blurring options in your image editing program.

Learn how to use the Paste into and Layer mask options in our advanced Photoshop masterclass step by step guide.

Second in a three part series on moving to digital

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.

If you plan on visiting a church on your holidays here are a few photography tips to help you out.

Find out why a flashgun is great for outdoor portraits.

Learn to take advantage of dark nights and produce great photos with Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine.

If you like vibrant colours in your work then learning about colour fringing is something you should definitely do.

How to use Photoshop's lasso selection tools.

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

Andy Warhol’s work features one of the most recognisable styles of print in the art world and his silk screen prints of stars as famous as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor are iconic. Here Michael Bates recreates the effect for using the free image editing program, Gimp.

Learn how to make selections in Photoshop with the Quick Selection tool.

Ways to take photos of children without expensive lighting or flash cameras

Will Smith gives us a glimpse of the Photoshop Elements Liquify tool's potential to create some odd effects.