Photography Techniques

If you have a zoom lens with a manual zoom ring you can adjust it as you take the photograph and create interesting effects.

Photoshop's Zoom and Hand tools explained

Zoom blur is a striking form of blur that is relatively easy to achieve at the time you take the picture, provided you have the correct equipment. Here Michael Bates shows you how to add the effect later, digitally using the free editing program Gimp.

Stewart McCarthy shows us how he creates his zoom blur flower heads.

ePz member Duncan Simey shows us how to create drag zoom landscapes.

Tips on photographing the interesting detail you find on churches, castles and other tall structures.

Read on to see how blur isn't always a bad thing as it can help emphasis speed and create action in a shot.

Mike Browne is back sharing his knowledge with beginners. This time he has tips on lenses and focal lengths.

Optical filters can make all the difference to your pictures, especially when you shoot on transparency film, as Mike Busselle explains.

Ian Andrews continues his series to explain why a telphoto is a good choice for wildlife photography

Here's ePHOTOzine's guide to photographing historical buildings.

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

Zooming in with a telephoto and picking on detail is fun to do.

A 'rust fix' is something John Gravett likes to have every once in a while. Here he explains how you can shoot successful rust shots without too much effort.

Lean how to add watermarks to images in GIMP.

If you have to take photographs in the middle of the day make sure you make your own shade.

Michael Bates show us how to create a frosted glass border in GIMP.

David Clapp shares his tips on taking and processing infrared photographs.

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

How to plan a photography walk and what to take with you.

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.

The famous high key effect is one of the most interesting, yet simple, effects you can achieve in digital photography

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

How to photograph someone writing their name with a sparkler

Here are five popular tutorials on urban photography ePHOTOzine have published on site.

Taking your kids to a museum this summer? Well here's a few tips to improve the photos you take in museums.

Bruce Smith is a fashion photographer with over 30 years experience in the industry. His new book, Pro Digital Fashion Photography tells you everything you need to know to succeed in the fashion industry. Here he offers some advice about taking great fashion photographs.

Create artistic shapes on paper in this traditional darkroom technique shared by Peter Bargh.

Barry Beckham provides an overview of Photoshop's brush tools.

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.

All you need to know to get close to your subject

Once you grasp the basic principles of focusing your photographs will take on a whole new depth.