Photography Techniques

Ian Andrews explains why a 50mm lens is a versatile option for wildlife photography

Read about Niall Benvie's 2020Vision photography assignment to the north west Highlands of Scotland and pick up some landscape photography tips.

Learn how to fill the frame with a small bird that's just a dot to the naked eye. It's all done with a digital camera attached to a spotting scope.

In part four of our beginners guide to nature photography Ian Andrews looks at what can be achieved using specialist lenses.

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

Photographer and author Linda Pitkin specialises in underwater photography and she spoke to ePHOTOzine about life under the ocean waves.

Struggling to capture that picture perfect Puffin? Are your subjects flying out of frame before you've clicked the shutter button? If so, you need Joe Kellard's help.

If you like to photograph Seals this time of year's one of the best times to do it. ePHOTOzine spoke to ePz member Edgar Steward to find out more.

Ben Boswell tells us why a graveyard has plenty of photographic opportunities.

When and why do you need to use a tripod? Find out in our list of quick tips and shooting advice.

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.

How to use Photoshop's lasso selection tools.

We're focusing our attention on photographing ducks, geese and swans today.

Give images some drama in Photoshop by adding film grain.

How to use Photoshop's Layer Masks to merge two images side by side, edge to edge.

Take a walk along the beach and see what the tide's brought in.

Learn how to shoot macro images of rain drops with the help of Edwin Brosens.

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

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.

Professional photographer Brett Harkness shares his ten top portrait photography tips with you.

Why not have a go at photographing mushrooms?