Photography Techniques

Kat Landreth shows us what's new in GIMP 2.8 and shows us the features not to be missed.

Stained glass windows are colourful and prime target for great photographs. In this article Peter Bargh explains the common problems and offer ways to help you improve your chances.

In this series of articles using Paint Shop Pro we show you how to pimp up a Camper van and here we work on tinting the windows. Try following our technique and then using it to max up your own car photos.

Windows XP comes with a small program called Windows Movie Maker that most photographers may not have realised could be a useful tool. Peter Bargh shows you how it can be used as great tool for creating fun slide shows.

Stained glass windows are a photogenic subject but they can be a nightmare to photograph. Here are a few tips to help you perfect your technique.

In this article in our series using Paint Shop Pro we show you how to pimp up the bodywork of a Camper van. Try following our technique and then using it to max up your own car photos.

In part 6 of our series of articles using Paint Shop Pro showing you how to pimp up a Camper van we work on changing the wheel rims. Try following our technique and then using it to max up your own car photos.

Calibrating the monitor is the first, and perhaps the most important step in setting up a digital workstation.

Mark Graham looks at a technique to help you scan A3 images on an A4 scanner and then stitch them together using Satori image editing software.

A good collection of tools for digital photographers come free with Windows XP, the operating system which drives your Dell Outlet PC. Mike Spalding is your guide.

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.

David Clapp's latest venture took him to New York where he spent some time shooting the Brooklyn Bridge.

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

If you're heading out on a day trip to a castle or stately home this summer, have a read of this.

Peter Bargh shares some tips to help you take better photos when you go on a wildlife safari.

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.

Here's ePHOTOzine's guide for lenses in the landscape and a few tips on composition and depth of field.

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

Give images some drama in Photoshop by adding film grain.

Here are some tips on how you can control natural light in your photos.