Photography Techniques

With the global economy struggling it is more important than ever to try and make more money. Well Michael Alan Bielat, a photographer from the US may just be able to help you earn a little bit more cash.

First part of a three part series considers camera choice and how to save your digital photos

Professional Social photographer David Simm explains how you can safeguard your business.

Winter's on the way which means the football season is well under way. Frank Reid and Sam Furlong give us their tips for capturing perfect match photographs.

Here's part 2 of the professional photographers advice on weddings.

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.

Second in a three part series on moving to digital

Your safelight may not be as safe as it sounds and this would result in fogged prints. Peter Bargh shows you how you can test yours and prevent disappointment.

Keywording is something all photographers should be doing but not all do. Here three keywording specialists and two professional photographers who use the system successfully talk to ePHOTOzine about this confusing subject.

Have you ever wondered how photographers capture that crucial knock-out in the boxing ring? Well boxing photographer Steve Merry has the answers.

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.

Adobe's budget version of Photoshop, Photoshop Elements has a few new tricks up its sleeve including an image stitching mode.

Here are ten tips on how to use and what to shoot with a telephoto lens.

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

Want to add a different shade to your background? Well you can with Colour Range in Photoshop.

Whenever there's a major celebration our skies become explosive with fireworks. Learn how to capture these moments with your camera

See how a subtle change to a portrait can makes a huge difference to its appearance. Here’s how to do it.

Here are 5 tips to help you take better photos of butterflies.

Blurring water is a popular technique that works really well in the right type of image.

Michael Bates shows us how we can create reflections in GIMP.

Here are ten situations when manual focus can work better than your camera's auto focus.