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Photography Techniques
Welcome to our Techniques Area
So you've got the camera, you have the accessories, you've read the manual... but the practical process of photography or photo editing is still largely a mystery. Welcome to the Techniques section of ePHOTOzine where we'll demist your foggy photographic windscreen and make everything clear. From focal lengths and fill-flash to Hollywood portraits, using metering and shooting classic cars there's techniques for everyone. There are also cover photo editing techniques showing how to create speed, grainy black and white, add creative edges, replace backgrounds and more.
Hot Techniques
Latest Techniques
Turning a coloured image black & white
Want to turn a coloured image to black & white? Well there's a few ways you can achieve this in Photoshop.
Gimp tutorial: Changing lip colour
Is your model not wearing the right shade of lipstick? Well this tutorial will show you how to add a new shade with the help of GIMP.
Beginner Gimp tutorial: The healing tool
The healing tool can be very useful. This short tutorial will show you how you can use it.
Photographing garden birds
Photographing garden birds isn't always straight forward but ePHOTOzine and ePz member, Cheryl Surry are here to help.
Enhance eyes with Photoshop Elements
Sometimes, adding a bit of spark to eyes can improve a portrait greatly. Here's how to do it in Photoshop Elements.
Convert to black & white for impact
ePHOTOzine member Rahul shows us how to make the most of budget lighting by shooting and then editing in Photoshop
Gimp tutorial: Changing hair colour
Want to turn your blonde model into a brunette or even bright pink? Well this tutorial will show you how.
Selective Colour in Photoshop CS4
To add focus to an image you can keep the subject you wont people to focus on in colour and turn everything else to black and white.
Using canvas size as an aid to proper composi...
How to to add canvas to an original picture to place the subject in an optimal position and improve the composition.
How to make teeth pearly white
This tutorial will show you how to add some sparkle to a smile in Photoshop Elements.
Photographing Grey Seals
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.
Changing hair colour in Photoshop
Do you need to know how to change hair colour in Photoshop? Well ePHOTOzine has the answer.
Photoshop tutorial: Removing unwanted objects
This tutorial will show you how to remove objects in Photoshop with the Clone tool.
Enhancing sky in Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to add more punch to a sky in a photograph.
Urban Christmas light shoot
When the Christmas lights go up you have a few weeks to get out there and use them in your photography.
