Digital photography and image-editing software have brought real advantages to those who photograph the nude. Digital cameras and lenses, lighting equipment, Photoshop CS, and printers have changed the landscape for those who take this art form seriously, allowing photographers to take their artistry even further.

The digital age of art has made it easier than ever for an artist to change what his work will look like when complete. Subtle changes in color composition can be made many times to achieve an ideal image. However, masterful color management is about more than knowing how to use the tools offered by your image editor. It's about understanding how to visualize your final image before you begin editing it-- seeing your image as you want others to see it. Mastering Digital Color is designed to help you master the skills needed to realize your vision, using color management tools available in the digital world. It presents techniques of practicality and results. By focusing on the practical aspects of color management, this fullcolor book enables you to more clearly visualize the connections between concept and result, bringing the art that you have envisioned to life.

Nude and beauty photographers can find the invaluable highimpact techniques in this exhaustively illustrated manual that covers everything from compositional tips for clothing, accessories, and poses to more technical challenges such as lighting, lens selection, and exposure, demonstrating how to produce stunning, worldclass images using minimal equipment without accruing a burdening investment. Beginning with the Four S's of glamour photography (sexiness, sultriness, sensuality, and seductiveness), amateurs and professionals alike are shown new ways to achieve beautiful shots, with additional tips on working with models that include methods for accentuating assets while minimizing flaws and initiating comfortable working relationships. Photographers are also shown how to turn their hobby into a successful career, or enhance the productivity and income of an existing business by honing marketing and advertising skills and mastering the art of generating business by referral. Based on the author's popular website (garageglamour.com), this guide offers helpful instruction to creating glamorous, sexy images like those seen in Playboy, Maxim, and other men's magazines.

Bill Lemon analyses over 100 of his acclaimed images, showing readers how to duplicate or adapt each of his successful techniques. Sections are devoted to evaluating lighting, modifying light and making setup changes for a variety of effects. Special tips for achieving an ideal digital exposure are provided, as is a look at lens selection. Lemon also demonstrates how to identify locations that add to the overall appeal of the image, select interesting props and choose poses that visually enhance a model's assets and help to create a particular mood.

Follow practical advice from nude photography experts and learn to create picture-perfect results every time with this master class in photographing the human form. Everything's covered, from working successfully with amateur and professional models to getting great results in your own home or outdoors. Find tips on setting up a shoot, lighting effects, and post-production techniques, so you can turn a good picture into a really great one.Get inspired by a stunning "Photographer's Gallery" featuring the work of an international panel of photographers, from Andreas Bitesnich and Sylvie Blum, to Allan Jenkins and Almond Chu.

It has been six years since the first edition of Easy Digital Negatives book was published. And during this time, the book has become one of the most popular manuals for making transparent digital negatives. And, thanks for the trust.The second edition is a rather extended version of the first book. As in the first edition, it first thoroughly explains to you all the necessary knowledge about digital negatives for alternative photography and then explains both manual and computer procedures for making negatives step by step.And why should you read a book?: -The quality of photos is greatly increased by using the EasyDigitalNegatives system.-The process is extremely fast and allows you to make quality negatives and photos after the first few attempts.-The production is so simple that it is easily understood and used by any amateur or professional photographer or printer.-There will be a lot of videos available soon.-The results of corrected transparent digital negatives are reliable.-And you can use any printer to make transparent digital negatives using EasyDigitalNegatives, not just some of the most expensive inkjet printers.-You can use almost all operating systems and image processing programs.-And above all, EasyDigitalNegatives is an extremely widespread system, so you can be helped by many selfless users in case of any problems (you never know).But by purchasing this book, you will probably also become a master of making transparent digital negatives for alternative and historical photography. So don't worry, because the solution is almost at hand this time as well.

Outlining a theory that combines the refinement of traditional posing techniques with the more organic, spontaneous techniques of photojournalism, this creative and informative resource offers poses that rely on personality and interaction. These instructions from a veteran wedding photographer provide the skills needed to recognize what makes a great pose and how to subtly direct your clients to achieve the needed balance between looking great and looking comfortable. Ultimately, this grouping of modern and traditional shots offers answers to the complications faced when attempting to pose wedding parties quickly while keeping the natural look that all wedding couples desire.

Teaching beginners how to enter into the field of professional nude photography, this guide discusses a wide-range of topics—from concept through the actual shoots to editing and review. Approached systematically, the easy flow of steps provide invaluable insight into determining artistic versus commercial imagery, finding models who suit the work’s goal, techniques for working with models, selecting the appropriate environment and lighting, maintaining direction and a quick pace during a session, and processing the images and experiences. Also included is information on creating a website, designing a portfolio, and preparing for gallery presentation. The ideas and direction expressed in this volume are designed as a starting point for even greater artistic expression or commercial success with photographing nudes.

Fallon Frost's late foster mother had done so much to heal the wounds of her damaged childhood. So when a lecherous developer plans to bulldoze her old home, the practical, ordered life Fallon has built for herself is threatened. Then he makes a twisted proposal. He'll leave the land alone if she poses nude for a sculpture that'll end up in his collection.

Nude photography can be intimidating, for the artist and the subject. Technique, creativity, and psychology all need to be considered and executed seamlessly to achieve a photographer�s desired artistic and professional result. Author Louis Benjamin has built a career by studying the intricacies of the perfect nude photography photo shoot and he has compiled what he has learned for you in this second edition of the best-selling book, The Naked and the Lens. This revised text updates and builds upon the key concepts presented in the first edition that guide photographers from finding models and planning a shoot, all the way through to post production. New material includes discussions of the latest equipment, software, web publishing options, as well as fresh and more diverse photographs and interviews.