Taking creative nude photographs is not just about better techniques, a good model and great lighting. It requires a lot of thought as well.
A key part of the creative process is thinking about why you are capturing an image
- Nude models are not inanimate objects. How do they want to be depicted?
- Who will the viewer be?
- What are you trying to show them, or say to them?
The articles below discuss some of these ideas.
The nude female form elicits a number of, sometimes conflicting, potential responses from the viewer of an artwork.
The nude female form elicits a number of, sometimes conflicting, potential responses from the viewer of an artwork.
When is a nude an attempt to produce a meaningful picture
and when is it merely a body displayed for erotic titillation?
How to Take Better Nude Photographs
It is easy to take better nude photographs. Anyone, even the best at something, can always get better at it. All you have to do is acquire more knowledge, practice, and maybe have a bit of inspiration.
Nude art or erotic art?. They may appear to be very similar genres. Here are a couple of simple definitions.
The Concept – Take Better Nude Photographs
It is a common misconception that better technique, better equipment or luck will help you take better photographs of nudes. It won’t, but good ideas will.
Between glamour photos and the more formal naked figure photography lies erotic, documentary and personal photography. Are these pictures erotica, art or porn?
The Beauty of the Erotic in a Facebook World
Are Nude Models Exhibitionists?
Do you need to be an exhibitionist to be a model?
Nude or Naked Portraits Folio 2
Expressing their beauty, confident in themselves, are they nude or naked?
Is it a dying art?
Creative Nude Photography
Go beyond the norms of conventional glamour photography.
