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.
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Writing With Light – Nude photography lighting
Glamour Photography, How to Photograph NudesThe word photography means painting, drawing or writing with light. It is impossible to make a photograph without light. The quality of your nude photography lighting depends on three things, the direction, intensity and quality of the light falling on and then reflected by your subject.
Photographing Nudes – A Different Point of View
How to Photograph Nudes, Thinking About Nude PhotographyMillions of photos are taken from about five feet eight inches (1.75 m) above the ground because that’s the average persons eye line. Whether photographing fine art nudes, boudoir or glamour nudes it pays to look for a different point of view.
Twenty Nudes Number 16
Nude Portraits, Twenty Nudes16. Emily
Emily was a talented nude figure model. She appeared on several Silvermoon Book Covers and in the Scrapyard Girls Calendars. She always showed up at my studio in jeans and trainers so I included them in her portraits.
Slightly Strange
Nude Portraits, PortfoliosA collection of surreal female nude photographs that are slightly strange
Twenty Nudes Number 12
Nude Portraits, Twenty Nudes12. Fiona
Twenty nude portraits of women that reflect their personality and lifestyle. Many of the images have been pulled from my archives and have been re-edited. When I did several shoots with the subject they have been grouped into a set . A new post featuring a different sitter will appear each week
Fiona was a disabled nude model had been turned down by several other photographs because of her disability.
Twenty Nudes Number 11
Nude Portraits, Personal Space Nudes, Twenty Nudes11. Crystal
Number five in the series of twenty nude portraits of women that reflect their personality and lifestyle. A new post featuring a different sitter will appear each week
The Nude in Photography
Thinking About Nude PhotographyThe nude female form elicits a number of, sometimes conflicting, potential responses from the viewer of an artwork. It can be seen as the depiction of a human being as a sex object, an anonymous manifestation of beauty or the nudity can be used to foreground aspects or themes within the picture. The most common criticism levelled at photography is that it simply imitates another art form.
Twenty Nudes Number 8
Nude Portraits, Twenty Nudes8. Tanya – fine art nude model
Twenty nude portraits of women that reflect their personality and lifestyle. Many of the images have been pulled from my archives and have been re-edited. When I did several shoots with the subject they have been grouped into a set . This week Tanya’s portraits and fine art nude photos
One Model – One Light
Glamour Photography, How to Photograph Nudes, Nude PortraitsNude Photography with one light (and one model)
Keep it simple stupid is often pretty good advice. These photographs were taken in my studio with one light and one model. OK sometimes I used a reflector to lighten the shadows because the cameras dynamic range doesn’t match the human eye.