The Naked and the Lens : A Guide to Nude Photography

The Naked and the Lens is designed as both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. Filled with beautiful images of the nude form, it also shows you how this can be technically achieved. The book covers key topics: concept, lighting, directing, post-production, and artisic re-interpretation and how to find models. Legal and photo release issues are covered as well. The techniques are up-to-date, including Photoshop CS4, RAW capture and shooting with a gray card to capture accurate white balance information. The lighting section will also show how to get studio quality light from hot-shoe flashes by adapting them to umbrellas and soft boxes. Regardless of whether you are shooting in a studio or in a field, this book will show you how to create works of art with nude bodies and it will also teach through advice in a unique interview section with leading nude photographers around the world through their words and their images. * Lavishly illustrated by contributors from around the globe * Covers photographing art nudes from concept to completion * Includes lighting, working with models, legal issues, and post-production * Bonus interviews and expansive resources on www.TheNakedAndTheLens.com Spring time - the first artistic nude photography book published and the best seller art photo book in Viet Nam. The bilingual, Vietnam-English book "Spring Time" is the first nude art photography book published in Vietnam, also is a collection of nude photos taken over the past 15 years by Thai Phien as well as 20 articles written by the photographer about his career. Spring time is reproduced 3rd with the amount released on 10,000 copy within 6 months and became the best selling art nude photography book in Vietnam . The book has received the VAPA Cup from Vietnam Photographic Artists' Association and has been voted by Voice of HCM City People Radio as one of the top ten cultural events of 2008. Among which are two works named "Springtime" and "Back Home", exhibited in the Museum of International Photography in Spain. Please kindly go through Thai Phiens website for seeing more his photography works of art, fan' comments and relevant (http://www.thaiphienphoto.com) www.thaiphienphoto.com You wi

The Naked and the Lens is designed as both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. Filled with beautiful images of the nude form, it also shows you how this can be technically achieved. The book covers key topics: concept, lighting, directing, post-production, and artisic re-interpretation and how to find models. Legal and photo release issues are covered as well.

The techniques are up-to-date, including Photoshop CS4, RAW capture and shooting with a gray card to capture accurate white balance information. The lighting section will also show how to get studio quality light from hot-shoe flashes by adapting them to umbrellas and soft boxes.

Regardless of whether you are shooting in a studio or in a field, this book will show you how to create works of art with nude bodies and it will also teach through advice in a unique interview section with leading nude photographers around the world through their words and their images.

Half Title Page......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents ......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Part One CONCEPT......Page 13 1 Gallery......Page 16 2 Undressing Fine Art: Approaches to the Fine Art Nude in Photography......Page 28 3 The Body Itself: A Survey of Modes......Page 48 4 The Nude in Context......Page 64 Part Two PULLING IMAGES APART......Page 77 5 Light, Shadow, Color, and the Qualities of Lighting......Page 80 6 Composition......Page 104 7 The Camera Is Not an Eye......Page 124 Part Three MAKING IMAGES......Page 135 8 Working with Models......Page 138 9 The Shoot......Page 146 10 Digital Technique......Page 164 Part Four EXPLORING THE PRACTICE......Page 215 11 Interviews......Page 218 Conclusion......Page 234 Bibliography......Page 236 Index......Page 240 The Naked and the Lens is designed as both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. Filled with beautiful images of the nude form, it also shows you how this can be technically achieved. The book covers key topics: concept, lighting, directing, post-production, and artistic re-interpretation and how to find models. Legal and photo release issues are covered as well. Useful as a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. This book covers topics such as concept, lighting, directing, post-production, and artistic re-interpretation and how to find models. It covers photographing art nudes from concept to completion.