| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 237 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Gallery -- Undressing Fine Art -- The Body Itself -- A Survey of Modes -- The Nude in Context -- Light, Shadow, Color, and the Qualities of Lighting -- Composition -- The Camera is Not an Eye -- Working With Models -- The shoot -- Digital Technique -- Interviews |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Photography of the nude.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0080885284 (electronic bk.) |
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0240811593 |
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9780080885285 (electronic bk.) |
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9780240811598 |
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