The Naked and the Lens: A Guide to Nude Photography

By Louis Benjamin

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0240811593
• ISBN13: 9780240811598
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.8" x 8.3"