Digital photographic technology has created a surge in the popularity of nude photography. Mastering Digital Nude Photography contains ideas and techniques that will develop your creativity and challenge you to expand your boundaries. This book examines photography of the nude for the serious photographer-one who already possesses visual imagination and creativity, but is ready to take the work in a new direction. It explores a range of photographic styles, including erotic, glamour, fetish, bodyscape, and art nude. You'll cover each important aspect of creating your initial image in the camera. Then examine postproduction through discussion of digital image manipulation and the opportunities that the computer offers for experimentation in creating your final work of art.
Author(s): Roderick Macdonald
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 400
Contents
Introduction
Bibliography
1 Equipment and Software
Sixteen Bits of RAW
Understanding Camera Raw
Getting Flexibility from 16 Bit
Shooting with Camera Raw
Camera Considerations
Prints Versus the Internet
Sensors
Lenses
Stabilizing the Image
Light and Lighting
Wish Lists
How Many Cameras?
Computers
Desktop Versus Laptop
Storage and Backup
Monitors
In Place of the Mouse
Printers
Color Management
2 Models
Choosing a Model
Finding Your First Model
Partners, Friends, Acquaintances, and Strangers
Models on the Internet
Modeling Levels
Arranging the Shoot
Avoiding Conflict
“Can I Bring a Chaperone?”
On First Contacting a Model
Welcoming the Model to the Shoot
Makeup and Other Adornments
The Human Landscape
Disagreements During the Shoot
3 Lighting
Shadow
Experimentation
Photoshop
Positioning Lights
Backlight
Continuous Light
Shadowless Light
Candles
Attachments
Softboxes
On-camera Flash
Other Attachments
4 The Shoot
Planning and Ideas
Places to Shoot
Commercial Studio
Location
Around the House
Home Studio
Moving into the Shoot
Shooting Faces and Expressions
Themes and Poses
5 Postproduction
Organization
Cataloging, Reviewing, Renaming
Making a CD for the Model
The Camera Raw Plug-in: Main Features
Setting the Defaults
The Settings Tabs, Part I
Adjusting the Image
Leaving Camera Raw
The Settings Tabs, Part II
Adjusting Levels
Making Selections
Cleaning Up
Altering Emphasis
Playing with Filters and Blend Modes
Creating Monochrome
Color Pass
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
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