Pascal Baetens. Nude Photography. The Art and The Craft. 2007

lighting 79 Dancing with shadows these images were shot just before sunset in an abandoned railway outbuilding, in France. it wa ...

80 exploring techniques lighting gallery lighting conditions do not have to be challenging or unusual to be spectacular. the mai ...

lighting 81 Alternative lighting Bringing a light source into an image automatically creates a link between the source and the s ...

82 exploring techniques Lighting from below in these shots there is a big round lamp lighting the model from below. this kind of ...

lighting 83 Side light here sunlight is falling directly on the model. the light seems to be coming almost horizontally, and scu ...

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poses poses 85 Although “posing” is the generally accepted word, I don’t much care for it. It is such a static term: it suggests ...

from head to toes An understanding of the human body is a great asset for a nude photographer. Not just the mechanics—our forms, ...

from head to toes Making contact A hand touching the face intensifies the expression. This kind of gesture isn’t easily posed, b ...

88 exploring techniques adjusting the pose poses shouldn’t be considered in terms of good or bad, but rather elegant or inelegan ...

poses 89 S-forms curves not only add elegance, but also dynamism. in the shot on the right the pose is completely symmetrical, v ...

1 2 90 exploring techniques lighting the pose pose, expression, and light are the three key elements in nude photography, in fac ...

poses 91 Angular poses these moody and dynamic poses have been caught with the hard light from a halogen spot. i took the image ...

92 exploring techniques poses gallery posing models becomes easier when you begin to think in terms of encouraging them to “act, ...

Anonymity this is a classic pose—the reclining nude. Anonymous poses such as this create a more allegorical feel—the model can r ...

94 exploring techniques Linda against the wall the model’s expression is more important for the atmosphere of an image than her ...

poses 95 Fran and baby the secret of photographing couples—here, Fran and her unborn baby, Jade—is to define the relationship be ...

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sharpness & blur sharpness & blur 97 There are many factors that influence our response to a photograph. a picture will ...

98 exploring techniques focus & depth of field selective focus is the best way of drawing the viewer’s attention to the elem ...