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

shArpness & Blur 99 Creating mystery in one of these images, the viewer is in no doubt as to its content: the model is stand ...

100 exploring techniques capturing movement blur images where movement is blurred imply a narrative with a beginning and ending; ...

shArpness & blur 101 freezing movement in images where the movement is frozen, time seems to be standing still. it is the ki ...

102 exploring techniques moving the camera When i am photographing moving subjects, i like to be able to react instantly and cha ...

shArpness & Blur 103 Movement through the picture You can either run with or behind the model, or, as above, choose a specif ...

104 exploring techniques sharpness & blur gallery these images have little classic sharpness, but i hope none of them would ...

shArpness & blur 105 Daisy and Donna running, Lovenjoel, 2005 here i was using a long exposure time and following the models ...

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composition & perspective composition & perspective 107 Your choice of composition and perspective is how you show your ...

108 exploring techniques Rule of thirds the strongest areas of the picture plane in which to place your subject are the four int ...

composition & perspective 109 Diagonals one of the easiest ways to create dynamism in an image is through the use of diagona ...

110 exploring techniques positioning the model one of the first things to consider when you are taking a photograph is where in ...

composition & perspective 111 Getting in close At first glance, it seems that the camera has zoomed in on the model. in fact ...

112 exploring techniques exploring perspective For me, the perspective from which i am going to shoot my model is one of the mos ...

composition & perspective 113 Relative viewpoints the two images above show a confident woman—her strong character captured ...

114 exploring techniques The body as a landscape these images were realized using a telephoto zoom lens. notice how the backligh ...

coMposition & perspective 115 Soft-focus details here, the light source is a large, bowl-shaped lamp placed behind the model ...

116 exploring techniques the effects of distortion Distortion in an image has a great impact on the viewer— especially when the ...

The widening effect some distortion effects created by wide- angle lenses are best avoided altogether. Because this kind of lens ...

118 exploring techniques composition & perspective gallery this whole book is a gallery of compositions—just look at the ima ...