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

opportunities & choices 47

Limited space
a good way of dealing with small or unattractive
spaces is to go for details and close-ups. in these
shower shots i cropped right in to avoid showing
the cubicle, although the running water shows the
model’s connection to her environment. a word
of warning: be careful that your lens doesn’t get
steamed up—it might result in a nice soft-focus
image but it’s not good for your camera!

Anonymity

some models prefer to remain

anonymous. of course, there are

many ways of taking nude

photographs without showing the

model’s face—these are just three

of them. taking anonymous images

also helps you if your model has

difficulty expressing what you want

with his or her face (and also—

although this was not the case with

these pictures—if you do not consider

their faces attractive).