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

exploring

techniques

Introduction

Lighting

Daylight indoors

Creativity with indoor light

Studio lighting

Artificial lighting effects

Lighting outdoors

Sculpting with light

& shadow

Dressing with shadows

Playing with shadows

Lighting gallery

Poses

From head to toes

Adjusting the pose

Lighting the pose

Poses gallery

Sharpness & blur

postproduction

Introduction

Cropping & reframing

Adjusting tone

Converting to black & white

Color adjustments

Adding backgrounds

Creative retouching

Applying filters

Conserving your images

photographers’

gallery

Introduction

Lyn Balzer & Tony Perkins

Andreas Bitesnich

Sylvie Blum

Almond Chu

Giorgio Gruizza

Allan Jenkins

Ocean Morisset

Gavin O’Neill

Gabriele Rigon

Ragne Sigmond

Frequently asked questions

Index

Acknowledgements

Focus & depth of field

Capturing movement blur

Freezing movement

Moving the camera

Sharpness & blur gallery

Composition & perspective

Basic rules of composition

Positioning the model

Exploring perspective

Abstract close-ups

The effects of distortion

Composition & perspective gallery

Locations

Making the most of a location

Stairs & doorways

Connecting with a location

Nudes & nature

Locations gallery

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