Chris Nelson. Master Guide for Glamour Photography: Digital Techniques and Images. 2007

This image of Lauren was cre- ated using a large overhead soft- box. The white seamless paper she’s posed on supplied the fill l ...

60-watt halogen video lights. These are mounted on a 4-foot bar with a han- dle grip in the center so you can hold it with one h ...

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In just the right glamour portrait, however, it can convey attitude. Another situation where this might be useful would be in hi ...

name from the narrow shadow that you’ll see is cast just beneath the subject’s nose—a shadow that looks like a butterfly. Made p ...

You can also create this pattern by starting with a split-lighting setup where you’re looking at the shadow side of the face. Th ...

subject’s body and face are both turned toward the main light. The head is then tipped toward the lower shoulder. The degree of ...

police lineup look.) The main light should be placed at approximately a 120- degree angle from the camera, facing toward the sub ...

lows, then, that you don’t want to make straight lines in the poses you cre- ate for women’s portraits. Our goal is to make or e ...

in an arc a little less than 90 degrees. That foot will be placed in different po- sitions along the arc depending on the look y ...

exact). This forms the bottom portion of the female hourglass, narrowing the appearance of the calves and accenting the curves o ...

Waist. Let’s start with waists. “It’s really safe to say all women want their waist thinner,” said Gayla. I won’t question that. ...

husband’s favorite features as well. For her portrait, we posed her with her backside toward us, bringing her asset into the for ...

all softness. Note the other factors we’ve used to create a sexy, feminine look: her curves are accentuated by the lean to her l ...

of half of her left thigh and, at the same time, giving us a nice tapered look to her legs. I had her turn her left shoulder tow ...

Breasts.Large breasts sometimes sag. Brooke was concerned about this. A lot of times photographing a subject in a bra (thank you ...

The Corrective Mind-Set. In most of these examples, I’ve used nude or seminude models as exam- ples just to show you what can be ...

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Y our approach to glamour photography remains the same whether you are working in the studio, indoors, or out- doors. Only your ...

quite simple. They are meant to sup- port the client’s image and the idea behind her session, not to to be the focus of the phot ...