The Naked and the Lens
A Guide to Nude Photography
- 1st Edition - September 16, 2009
- Imprint: Focal Press
- Author: Louis Benjamin
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 8 5 2 8 - 5
The Naked and the Lens is designed as both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. Filled with beautiful images of the nude form, it also shows you how this can be… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Naked and the Lens is designed as both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. Filled with beautiful images of the nude form, it also shows you how this can be technically achieved. The book covers key topics: concept, lighting, directing, post-production, and artisic re-interpretation and how to find models. Legal and photo release issues are covered as well.
The techniques are up-to-date, including Photoshop CS4, RAW capture and shooting with a gray card to capture accurate white balance information. The lighting section will also show how to get studio quality light from hot-shoe flashes by adapting them to umbrellas and soft boxes.
Regardless of whether you are shooting in a studio or in a field, this book will show you how to create works of art with nude bodies and it will also teach through advice in a unique interview section with leading nude photographers around the world through their words and their images.
The techniques are up-to-date, including Photoshop CS4, RAW capture and shooting with a gray card to capture accurate white balance information. The lighting section will also show how to get studio quality light from hot-shoe flashes by adapting them to umbrellas and soft boxes.
Regardless of whether you are shooting in a studio or in a field, this book will show you how to create works of art with nude bodies and it will also teach through advice in a unique interview section with leading nude photographers around the world through their words and their images.
* Lavishly illustrated by contributors from around the globe
* Covers photographing art nudes from concept to completion
* Includes lighting, working with models, legal issues, and post-production
* Bonus interviews and expansive resources on www.TheNakedAndTheLens.com
*Student and amateur photographers who want to begin shooting art nudes, at all levels of photographic experience.
*Photographers who are already shooting nudes, but want to enhance their studio lighting or post-production skills.
*Photographers looking for creative inspiration.
*Photographers who are already shooting nudes, but want to enhance their studio lighting or post-production skills.
*Photographers looking for creative inspiration.
~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ~
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART I – CONCEPT
Chapter 1
Gallery
Chapter 2
Undressing Fine Art
Chapter 3
The Body Itself — A Survey of Modes
Chapter 4
The Nude in Context
PART II – PULLING IMAGES APART
Chapter 5
Light, Shadow, Color, and the Qualities of Lighting
Chapter 6
Composition
Chapter 7
The Camera is Not an Eye
PART III – MAKING IMAGES
Chapter 8
Working With Models
Chapter 9
The shoot
Chapter 10
Digital Technique
PART IV – EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
Chapter 11
Interviews:
Barney Cokeliss
Robert Gregory Griffeth
Nina Pak
Saelon Renkes
Pascal Renoux
Pet Silvia
Tobias Slater-Hunt
Harvey Stein
Mayumi Yoshimaru
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 16, 2009
- Imprint: Focal Press
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080885285
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Louis Benjamin
Lou Benjamin teaches a variety of technique courses at The International School of Photography.
Affiliations and expertise
Louis Benjamin is a photographer specializing in fine art and portraits, and writer who teaches at the International Center of Photography in New York. His work has been exhibited in a number of New York area galleries and juried exhibitions.Read The Naked and the Lens on ScienceDirect