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Lighting the Nude: Top Professionals Share Their Lighting Secrets [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Alex Larg (Author), Jane Woods (Author), Roger Hicks (Author), Frances Schultz (Author) "A perennial problem, particularly with inexperienced models, is getting them to feel relaxed about nudity ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Rotovision; illustrated edition edition (27 Dec 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 2880467209
ISBN-13: 978-2880467203
Product Dimensions: 27.3 x 20 x 3.3 cm

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Compiling advice on lighting, including nudes and erotica, this volume explores the lighting techniques used by professional photographers, focusing on a gallery of images. In each case the focus is on how the lighting was achieved, and each is accompanied by a clear illustration showing the lighting set-up. A glossary of lighting terms is also included in this guide for the enthusiastic amateur and the new professional.

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"An exhaustive and brilliantly illustrated tome on all things nude and light. Idiot-proof studio set-up diagrams combine with all manner of technical info and phtographers' comments to provide you with enough ammo to tackle lighting techniques with a confident swagger. The many chapters cover so much ground you won't know where to begin."
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* Explains the lighting set-ups behind the world's best erotic photography.
* Each photograph is accompanied by side- and plan-view diagrams showing how the set-up was achieved.
* Includes a directory of photographers, an excellent resource for art directors and designers. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Big, Colourful and Stunning Value!, 24 Feb 2004

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Two years on from the initial publication date, I am surprised to be the first to review such an excellent book. Lighting The Nude really is a superb volume for anyone interested in the genre. You may just be embarking on nude studies or you might be experienced and seeking a few extra tips and ideas - either way the book will not disappoint.

First thing you notice is how substantial this book is - it’s A4 sized and at a guess I’d say it weighs about 2 kilos! With 448 pages you receive far more for your money than many other titles on offer.

Inside, the book is very well laid out and extremely accessible. A short glossary illustrates all the key equipment you are about to encounter, followed by twenty one chapters featuring a wide range of topics such as classical nudes, outdoor nudes, experimenting, abstracts, props, texture and form, fetish, romantic, males and couples, hair and make-up, poses, props, effects and finishing plus more besides. At the end, a directory of contributors gives a potted biography for each plus full contact details. Apart from giving the reader an opportunity to buy original prints it also makes this book an invaluable resource to art directors and designers.

The main function of this type of book is to impart a knowledge of how to create professionally lit photographs. This it manages with understated aplomb. Key concepts are conveyed concisely without ever resorting to pages of dry text so often found in older photography texts.

In each section you find numerous full page nude studies from a wide variety of professional photographers as examples. On the page facing, a well laid out summary discusses the shot, giving technical details, a description of how the effect was achieved, key points, and line drawings of the full layout - both in plan view and 3D. The 3D drawings are especially valuable in grasping how and why the shot works. Layouts range from outdoor with simple reflected ambient light to quite complex studio shots using a variety of accessories such as soft boxes, light brushes, flags and the like. Most seems studio based and the great thing is seeing how the equipment is used and what it does, giving the novice confidence before they start buying expensive equipment or hiring a studio. Gaining an air of basic confidence will also help your model relax and your pictures will be better for it.

One word of caution - if you are totally new to photography then buy a general introductory book first, not this one. You need to understand your camera and the basics such as depth of field, apertures, exposure compensation and so on first. Play for six months then come back.

All in all a wondrous book - I’m hard pressed to think how it could be improved!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for amateurs and semi-pro alike, 26 Mar 2004

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This is a great book for all kinds of studio and portrait photography. Yes, you can even use it to make pictures of people with their clothes on.
The book covers a great number of fantastic looking shots and tells you exactly (With lighting diagrams) how to create these yourself. Almost no use is made of digital artistry, this is pure lighting and composition. Anyone will find that they can make their photographs look better with this book. This is not really a book you read as well as skim through until you find a picture you like and then study how it was created. There are a lot of ecxamples since this is a big and heavy book so you get lots of bang for your buck.

P.S. if you are only interested in seeing pics of naked women you better buy Playboy. The images in this book are tasteful and truly artistic.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Dated and of little use, 14 Mar 2005

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I was very disappointed. The format of this book is a very brief introduction to studio lighting equipment followed by a series of full page photographs with an lighting plan and some technical details of the shot. The concept could work but the photographs are dated and not very inspiring and the technical details are almost non existant. This book predates digital so there is no discussion on the extra possibilities this opens up due to the ability to process white balance etc (ie use tungsten lighting and gels on strobes). No discussion of post processing other than "wet" dark room techniques and compositing that must have been out of date when the book was printed. Other than a basic sketch plan of the lighting setup, there is nothing specific to how to light the human form (i.e.using shadows to accentuate anatomy, lighting skin tones etc).
I'm not sure what the purpose of this book is, there are almost no technical details, the photographic style is 20 years out of date and there is nothing on digital which most nude photographers will be shooting with.
Don't waste your money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!
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