Covers the basics of digital glamour, such as what kind of camera you need, making and shooting in a home-studio, and how to shoot digital glamour shots outdoors. Chapters in the book cover commercial glamour - adverts, fashion and magazine features - lingerie, pin-ups, the nude, fetish and more futuristic glamour shots. It also includes a discussion of post-production and touching up. Structured around the three main areas of shooting the image, enhancing the image and enjoying the image, the Digital Photography series makes the world of digital imaging simple while concentrating on the photographic aspect. With the aid of inspirational images we are shown in easy steps how the image was taken, manipulated on the computer and output in the desired form.
Shooting glamour photography using available light (light that exists in a scene and doesn't need to be added by the photographer) saves money, time and electricity. There is no expensive flash equipment to buy, set up, plug in, carry and ship. Both the photographer and model are more relaxed, allowing the shoot to gain pace, making better photographs. Here, Farace shows readers the ins and outs of maximising all of these advantages using minimal equipment and demonstrates that the latest gear is not needed to capture incredible images.
A completely revised edition of a best-selling classic, this book lets photographers in on all the secrets of successful, professional glamour photography. It explains how professional photographers achieve their results and how readers of this book can match many of those techniques in their own photography. Jargon-free text discusses lighting equipment needed, whether a digital camera or film should be used, and how to pose models and set up location shots. Filled with hundreds of stunning glamour photographs to highlight the techniques being taught, this book explains every facet of this fascinating, complicated, competitive, yet lucrative genre of photography. - For photographers interested in professional techniques for female portraiture - Profiles more than 350 stunning, full-color glamour photographs - Also available: "How to Photograph Women Beautifully" (0-8174-4018-6), "Classic Glamour Photography" (0-8174-3673-1), and "Lighting for Glamour Photography" (0-8174-4232-4) - This replaces 0-8174-5924-3, which has sold over 100,000 copies
Lifting the lid on the potential of digital video, the author explains, from start to finish, how to make a movie. Fundamentals such as storytelling are explained and there is also an introduction to special effects. Finally, there is a guide to available camcorders and editing systems.
Photography has been the business and the passion of LIFE since the original weekly magazine's inception in 1936, and it continues to be the business and passion of LIFE Books and LIFE.com in the new millennium. But photography has surely changed during these many decades. The rigs and gear of old have given way-first slowly, then all at once-to sleek miracle machines that process pixels and have made the darkroom obsolete. The casual photog puts eye to lens, sets everything on auto and captures a photograph that is . . . perfectly fine. One of LIFE's master shooters-in fact, the final in the long line of distinguished LIFE staff photographers-was Joe McNally, and he has always believed that with a little preparation and care, with a dash of enthusiasm and daring added to the equation, anyone can make a better photo-anyone can turn a "keeper" into a treasure. This was true in days of yore, and it's true in the digital age. Your marvelous new camera, fresh from its box, can indeed perform splendid feats. Joe explains in this book how to take best advantage of what it was designed to do, and also when it is wise to outthink your camera or push your camera-to go for the gold, to create that indelible family memory that you will have blown up as large as the technology will allow, and that will hang on the wall forevermore. As the storied LIFE photographer and photo editor John Loengard points out in his eloquent foreword to this volume, there are cameras and there are cameras, and they've always been able to do tricks. And then there is photography. Other guides may give you the one, two, three of producing a reasonably well exposed shot, but Joe McNally and the editors of LIFE can give you that, and then can show you how to make a picture. In a detailed, friendly, conversational, anecdotal, sometimes rollicking way, that's what they do in these pages. Prepare to click.
Posing for Portrait and Glamour Photography is the complete guide to creating alluring photographs. This comprehensive guide is split into four parts: the body, studio, locations and the outdoors. Beginning with the basics of body and hands and head posing, this study details the corrective posing techniques that enhance the appeal of a subject while minimising any concerns they might have about their appearance. Armed with these techniques, photographers have the skills required to approach each glamour session with greater confidence.
In this instructional guidebook, photographers learn how to analyze light and take high-quality glamour photographs, with diagrams explaining how shots are set up, enabling photographers to choose the right equipment, set up their shots, and get results. Original.
In this groundbreaking new book, Bill Lemon explores the art of shooting black and white glamour photography. The book details the similarities and differences between digital photography and traditional film and provides numerous artistic, visual examples of each. Also covered is the post-production process for digital photography, with complete step-by-step instructions for effectively converting color images to black and white while maintaining depth, detail, and clarity to create a captivating image. Featuring both studio and outdoor settings, Light, Shadow, and Skin Tone explains, image by image, how each photo was created. Lemon discusses the equipment used, the type of light, fill flash, exposures, as well as the time of day that produces the best image and how to use the light to your advantage. Also included are hints on posing and working with models. The step-by-step, image-by-image information contained in this book is highly enjoyable, whether you are interested in learning the process or simply want to gaze at breathtaking, tasteful artwork.
