Author: Roderick Macdonald

Publisher: Ilex Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781904705567

This how-to digital photography book, in a coffee table book format, focuses on image manipulation in Photoshop, the most popular and best-selling photo editing software. This book appeals to a large audience: anyone interested in the new frontier of where digital technology and the art of erotic photography meet, photographers currently working with nude and/or erotic imagery who want to apply digital effects to their work, or for those who simply appreciate the art and want a book that showcases this form. Erotic and nude images have always occupied a special place in the realm of photography. These images are both controversial and ever-popular, and the development of digital technologies has opened the doors to new possibilities within this art form. This book offers a thematic overview of this area and provides a showcase of some of the best talents currently working in the field, who were selected because their work is experimental, original, and visually arresting. These artists are interviewed and the text demonstrates how the images were created, from the original shot of the nude model through to the finished erotic image via screenshots that reveal the stages through which the photographer achieved their vision.