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Nude Photography Notebook Book Review

Posted on March 29, 2009 at 9:42 pm

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51y4a6kp2gl_sl500_aa240_Nude Photography Notebook: Inspiration, Ideas, Photographs and Techniques by Allan Jenkins and Eddie Ephraums.

Not your standard ‘This is how to do it’ book, or ‘This is how I did it’ book. Its more like sitting down with a photographer in his studio and he picks things up that he comes across and tells you about them.

Drawing, painting and photographing the human body is particularly hard to do well because everyone has their own idea of how it should look and immediately spot any mistakes.

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Lighting for Nude Photography Book Review

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 11:46 pm

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Lighting for Nude Photography by Rod Ashford.

This book is full of different lighting techniques for lighting the human form. It is more about lighting than nudes.

Lighting the human body to show all its different shapes, textures and contexts is one of the most difficult things to light. On top of that, different lighting techniques combined with the body’s features can create very different moods and effects.

This book is full of amazing photographs and shows how each photograph has been lit. At the same time as exposing the large number of lighting techniques to be mastered it leads you step by step and brings each technique within reach.

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Lighting for Portrait Photography Book Review

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 11:32 pm

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519jjvqpl20_ou2_Lighting for Portrait Photography by Steve Bavister.

A book full of stunning photographs. It covers style and a very comprehensive section on light and how it works. It goes through the different types of lighting equipment and then explores taking portraits under different conditions with different lights.
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Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait Book Review

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 11:20 pm

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519jjvqplll_bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou02_3 Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography by Michael Grecco.

I found this book particularly inspirational and comprehensive. It covers technical areas like cameras and illumination but then goes on to explore Creativity and Conceptualisation. It also explores the subject/photographer relationship and covers different subjects from celebrities through corporate to sports and drama.
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Professional Wedding Photography Book Review

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 10:59 pm

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519jjvqplll_bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou02_2The Complete Guide to Professional Wedding Photography – Creating a more profitable and fulfilling Business by Damien Lovegrove.

This is a superb book full of excellent pictures and advice for anyone who wants to be a successful Wedding Photographer. Damien has a background in Sales and Marketing and has brought this experience to bear when he turned his new Photography Business into one of the top in the country.
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Light Science & Magic Book Review

Posted on March 16, 2009 at 9:11 am

51fuzqab5gl_bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou02_Light Science & MagicAn Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua & Fil Hunter.

The thing that first tickles me about this book is that it considers 308 pages an introduction. There is so much to learn about photography and this book is an excellent start to begin to understand light.
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