Figure Lighting: A Visual Guide to Illuminating the Female Nude for Photography

Lighting the nude model is distinct from lighting in other types of people photography. This book will help those who have tried some nude lighting, but are struggling to create interesting images. The serious photographer who is new to nudes will also benefit. This guide deals with lighting the whole figure in most cases, or at least three-quarters of the model's body. This guide is about reaching that next level and making nude models look their best and most interesting.

Sections include concepts, equipment, locations, studio, outdoor, exercises, problems and solutions.

This guide demonstrates lighting for photographing a beautiful model to bring out her best and most fascinating features. There are plenty of books that tell you how to hide your subject's flaws; this is not one of those books. You won't find any tips for making regular people look slimmer, taller, or more beautiful. What you will find are illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions for creating photographs of beautiful nude women.

Author: A. K. Nicholas
Publisher: Bella Nuda Arts
Published: 01/02/2017
Pages: 98
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781946287014

About the Author
Nicholas, A. K.: - A K Nicholas is an art photographer from the United States who specializes in figurative imagery. A diverse background and traditional art education prompted him to develop a unorthodox aesthetic that blends sensual imagery with a painterly style of manipulated colors. He was introduced to art through museum visits and other cultural experiences in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia. Growing up the Middle East, he saw how women's bodies were hidden from public view. In stark contrast to this, Europeans mostly lacked prudishness. Compare those to the US, where we have a bifurcated culture: half of us celebrate our beauty while the other half shuns it. He did not become interested in art until high school. Taking a surrealism art history class, he realized he could explore art that interested him and began learning painting. His initial training with the nude was figure drawing while studying art in college. His first nude shoot was a complete surprise to him when a classmate in college assumed that his invitation to model meant for her to be nude. Although trained in drawing and painting, photography became his concentration by the conclusion of his art degree. Following art school, he put in his dues clerking and staffing the darkroom of a camera store. In the decades following his first shoot, he has photographed hundreds of nude models for pictorial books, limited edition prints, and his instructional books. In recent years he has dedicated himself full time to being an artist. He collaborates with models to create alternate realities, on what he calls a journey with no known destination. With his passion for sharing knowledge, he writes to help you learn from his experience, including how to avoid some common mistakes and to encourage your creativity.

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