Customer Reviews

Digital Nude Photography

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This book is obviously aimed at the digital crowd, and therefore, most of the examples and techniques benefit digital camera users. However, there is a lot of basic information in here that pertains to silver-based images, too. I liked the author's approach -- aimed at someone that would like to do nudes but not really knowing where to start. It's a good reference and how-to for aspiring photographers. The post-processing sections are also very good tutorials.
Overall, I recommend it -- even to aspiring photographers that would like to do nudes with a film camera.

This is basically a digital photography book which uses nude women for the accompanying photos. If the author had chosen to use pictures of puppies and children the book would essentially be then same. That said, it's not a bad book, although somewhat basic, on digital photography. If you are looking for a book on nude photography go elsewhere.

If you are completely new to digital photography there are better books than this one, if you are experienced or even a pro, there are many better books than this one and if you are looking for pretty nudes there are tons of better books than this one.

Seems to me the nude photography tilte was just a way to sell more books, as there is not too much info in the book related to that, other than the most basic stuff. The images are not that good either, not too many different models, poor lighting, ugly poses in many of them.. it all seems like it was done in a hurry.

If you are an absolute beginner in the field of nude photography the "maybe" this might have some info for you, as a starting point I guess, but that's about it.

Not recomended at all.

While it's possibly not the greatest book on nude photography or digital photography, it's a good intermingling of the two.

It provides a reasonable amount of detail on how to get the best out of digital cameras when taking nude photo's. Photo's are good, and the information provided is good enough to enable you to start taking your own in short order. It covers both camera and computer basics.

Overall a good introductory book on the subject.

This is one of the today's better instructional's on shooting nudes in general, and it's focus on shooting nudes with digital cameras makes it especially useful. Roderick MacDonald knows his stuff and there is really no weak points anywhere in the book. He covers everything from choosing the right digital camera to finding models to camera techniques to image editing software to setting up your own studio. And there's lots and lots more. What makes everything all the more impressive is MacDonald's photographs - this book is packed full of hundred of beautiful nude shots and he uses some very attractive models (which is not relevant to the material but is a nice touch nonetheless). These are all works from MacDonald himself, so it's quite apparent he walks the walk here. All in all, this is an excellent introduction to the medium and we recommend it for beginners all the way to advanced amateurs.

As a aspiring photographer in the world of nudes and digital photography, I find this book to be EXCELLENT!

The information given is straight forward, simple to follow, filled with great samples and tutorials. I particurarly like the "tips" and "Fact Files" found in nearly every page.
The book is pleasing to look at and easy to read.

Rod Macdonald is a great surprise as an author and photographer. I'm very impressed with his work and inspired to emulate his results.

If you're looking to get started in photography, or brush up on some techniques, do yourself a favor and check this book out!

I'm looking forward to another volume from Rod.

Ed Schenng
Utah - USA

Overall, a great book for those new to photography in general, but a little bit too basic for experienced photographers looking to break into a new genre. I wish it covered more ground, had more examples of non-traditional lighting and more info on posing.

A great beginner/serious amateur book with everything from finding a model to lighting for digital photography. An overall good book if you just bought a digital camera and you want to see how to adapt it to your nude photography, and an equally good book if you are comfortable with digital but want to explore nude photo.

I found this book very helpful as there are very few books written aimed at digital photography. The only complaint I have is the same complaint I have with most books like this and that is the movels are all young and appear to be professional. The authors of most books like this almost never use "lady next door" types and all have perfect figures. Most of the models I have to work with are slightly older and don't posses perfect figures. Other than that I found this bood to be very well written and illustrated. The Photoshop Elements section was also helpful.

Very heplful book for beginners in the world of shooting nudes. Great suggestions with regards to models, posing, lighting, camera selections, and much, much more.