Nude & Beauty Photography: Kodak Pro Workshop Series [Paperback]

Nancy Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2001 | Series: Kodak Pro Workshop Series

What does it take to get a great nude photograph--to choose the right model, make her feel comfortable, style her to best effect, and place her in eye-catching compositions? A top photographer, a former model herself, reveals all the details of what goes on in her studio and how she plans and carries out a shoot. Using an array of nude photographs and a personal, chatty style, Brown explains how she selects and directs her models, emphasizing that while physical imperfections can be disguised (she'll tell you how) nothing hides a lack of personality--and that makes for a dead photo. Find out what to do when faced with someone inexperienced, nervous about going nude, or chosen by a client who doesn't share your taste. Take advantage of expert and very practical advice on where to find staff, what to do when things are going wrong and you must get the shot, and how to achieve a subtle eroticism with drapery or through a model's glance. Plus: Brown's favorite model gives her perspective, too!

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Silver Pixel (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879857749
• ISBN-13: 978-0879857745
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,618,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Feeling let down, April 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nude & Beauty Photography: Kodak Pro Workshop Series (Paperback)

A number of years ago I thoroughly enjoyed Nancy Brown's book on Advertising Photography and so I ordered her book on Nude Photography sight unseen. I was very disappointed. This book gives very few details on what is a very complicated subject and also manages to give too much information on some very obvious points. I was also disappointed with the photographs. A lot of them were the same in pose and lighting and, although I do understand that the author is doing a series of non-nude photographs with capes, those photos do not belong in this book. The lighting diagrams give very little information and the size of those diagrams and the size of the some of the print take up an inordinate amount of the pages. This book is a very quick read with little information. Had this been an article in a photography magazine I would not be complaining so loudly. For the price of this book however, I feel that the author has let us down.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Start, March 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nude & Beauty Photography: Kodak Pro Workshop Series (Paperback)

I first noticed this book at a photo store. After a few minutes browsing I thought it looked interesting. However after buying it I found there was little more to it than what I had picked up in a quick browse. There are some interesting perspectives on working with models. There are also a few technical hints, and some advice on breaking in the business. But I thought none of the topics was covered in sufficient depth to be useful. It's a good start to a book that needs to either focus topics or expand greatly to be useful.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars selling soap, January 13, 2002

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"carstefano" (Brooklyn, ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nude & Beauty Photography: Kodak Pro Workshop Series (Paperback)

You wont find any great secrets to photographing the nude in this book. The author seems more concerned on ways of covering the nude than photographing it. Photographic examples are glib and fomulatic looking. Photographs are composed and lighted for soap and skin care product ads that would be aimed at the female consummer and won't offend granma.