Successful Glamour Photography [Paperback]

Watson-Guptill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1983

A completely revised edition of a best-selling classic, this book lets photographers in on all the secrets of successful, professional glamour photography. It explains how professional photographers achieve their results and how readers of this book can match many of those techniques in their own photography. Jargon-free text discusses lighting equipment needed, whether a digital camera or film should be used, and how to pose models and set up location shots. Filled with hundreds of stunning glamour photographs to highlight the techniques being taught, this book explains every facet of this fascinating, complicated, competitive, yet lucrative genre of photography.





• For photographers interested in professional techniques for female portraiture

• Profiles more than 350 stunning, full-color glamour photographs

• Also available: How to Photograph Women Beautifully (0-8174-4018-6), Classic Glamour Photography (0-8174-3673-1), and Lighting for Glamour Photography (0-8174-4232-4)

• This replaces 0-8174-5924-3, which has sold over 100,000 copies

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Duncan Evans has specialized in glamour photography for more than 25 years. His work has been widely published in all the major glamour magazines. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Amphoto Books; Paperback Ed edition (September 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817459243
• ISBN-13: 978-0817459246
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,674,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference source!, January 30, 2004

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Thomas C. Dunkerley "tdunkerley2" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Glamour Photography (Paperback)

I've owned John Kelly's book now for the past year, along with a dozen other glamour photography books. I find myself constantly referring back to John's book for useful ideas on posing, lighting and other practical tips. His book successfully addresses glamour photography from the photographer's point of view. He stays away from photographic recipes and instead focuses on sharing the skills to allow the creative mind to develop their own styles and recipes. The photography within is top notch and the models are all gorgeous - no second string here. The book is broken into three main sections: the model, outdoor locations, and indoor locations. My favorite section is his in-depth coverage of the model, body types, basic makeup, and how to work with models on a professional level. I found that his outdoor location section to be excellent as well, but the indoor studio is a bit dated - as to be expected considering the date of publishing. Still, though this book is now sixteen years old, it is one of the best on the market.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fooled by the cover, August 4, 2007

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Frank Ruud "ColdMac" (Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Glamour Photography (Paperback)

I have purchased many exellent photo books through Amazon.

But this book is purely trash. The pictures are the kind you will find in german/english
page 3 newspapers.

Alle the pics are early 80's (book first published 1988), and this is clearly a poor
reprint, without much added in 2005.

If you like page 3 girls, ok. But if you are serious about glamour photography, stay away.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!!!, April 18, 2002

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Ryan Yeung (West Covina, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Glamour Photography (Paperback)

The articles are very informative. The writing style is very clear and readable even for the amatures. The pictures of the ladies are very gogerous and fit very well with the accompanying texts. Lots and lots of clues on how to use lighting and camera angles in this book.