Table of Contents for Working with a Naked Lady

Introduction. 1

Who the Hell Am I?. 1

Why the Nude?. 1

Who is This Book For?. 3

Advice from Models. 4

The Obligatory Disclaimer. 5

Resources

Equipment. 7 <- View Chapter

Cameras. 7

Lenses. 8

Memory Cards. 10

Other Equipment. 11

Know Your Equipment. 11

The Basics of Light. 12

Exposure. 12

Shutter Speed. 12

Aperture. 14

ISO.. 15

Combining Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO to Build Your Image. 16

Depth of Field. 19

Types of Light. 20

Natural Light. 20

Artificial Lights. 21

Modifiers. 22

Bounced Light. 23

Light Meters. 24

Make Light Your Friend. 25

How I Light a Scene. 25

Composing an Image. 27

Positioning Your Subject. 27

Leave Space to Look or Move Into. 28

Lines and Shapes. 28

Turn the Model 29

Framing. 29

Depth of Field. 29

Eye Contact. 29

Avoid Trimming Limbs. 30

Don’t Focus on Just the Model 31

Photographic Styles of Nudes. 32

What do You Want to Shoot?. 32

Art Nudes. 32

Glamour. 33

Erotic. 34

Adult. 35

Locations, Locations, Locations. 35

Indoor Locations. 36

Your Place. 36

Someone Else’s Place. 37

Hotels and Motels. 38

Just Driving By. 39

Outdoor Locations. 39

Private Property. 40

Public Land. 40

Safety in the Outdoors. 41

Planning a Shoot. 48

Why Plan?. 48

Developing Ideas. 48

The Mind. 50

Find People Whose Work You Like. 50

Explore and Experiment. 51

Your Goal 51

What’s Your Vision?. 52

Resources. 54

The Plan. 55

The Set. 57

Wardrobe. 58

Props. 59

Finding Models. 61

People You Know.. 61

Workshops. 61

Modeling Agencies. 63

The Person in the Mirror. 63

Model Networking Sites. 64

Putting Yourself Online – A Photo Place to Call Your Own. 65

Is This Model Right For Me?. 66

Communicating with Models Before the Shoot. 67

Contacting a Model 68

Compensation. 69

Trade Shoots. 69

Paid Shoots. 70

Travelling Models. 71

Reducing Flakes. 72

Working with an Inexperienced Model 74

General Advice to Give to a Model 74

“Can I Bring Someone with Me?” or Friends at a Shoot. 74

What Should I Bring?. 75

Dealing with Nerves. 76

Pressure from Family and Friends. 77

Conducting a Shoot. 79

Final Preparations for the Shoot. 79

When the Model Arrives. 80

Establishing Rapport. 81

Moving to the Shoot. 83

Don’t Forget Your Own Safety. 84

During the Shoot. 84

Directing the Shoot. 84

Music. 85

Keep Communicating. 86

Let the Model Know How She’s Doing. 87

Be Genuine and Honest. 88

Listen to the Model 88

It’s Okay to be Nervous. 89

Don’t Be Creepy. 90

Getting into Flow.. 91

Managing Time During the Shoot. 92

Shooting with Multiple Models. 93

Shooting Same Gender Pairs. 94

Shooting Actual Couples. 95

Shooting Mixed Gender Pairs. 95

Larger Groups of Models. 96

Wrapping up the Shoot. 98

Model Release. 98

Identification. 98

Payment. 99

Exchanging Contact Information. 100

Seeing the Model Off. 100

Processing the Photos. 101

Get the Photos onto Your Computer. 101

Sort the Photos. 102

Get it Right on Camera. 103

Processing Photos. 104

My Workflow.. 104

Crop the Image. 104

Adjust the Lighting. 105

Remove the “I Should Have Seen That” Items. 106

Remove Minor Skin Imperfections. 106

Remove Stray Hairs. 107

Bring out the Eyes. 107

Artistic Touches. 107

Sharpening. 108

Experiment. 108

Backup, Backup, and Oh Yeah Backup. 108

Showing Your Work. 110

Print. 110

Online. 110

Respect the Alias. 111

The Model/Photographer Relationship. 112

Artistic Connections and Muses. 112

Friendships. 113

Balancing Model Relationships and Romantic Relationships. 114

Romance and Dating Models. 115

Growing as a Photographer. 117

Experiment. 117

Find People Who Will Tell You When You Suck and When You Don’t. 118

Deliberate Practice. 119

Learn to Deal with Failure, No, and the Occasional Asshole. 120

Final Thoughts

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