Nude Photography: The Art and the Craft | 
 enlarge | Creator: Pascal Baetens
Publisher: DK Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 95957
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9.8 x 1
ISBN: 0756631769
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.921
EAN: 9780756631765
ASIN: 0756631769
Publication Date: October 15, 2007
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Product Description
Follow practical advice from nude photography experts and learn to create picture-perfect results every time with this master class in photographing the human form. Everything's covered, from working successfully with amateur and professional models to getting great results in your own home or outdoors. Find tips on setting up a shoot, lighting effects, and post-production techniques, so you can turn a good picture into a really great one. Get inspired by a stunning Photographer's Gallery featuring the work of an international panel of photographers, from Andreas Bitesnich and Sylvie Blum, to Allan Jenkins and Almond Chu.
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 The best in its field June 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best book I've seen on the subject of nudes yet. The author is thorough and the images speak for themselves. He's a master, brilliant! If I could only choose one book on the subject, this would be it.
In the last section of the book, the author features other photographer's work and their motivations. That part was a let-down compared to Pascal's work, and the book would've been perfect without it.
My only criticism of this and every other nude photography book I've seen, is that they portray models, very slim models, who all look alike, unlike everyday women, with weight and flaws and years, which to me shows more beauty than any of the professional models.
 Good Book at a Great Price June 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good book at a great price. The photos are excellent with a lot of techniques and examples to fallow to get a great result. I would definitely buy again...
Sturdy Introduction April 27, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a sturdy introduction to nude photography. For a person with undiagnosed adult ADD like myself this book was very useful. The chapters are laid out well with a lot of pictures and paragraphs next to them expressing various ideas and inspirations. It's important to convey a sense of direction and purpose when photographing naked people. I'd say the book has a lot of confidence. Try asking someone awkwardly to let you photograph them nude. Probably not going to happen. On a final note I'd buy this book just for the pictures even if I wasn`t into photography. Then it would probably get me into photography. I digress...great book.
A great purchase April 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I saw this book in a bookstore and thought, finally, a book with clear lighting schemes pictured side by side so its easier to compare them. A great book for the modern digital photography enthusiast. A very solid book on honing the craft of photography, nude or otherwise.
For artists and fans alike January 21, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
The latest photography offering from DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) is a glossy treatise on mastering the art of nude photography, from selection an approach to perfecting your chosen techniques and post-production tips and tricks. Author Pascal Baetens is a Belgian jack-of-all-trades who has specialized in portrait, fashion, travel, and nude photography in a range of industries (editorial, commercial, and private). The Baetens DK Nude Photography course opens with a historical perspective, followed by a lush academic discussion of nude photography styles. The meat of the book are sections on photography techniques (composition, lighting, posting, locations) and post-production (cropping, reframing, filtering, retouching).
This oversized 250+ page hardcover concludes with a gallery of nude photography featuring the works of ten international artists, accompanied by biographical information, artist's notes, first-person essays, and behind-the-scenes set photos. Works of dozens of renowned artists appear throughout the instructional pages of this text, rendering it well-deserving of the cover price.
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