Ebook: Techniques of Photographing the Nude

Some books about photographing the nude treat the whole subject very seriously, as though the very suggestion of a laugh made the book salacious. Others help their male readers enjoy the ladies without telling them too much about how to take successful pictures.



In this latest assault upon one of society’s more sensitive subjects, Ivor Matanle manages to maintain a racy, lighthearted style, supplies endless hints on photographing the nude indoors, outdoors, in studios, in color and in black and white, and also sustains a reasonable standard of taste throughout.



Techniques of Photographing the Nude is essentially a book for enthusiastic photographers who are well beyond the snapshotter stage, and who want to learn to tackle one of photography’s most technically demanding subjects with the flair and panache of a professional. Above all, it is a book about photographic technique - not just another book full of girlie pictures. With it, a competent cameraman can become an effective, creative, and confidence-inspiring master of at least part of his craft.



Chapters on lighting, textural control, choosing the model, the abstract nude, the choice of equipment, the relative merits of different types of film, the knotty question of color balance and on many other subjects including using your pictures combine to make this one of the most complete, yet most readable books of its type available.