This guidebook to nude and beauty photography provides amateurs and professionals alike with the necessary tools to create tasteful and artistic images that exceed expectations. With tried-and-true, expert guidance, the entire photo-shoot process—from developing the desired style and look to digital post-production techniques—is explained. Tips on posing and lighting, styling hair and makeup, and establishing a rapport with the subject, as well as chapters on creating smart marketing strategies, building a client base, and maximizing referrals to creating eye-catching displays and websites, are also included.

Photographers are guided through every aspect of posing—beginning with the consultation and continuing with specific tips for posing children, high school seniors, wedding parties, families, events, teams, groups, and pets—in this comprehensive manual. Maintaining that good posing is 80 percent mental and only 20 percent technical, this guide stresses the importance of communication between photographer and subject to creating a portrait that not only captures the subject’s personality but also makes the subject comfortable, fostering repeat business.

Light, vibrant and malleable, is the greatest tool at the disposal of portrait photographers. In this acclaimed book—with over 50,000 copies in print—Christopher Grey walks you through studio portrait lighting from start to finish. Dozens of image sequences and before/after pairings show you precisely how each change of light position and modifier affects the look of the lighting on the subject. From classic portrait lighting patterns to unexpected but powerful looks, Grey teaches you everything you need to know to control light effectively. Armed with these powerful skills, you’ll be able to create portraits that are more flattering, more marketable, and more creative.

In this guide, Chris Nelson concentrates on what he calls `glamour portraits'. Unlike the editorial or advertising glamour images seen in magazines, these photographs are created for the woman herself. As such, each commission must reflect not only her unique appearance but also her unique personality. Whether she wants to look elegant, fashionable, alluring, sexy, glamorous, sensual or playful, Chris Nelson demonstrates how to design portraits that will make her happy.

In beauty and glamour photography, nothing creates a mood quite like light and with the many sub-categories of portraiture - Maxim Style, Boudoir, Goth and Fetish, it is important to understand which lighting techniques differentiate one sub-genre from another. In this comprehensive manual, Grey walks readers through the various components of these image types, describing the artistic and technical nuances of each category. Through detailed lighting diagrams, 170 evocative images and easy-to-follow instructions, Grey will inspire readers to broaden their repertoire.

Aiming to help portrait photographers yield pleasing results with a variety of body types, this tutorial evaluates the subject’s appearance and suggests refining poses, providing tips to make sure each subject ends up with a result they like. Using before-and-after photos—and working through every region of the body from the head to the feet—acclaimed professional instructor Jeff Smith demonstrates simple posing adjustments and explains how various poses can conceal problem areas and maximize positive assets. Also covered are common mistakes that photographers make when posing their subjects and how to best match that pose with the setting, coordinating an overall feeling and style that makes every client look outstanding.