Fine Art Nude Photography

Modeling Resources

Can an Artistic Nude Model Sign With a Modeling Agency?

NO modeling agency will encourage you to be an artistic nude model. The simple reason is that corporate advertising clients do not want the people who represent them appearing in nude or erotic pictures. Primarily because one person’s art is another person’s pornography, modeling agencies must take a very conservative…
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Photography Lighting Techniques from Joe Edelman (Cr.Photog.)

Equipment and Lighting for Shooting the Female Nude

Planning KISS IT! = Keep It Super Simple Especially for your first few shoots… select a simple concept or lighting style and don’t try to over do it. The majority of my fine art nudes are shot with one or two lights. Even when I am not using the models…
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Photo Shoot Tips

Exposure Do’s and Don’ts for Fine Art Nude Images

Exposing the Fine Art Nude The metering systems in today’s cameras are micro-computers that are capable of making amazing calculations in real-time. No matter how good we would like to think this technology is, the simple fact is that a light meter makes its calculations based upon its sensitivity to…
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Photography Lighting Techniques from Joe Edelman (Cr.Photog.)

Create a Connection by Lighting for Mood With the Female Nude

I am a fan of the KISS IT (Keep It Super Simple) method of lighting and shooting. So with that in mind let’s jump right in and look at a few lighting set-ups that I routinely use to create lighting for mood when shooting fine art nudes. What does “Lighting…
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