This
is one of the best books in the genre teaching the art
form of nude photography. Lighting The Nude is
created in the same spirit and meticulous fashion as all
the other great instructional books from Alex Larg, only
this time the vision is bigger and better. At 448 pages
this is practically an encyclopedia! The format is very
easy to follow: a beautiful nude photograph is featured
on every other page, and the facing page contains all
the information needed to duplicate the image, which is
provided by the actual photographer. It covers the
camera used, the film, exposure, lens, and everything
else, as well as the lighting fixtures and their
placements that went into creating the picture. Wow! If
ever there was a fast-track to artistic success, this is
it. It's amazing that so many world-class photographers
were willing to share their secrets this way. That alone
would make this book a worthy investment, but the nudes
that are featured are absolutely breathtaking and would
be a fabulous production all by themselves without all
the incredible knowledge provided. So, to all
photographers, get this book! Study its contents! And go
forth and create your own masterpieces!
Contributing photographers include Jorgen Ahlstrom,
Robert Anderson, Igor Aronov, Fernando Bergamaschi, Rod
Ashford, Pascal Baetens, Peter Barry, Ben Lagunas, Alex
Kuri, Rene de Carufel, Quido Paterno Castello, Patrick
Coughlin, Corrado Dalco, Gary Darrar, Ricardo de Vicq de
Cumpitch, Benney de Grove, Mike Dmochowski, Michael
Engman, Michele Franken, Wolfgang Freithof, Juan del
Gado, Peter Goodrum, Laura Hodgson, Kay Hurst, Marc
Jaffe, Ron P. Jaffe, Marc Joye, Kingdome 19, John Knill,
HArry Lomax, Jeff MAnzetti, Julia Martinez, Ron
McMillian, Michael Millerm Art Minds, jordi Morgadas,
Antony Nettle, Salvio Parisi, MAurizio polverelli,
Renata Ratajczyk, Michael Riedel, Chris Rout, Gianni
Russo, Terry Ryan, Gerard de Saint-Maxent, Suza Scalora,
Craig Scoffone, Bob Shell, Andrew John Sherriff, Dima
Smelyantsev, Clint Adam Smyth, Stephen Speller, Ray
Spence, Michael Stanley, Struan, Bhoern Thomassen,
Antonio Traza, Gunther Uttendorfer, Robert van de Voort,
Nopphadol Viwatkamolwat, Frank P. Wartenberg, Stu
Williamson, and Nick Wright.
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