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Direct

THINKING: Shooting in building like this one, it is very apparent just how many verticals there are and how strongly they dominate an image.

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Detailed Backgrounds

THINKING: While working in some woods Freya and I discovered this amazing root system for a fallen tree.

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Despair - emotional and powerful - how to shoot it

THINKING: Not every picture has to be happy. I believe that the purpose of art is to evoke an emotional response in the viewer.

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Posing two models for amazing shapes and dance like positions

THINKING: Phil and Katherine are not trained dancers so firstly fair play to them for being able to pull this very difficult pose off.

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You can crop in to create unusual nude body shapes

THINKING: Sometimes while shooting things happen. In this case while shooting general bodyscapes my model pulled in her stomach like this and I went "Wow!

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Photographic images about body image (No. 3)

THINKING: One of the key problem areas with respect to body image is body dysmorphia. Simply put the person sees something completely different in the mirror than actually reality.

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Photo Images About Body Image

THINKING: We continue the theme from the previous image with body markings, but here we are carrying a different message.

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Striking images about body image

THINKING: Time and again I find models saying how they don't feel attractive or have one or many defects in their bodies.

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You can create easy lomo style images with the lensbaby

THINKING: A typical way of creating out of focus areas within an image is to use a tilt-shift lens. This type of lens is made principally for architectural photography.

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Why you want to make your lens take blurred pictures - or lomo on himo.

THINKING: The continual mantra of sharpness is so prevalent in photography that we often forget the pleasure of a "pleasing lack of definition".