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Build your own art nude posing box with insulating sheets

This setup creates a big hi-key box for the model to work in. The box serves two purposes. Firstly, the lighting part. By surrounding the model by white reflectors and pushing light into both ends of the box we create a very soft wrap-around ...

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You can create your own reflecting pool and shoot it, even in your back garden

It is suprisingly easy to set up a reflecting pool like this one. It is four pieces of 2 x 4 nailed together and a large plastic sheet laid over them.

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How a $5 prop can create great images

These sheer organza's are simply hung from the ceiling, secure enough that the model can swing on them safely (in fact could probably climb them!) You can either use complimentary or contrasting colours for the drapes.

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How to create crisp shadows and use then with nude models

To create a good shadow of your model on a wall you need to get the main light as far from the model as possible and keep the light source as small as possible.

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How to use flash to freeze fallng materials into fascinating shapes

I love using the power of the flash to suspend objects in time and space. Particularly with drapes and cloths freezing them in motion lets you see materials in a completely new light.

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You can use chains to allow your model to create new shapes

Anything that the model can hang on can give you great new poses to explore. These chains are hanging from my studio's ceiling - 6 metres above the floor - so despite the crop which makes them look short they are actually very long.

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Pool Side

These shots were taken in a temporary indoor pool in the studio, but could have been as easily done just by soaking our model in water first. Although you can see reflections in the water in some of the shots it's not a major part of the image.

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Strong background colours bring subjects forward and create drama

Basic colour theory says that warm colours approach and cool, blue colours recede in an image. That's why a pale blue or mottled white and pale blue background has been a staple of portrait photography for years.

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How to create leading ines in a simple corridor to bring power to an image

Both models and photographers have the bad habit of squaring everything off to the camera. The model tends to turn her body direct to camera, although on the whole she will look better with a turn to the side.

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How to light the perfect bum

Lighting bums is a lot like lighting faces - it needs light and dark to really give the bum shape and form and make it look attractive.