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Homage to Bob Carlos Clarke

THINKING: Bob Carlos-Clarke (1950-2006) is well known for his very strong, sexually charged images of women.

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Fashion Nude: Learn How to Shoot this Current Style

Learn how to create dramatic fashion nude images We cover 12 shoots with beautiful professional models, taking you through all the stages: Conceptual Thinking Lighting the Shot Behind the Scenes of the Shoot Reviewing the images Post Production...

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Katie at home photoshoot

I went over to Katie's place for a couple of hours for this shoot. This particular set of images is mostly about expressions.

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Artemis Fauna - making low contrast and gentle colours work (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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Homage to Bill Brandt

THINKING: Bill Brandt is one of my all-time heroes. Why? Because he developed the whole process of fish-eye, ultra wide-angle photography.

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Nude on Tiles - Photographs Deconstructed (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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Study in water droplets

This is a study in water droplets on flesh. Lighting Diagram Obviously the main concern is safety - mains-powered strobes and water do not mix.

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Jammy Lou on the Path: Photographs Deconstructed (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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Height

THINKING: When working with a model both of you have to pay attention to safety. When Freya was sitting on the ladder in this shot I felt comfortable.

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Grids in images

THINKING: When shooting against a strongly defined background like a grid you need to decide how it will feature in your image.