Stunning Nude Photos

The Complete Guide To Nude Photography

Are your nude pics looking a little too amateurish? This instant download book will show you how to take stunning nude photos.

Whether you simply want to take better nude pictures of your girlfriend, are a serious hobbyist looking for advanced tips, or a professional photographer looking for advice from a star in the field, this book by award-winning nude photography expert Michael Charles will help you take the kind of stunning, professional-quality nude photos that appear in men's magazines and on the finest adult websites. The first step in producing erotic pictures is...

Finding Beautiful Women Who Will Pose Naked For You.
One of the most challenging aspects of nude photography is getting a steady supply of beautiful women willing to take their clothes off in front of your camera. Most guys have no idea how to get women they know to pose naked, let alone asking strange women they've never met. Yet, it's a relatively simple thing to do. In The Guide To Nude Photography, you'll find a step-by-step method to recruiting beautiful women to model for you. It includes great tips on getting the most out of modeling agencies and coming up with an effective ad that attracts amateur and professional nude models. But the best part is that it shows you...

How To Approach Potential Nude Models In Public.
What if you don't have the money to deal with modeling agencies or you're not getting the kind of women you want through ads? The best way to get the women you're looking for is to approach them in coffee shops, grocery stores, clubs, bars, bookstores, really anywhere.

You're probably thinking, "No way could I approach beautiful women and ask them to pose nude for me, a complete stranger!" Well, guess what? You can with the simple, calm pointers you'll find in this chapter. You won't believe how simple it is with Michael Charles' "Five Point Plan To Recruiting Nude Models In Public." He's been approaching women for years and they rarely turn him down. Find out how you too can identify the unmistakable signs of women who would be willing to pose naked, develop the confidence to approach them, and learn the right things to say. You'll be able to establish the shoot date right then and there.

How Much Should You Pay Your Models?
There really is a going rate and you'll find out what it is in this chapter. But more than that you'll also find out the best way to structure the compensation (Hourly? Package rate? Barter?). You'll also get advice on what the industry calls "TFP" payments ("Time-for-Print"), which essentially means that in lieu of money she gets copies of the photos. Heed Charles' advice though; learn how to protect yourself in this arrangement. It's important that you pay your nude models promptly and professionally because they are your ticket to other nude model referrals.

Should You Use Adult Modeling Agencies For Your Nude Photo Shoots?
Read a frank discussion on the positives and negatives of using modeling agencies to supply you with suitable women. Find out who the real players are (like onemodelplace.com and sexyjobs.com). They all operate in different ways with differing limitations (topless only, etc.). Michael Charles has worked with models in every agency imaginable. Benefit from his experience-learn the ins and outs of using adult modeling agencies.

How To Advertise For Nude Models.
It's pretty straightforward, but beware the potholes. This chapter shows you the best places to advertise (did you know college newspapers have some of the highest response rates?) and what the ad should say for maximum response. Bonus! See examples of Michael Charles' highly effective ads for nude models. You can copy it word-for-word and use it for yourself.

How To Take Nude Pictures

Lesson #1: Buy The Right Gear

The Best Cameras For Nude Photography.
No question high-quality, state-of-the-art equipment is helpful, but forget the idea that it is necessary. Michael Charles believes, "It's the archer, not the arrow." Your skills behind the camera are more important than the camera itself. His philosophy: "Your imagination is the most important piece of equipment you own."

That said, you're going to get a full-on recommendation of highly-affordable cameras that get the job done. You'll also get advice on camera capabilities you'll definitely want, like a larger sensor size (it's true-bigger is better!), interchangeable lenses, external light source compatibility, and video capability, You'll also learn the differences between image file formats (JPEG, TIFF, GIF, RAW) and how to choose which one is appropriate for your project.

The Best Lenses, Lighting Equipment And Gear For Nude Photography.
Michael Charles believes the quality of the lens is more important to the sharpness and clarity of a photograph than the camera itself. After all, it's the lens that contains the glass that light passes through to create an image. That's why he spends a fair amount of time talking to you about different kinds of lenses (zoom vs "fixed focal length" for example), the best ones to use and how to use them to get the effect you're looking for. You'll see detailed erotic photos and how different lenses change perspectives. Learn which focal lengths are referred to as "normal" because they most closely match the field of view of the human eye and how to set them up or down to achieve different compositional choices. You'll even find out why most of the best nude photography is done within a focal length range of 24 millimeters to 120 millimeters.

How To Photograph Young Models

Elsewhere in this book, you'll find a picture titled, "S" AS IN....". That image illustrates the "S pose" and discusses it's use in glamour and nude photography. I noted that the pose has no strict guidelines regarding placement of the model's arms and hands and how models can use this variable to "make the pose their own."

When compared with that image, the picture seen here is a good example of how the variable of arm and hand placement can make a dramatic difference in the overall feeling of a shot.

Holly's body is in the classic "S" curve position. However, her arms and hands are placed behind her. This give the shot a sense of openness and innocence (exactly what you want to convey when shooting a young model like Holly). This contrasts sharply with the other shot that features a slightly older model whose pose conveys a far more sophisticated look.

Aside from the pose, this shot also includes an important characteristic that you'll often want to feature when shooting younger models: a friendly facial expression brought about by a big smile and strong eye contact.