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Garage Glamour: Digital Nude and Beauty Photography Made Simple
by Rolando Gomez
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1584281839
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2006-05-28
Publisher: Amherst Media
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Nude and beauty photographers can find the invaluable high-impact techniques in this exhaustively illustrated manual that covers everything from compositional tips for clothing, accessories, and poses to more technical challenges such as lighting, lens selection, and exposure, demonstrating how to produce stunning, world-class images using minimal equipment without accruing a burdening investment. Beginning with the Four S's of glamour photography (sexiness, sultriness, sensuality, and seductiveness), amateurs and professionals alike are shown new ways to achieve beautiful shots, with additional tips on working with models that include methods for accentuating assets while minimizing flaws and initiating comfortable working relationships. Photographers are also shown how to turn their hobby into a successful career, or enhance the productivity and income of an existing business by honing marketing and advertising skills and mastering the art of generating business by referral. Based on the author's popular website (www.garageglamour.com), this guide offers helpful instruction to creating glamorous, sexy images like those seen in Playboy, Maxim, and other men's magazines.
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Excellent Book on the Subject
Mr Gomez has done a great job at creating a simple, easy-to-follow guide to glamour and nude photography. With everyday props and sets, he shows the reader how to create interesting and provocative images of models.
I had the opportunity to meet and speak to Mr. Gomez shortly after the release of this book. He is very talented and very knowledgable. At the same event, I met the model on the cover of the book. She explained that Mr. Gomez is a true professional and helped to launch her modeling career.
Outstanding book, great reference
A well written and comprehensive guide covering the entire process of creating alluring glamour images. Strengths of this book are the top notch images and advice from a professional with decades of experience. This book is the complete deal, from the planning stages to equipment, props, lighting and posing to name a few. Its easy to reap the benefits this book provides.
Disappointing
Not a fan of the writing style nor layout of this book. The photos are very non remarkable for the most part. The photographer describes his style in the book, it's not mine and perhaps I'm biased? But I don't think skin should be THAT yellow. There's a time and a place for flash gels but imo most of the photos in this book are way overboard, very jaundiced looking.
As for the homemade fluorescent light setup mentioned in other reviews. Unless you wish to spend time in photoshop removing the very distracting and very strange eye reflections, don't bother. The light looks...uh...fluorescent, I suppose, but not particularly soft fluorescent as there's no soft box or any other filter in front of it. With 4 catchlights in the models eyes in examples from the book I would definitely alter that plan. Plus a 4x6 hunk of plywood with a hole cut in the middle to insert your camera limits mobility drastically with such a light. It's a one trick pony and that trick isn't even that great.
Good, but Leaves You Wanting More
I read this book and in fact have read it several times. It gives some excellent advice on photography from using lines and form to direct the viewers eye to working with lights and models.
The glamour images are excellent and will inspire you to try harder. The only down side to this book is it leaves you wanting more. There is so much information in such a little space, I finished thinking there had to be more.
Tim Skipper
Vision Photo Image
www.visionphotoimage.com
Not what it was cut out to be.
As a long time professional photographer I feel I can always pick up something new from any book on photography I read. Unfortunately this was not the case. There were very few really top quality images in this book and they were mixed with a lot of poor images. The equipment that he used was very limiting, it was like he was pushing certain brands. Normally I would say it may be good for beginners but in this case I feel they would be lead astray. If you are going to write a book about photography every image should be of top quality, and you should explain the alternatives of the different kinds and brands of equipment available. You should explain how you are using this particular piece of equipment and why you are using it, and what effect it produces. I was so disappointed in this book I sent it back for a refund, and I have a very extensive library of photographic books, in the hundreds. Don't waste your time buying this book.
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