The beauty of the female form is an excellent subject for artistic photos. This article explains some of the things you need to know to make excellent and tasteful female nude photographs, starting from model research to posing, composition to light.
It is about art; there are no fixed rules or precise limits. It is not difficult to find beauty in female forms.
Steps
Step 1. Search for a model
Since you're going to have to ask a woman to undress for you, she needs to be sure you have what it takes to ask. Professional models are used to posing nude, but most people are not. Show a portfolio of your best photographs. You must clearly explain what you intend to photograph, so that there are no surprises in the photo set. It would be even better to show her some pictures of the kind of photographs you intend to take.
Step 2. Choose the location
If you are still a novice photographer, it is possible that you do not yet have a budget for renting a stylish photo studio. Don't worry - you can turn any large enough room in your home into a small portrait photography studio, or use your garden for outdoor photography.
Step 3. Choose the background
Paper or fabric backgrounds can turn any room into a photo studio. There are special stands for hanging wallpapers, but they are expensive. Two simple hooks that you can buy at a normal hardware store and a few strings are an inexpensive alternative. Since the focus needs to be fully focused on the subject, it's hard to find anything better than a plain black or white background. Remember, the focus needs to be on the body, not the background.
Step 4. Organize your work
The last thing you want in a photo shoot while taking nude photos is to give the impression of not knowing how to proceed, of improvising. Make a plan. Take a block or board with visual references or diagrams to help you follow a specific schedule.
Step 5. Make sure that the room you have set up as a photo studio has a reserved space to use as a dressing room
Put on the music that the model likes and get a stove so that it doesn't get cold; goosebumps never look good in photographs!
Step 6. Collect any props so you can have them on hand when you need them
Step 7. Pose model
Your goal is to bring out the peculiarities of the female body over the male one, namely, the curves. Think of the classic hourglass shape. You can create theatrical poses by rotating the model's shoulders with respect to the axis of the hips, to highlight the curves. This pose is more dramatic than the classic one used by artists for over 2000 years.
Step 8. If you are looking for a provocative pose, ask the model to keep her back straight, bring her shoulder blades together
This will accentuate the shape of the breasts and butt.
Step 9. Fix the lighting
In your makeshift studio, the ideal would be to use strobe flashes in combination with some softboxes or reflective umbrellas. You can rent all equipment, including stands, at reasonable prices.
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Make sure your camera can control the flashes mounted in the camera's hot shoe or by renting an extension cable that you can attach to the camera's hot shoe. Either way, attach a sync cable to the flashes, so that the flashes' flashes are synchronized with the shot. One a light meter to set the exposure.
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Step 10. Use soft highlights for the curves
There are so many ways in which you can illuminate the female nude, but generally speaking, you will want to use very soft lights to emphasize the softness of the female form.
- You can opt for uniform lighting, in which the subject is fully illuminated, or you can decide to illuminate the subject only from one side, with a more suggestive effect.
- Or, you can accentuate the dramatic effect by placing the light source behind the subject
