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Up to My Eyeballs in Nude Women

Techniques to Recruit Models, Direct Shoots, and Build Working Relationships

This book offers clear and effective techniques on how to approach women and recruit them as nude models. These proven methods, rooted in the science of psychology, have succeeded with hundreds of female models. Through understanding the right language, harnessing a variety of internet technologies, and discovering the art of professional relationship building, you can cultivate a model-recruiting machine.

You will learn the demographic and personality profiles of which women are most likely to want to pose nude. You can stop wasting your time on... read more »

 • Foreword by Dean Capture

One of the hardest things about shooting nude models is…finding them! Here in Los Angeles where I live and work, I’m very lucky, there are modeling agencies that specialize in handling nude models. But this luxury is not afforded to most of the other cities around the world. For all of those other cities, you are holding in your hands the next best thing. I have had the very unique privilege of... more

 • Practical model recruiting techniques

Practical model recruiting techniques: Approaching models in public, advertising for models. Why free advertising works better than paid advertising. Where and how to find nude models. What walks of life models can come from. Various model personality profiles, what they mean, and how to recognize them. Negotiating compensation...more

 • Building an effective portfolio

 • Psychology and etiquette of nude modeling, rapport

Model personas, including: Trill seeker, free spirit, pro, hungry, wader, and six more. Learn how to spot each persona, which ones are worth your time, and how... more

 • Working with nudes in the studio and out

 • Real life model profiles and stories

 • Model releases and publishing

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 • Over 35 models featured

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108 full size pages (8½ x 11 inches)

Sample pages

Over 110 photos of 35 models

Illustrations, charts, timelines, and checklists

Over 64,000 words of text

Online bonus material

This book includes a link and password to access online bonus material (see the back of your book.) The bonus material includes the following: Digital images from the book, including some unpublished images. Brief video interviews... more

Title: Up to My Eyeballs in Nude Women: Techniques to Recruit Models, Direct Shoots, and Build Working Relationships
Author: A. K. Nicholas
Foreword: Dean Capture
Consulting Psychologist: Tia Sukin Ph.D.
Copy Editor: Autumn J. Conley
Interns: Cassandra Ganzak, Brian Colella
ISBN: 1463684363
ISBN-13: 978-1463684365
Formats: paperback, Kindle, PDF e-book
Pages: 108
Word count: 64,000
Images: 110
Size (paperback): 8.5"x11"

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• Table of contents
• Foreword by Dean Capture
• Practical model recruiting techniques
• Building an effective portfolio
• Understanding the psychology and etiquette of nude modeling, rapport
• Working with nudes in the studio and out
• Real life model profiles and stories
• Model releases and publishing
• Over 35 models featured
• 108 full size pages (8½ x 11 inches)
• Over 110 photos of 35 models
• Illustrations, charts, timelines, and checklists
• Over 64,000 words of text
• Online bonus material

About the Author

A. K. Nicholas is an American photographer who has spent over twenty years photographing hundreds of nude models. He comes from a family of artists and has traveled to more than three dozen countries. He creates photographic images that are exhibited in galleries, licensed for publication, and used for photography instruction. In his books you'll learn from his twenty years of successes (and even a few mistakes) with hundreds of nude models... more