List of Nude Photographs

The book True Confessions of Nude Photography contains over 200 nude photos.

150 Example Nude Poses

Posing Head-to-Toe (2 images)
Standing (41 images)
Posing with Furniture (30 images)
Floor Poses (48 images)
With props (12 images)
Multiple models (18 images)

62 Additional Photographs

Photo 1. Image by Eugene-Durieu, 1855
Photo 2. Choose portfolio images that may attract models
Photo 3. You can shoot in an ordinary room.
Photo 4. Shot in a borrowed studio, two thousand miles from home. All I had to bring was a camera.
Photo 5. Although we met other people on this narrow spit of beach, there was limited access and we saw them coming miles away.
Photo 6. This abandoned trolley car provided captivating textures in a secluded locale
Photo 7. This dilapidated building on an abandoned military base provided ample opportunity for compositional experimentation.
Photo 8. Nature offers an almost limitless supply of scenery
Photo 9. Models at their initial interviews and their first sessions.
Photo 10. Mallory, a model I met when she was my waitress.
Photo 11. For this shoot with a classic Jaguar, I wanted a retro-styled look. I had the model show up at the stylist’s location with a clean face and washed hair
Photo 12. Making a reference exposure at the start of the shoot.
Photo 13. A back shot is a good warm-up; it is less intimidating.
Photo 14. Side shots make good warm-ups, especially for first-timers, such as the model above.
Photo 15. The undress from underneath technique, demonstrated by a first-time model who started off timid.
Photo 16. Body paint helps define this look.
Photo 17. A shot list helps you show the model your agenda for the shoot.
Photo 18. Signing a model release.
Photo 19. Photograph the model’s identification.
Photo 20. A seasoned model, Sarah had many references.
Photo 21. Bare tube light.
Photo 22. Light with 7-inch, silver reflector.
Photo 23. Light with shoot-through umbrella.
Photo 24. Light with bounce umbrella.
Photo 25. Light modified with a 17”x54” softbox.
Photo 26. Light with a beauty dish and grid.
Photo 27. A small umbrella (20 inches).
Photo 28. A large umbrella box (86 inches).
Photo 29. In addition to lighting the front of the model, lights behind the model help separate and define the figure.
Photo 30. One light.
Photo 31. Four lights.
Photo 32. A background reflecting on the subject.
Photo 33. A color-corrected version of the previous image
Photo 34. Available light.
Photo 35. Overcast day with fill light.
Photo 36. Using one light
Photo 37. Low-key lighting
Photo 38. Confined location
Photo 39. Light sculpting, 1951 Jaguar XK
Photo 40. Silhouette
Photo 41. Isolation on white
Photo 42. Main lights only
Photo 43. Background lights only
Photo 44. Nude in a river
Photo 45. Lines of the figure relate to the boundaries of the image.
Photo 46. Lines at work in a composition.
Photo 47. Contrasting color, interlocking lines, and gesture
Photo 48. Blue rectangle
Photo 49. Rule of thirds
Photo 50. Golden Mean and Fibonacci spiral
Photo 51. Visual pathway.
Photo 52. Not foreshortened.
Photo 53. Foreshortened
Photo 54. In this example, an off-center subject, contrasts of color, tonality, and texture, and an out-of-focus background all emphasize the figure.
Photo 55. Using the zone system.
Photo 56. Cropping the image.
Photo 57. The cropped the image
Photo 58. A gallery opening.
Photo 59. A print sold at a gallery
Photo 60. An image sold online as a poster
Photo 61. A set of 3d reference photos.
Photo 62. An image that has sold as microstock.

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