Nude Photography Blog
This is a slightly rude story, but not too bad, so if you are interested in photographing nudes I am pretty sure you won’t be that shocked.
Several years ago there was a photographer in Milan who had an assignment to do a nude image with a very sexy model to promote a client’s new product. He arrived early at the studio because he wanted to make sure that everything was set up properly and there would be no problems.
Thinking about an earlier post I mentioned on an early editorial shoot reminded me of the follow up done for a magazine which I discussed in greater detail in my book including explanations on lighting etc.
This was done as an editorial assignment for a well known Italian magazine in Milan and I was very lucky to find a stunning young Dutch model for the shoot. In part that happened because I had a great girl for the previous shoot and photographers need to remember that we are judged by clients on our choice of models. We didn’t do any full nudes in the studio that day, but several topless images and I remember it was all done on my beautiful Canon 85mm lens.
Topless beauty editorial image
While writing my book recently on nude photography, it became apparent that I should really search out some models from the internet; something I had never done before, so that I could pass on some information about how it works and what is involved. Having spoken to a few other photographers, it seemed clear that they had mixed experiences, so I faced this challenge with a certain trepidation.
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I am a big fan of Apple Macs, so I was quite happy to place my order for OS X 10.6 (snow leopard) which was released today. I have to say that although I liked a lot of the features in 10.5, it has never felt as stable as 10.4 which was rock solid and I think Apple knew that 10.5 wasn’t as good, so I hope this will make up for some less than perfect performance over the last year or so.
Just about every professional photographer I know uses Macs and it’s the right choice if you want to work in this industry.
An amusing video I found on youtube about a fashion photographer. It may be a stereotype and rather tongue in cheek, but I’ve definitely known a few photographers like this!
For many years 99% of my professional photography was all done using a Hasselblad and I still think they are beautiful cameras. I have a great deal of respect not only for the equipment they make but also some of the people I have spoken to who work at the company.
There are various jobs though which can be done very well using a good DSLR and my current weapon of choice is the Canon 1DsII. Yes I know there is a new 5DII and even a 1DsIII, but the fact is that I am happy with what I have and don’t want to upgrade my camera just for the sake of it every time a new camera appears on the market. Before the days of digital, this was how most photographers felt and while there was a case for regular upgrades when digital first emerged, I am not so sure that point of view is 100% valid anymore. You can do an awful lot with 17MP.
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I have a site my primary work as a beauty photographer at http://www.ashleykaryl.com and it has been on the internet for several years now, but I know I need to update the images and put together a new design etc. The main thing stopping me has always been time, since professional photographers nowadays are just so busy that it’s really hard to sit down and find the time to get these things done. Sure I could hire a professional designer and that would probably be the right decision but I am one of those people who always wants to learn how to do things on their own, so I am not constantly dependent on somebody else and my web design skills at present are not brilliant.
Suffice it to say that it will be updated with fresh images at some point soon, however I need to sit down seriously and think about exactly what I need to do. I am sure other photographers reading this will also recognise this problem, even if we do eventually outsource the project to a designer at some point.
Beauty editorial
The image above was one that I originally did for a magazine editorial in Milan. I remember at the time how I had really struggled to find a good model as I travelled from one agency to another. Part of the problem was that I was brand new so none of the bookers were feeling particularly helpful. The other problem I guess is that the magazine itself was very much a niche product aimed at the cosmetics trade rather than the general public, so the readership circulation wasn’t huge.
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I was playing around with some options and I discovered a wordpress plugin to help with youtube videos, so I installed that and since then the site seems to be displaying OK on my old laptop with various versions of I.E (internet explorer) except version 6.0, but if you are still using that it really is time to upgrade…
It’s almost 2.00am here and I still have work to do!!
This is the first time I have ever produced a blog and also the first time I’ve ever used wordpress, so a few things are new to me. In my day to day work, I use Macs like just about every professional photographer I know and the site seems to look good on every browser I have tried on a Mac.
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