Fashion Model Photography: Ads in Shutterbug and Popular Photography

Covering all aspects of fashion model photography, this book is for the professional or amateur photographer interested in shooting commercial model assignments or working with models to create portfolios. Tips on picking out each model’s best features and highlighting them in photographs, hiding a model’s flaws, and making models feel comfortable in front of the camera are detailed. This guide is full of images that are analyzed individually, describing the photographic techniques used to create them as well as the composition; lip, face, and hand posing; lighting; and selection of clothing. Technical photographic advice is given on creating the perfect exposure to make a model’s skin look its best and details how procedures such as cross-processing film can make images stand out and attract further business.