Fantasy Nude Photography: Specialized Lighting, Posing, and Digital Compositing for Creating Amazing Images

Rayment Kirby shows you how to execute complex image concepts with simple tools. Working in a small studio with simple lighting, Kirby uses digital technology to flawlessly transform images of models, props, and small-scale sets into dramatic composites. Building on these transformative processes he also explores how everyday locations can be infused with a fantasy element for more evocative results. For each final image, the author presents a lighting diagram and alternate or procedural images to reveal the process used. Easy-to-follow text detailing the process makes it easy to adapt his inventive approaches to your own images for more exciting and compelling nude images. Packed with DIY solutions for big looks, this book is sure to stoke your creative fires

UK based Rayment Kirby started his photographic career as a photographer in the Royal Air Force when he did his Nation Service in the early 1950s. After that, he worked in a color-processing lab, and then went on to a large London Studio. Here, he assisted photographers in the fields of food, fashion, and advertising. After this, he set up his own London studio and went on to shoot assignments for clients in the fashion, advertising, book publishing and music industry. He writes for the photographic press and take photographs for picture agencies both in UK and abroad. He also built and designed large format cameras. More recently, his interest in the art nude genre has returned and coupled with his work with the computer, it has enabled him to incorporate the fantasy element he enjoys into his pictures.