Amateur Glamour Photography

This section provides a starting point for those wishing to try Amateur Glamour Photography or to find ways in which to improve on what they have done before. The emphasis is here is on making the most of what you have wherever possible.

Make sure you visit the following sections, ideally in this order:

Basics of Digital Photography - including exposure control, composition and lighting basics.

Equipment: Digital Cameras for a discussion of what different types of camera (compact through to Digital SLR) are capable of when it comes to boudoir photography.

Lighting Workshop to help plan the best way to light your shoot - depending on the camera you are using and the location you are in.

Boudoir photography with a compact camera tackles common problems faced by amateur glamour photographers. It walks you through a real shoot, from planning to execution of creating a shot using an ordinary Canon A490 compact camera.

Similarly Photography Techniques: Compact Cameras for Low Key Boudoir Photography walks you through another photo shoot, with a Canon Compact and Canon 40D DSLR, and you might find the information on printing boudoir photographs useful too.

Models

• Finding Models
• Booking and working with models
• List of Model Directories
• Posing Tips from a Model will also give you a useful insight into what your model needs to hear from you by way of direction, feedback and encouragement - ignore this at your peril !

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