Exquisite Curves: Learn Composition and Posing for Photographing the Female Nude by Nicholas A. K

Author:Nicholas, A. K. [Nicholas, A. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

In-Camera Technique

Though this book is not intended to be a guide to basic camera operation, there is some overlap between operating your image-making hardware and the effect it has on composition. The photographer has unique tools, not afforded to the painter or sculptor. This section contains basic in-camera techniques of focus and framing, as well as considerations applicable to nude composition.

Focus

Focus can be used to direct the viewer's eye through your composition. When your subject includes both foreground and background elements, your choice of focus determines the primary emphasis on one or the other.

The sharpness of your focus is determined, in part, by the aperture you choose. A lens's largest aperture, the one that lets in the most light, will typically exhibit the softest focus. The smallest aperture, however, is not the sharpest one. Most lenses have their sharpest f-stop somewhere in the middle. For example, a lens may have its softest aperture at f/1.4, and its sharpest at f/5.6, with f/11 falling somewhere in-between. Thusly, sharpest focus and greatest depth of field are typically mutually exclusive. Another factor that can affect focus is your choice of lens design. Zoom lenses are generally softer than fixed lenses, and they do not always have consistent levels of sharpness throughout their range of zoom. The quality of your lens also affects sharpness, which contributes to the price. To learn the characteristics of a particular lens, you will need to experiment or do some research. Experimentation is probably your best bet for finding out how a lens is going to perform best for you. I have listed some equipment review links at www.nudephotoguides.com/resources.

A less-talked-about factor that affects sharpness of various parts of your subject is the edge-to-edge sharpness of your lens. Most lenses are sharpest near the center and softer near the edges. Where you place key points of your subject in the frame will determine its sharpness. Remember that the image projected by the lens is circular, so the longitudinal extremes of your image are further from the center, and thus are softer than the closer edges of the image.

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