Articles about Fashion & Glamour Photography

Read more photographic Articles about Fashion & Glamour Photography. Articles provided by Professional Imagemaker magazine, a publication for photographers who are members of the Societies.

Rolling with the BIG Dog Part 11 by Damian McGillicuddy Professional Imagemaker article
Shane Miller & Charlie Kaufman get fresh with boudoir photography
Lighting for Digital Part 19
I wanted to juxtapose the feminine form, clad in a provocative cocktail dress, against a dark scary environment, but instead of seeing Judy as vulnerable, as the victim, as women are so often portrayed; I made her the predator, she is the hunter-goddess Diana and she is out for revenge.
Rolling with the BIG Dog Part 9
Well the tornado that is the Societies’ Convention has all but dropped off the map and it was fabulous to see old friends and equally fabulous to make new ones. There were many, many stand-out moments for Team McGillicuddy
Lighting for Digital - Part 18
Now let’s get into action and try the Hue/Saturation skin-tone adjustment technique discussed in Part 1 of this article for real. Using model Renée Robyn as the subject (see Image 001), let’s see if we can give this card-carrying Goth a sun-tan
Hollywood Headshots
At one time or another we have all reminisced over the glamour and quality of the old black and white images of the 40s and 50s as extolled by the virtuosity of photographers such as George Hurrell, made famous by his work at MGM, Warner Bros and Columbia Pictures.
Retro Pin-up
The pin-up is highly specific and refers to images that were originally pinned-up on the reverse side of the lockers used by working men (and soldiers) to store their outdoor clothes while they worked. Hidden from prying eyes they were considered raunchy in their time, not suitable for public display.
Rolling with the BIG Dog - Part 8
I always think that this is an exciting edition of Imagemaker, the last one before the Convention. I’m super proud to say that my full-day, location master class was the first ticket’ to sell out, all places snapped up well before the end of November – go Team McGillicuddy!
Rolling With The BIG Dog Part 6
Over a coffee whilst unpacking some kit sent to us by a manufacturer to see if the Big Dog would be seen to use it, he said something to the effect of, “I wonder how other less well sponsored or financed photographers get by, we’ve got all the kit in the World”... Cheeky bugger! I immediately reminded him that it had now’t to do with kit but rested firmly on my talent
The Photo Phenomenon That is Julia Boggio
The truth is that the Boggio ultra-rapid ascendancy is based on hard work, careful planning, smart, proactive promotional strategies – and a little background assistance from Oprah, Richard and Judy.
The Ex-Boxer Who Is Never Going To Punch Our Lights Out
Five things you never knew about up and coming photographic ‘shooting star’ Steve Collinson
Article on our Society of International Fashion and Glamour site
Young, Gifted And Annoyed
There’s no question that she’s an exciting emergent talent (she was recently interviewed by Annie Leibovitz for a part-time interning position in New York) but this striking, tattoo-loving shooter is concerned about ‘unlevel playing fields’ in the photo-industry.
Article on our Society of International Fashion and Glamour site
Lighting For Digital - Part 15
First an image of the cityscape was captured, during this shoot I recorded the angle of forward tilt on the tripod head so that I could duplicate this angle in studio during the portrait session.
Lighting For Digital - Part 14
My clients are always making crazy requests, especially since digital. They frequently ask for summer fashion catalogues with outdoor themes shot in the dead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and they always pick the rainiest or snowiest days to shoot on.
Sixty minutes of shooting glamour with a UK photo-guru for a tenner - 17/11/09
One of the UK’s top portrait photographers has thrown down a unique New Year challenge: ‘Come and spend an hour photographing latex-clad professional models in central London for just £10.’
ONE MODEL natalie
I believe it’s a common thing for photographers to hit a patch where they don’t feel inspired, and think their work has hit a dry spell. I hit this patch last year, and despite people telling me my work was good, and improving constantly, I felt I needed to do something to get me thinking again. Customers are all happy with the work I produce but I just felt I’d gone a bit stale, and was running out of ideas.
Adding Off-Camera Flash to your Outdoor Portraits
A nice place to photograph, a nice background, but the light is flat. It’s coming in from everywhere. Notice the dark eyes and lack of direction. Not a bad image, but it could be much better.
Claire Savona make-up artist
The outside of the lips were then outlined with a flesh coloured pencil, (this technique is used when using a brighter colour on lips, to avoid the colour running under the heat of the lights
Mark Laurie - The Soft Focus Solution
Specializing in female portraiture, the soft focus filter was always a well-used tool. When we shifted to digital we began looking for ways to replicate the effect digitally. We had quickly found that a sharp digital image gave us a wider range of creative choices once in the computer.
Rule of Thirds by Mark Laurie FSWPP
Soft on Skin Texture – soft on the causes of skin texture!
The “smoothing” of skin tones, particularly for the female portrait, is a topic that is covered patchily in the literature. If you search the indexes for skin smoothing across a shelf of Photoshop books you will get a mixed response.

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