Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared
With a nuanced approach to this classic style of artistic expression, Laurie Klein elevates the female nude to ethereal levels through the use of digital infrared (IR) photography. Using IR-modified cameras, she designs scenes of her models in evocative natural settings that transform them into fairies, nymphs, and goddesses. In this book, she explores the creation of sixty of her most evocative images, revealing the artistic concepts underlying the scene selection, the choice of model, and the pose. For each of the featured portraits, supporting images show simple variations—other ideas Klein explored during the same session—and offer unique insight into the evolving process of photographic creation. While specific techniques offer insight into the challenges of digital IR imaging, photographers working in any medium will find valuable insights to enhance their approach to fine-art nude photography.
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Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared
With a nuanced approach to this classic style of artistic expression, Laurie Klein elevates the female nude to ethereal levels through the use of digital infrared (IR) photography. Using IR-modified cameras, she designs scenes of her models in evocative natural settings that transform them into fairies, nymphs, and goddesses. In this book, she explores the creation of sixty of her most evocative images, revealing the artistic concepts underlying the scene selection, the choice of model, and the pose. For each of the featured portraits, supporting images show simple variations—other ideas Klein explored during the same session—and offer unique insight into the evolving process of photographic creation. While specific techniques offer insight into the challenges of digital IR imaging, photographers working in any medium will find valuable insights to enhance their approach to fine-art nude photography.
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Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared

Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared

by Laurie Klein
Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared

Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared

by Laurie Klein

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With a nuanced approach to this classic style of artistic expression, Laurie Klein elevates the female nude to ethereal levels through the use of digital infrared (IR) photography. Using IR-modified cameras, she designs scenes of her models in evocative natural settings that transform them into fairies, nymphs, and goddesses. In this book, she explores the creation of sixty of her most evocative images, revealing the artistic concepts underlying the scene selection, the choice of model, and the pose. For each of the featured portraits, supporting images show simple variations—other ideas Klein explored during the same session—and offer unique insight into the evolving process of photographic creation. While specific techniques offer insight into the challenges of digital IR imaging, photographers working in any medium will find valuable insights to enhance their approach to fine-art nude photography.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608957194
Publisher: Amherst Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 07/15/2014
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 9.80(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

When you first meet Laurie Klein you might guess that she helps empower women, but you would never guess her method - Infrared Photography

She is known today as both a successful photographer with a signature style, and an instructor of healing workshops that celebrate women by helping them re-discover their core purpose, strengths, passions and joys.

Her life long commitment to the art of photography began 41 years ago in high school. "I didn't really discover my passion, my passion discovered me." Laurie said.

Turning from just taking pretty pictures, Laurie sought to perfect her craft by attending the photography program at R.I.T. and then getting her M.F.A. from Ohio University.

Later, Ansel Adams became one of her heroes and mentors. He taught her that discovering her own artistic voice was the gateway to becoming a fine artist.

Today, she is recognized mostly for her signature infrared photography. Her work is held in private collections and museums. She is sought after for her exclusive commissions and extraordinary creativity workshops.

Laurie's unique way of using infrared photography, and the caring, personal way she captured her subject's innermost emotions almost always became a transformational experience for both photographer and client. Today, she calls that "The Laurie Klein Experience." As time went on, she added to her shoots, the wisdom, ritual and spirituality that only 30 years experience can gather.

Sitting on the deck of her lakeside studio, she watches the clouds and their reflection in the water below. She is preparing for another Bodies in Water workshop. Nine women, all very accomplished in their own careers, will be coming for The Laurie Klein Experience. Laurie will begin with a ritualistic time of self-discovery and sharing. Each will have brought a camera, so that they may photograph one another and be photographed by Laurie.

Laurie conducts a variety of workshops with different themes: Celebrate the Feminine, The Artist Seeing, Jambalaya, Sparkling Water - Creating Visual Journals, The Goddess Athena Playdates, Lets Play Dress Up. For many years Laurie has been mentoring young people in order to give them the encouragement to follow their creative dreams. Laurie also authored Hand Coloring Black & White Photography, published by Rockport 1999.

Today, you could find Laurie winging her way to destinations across the United States and Europe.

"Empowered, successful women hire me to commemorate and celebrate where they are in their lives now. I offer them something special called My Muse. I develop a trusting environment that allows them to give themselves over completely to a transcendent photographic experience with me. Out of this usually comes a series of fine art portraits or a substantial book for them to enjoy, share and pass on through the generations.

As for the future, I am so grateful to have the life I do. I wake up every day and spend a little sacred time communing with my mother Source, Goddess in all her guises, asking for her help to empower, heal and guide others with my gifts."

Table of Contents

1. Vulnerable and Empowered
Subject, Camera and lighting conditions, Composition

2. Nurtured
Subject, Setting/location, Camera and lens

3. Surfacing
Lighting conditions, Camera settings, Composition

4. Epehmeral
Settings/location, Camera settings, Composition

5. The Siren
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

6. Water Nymph
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

7. Winged Venus
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

8. Shipwrecked
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape, Additional comments

9. Lacey
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

10. Body Scape
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

11. Five Contours
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

12. Between Sand and Sky
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

13. By the Sea
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Story, Composition

14. Die Cut
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

15. Innocence
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

16. Gossamer Dreams
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

17. Fringe
Camera settings and lighting conditions, Composition

18. Shimmering Movement
Camera settings, Composition

19. Breaking Wave
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Story

20. Worshippers
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape,
Additional comments

21. Power & Grace
Settings/locations, Camera settings and lighting conditions, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape, Additional comments

22. Union
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape,

23. Reverence
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

24. Refuge
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

25. Contours of a Woman
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

26. Nymph
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

27. Unmasked
Lighting conditions, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

28. Breakout
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

29. Syncopated Harmony
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

30. Eye of the Peacock
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

31. Gifts from the Goddess
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

32. Celebrate the Wind
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Story, Composition

33. Synergistic
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Additional comments

34. Pleading
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

35. Goddess Gift
Camera settings, Composition

36. Goddess of Robots
Camera settings, Story, Composition

37. Vortex
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

38. Linear Lover
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Composition of thumbnail, Portal

39. High Couture
Camera settings, Story, Composition

40. Fairy Dust
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape, Additional comments

41. The Door
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

42. Breast Plate
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

43. Ancient Nesting
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

44. Abstraction
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

45. Fetal Rock
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition, Posing models in relationship to nature/landscape

46. Nesting
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

47. Cloud Borne
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

48. Holding My Beloved
Camera settings, The Story

49. Namaste
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Story, Composition

50. Reflections of Sisterhood
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Composition

51. Glimmering
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Story

52. Anticipation
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Background, Composition

53. Rock Formation
Camera settings, Story

54. Mermaid
Camera settings, Story, Composition

55. Flora & Fauna
Camera settings, Composition

56. Decorating the Body
Camera settings, Story

57. Tension
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Story

58. Sisters
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Story, Composition

59. The Embrace
Camera settings, Story, Composition

60. Bound
Settings/locations, Camera settings, Background, Composition
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