Pro Digital Fashion Photography

Pro Digital Fashion Photography by Bruce Smith is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents

1. EQUIPMENT

• Camera equipment
• Computer hardward & software
• Studio lighting
• Location lighting
• Carrying cases & gadgets

2. TEAM BUILDING

• Fashion protocols
• Assistants
• Styling
• Sourcing models
• Testing for models

3. PRE-PRODUCTION

• Organizing a fashion shoot
• Researching your ideas
• Times of day to shoot
• Indoor locations
• Outdoor locations
• Normal studio
• Daylight studio
• Backdrops
• Set building
• Props and accessories
• Preparing for a shoot

4. LIGHTING

• Studio flash
• The clean, white background
• How to set up
• Daylight studio
• Daylight studio with flash
• Interiors with flash
• Interiors with daylight
• Interiors with daylight and flash
• Direct sunlight
• Back-lit sunlight
• Side-lit sunlight
• Front-lit sunlight
• Shooting in shade
• Shade and reflectors
• Fill-in flash
• Continuous light
• Shooting in bad weather
• Diffusion screens
• Reflectors

5. PRODUCTION

• The day of the shoot
• Image file management
• Clients' needs
• Allowing for text
• Shooting for balanced spreads
• Creating energy
• Directing your model
• Exposure choices
• Metering
• White balance
• Shooting Raw and JPEG
• Managing your time
• Required shooting: Clients direct
• Clients direct shoot
• Required shooting: advertising
• Advertising shoot
• Required shooting: editorial
• Editorial shoot
• Required shooting: catalog
• Catalog shoot

6. POST-PRODUCTION

• Editing
• Sub-editing
• Preparing for press
• Cosmetic Photoshop
• A wider angle
• Yellow beauty
• Nip and tuck
• Photoshop Selenium Tint

7. MARKETING

• Marketing yourself
• Testing as a marketing tool
• Developing your individual style
• Your portfolio
• Appointments
• Image Usage

8. INSPIRATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

• David LaChapelle
• Barry Lategan
• Perou
• Rankin

• Final words
• Glossary
• Useful resources
• Index
• Standard model release
• Acknowledgements