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Matthew Jordan Smith

Pixiq Expert

2 months ago

Finding Photographic Inspiration

A year ago I went to see an exhibit at the Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills. It was a week after the Japanese tsunami and Japan was heavy on my heart. The exhibit had nothing to do with Japan but all around me I saw little signs of people showing their [...]

Matthew Jordan Smith

Pixiq Expert

2 months ago

Finding Photographic Inspiration

A year ago I went to see an exhibit at the Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills. It was a week after the Japanese tsunami and Japan was heavy on my heart. The exhibit had nothing to do with Japan but all around me I saw little signs of people showing their [...]

Pixiq Expert

6 months ago

Naked Truth

"Part of being a photographer is understanding what others are trying to say in their photography. The ignorance of visual language is the ignorance of the highest form of photographic practice." Considering the vital topics that could be addressed by [...]

Matthew Jordan Smith

Pixiq Expert

1 year ago

The Tasteful Nude

To achieve success in photography you must have self discipline. Photographing nudes requires even more self disipline and research to study shape and form as the female body is the best form ever made. The secret to photographing nudes is to focus [...]

1 year ago

Nude vs. Implied Nude

While not willing to pose nude, some models are available for “implied nude” poses where the model is actually nude but because of the pose and where she places her hands in not fully, uncovered nude. I once asked a model to help me understand this [...]

Pixiq Expert

1 year ago

Digital Nude Art

The blend modes in Photoshop are remarkable tools They allow you to combine images in creative ways very quickly and painlessly. For example, I was able to apply paint to a nude without laboriously selecting her with the pen tool -- which is how I [...]

1 year ago

Cameras for Glamour Photography

The cameras that I currently own and use for glamour photography are Canon EOS models although that was not the original brand of SLRs I used when starting my career. My first SLR was a film-based Minolta, which has now morphed into the Sony family. Next, I [...]

1 year ago

My Philosophy of Nude & Glamour Photography

For me, the nude body is like a raw material... another artist might use oil or clay. I love the fact that, en masse, it can be turned into an infinite number of shapes or abstractions, while the setting I choose.. rural, urban, indoors or out.. is like a [...]

1 year ago

Make-up & Hair for Nude & Glamour Photography

Posing 102. It's a good idea to let your model sit or lean on a prop. (see above photo) Nothing is harder for a beginning model than just standing up in one place and striking a variety of different poses. If you're outdoors, let her lean against a rock, tree, [...]

1 year ago

Nude & Glamour Photography Posing Tips

You can photograph a beautiful model but if her pose is awkward, clumsy, or unattractive, the finished image justwon’t work. And when you're working with beginning models, it's even more important to develop a good understanding of posing techniques to [...]

Pixiq Expert

1 year ago

Adding passion to nude photography

I’ve been a fan of Renoux on DeviantArt for a long time: His style of strongly emotive nude photography always appealed to me strongly. Playful, and with levels of nudity ranging from regular portraits to borderline pornography, he manages to capture the [...]

1 year ago

What Do You Say to a Naked Model?

When it come to photographing glamour models there is no one way, or “my way or the highway” approach. It's all about Communication, really. Communicating with your models is the single most important aspect of glamour photography. That must be why [...]