Private Album : How to Take Your Own Nude Photographs

by Tom Ang

If you want to create a sensual, artistic record of your partner, this original new guide by leading photo manual author and photographer for the latest edition of the Joy of Sex, Tom Ang, shows you how to make a professional-quality erotic portrait. Practical instruction on using the camera, setting up lighting and planning your shoot is accompanied by inspirational ideas for themes, illustrated with colour photographs, to get you in the mood. With the guidance of Private Album, you can take full advantage of the new digital cameras to manipulate and improve your photographs at home on your computer - no need to worry about the processing lab seeing your intimate shots.

Genres: Photography

128 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2004

About the author

Photographer, author, traveler and academic. An early pioneer in digital photography, I have written over 30 books on photography as well as on video. This work was recognised by the award of the HIPA Content Producer Award in 2019. I also won the Thomas Cook award for best Illustrated Travel Book for my coverage of the Marco Polo Expedition.

I was senior lecturer in photographic practice at the University of Westminster for over 12 years (1991–2004) and created the MA Photographic Journalism course. For over 10 years I photographed in Central Asia, traveling in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. I led a Know How Fund project that helped equip a radio studio for radio students and which reformed the journalism curriculum for the Kyrgyz Russian Slavonic University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

I have written over thirty books on photography and video including Digital Photography Masterclass (now 3rd edition), Fundamentals of Photography,Tao of Photography, Digital Photographer’s Handbook (now 7th edition), Picture Editing (2nd edition), Eyewitness Companion: Photography, and Digital Video Handbook, How to Photograph Absolutely Everything.

I presented the BBC series ‘A Digital Picture of Britain’, first transmitted in 2005 on BBC4. A second series, entitled 'Britain in Pictures' was transmitted in 2007. I also presented an 8-part TV series for CNA (Channel News Asia) in Singapore which was broadcast in August 2009. This took a Bronze at the New York Film and TV Festival the following year.

I have served on juries of Hamdan International Photography Award, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, World Photography Award, Czech Press Photo.

I am a Sony NZ Digital Imaging Ambassador.