Glamour Photography Masterclasses 005 to 008: Step by step instructions including studio set-up photos Paperback – 3 July 2009

Full of useful hints and tips, excellent in this respect, and worth five stars.The reproduction quality of the photos is very poor, and only worth one star. Hence it gets three overall.

Nicely written, some really great ideas for DIY props in tight spaces and home syudio set ups. I found his writing style and tone very easy to digest and certainly recommend it to anyone who does studio shoots at home, in tight spaces or is stuck for ideas for decent glamour shots.

I use it as a reference guide. I tend to read it before going on a shoot. This gets me in a good frame of mind.

This is a book based on web-site glamour photo classes. The text is amusing and pleasant. And Nigel has a lot of good points. But it would probably work better on the web. Within the context of showing you how he built up specific photos and sets, he discusses some of the philosophy around it, so it's better than a simple cookbook. But those useful points are fairly buried and you need to read a lot of cookbook material that may or may not be useful to get to them.

This book is in many ways similar to the first in the series, but I do not regard this as negative. It shows you how to make great portraits in a limited time and on a normal budget. The set-ups are simple, and often involve only one light. The rest of the "studio equipment" is mainly things you will find at home, or will not cost much to buy. As an example, one set-up consists of a model placed on a sofa in a living room, and only one light is used. So simple that anyone can try! You will also find a lot of pictures from each shoot, and some behind the scene-shots too.If you want to try taking portraits that stand out, you will find a lot of inspiration and handy tips in this book!