Glamour Photography

Having raised the subject of art photos (next 2 posts down) I thought it would be worth looking at how a professional photographer glamorizes the girl in a studio shoot. The beautiful model is Britney Spears wearing nothing but beads and knickers. Her makeup enhances rather than detracts from her appearance. She is centrally placed in frame, but this is fine as there is no background object that requires the frame to be adjusted to balance the picture. The girl is the star of the photo and there is nothing to distract us from her. She is perfectly lit from the side, but also back lighting turns her hair - blown by a strong studio fan - into a glorious mane. A slightly low camera position forces us to look up at this goddess. Her challenging pose says "Come get me if you dare". Great photo! As a portrait it would be useless, because it tells is nothing about the subject. The previous photo (title link) tells us far more about the girl; you could almost draw up a psychological profile from it; but glamour?