I'm just having a bit of a difficult time exactly defining "glamour photography." So I suppose my exact inquiry is: Do the ladies or gentlemen subjects usually have to be half naked for it to be considered "glamour" or can the subject simply be "dolled up" or look their best. ....Okay, better variation of that question: "What DOES essentially MAKE glamour photography?"
Additionally, are any of the existing photos actually considered "glamour"? Can I make my own genre of "glamour"??
I guess the inquiry was more complex than I was anticipating, but I'm genuinely excited about knowing the answer, as a beginner and all. I want to have a label that I can categorize my work under indubitably. Thanks for you time!
very cute. i love your work
Following definitions taken from various sources:
Full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way. 2. full of excitement, adventure, and unusual activity: the glamorous job of a foreign correspondent. Origin of glamorous.
very exciting and attractive : full of glamour
Glamorous comes from the Scottish gramarye meaning "magic, enchantment, spell." See a glamorous woman walking down the street and you might be ...
----------------------------------
So glamour, and glamorous are not specific to people it is a quality that can be applied to things as well. Such as a glamorous job, or glamorous locale. Fundamentally you must go back to its origins and that is something that is magical, enchanting, casts a 'glamour' upon you.
Now look at your pictures and see if any of them are indeed enchanting, magical, or spell binding.
imo they are not.
When talking about photography, 'glamour' generally means making the subject look the most alluring as possible. The image is about the person, not the landscape, not clothes, jewellery, etc. but about the person. Do they make the viewer think, "mmm, I'd like a bit of that!"
Although many fashion pictures can have the same effect, i.e. a sexual turn-on, they are still primarily about the fashion.
Also, glamour is usually for the 'male gaze' which is about sexual attraction, not about if that particular dress will appear soon in the sale.