[Digikam-users] A bit off topic, but I'm looking for a word to use in my Digikam?albums

[Chris G]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 06:16:52PM +0100, Daniel Bauer wrote:
> On Saturday 08 March 2008 17.11:48, Chris G wrote:
> > This is a little off topic maybe but it is for use in digikam.
> >
> > I'm looking for a word to describe "not quite glamour" photographs.
> >
> > I am trying to come up with a set of tags to indicate the 'style' of
> > photographs of my wife taken over many years.  I have come up with:-
> >
> >     Artistic (like silhouettes taken against a sunset)
> >     Candid (self explanatory)
> >     Glamour (also self explanatory)
> >
> > What I can't come up with is a name for those photographs which aren't
> > quite glamour or pinup shots but are showing how pretty she is (and
> > are also probably in a swimsuit or bikini etc.).  They're not
> > portraits, they're "pretty girl on a holiday" shots, but what do you
> > call them?
> 
> I'd say "charme" or "beauty".
> Or sexy, cute, lovely, erotic? Why not "pretty girl"?
> 
I guess "pretty girl" is about as close as I'm going to get.  :-)

Sexy and erotic are in the other direction from glamour to my mind!

-- 
Chris Green