A very nice selection of softcore photos leaning more towards erotic art than porn.
Natural radiant beauties captured by an obviously very skilled photographer with a flair for combining model, setting and light in just the right way.
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8,400+ (175 sets)
Resolutions vary, commonly 1024px, as high as 1444px |
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3 (approx. 4 minutes each)
Windows Media (wmv) and QuickTime (mov) available
Highest quality: wmv 480x360, 860 kbit
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1 month recurring: $17.95, rebills at $14.95
1 month non-recurring: $19.95
3 months non-recurring: $49.95 |
While I am admittedly leaning towards hardcore porn in terms of personal preference, I still greatly enjoy photos of beautiful women that are more erotic and artistic in nature than just plain in-your-face porn.
Grace and Beauty caters to that particular interest with around 60 naturally beautiful models captured in more than 8400 erotic photos with a decidedly artistic and sensual touch.
While I might as well say right off the bat that Grace and Beauty is unlikely to win any awards in a web design contest - it has a simple and amateurish look, and the aesthetic qualities are certainly a step behind what is portrayed in the photo content - let us instead move on to the things of more importance to most of us, the photos and the girls they capture.
As mentioned the girls here are all natural (a few so natural in fact that they are sporting a bit too much hair for my taste - and I am not talking about on the head) and, I imagine, for the most part amateurs. No plastic pornstars here.
Most of the ladies appear to be in their early or mid twenties - a few looks to be a little bit older, and true to the name of the site many of them are truly beautiful.
Most of the photos are very artistic in setting, pose and lighting, and in general I think the photographer (and site owner, Jay GreenMan as he calls himself) does an excellent job.
While artistic scenes and settings can easily end up looking too artifical and deliberately posed, the girls almost universally look very comfortable and relaxed, and all that natural beauty really shines through.
Many of the settings, both indoor and outdoor are equally beautiful, and the artistic touch is in many photosets completed with a soft light that lends a smooth look to both the girls and the setting, without making it look like an overdone air brush job.
Some photosets are also in black and white or monochrome shades with perhaps a few colors that stand out.
There are photosets that do not quite match the high standards that are overwise apparant - lighting a bit too dark, the background or setting a bit too busy, but as a whole Grace and Beauty offers an excellent collection of erotic sofcore photos.
As I mentioned in the beginning of the review, Grace and Beauty currently has around 8400 photos, and they are spread out over around 175 photosets and 60 models - each of them appearing in one to five sets. New photosets are consistently added weekly.
Aside from the technical merits already mentioned, the photos vary a bit in size/resolution, but most of them seem to be a very impressive 768x1024 - the recent ones going as high as 960x1444. Too see the full version you have to click the fairly (sometimes very) large preview picture though.
As I brought up in the beginning as well, the design is definately not the strong point of this site, but after spending some time with it, navigation is actually not as bad as I initially thought, with sets sorted by model or by theme - the latter a neat page that lets you find photosets under theme titles like "Lacy Things", "Amazing Hair", "Killer Smiles" and "Bathing Beauty".
Oh, and lest I forget - Grace and Beauty actually has a video section as well. Considering it only has three videos, and not with the most attractive models on the site, I think I will just pretend it does not exist.
Since a site of this type works quite well without video content I think they should either make the decision to add new videos regularly or skip them entirely.
To sum up, if you are looking for a "true" porn site - even softcore - this is probably not it, but if you enjoy beautiful natural girls and erotic art, Grace and Beauty offers an excellent collection of high quality photography.
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