Think about angling arms and hips, turning the torso, changing the facial expression, giving good eye contact etc. Tieing in your model's clothes and props with the background can work well, too.

Regardless of enforceability, the idea of patenting a fundamental and basic photography setup is hard to fathom, particularly when you consider that Amazon filed for the patent in November of 2011.

DIY Photography, a popular photography blog, recently uncovered Amazon’s filing of a patent that would, if enforced, essentially give Amazon the intellectual rights to taking pictures in front ...