This is an area I’ve taken up in the last 18 months or so and really enjoy it — without there are distinct benefits of trying to make really good imagery with someone who has, if nothing else, an interest in being photographed and a willingness to engage with what the photographer is trying to achieve.

However, one of the things I’m realising quite rapidly is just how vaccuous and unengaging many of these types of photos are.

I’m beautiful, look at me. No, just look and stare at my perfect face or ample boobs or my perfect pecs.

Yeah, yawn.

This isn’t great photography — it may be technically — the lighting might be brilliant, the composition precise and the clothes and expression might be just spot on. But it’s devoid of life, excitement or spark. Like german-engineered cars — technically brilliant and a thing of beauty — but lacking in personality and lifeless.

If I were to make one call out to those shooting models these days — and there are more and more of them with the rise of the model/photographer social website  — is this: can we have some imagination? Please, can we try to tell a story?

Can we try to move past technically proficient photos — and see photos where you can read a story in them?

I’ll try if you will!

Some modelling websites I use…

• www.purestorm.com
• www.modelmayhem.com
• www.net-model.com