My limited knowledge of modeling is this, puling off a look is what the model and photographer need to work to find. And this search is highly dependent on how well they work together and trust one another to pull off the look one or the other comes up with. I know, as a photographer I'm not comfortable with horror style shoots with fake blood and nooses and such things...its not part of my vocabulary. Some models aren't comfortable with showing too much skin or being overly sexy. If what you're being asked to do doesn't make you comfortable--then its probably not a good idea and it probably won't turn out great. So...when I get into a working mode with a model we talk and try to find out what we think will work and what we think would be a good representation of our work. A model could work with another photographer and do something completely different and it could turn out great. In a one to three hour session several things can be tried--some work and some don't. Recently I was looking at some old 80s photos and styles and was taken by some of the wild punk and new wave hair styles, my friends recent interest in Patti Smith has also reminded me of that certain cultural look of the 80s punker metal poet heads. I think this stuff came into play when working with Jessica recently. We sorta messed up her hair and suddenly her look was completely different and we found a different syle to try to push in making different photographs. Jessica seems to pull off serious/art/cult/punk looks very very well. We're going to try pushing this a little further as well with some body paints and eye and lip make-up when we shoot again--to see if we can push the look even further. SayerMotter Photographs by Richard Sayer
These pictures are beautiful. It appears that both the photographer and the model are refined. i find the images keen to my eye and i see the artistry in them. Please, continue to indulge yourselves. What you are doing is finding its form.