Awhile back I began working with some local models on portfolio building sessions. I read up on shooting models a little in order to find out what the current thoughts are on portfolios etc... and one of the things that seemed to be said over and over again is 'its all about the girl!' I took this to me that you have to make your pictures, not just based on an idea, but to showcase the model your photographing. Use the models best qualities to make the photographs. I've been wanting to make these sort of retro images in black and white using old school lighting techniques that were hugely popular in hollywood in the 1940s. I haven't really accomplished this, but along the way and in the working through these ideas I've stumbled on some different views than I expected. I don't really know if any of these images are helpful to the models portfolio's or not. I've tried to use some of the pictures to make statements and pieces that go beyond the model shot--some more successful than others--and some that seem to be on to something, but perhaps not quite there. Since I question my work constantly, I'm not sure what to do with these---so--like Neil Young said said once about writing his songs and not really knowing what to do with them other than sing them---I show these. Photograph by Richard Sayer