I spent a few days out at Matamanoa Island Resort to update their image collateral.  As usual in a resort shoot, our shot list covered a broad range of areas – what was unusual for me however, was I had the opportunity to work with paid models for a day.
Usually, the resorts just ask a guest to stand in, but there’s an unspoken limit to what I can do with them.  Paid models however, are there to work!
I feel it makes a world of difference to the energy and the direction of the images, and I only hope I get more jobs in the future where clients are willing to pay for the talent to help do the images and their product the justice it deserves.