Today, the model bookers here at the agency got a request through for male and female hand models needed to pose for some shots with a mobile phone.

So, while we were on the subject of hands, we though we’d share this great video we stumbled on entitled ‘How to Handle Hands – Posing Techniques for Photographers and Models’.

Uploaded by award winning photographer and author Joe Edelman, the video reminds us that hands can make or break your shot in a heartbeat – something all models, nevermind hand models, need to be aware of.

“Generally a woman’s hands should appear graceful. You want to achieve a soft, elegant and natural position of the hands so that they do not become a distraction.

“Angled wrists and claw like fingers are things that we generally would not notice when we watch a pretty girl in person, but preserve them in a photograph and they suddenly become a distraction that will take away from your subject’s natural beauty,” Edelman explains.

Models Direct suggests all our models check out the very useful video above and then get practicing those posing techniques for your hands as soon as you get a chance!