Some don’t realise that these good-time memories can be shared whilst earning a decent fee in the process. How? By modelling, of course. It’s true that a lot of families have already delved into the world of commercial modelling, while others have considered it, without following up on their collective modelling aspirations. We’re here to tell families in every corner of the UK that group modelling is very real, and your aspirations can be turned into reality sooner than you’d think!

Families have been indispensable to us and our clients for years. We’ve been breaking down barriers and stereotypes since 1990, and we’ve grown our client list into the largest around. Most people immediately think of individual models when asked who we have on our books. Well, we’re always keen to hear from families who can shine on assignments – whether it’s a proud mother & child, a dad & sons / daughters combo, or a larger scale family effort! All our families excel on their jobs, with glowing post-assignment reviews a testament to how the process works.

Blended families are those where one or both parents have a child / children from a previous relationship to form a new, loving family. Think of the definition as a “step family”. Blended families often have to be more patient as the relationships develop, but they play as crucial a role in a child’s growth as any other devoted “traditional” family.

Blended families constitute roughly 10 – 15% of families in the UK. Because at least one child in the family is from another relationship, a blended family may have more obstacles to overcome: a child or parent may have different views from their upbringing in a different background (or even from a different country); the relationship between step-parent and step-child could take longer to build as there is no shared history between the two; contact with birth parents can be tricky. There are plenty of scenarios to consider, but the common goal is the same – to provide a safe, loving environment for children to enjoy being a child, and to provide them with the very best opportunities when the time comes for them to “fly the nest”.

We’d like to summon a united rallying cry to all blended families with a mutual interest in commercial modelling. Same sex families, parents with a noticeable age gap, children of different ethnicities…opportunities for any family – blended or otherwise – are widespread in the modelling industry, and we’d like to see families come together on set, working for us and our clients.

Take advantage of the summer by taking snaps of your gorgeous blended family, and then show them off to us! If you’re new to commercial modelling, have a look at the link below to give you an idea of how the summer can benefit self-promotion. Plus, none of our models need prior modelling experience to be successful!


Use your combined looks and skill sets to wow us, and you could be our next blended family who works with our impressive range of top-notch clients. That’d be a memory to truly cherish, wouldn’t it?

Production company, The Gate Films contacted Models Direct looking for a model family to star in the latest commercial they were filming for luxury travel company Oliver Travels, our team put a selection of model families forward for consideration and were delighted when the Golding’s were chosen.

Coral and her family were contacted and told the good news by one of one of the Models Direct booking team, as you can imagine they were beyond excited at the prospect of such an exciting opportunity! Briefed with as much detail as they could be given, final destination to be kept a total surprise, they packed their bags and headed to the airport to start their magical filming adventure.

Check out all details and behind the scenes footage on this blog post: http://www.modelsdirect.org.uk/model-family-secure-dream-assignment/

Coral’s feedback:

“We just got back from the South of France where we filmed a commercial as a family for ‘Oliver’s Travels’. It was a truly amazing experience! We stayed in an unbelievable villa and saw some beautiful sights! Thank you so so much Models Direct for getting us this job!! We absolutely loved it!” – Coral Golding

After much anticipation the final edit of this amazing assignment is now live and it’s truly magical! When the perfect combination of people come together amazing things can happy and this was just the case with a professional production agency, The Gate Films, Oliver Travels the end client, Models Direct as the agent and of course the real stars….the beautiful Golding family!

Take a look at the final video:

If you would like your family to be represented by Models Direct and considered for commercial work click here and speak to one of the team today.

The Models Direct Assignments Team often receive modelling jobs asking for real families. But what’s it like modelling as a family?

“Yet again another fab day on an assignment for Models Direct. We have had a brilliant day on our photo shoot for a pensions brochure. Meqele, Ben and Simon all looked after us really well and made the day so much fun. We started our day in a home environment, baking and having fun in and around the house. We then moved on to the Battersea Park zoo, the kids thought it was amazing, especially feeding and petting the animals. We finished off with ice cream and playing ball in Battersea park. What a fun filled day, very tiring but lots of fun. A big thanks to Marie from Models Direct for putting us forward for the job. We look forward to more adventures soon.” – The Burton Family

If you are interested in getting your family involved in modelling click here

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Recently  Marie from the Assignments team  coordinated a large assignment for Natalie and her family, it was for an international computer and software company, a very exciting assignment to have been selected for!

The assignment took a lot of organising, it’s essential the Assignment Coordinators are organised and give clear briefs to our talent so they know exactly what they are doing and what to expect,  so it’s fab to get feedback like the one from Natalie below:

“My whole family did a shoot for a global tech company and everything was so perfectly organised. The staff at Models Direct were so helpful, especially Marie and everyone on set was lovely. We had our children with us and we were all looked after so well. It was a great experience which we thoroughly enjoyed. Would definitely recommend Models Direct! Thanks again for the opportunity!” – Natalie

If you have an assignment coming up soon make sure you give us your feedback, it helps us grow and change so we can  strive to continually improve our service to our talent and clients and also we LOVE to hear how you get on when doing your dream job!!