Step 1 Models review

When entering into a career as an adult model, each prospective professional nudist must go through a series of steps in order to finally land the much coveted title of “pornstar”. The first, of course, is finding someone willing to shoot photo or video content of their nubile, naked young selves and distribute them in such a way as to, in the parlance of the industry, get the word out. Step 1 Models, a site focusing on genuinely amateur newcomers who only perform what they’re comfortable with, seems intent on serving this exact purpose. Taking young women, some more eager and confident than others, from complete anonymity, photographing and filming them in “various forms of undress,” the guys behind Step 1 Models have a pretty sweet racket going on. As they recruit all their models personally, there’s no chance of any girl being an old pro at the nude modeling game. This ensures maximum amateurishness (at least on the modeling end) and brings a real DIY feel to the site. If you and your recently laid-off buddy got into the amateur porn game, this is probably what your first online venture would be like. Costing members $29.95 for full access to the exclusive archives of nude, softcore, masturbation, and hardcore updates, Step 1 Models takes amateur adult models and brings them directly to your attention. Saves you trying to nab a gig as a talent scout, right?

Pros:
Genuine amateur models who in many cases have never posed before a camera before, let alone without clothing. There is usually some form of interview with the new girl before she starts undressing, so we, the home viewers, get to find out a little bit about here; scene synopses also flesh out her background.

Although the are generally shot with minimal supplemental lighting under extremely DIY circumstances, Step 1 Models’ scenes are delivered at High Definition resolutions; WMVs now reach 1280x720 pixels and offer great views of the definitely amateur models.

Photo content also reaches high resolutions (2592x3872) and presents plenty of detail that shows the fresh, mostly makeup free faces of the models, as well as their unaltered (surgically speaking) bodies and own personal sexuality and sense of style.

Updates generally arrive four times a month and, although they’re not on a strict schedule, this should be enough to keep most folks’ hands busy. There is, after all, a nice if limited collection of 62 scene/gallery combos already online.

Cons:
For a site dedicated entirely to fresh amateur adult models, it’s disappointing to find that Step 1 Models only hosts thirty girls at the time of the writing of this review (very early 2011). Webmasters make note of the many cancellation calls they receive from prospective models, irate boyfriends, and girls who won’t return requests for second shoots as some of the reasons for this rather scant roster.

The supposed HD videos are, unfortunately, not. Only reaching a 720x480 pixel resolution, they’re definitely still standard definition. The so-called Super HD videos reach 720p, which, while High Definition, aren’t all that super. Scenes generally look like very amateur productions and although this shouldn’t surprise anyone, it can make it hard to enjoy grainy, grey, washed out colors from low-rent cameras.

Step 1 Models enforces a daily download limit that caps your usage at 25 GB. While this shouldn’t pose a problem for 95% of members, it’s still worth nothing. Don’t sign up and start hoarding everything you find or you’ll land in some hot water.

Many models only strip, partially or fully, never committing anything overtly sexual on camera. Those that do often seem like they’re only doing it for the money and appear quite uncomfortable, even in girl/girl scenes, where only “implied oral” may be performed.

Conclusion:
Step 1 Models might just be the most thrilling adult amateur site currently in operation; that is, of course, if its members don’t mind the relative lack of explicit sexual activity, often unattractive non-studio lighting arrangements and photography, somewhat unreliable updates, and models that sometimes seem like they’d rather be, I don’t know...fishing. It might be a touch confusing to some readers, but these are just more examples of how thoroughly amateurish Step 1 Models truly is. From the webmasters/producers/photographers to the models and their friends (who also make occasional appearances), everyone participating in any capacity in the production, performance, and delivery of anything related to Step 1 Models is an amateur, through and through. As long as you’re aware of the drawbacks to such a lack of professionalism, you should also recognize and appreciate the benefits, which, in this case, are numerous and very worthwhile.