I have looked through this thread with interest.
It is over 40 years since I did any model photography, but I recognise some of the points made in the thread as to how much more difficult it is to create a "scene" rather than simply frame one as in Landscape photography.
All those years ago, I wanted to have a go at model photography, partly as a result of photographing some of my wife's work colleagues who, as sales assistants, also took on the role of models in fashion shows for the fashion chain in which they worked. Linda, my wife, was a window dresser, and had a lot of input into the choices of outfit for each of the girls. Before I finished, I'd bought multiple modest flashguns/triggers, a roll of backscene paper, I'd won a studio flashgun with modelling light, and two or three friends agreed to act as models.
As has been said here, getting the balance of the lighting and avoiding unwanted shadows was a real pain in the rather amateurish studio into which we converted our living room.
I found the great outdoors was much better and easier to handle so long as you could get a modicum of privacy.
I used to enter competitions, which aspect eventually helped turn me away from photography - not because I didn't win, but because I thought the shots that did win were not worthy of their awards and had more to do with the amount of flesh on display. On relatively recently returning to the hobby, I resolved not to be competitive and to simply take images for myself, to share them(FB and Flickr as it turned out), and simply see if others like them. I'd maybe like to re-visit model photography, but I doubt the opportunity will arise.
Here are some scans of those 40+ year old images:-
Tina - a 1970s slide. This slide was entered in an Amateur Photography competition, and won a runners up award I think. It was subsequently published as a full-page image in the magazine.
Lyn - a 1970s slide
Hilary - a 1970s slide
A very special photo for me ------- Linda - on the day in 1972 when we became engaged and I took my first photo on a Pentax
All these images were taken using a Pentax SPII or MX.