Guest Book

This part of my website is dedicated to new colleagues, co-workers and generally people whose work I like. this is the first of many (I hope) guest writers.

Scott is a producer for Solaris Films, here’s what he has to say…

We chose Dave to be our wedding photographer, mainly down to how much he charged (which i can’t remeber now lol). We had a meeting with him, and straight away my wife and I knew that Dave was the man for the job!
He drove a really nice car, so we knew this guy had good taste. The photo themselves were of a high quality. In fact, we’ve had one of them blown up and is now on our home wall.

Myself, well I used to be an online tv bingo presenter which was for a well known live bingo site. I also featured on a National Television Advert for them as well as featuring on a Sponsorship Advert on LIve From Studio Five (Channel 5)

I’m now a film producer for Solarus Films as well as working full time for Sky.

I’d definitley recommend others to Dave’s service!

Scott D Latty

My name is Lucy and I first started modeling in March 2011. My first shoot was with a fantastic photographer, I was so glad I picked him to work with on my first shoot, he was very professional and knew what he was talking about. On arrival I knew nothing about modeling and had no experience previous. We worked on basic portfolio start up shots and I absolutely loved it and came away with some amazing images! I knew from there that I wanted to pursue modeling further. I applied to a few agencies and within a month was signed to an agency. From there is where I started to realise that there was more to modeling than just getting your picture taken. I know it sounds like a bit of a cliché but modeling is hard, understanding the brief and the emotions that the photographer is expecting from you and how to portray them as well as giving a variety of poses and angles for the tog to work with. I started off trying to get as many shoots as possible with different photographers. I tried to get a mixture of location and studio shoots. I can say that I have worked with a lot of photographers now and do have a great portfolio, but I still look to improve as I think I am getting better at it all the time and have not yet reached my full potential.

I do have fresh ideas and desires for 2012. I want to concentrate more on editorial and bridal work. After working in the industry for nearly a year now I do have a more imaginative eye for shoot ideas and have now started contacting photographers which I think would capture my vision best and see if they are willing to work with me on it. I feel that if you are approached to model for a client or a photographer on a certain job than you should work to portray that idea to your best ability to achieve the best possible outcome, but if just working with a photographer on test shoots then I think it is important to have your own ideas and discuss with the photographer your vision of what the outcome could be and what you want to achieve. I think that photographers appreciate your input, it shows your passionate about what you are doing.

I keep involved in social network with photographers, makeup artist and other models and love the fashion side of it so love to look at images and ideas of others. I often apply to castings as I like to keep my options open and try new things. I think having an outgoing personality is key in this industry and if you’re going to be spending hours on end with someone, be it your photographer or makeup artist, you might aswell have a laugh as well as getting the job done.

The one think I have found from socialising with photographers and other models is the hostile atmosphere than can appear between people. I have never experienced this first hand as I think the nicer you are the more jobs you will get! You’re never going to make it slagging people off and expressing your opinion on other professionals where it is not wanted. This atmosphere is and hostility is mostly caused by jealousy, either between models because of looks or for getting a job they didn’t or photographers because of models they have worked with, ideas that have that other people didn’t think of first and studio ownership. It’s silly really as in my opinion neither could work without the other! But I understand that this is some people livelihood and there is definitely a lot of competitiveness.

I have a lot to look forward to within the next couple of months. I have several shoots booked and I am waiting to get dates from some editorial work which I can’t wait for. J