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Lou1111

I have shot with Alan a few times, and each shoot has been fabulous! We captured some gorgeous images. Alan is great with his lighting and yet again I was blown away with the results. I already have some beautiful edits from the shoot and I just love them!!

Alan is not only a great photographer, but an absolute gentleman also. We have good conversations and get on well which always helps for a great shoot.

Thank you Alan for another great shoot! And thank you for the delicious sandwich to keep me going throughout the day.

Very highly recommend by me

Lou ☺️

Scarlett Ruby

Has my first shoot with Alan. Pre Comms was great and I knew what to expect.

He truly made me feel relaxed and has great knowledge.

Very easy to talk to and extremely interesting.

I can't wait to shoot with him again.

Sooze

My first shoot with Alan today. Pre shoot comms. were great and I knew exactly what Alan’s aim was for this shoot. He explained to me that it was going to be experimental with the lighting and angles and so I knew that it was, for the want of a better phrase a work in progress. I felt very comfortable and Alan was a true gentleman all the way through. At the end of the shoot he was kind enough to give me a few critiques on some of my images, which I very much appreciated. I would love to work with him again as I feel we have a lot more to achieve. Thank you for casting me.

Ivy Huxley

I had my first shoot with Alan today.

Alan was truly professional through and through.

All of our pre communications were clear and outlined.

During the shoot, we had brilliant conversations that provided plenty of food for thought.

I was very comfortable shooting with Alan as he’s open to suggestions and is vocal about what’s working/isnt, which is always reassuring to know in the moment so it can be switched up or stay the same.

I felt safe, respected and understood throughout the whole shoot.

I would highly recommend Alan, he’s a brilliant individual, and he has amazing work as you can see on his portfolio.

I’d love to work with him again given the chance!

Olga Solo

I was so happy to have my second awesome shoot with Alan! 🥰🥳 Our pre-communication was excellent; he provided me with all the necessary information about our shoot, and I was very excited to bring all his ideas to life! On the day of the shoot, he met me near the car and helped with my heavy bag. His lovely wife prepared tea and snacks, and in the middle of the shoot, she cooked the most delicious sandwich for me. 🥰

We had such a fun and lovely chat with Alan. It's always very interesting to hear about his vision on photography and chat with him about ideas and styles. He gave me the opportunity to be creative—using his outfits, props, suggesting my own ideas, and just having fun! 🥰

Alan created fantastic lighting to bring all my crazy ideas to life, and he managed to capture a lot of really great shots that I was extremely happy with!

Just like before, he made everything to create a truly pleasant atmosphere. He was happy to warm up the room for me, turned on some cool music, and I felt relaxed and happy throughout the entire shoot!

After the shoot, he was kind enough to send me a couple of fabulous photos that I'm really happy with. It was an amazing shoot, and I'm excited about the creative possibilities for our future shoots. I'm very much looking forward to working with you again, Alan! Thank you so much for a fantastic day!

Yoo Yoo

I am happy I work with Alan again ! He is very friendly and we get different color style this time . The new camera is amazing . We also tried many artistic style in the end . Alan is friendly and a very professional photographer . I hope we can work again ! Highly recommended

Mia UK

I had the pleasure of shooting with Alan at his beautiful home studio and what a wonderful experience it was! Alan was so welcoming the moment I arrived and him and his wife were so accommodating.

We captured some beautiful maternity shots and his knowledge of lighting was fabulous. I was feeling very exhausted but Alan was very understanding and allowed me frequent breaks in between shots which was very kind.

I could have easily shot with Alan for the whole day as we got on brilliantly, chatting, sharing images and discussing the wonders of regency art! I couldn’t recommend him more to a model, a fabulous shoot!

100% recommended 🥰

Palendromic

I shot with ARH recently during my visit to London. A fantastic & enthusiastic photographer who was very keen to work with me on my own ideas and concepts. ARH was respectful, incredibly welcoming and was always showing the back of the camera to show what he was capturing. Was a nice symbiosis of my own ideas and his creative direction too. I would definitely recommend other models to work with ARH, and I can't wait to work with him again on my next trip to london

Olga Solo

I had the most enjoyable shoot with Alan! Our pre-communication was excellent. I found him to be a very kind and friendly person. He provided me with all the necessary information, and on the day of the shoot, he met me near his house and helped with my heavy bag. He was incredibly friendly and even offered me tea. A few hours into our shoot, his lovely wife prepared the most delicious sandwiches I've ever tasted in the UK, complete with homemade bread! 😍

The entire shoot was relaxed and fun. I had the freedom to be creative, suggest my own ideas, use his props, and choose the outfits. I felt like I was shooting with an old friend. We had such a cool chat, and I found Alan to be incredibly smart, interesting, and outgoing. He showed me absolutely amazing photos from his travels and shared so many great stories. 🥰

I must also mention that Alan is an absolutely fantastic photographer. His skills are truly impressive, and he can create artistic lighting to capture really great and unique photos. I was thrilled to work with such a great professional and achieve these incredible results. He was kind enough to send me the fabulous photos, and I could tell that my opinion was genuinely important to him, which I greatly appreciate.

It was a fantastic shoot, and I'm excited about the creative possibilities for our future shoots. I'm very much looking forward to working with you again! Thank you so much for a fantastic shoot!

freespirit

Another lovely shoot with Alan. It's been more than a year since our last shoot, due to delays such as train strikes, etcetera, so there was much to catch up on. As always, Alan's pre-shoot communications and conduct were respectful and professional. He kindly picked me up from the station, ensured I was warm, and his lovely wife Carol kept me replenished with coffee and salmon sandwiches.

During the shoot, he kindly let me view the images we were achieving- which really helps me to see what I need to do to modify my own poses- and it was reassuring to see Alan was getting lovely results with his new camera, with me as lighting guinea pig. :) He experimented with a variety of ideas and lighting setups, from motion blur to precise droplet bodyscapes, and then gobo shadowplay.

He kindly let me try some of my madder ideas at the end (I love his home studio setup with its reflective floors and wide glass doors overlooking his beautifully tended garden, and his comprehensive collection of photo books- of his own photos and those of other photographers- all so inspiring), and patiently experimented with lighting to attain the desired effects. I got to try a shot I'd been thinking of for years, with Alan's copy of Helmut Newton's Sumo.

Highly recommended, and I hope we will work together again soon (and not have a year gap in- between).

Thank You, again, Alan (and Carol).

MissyKiou

Another shoot with Alan and again, all pretty well organised with a good communication prior and during the session. It was for a test but we ended up with more than asked. Always professional and respectful, Alan is highly recommended.

Hopefully, we will have our next project to happen soon.

Birgit Lechner

I had another amazing shooting with Alan at his great studio.

We always have kind of a plan what we want to create, but end up with so many ideas that we get lost; luckily lost in highly creative ones and left with too many good images.

It is a pleasure to see how much passion Alan puts in his photography; this shooting even added one more: Alan tried out his new camera; and what a result!

I'm already looking forward to coming back for another shoot and exhaust us both 😉

Thank you Alan for working with me 😊

Aretha Mbali

I had the pleasure of shooting with ARH, a true believer in photography! He was very professional and kind, and the studio was beautiful. I would definitely recommend. Thank you ARH!

MissyKiou

Highly recommended and hope to work with Alan again.

Everything was well planned and communication was spot on... I was even feeling guilty of not bringing enough clothes for a "nude shoot"! (lol).

Alan made sure I don't miss him at the train station. It was an absolute pleasure working with Alan in his home studio, with props and a lot of what we could use to complement our shoot. All relaxed and taken care of by his wife. Music, tea, biscuits and smoked salmon sandwich is the combo to keep me going. It was a real good experience for me and I hope to work with him again soon.

MelleKiou

Birgit Lechner

My second time shooting with Alan...

... and gone one better!

It was an absolute pleasure to work with Alan again. I thought my first shooting with him was pretty good, but realised that a photographer with this capacity was probably using it as a warming up only :-P

What I absolutely liked about our second shoot was that we both had some ideas in our head from where to go, but developed something so special and beautiful what is definitely showing in the pictures. I have the feeling we created some light art! And the best part: we both realised we only made the first right steps to go on a real adventure.

Alan, thank you for your amazing work!

And, of course, a big Thank You to your wonderful wife Carol - who is always there for support and giving me an even warmer welcome.

Birgit Lechner

I had my first shooting with Alan yesterday. I expected a good shooting after a perfect pre-shoot communication and already getting the chance to prepare for the style we want to shoot; but my expectations surpassed many times over.

Alan was so lovely to pick me up from the train station. I felt extremely comfortable shooting at his amazing home studio; his lovely wife Carol contributed strongly to that - she is an angel, and I realised I'm not the only model who is enthused by her smoked salmon-cream sandwich ;-)

We worked on some beautiful art nude images inspired by the style of Ralph Gibson and Bill Brandt.

I very much like how Alan approaches his shootings; he has an exact picture in his head what he wants to create, but always leaves space to divert from it if it fits the moment better. I'm very happy with the pictures I saw so far and can't wait to see more creative outcomes.

Thank you Alan for shooting with me. It was an absolute pleasure.

I only have one wish: Coming back for another shoot soon.

Highly recommended - I seldom met a photographer with so much talent, heart and soul before.

freespirit

At long last I had another lovely shoot with the always creative Alan in his amazing self-made home studio. Pre-shoot communications were helpful and creatively stimulating, as Alan explicated his Degas and Toulouse Lautrec- inspired project, which is an interesting and different way of depicting dancers in pre-pose mode- and supplied an illustrative moodboard. As previously, he kindly picked me up from the train station, and his wife Carol kindly provided me with copious cups of chamomile tea and smoked salmon sandwiches- luxury!

I've always admired the design of Alan's home studio, with its wall of glass doors backing onto his beautiful garden, with the garden reflecting upside down in the tiled floor, so it was great to be able to experiment with making some images using these properties. We had a beautiful warm autumnal day, so I was able to pose outside at times, interspersed with coming in, reviewing the images on the back of Alan's camera and on his computer- which is terrific, as one can see in better detail- and also perusing Alan's incredible collection of photography books.

It was a real pleasure to see and work with Alan again after such a long time- as Covid and other calamities had made it impossible to do so for years. Alan has already supplied me with beautiful ballet pictures from our shoot, which I was able to send to my mother- who was impressed. :)

Highly recommended, and I hope we will be able to work together again soon. :)

Thank You Alan.

Irida

Yet another productive and fun shoot with the amazing Alan from his home studio, this time we worked on a series of art nude photographs using honey and I absolutely loved the shoot.

Alan is on my very highly recommended list not only because he is a talented and creative photographer but also because he is an amazing human with a kind soul.

Thank you yet again,

Irida

Courtney Haze

Great first shoot with Alan. He was courteous, polite and very respectful. Not to mention a very talented tog with a genuine interest in art. Looking forward to seeing the photos and hopefully working with him again. The smoked salmon sandwiches for lunch were also most welcome!

Yoo Yoo

I had a great shoot with Alan ! He is a very nice and encouraged me to be confident as a model . The fashion studio is very cool and he is very good at artistic lighting. We tried a lot and the blue light is quite interesting! I look forward to working again ! Thank you ☺️