References for Arrow Photography

Flo X

Michael's huge portfolio showed one thing: his capacity at portraying a sexy woman in more ways than one. Colour, mono, mysterious or in your face sexy, ano & no ano...take your pick.

I knew there would be erotic magic if we worked together. I was thrilled he wanted to work with me too. What a compliment.

We clicked at the meet as we are both extroverts and don't walk on eggshells when talking about images, so we booked a shoot for as soon as we possibly could, at my house.

The whole day we explored each other's ideas, outfit, no outfit, from room to room...

Also dipping into erotica with Michael was a very enjoyable first time experience and one I would happily repeat as he has gained my trust. He certainly has the talent to capture it from wonderful angles. I was thrilled.

We produced some incredible images that I am very proud of. We looked at all of them throughout the day. I may never see some of them again (yes it hurts my artistic soul) but what matters is we created them and I know they will not be lost.

Michael is a pleasure to host for, and pose for: a man who gave me direction when needed and a man who let me lead the way when I wanted to. A match of two strong like-minded souls... I hope to work with Michael again. Anytime, any place..

Nicole Rayner

What can one say about the fabulous Mr Row??

WOW! For starters!!! One of my favourite shoots to date!!

I was so pleased that Michael wanted to shoot me at The Hacienda- one of my favourites studios ever!!

I knew that Michael would capture some awesome images there and that he did!! In Fact he has taken some of my favourite images of me there to date and THAT is saying something!!

Firstly Michael presented me with a coffee - just what I like as he asked me if I wanted one on his way to our shoot - just a small thing but I am always impressed by things like that as it just shows how thoughtful someone is, and it's those little things in life which I just love, so he was immediately on the good books!

The shoot itself was just brilliant!! Didn't feel like work at all!

To be honest we spent most of the time chatting away!! Michael made me laugh lots!! However we still managed loads of awesome sets!! AND some video work!!! Michael knows exactly what he is doing as well as not at all - in the he experiments loads but he always seems to crack every shot!! Jammy bugger!!

I LOVED how creative Michael was! I also love the fact that he asked my opinion on shots and many of the sets we worked together on! He listened to my ideas and clearly respected me, which I really value!!

Although Michael and I have only had one shot, he is a photographer I'd happily go for a coffee/pint with! He was kind enough to treat me to a hipster lunch after our shoot and we had a great laugh!!

Live Michael's personality! Love his creativity! Love his ability! Love his beard! Love everything really!!

Hope it's not too long before our next shoot!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Isobela Lugosi

What an absolute legend.

A worked with Mike about 2 years ago and always knew I wanted to shoot with him again so when he agreed to come and see me at my house in Brighton I was so excited!

We got along so well because he's just hilarious, witty and fab to be around. (Which I am too)

We are also both very attractive people and also very modest.

:D Loads of great photos were made!

Come back soon!

Tim Bosworth

I am truly blessed with some of the people i have had the good fortune to work with and learn from , and right at the top of the list is Mike ; If ever you could find someone with a love, passion and desire toward creativity , be it photography or video, then here he is ; forget his love for james Blunt, and appreciate someone who genuinely loves to share this passion; i have known Mike for a while, but the real challenge for him, was giving me a lesson in video/video editing; Now, i have a phobia and hatred toward anything technical,computerish,I.T, gadgety ...even the words make me go to sleep !,BUT, the patience and calm that Mike showed, the genuine desire to teach and guide me, was just mind blowing; And at the end of the day i had a new confidence, inspiration and direction - not least a bloody amazing first video - and it all came from his knowledge, skills and passion ! Awesome man and awesome teacher ![ did i mention his love for the music of james blunt ?? just forgive him that ! ]

Serenity.

I FINALLY managed to meet and work with Mike after wanting to shoot with him for ages!

I'm so glad that we finally got a date in the calendar as it was an absolutely magical shoot. Mike kindly picked me up from home to where we were shooting and also dropped me back. As soon as we met he was friendly, chatty and we were discussing lots of creative and interesting ideas.

I found Mike to be so approachable and easy to get on with. His passion for photography and stepping outside the box with creativity really shines through. It was lovely to work with someone with such enthusiasm and enjoyment for creating awesome imagery!

Not only did we shoot stills, but we also shot some video. Mike blew me away with his talent for video work and the ideas he came up with. I felt comfortable and relaxed from the get go and found shooting with him so incredibly easy.

Mike is a true gent and a lovely person to work with and be around. He is also quite clearly a very talented photographer who produces top class images. I've been thrilled with my edits so far!

If you get the chance to work with him - DO IT NOW!

Loreley

Had my first shoot with Mike yesterday, and man, it was an awesome one! Mike is such a friendly and chilled guy, great to talk to and has a thoroughly professional attitude at the same time. I felt completely safe working with him. Mike is very easy to work with too – we had a tea, some snacks and a chat every now and again, and still got helluva lot done!

Mike is a very talented photographer – a master of angles and natural (available) light. We’ve got so many great images out of a less than 4-hour shoot that I am having a really hard time choosing! :) Mike was also superfast in sending me the images from the shoot.

I would highly recommend Mike to any model and will be happy to work with him again soon.

Angel price

Ok ...so I got to work with the cool , mr smooth mike again x. OH MY ...he still rocks x lol even more than last time and that's hard to top ......

I went along to an awesome group style shoot planned at the natural light spaces by mike and I'm so glad I was one of the models chosen to be a part of this day x

Mike is just cool ,awesome , creative, fun , awesome, smooth, rocking, awesome, and just more awesome ...lol. ..ok I think u all figured out I think he's awesome. Ha ha ha ha

Mike as always is very professional but so much fun ...I absolutely loved the whole day ..

So yes I highly recommend mike to any photographer or model to work with ,..you have such an amazing day and bloody amazing images also x

Thanku so much for choosing me to be a part of the day ..I feel very privileged to have been a part of a great team x

Looking forward to the next time ...

Angel x

Mia Resa

After seeing Mikes casting call for a group shoot, i sent him a quick nudge and he agreed I should be in it, and if being honest I've been a fan of Mikes work, I had him on my bucket list of 'have to work with' and now that I had the chance to work with Mike I've been grinning from ear to ear because the work we produced has left a long lasting impression, let's just say he didn't disappoint.

Every shot we took was stunning and perfect, I don't recall seeing a bad shot!

The atmosphere was so relaxed especially with the awesome choice of music (AC DC anytime YESSS!!) thoroughly enjoyed working with Mike, top guy and bloody brilliant at what he does!

I would absolutely positively work with Mike again if he asked me to come down I would jump at the opportunity!

Pre comms were excellent, kept each other up to date with everything.

Cannot recommend Mike enough, so what are you all waiting for? Models get booking now!!

Thank you Mike for having me

Lots of love Mia xx

Blofeld

I'd been talking to Mike for some time about meeting up, probably since the beginning of this year... but with his busy as hell schedule and my busy as hell schedule it was a nightmare trying to match up our calendars!

Finally we got a date fixed up at the awesome Natural Light Space in Northampton.

Mike is just an absolute legend, great fun to work with and cool to hang out with. This guy is a shooting machine, full of ideas and creativity!

Not only is he super cool, he also saved my bacon when my batteries decided to fail.... top man!

Mike comes massively recommended and anyone who doesn't shoot with him is missing out!

Pippa.

I've admired Mikes work for a while so was super excited to shoot with him at The Natural Light Studio, and he sure did deliver!

We rattled through a load of sets in a very short space of time, I felt relaxed and was able to flow freely, I honestly think Mike has taken some of my best portraits to date!

He also bought us all pizza, what else can I say? LEGEND!

Pippa

Simon Morton

I was very lucky to be asked by Mike to join him on a group shoot, I have never done anything like this before but I had been a huge fan of Mikes work for a long time and I have always been interested to meet with him.

Im so pleased I went along as Mike is the perfect gentleman and even treated me to lunch. I can tell that Mike is very professional with his models and I cant recommend that you work with him highly enough.

Hopefully we can plan something like this again and I'm forever thankful for you inviting me to this Mike.

Stephanie Dubois

We have been chatting about shooting for quite some time now and thankfully our diaries aligned for us to shoot last week. Arrow is wicked. I knew we would get on just through our messages and he turned out to be an absolute joy to work with too. He's super easy to get on with, laid back, funny, and like some my scones ;) we had a fab few hours shooting around an aparthotel near Heathrow, bouncing ideas off each other and generally having a great old time.

The images look awesome and I really can't recommend him highly enough. I look forward to working with him again.

Thanks for a great afternoon :)

Natasha J Bella

Cool, calm and collected, that's Mike :)

Having admired his portfolio for quite some time it was an absolute pleasure to finally shoot together. We booked at Natural Light Spaces and just got on with some ideas on the spot. Mike makes it all easy with his own style and techniques. It was a fab shoot and I've seen great results. Shot some video too.

Certainly recommended.

Thanks for a great shoot Mike, really glad we finally made it happen. :)

Muse

Had my 6th shoot with Arrow, always a pleasure, great laugh and a fantastic photogapher/ videographer

Would highly, highly recommend

Elizabeth x

Arvee

Mike came to my cave this week to give me a one to one video training session. Pre coms were great so we both knew where we wanted the day to go and Mike made it easy to be prepared for when he arrived. Mike was friendly, knowledgeable and has a great easy to understand teaching style that named the day informative and fun. Great guy with a huge amount of knowledge that he's very happy to share. No question was too stupid or too much trouble and the fact that a bumbling idiot like me could produce a video at the end of the day says a huge amount about this guy!

Scarlett Fox

Bloody fabulous finally getting to meet Mike today on a video tuition with Arvee Photography in Stevenage :)

Mike arrived bang on time, despite usual rush hour traffic, after a cup of tea we all got down to business on how the day would be set up. Mike is seriously relaxed, and happy to answer noisy model questions, and explains things in a way a manual never can, fantastic insights of hints and tips, and really simplified things that look light a nightmare to do.

And it was an absolute pleasure to watch how he edits! :D

Can't get over how much I learnt from today, and I hope to work with Mike properly in the future as he is such a lovely, down to earth, fun dude!

Thank you for a great and insightful day!

Scarlett x

Belladonnaflowers

I absolutely loved working with Mike!! I chose to do my very first shoot with him and cannot begin to explain how happy I was with it! Not only before shooting did he make me feel extremely comfortable, he has helped guide me and understand parts of getting into this industry. He is a very laid back, friendly person and I can't thank him enough for the images he has produced with me. I am so excited to work with him again!

beckilouise

Had a few hours shoot with this amazing guy,And im so happy i did ! He's is incredible with his little tricks to create an awesome image! So different and creative. Massive recommendation from me ! 10/10 top guy 😘x

Amber Castle

Well I looked forward to this day for so long, years since I first wanted to shoot with Mike, and I have to say it exceeded any expectations. I felt bad as there was an issue with our plans due to the location I booked falling through last minute, but he was not only lovely about it he just adapted to the changed shoot situation with total style! I was amazed by his skill at working in any condition of space and light. He is just an incredible talent. I loved the whole experience of working with him, amazing creativity and skill and just lovely to work with. Really easy going, good chat, and absolute gentleman. Can not recommend highly enough! Top day!

Warmest regards and thanks, Amber

Keira Lavelle

What a photographer! :D

First ever shoot with Mike and I cannot believe our bonkers/creative energies have not crossed paths before now. We exchanged a few messages before agreeing that the shooting deed was getting done blood, sweat and tears! :P After a bit of tour-juggling and email updates, we seized the very moment that would then evolve to a session of absolutely stunning productivity. I just cannot stress how skilled a photographer this gent is: his passion for shooting atmospheric images in available light was screaming glory in each and every set we did. Mike is the kind of photographer who you could never exhaust ideas when shooting with: he will make the simplest of settings into a jaw-dropping image and proves that you don't always need massive complex lighting set-ups to create a beautifully compelling image. Full credit to him for creative thinking too - it's a challenge when you have never shot a model before/not familiar with there in-front-of-the-camera-action but Mike was ready to tackle fresh ideas and sculpt looks creatively to produce images so unique and lovely.

Tim's cottage was the location behind the mission - the available light in the cottage ranges from bright in places to dark and moody and Mike took that like a click of his shutter. He makes the composing of incredible images look so very easy; any model who is due to be shooting with Mike can rest fully assured that he will be on it like a car bonnet with his angle work and keeping an eye on all the technical shebang. He does it all so quickly as well like it is second nature to him - but them it shows in his quality of work. A true professional approach, through and through. :)

Upon arrival there was of course tea and chatter, then throughout the course of the shoot there was more tea and chatter: Mike is a really fun guy and so easy to strike a working complex with. Down to earth in every sense, funny and enthused/positive in attitude. Just the kind of photographer to make any shoot feel relaxed and stress-free, he's got a good heart but you can bounce off each other with banter and still feel 100% comfortable, respected as a model and confident with the epic team-flow. If all work was sociable and upbeat as my shoot with Mike it would feel like leisure time with coincidental productivity just kind of happening naturally. It was definitely a "high-five" kind of shoot from the very start to the end! :D

Do I look forward to working with Mike again in the future: You can bet you life I do! He's a real star and a terrific artistic genius. I cannot recommend highly enough! Thank you so much Mike! :)

Keira x