References for The Bard

Photo Rook

Had an absolutely fantastic first shoot with The Bard! Following friendly pre-communications, serendipity gave us both a free point last minute, and it was worth every second. The Bard lives up to his name being a performer and a fun, pleasent gent. We kept things casual, and the good energy just flowed! Looking forwards to working with him again! The man's versatile, knows what he's doing and listens too. Just a great shoot with a great model and chap!

Beverley Thornton

I was lucky enough to shoot the Bard at a group shoot at Borwick Hall arranged by Photography Session Days. He proved to be a friendly, versatile and enthusiastic model, with a great character look and a brilliant outfit and props, who could switch easily from romantic hero to crazed assasin! Working solo and with a female model, the Bard brought great energy and authenticity to the shoot. Highly recommended.

Stproc

You’ve just got a leave a reference for this guy, he is phenomenal what he does. Upon meeting Ciaron he was very courteous softly spoken, friendly and genuine but once in character he just explodes into a range of poses, expressions and photo opportunities. Spending a day with Ciaron has provided me with hundreds of images that I need to work through and post process and how I’m supposed to select images for my portfolio I don’t really know as there were just so many outstanding photos. He came fully armed (literally) with all the outfits and accessories that we had discussed beforehand and the day just flowed as he moved through various costumes and scenes, he needed very little direction as he is a natural in front of the camera. So, if you want some different images that will really boost your portfolio get this fella booked, Highly recommended

Reflective Images

Had an excellent first shoot with The Bard today and successful outcome. He took instruction well and the shoot was over quickly as a result. Great pre shoot comms and I would highly recommend him to any photographer out there.

David Gennard

Had a fun time shooting with Ciaron - The Bard yesterday. I was looking to capture some images for my portfolio that look like film stills and within a few hours he'd found us a great location, we'd shot with a couple of his great, authentic looking historical costumes and the pics were up on my website. Ciaron is a chilled out guy to work with, but switches into character as soon as you're ready to shoot - a top pro! Looking forward to working with him again.

JBDI-photography

Having discussed a Robin Hood shoot before various lockdowns intervened, we finally managed to arrange a date and location. Ciaron supplied a fully authentic costume including bow, arrows and long sword. His acting and archery skills contributed to an exciting and atmospheric set of images. I would thoroughly recommend him yet again to any photographers wishing to add authentic historical and cosplay images to their portfolio.

Bonepix

yet another fab shoot with Ciaron ,, he can act out a character perfect .. if you need to bring a shoot to life book the Bard :)

Ray G

Had the pleasure of photographing Ciaron fantastic poses, he is very creative and brings many ideas to the shoot

Images by Dave

I met Ciaron for a shoot in Manchester City today. A great guy to shoot with and to chat about a whole range of creative topics. Communications were easy and it was a relaxed but very productive shoot.

He has a range of ideas and looks. He is happy to pose freely and with direction.

It was great to work with Ciaron. He is professional and has a great attitude to modelling. Ciaron was well prepared, organised and ready to shoot.

I highly recommend Ciaron to any photographer or to anyone with creative ideas or events.

davidah

I had a great time on a city shoot with Ciaron. After talking through what we thought might work, we stopped at various locations through the city and waterfront to get some amazing shots. He's so much fun and easy to work with - no pressure and with lots of ideas. Can't wait to work with him again on other projects that we're interested in.

G Brodie

First time working with Ciaron and prior to him working on a Photography Session Days Event in September. Ciaron is very professional, offers variety in historical costumes and a superb intensity in his pose style and expression. For each look, he adopts the character and his knowledge of photography and videography are clearly evident in the way he approaches his work. Thoroughly recommend him.

Bonepix

had a fab shoot today with The Bard ,, we did a few urban style shots ,, then our main shoot ,, warrior ,, which the Bard had a superb outfit ,, very good model is The Bard ,, highly recommend him !!!

Doll face makeup

I was the make up artist for a charity shoot that ciaron attended on Saturday as one of the models. he is a lovely chap easy to talk to and very professional and has some amazing outfits!would highly recommend!

davidah

Had the pleasure of working with Ciaron at Libre studios. He was so chilled it helped me to relax and have fun shooting. He was ready to try out so many poses for me as I was hoping to show different male expressions. Can't thank him enough for the excellent images we achieved

S J Jinxx

I had the pleasure of being a part of one of Ciarons group shoots yesterday and I would highly recommend him as a model and as a choreographer/director. Ciarons attitude is infectious and his artistic interpretation is outstanding,managing to handle 4 models and a group of photographers with ease ensuring everyone got fantastic shots. Thank you for having me Ciaron x

Bonepix

i attended ciarons group shoot ,, the theme being Lord of the rings in an epic location of a 14th century ruined abbey ,, all the other togs were nice n friendly ,, and all 4 models were very easy to work with and get along with ,, very fun but cold shoot :)

Blacknificence

AWESOME :-D Ciaron organised a Lord of the Rings shoot yesterday and it was amazing. This is my second shoot wth Ciaron and I look forward to many, many more. His organisational skills are brilliant and his ability to see the best shots is ingenious. His acting ability is scarily good and he gets into character with such ease. Behind all that amazing talent lies a quietly spoken, intense individual with bags of enthusiasm to put you at ease so that you can create and capture the best images possible. I HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND working with Ciaron and attending any of his future workshops. Thank You :-Dx

PaintingLight

I attended a great group shoot with a "Lord of the Rings" theme organised by Ciaron. Ciaron is clearly a master of his craft, possessing both the props and, more importantly, the skills to set up extremely dynamic scenes including great fight scenes. For anybody looking to set up any sort of fantasy reenactment theme, I recommend employing Ciaron's skills.

Sonar58

I had the pleasure of attending one of Ciarons themed shoots yesterday and really enjoyed it. Ciaron has a great eye for setting a scene and directing the action to create fabulous opportunities for the photographers. This really free's the tog to concentrate on angles and lighting. There was plenty of time to do group and individual shots and loved the action. Great day, absolutely recommend one of these shoots to pro and amateur.

Also worthy of a mention was a really friendly group.

Thanks Arthur

JBDI-photography

For our shoot we had pre-planned a Johnny Depp/Pirates of the Caribbean theme. Ciaron arrived with full pirate costume and I supplied swords, scabbards and guns from our studio. He immediately got into character and was full of ideas for poses. I was very grateful for his experience as an armourer which helped immensely in the shots involving swords. Ciaron is a great character model and his experience as an actor shines through. I would highly recommend him for photographers wanting to shoot cosplay, costume and historic themes.