References for Basford Hurst Cottage Photography Location

Artemis Fauna

I recently had the pleasure of working at Basford Hurst studio over the space of THREE days!! If I hadn't been so under pressure with my crazy life right now I could have easily filled up even more than that as everyone was so keen to book! :D

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Basford Hurst's first duo event too with myself and Carla Monaco.

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From the moment our toes touched the driveway we were made to feel so welcome! Nothing was too much trouble and both Leanne and Simon honestly became friends within hours of meeting them both! Mustn't forget the gorgeous Noodle too! ♥

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We had a mixture of light over the three days, I saw sunshine and showers but even on the dullest of weather days there was beautiful natural light everywhere- didn't have to use the studio equipment once!

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Three days and I only really scratched the surface of what Basford Hurst has to offer. I'm excited at the prospect of moving further up North and Basford Hurst being much more local to me...maybe! We shall see...

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Warm robes (I had my own with me but never used it) amazing mirrors on the changing room, beautiful shooting space- incredible hosts and I was there before the official opening so I CAN'T WAIT to see the studio grow, progress and get more established with all the exciting things they have lined up.

Thank you so much for having me, hope to see you all again soon :)

NeilH

I asked Leanne if I could do a shoot on this day expecting to be turned down and told to wait until it officially opens in April... but to my surprise Leanne said yes.

So with lots of excitement and certain amount of trepidation I set off on a snowy day to first Stoke to pick up my model for the day my friend and fellow Team_NiNe cohort Nicole Rayner and we then set off to Basford Hurst Cottage.

We had a warm welcome from Leanne and her partner Simon and we were duly shown around this wonderful space which has so many wonderful places to shoot.

I feel privileged to be one of the first to do a photoshoot here with Nicole, and Leanne bringing coffee and biscuits and holding reflectors for us. We got some amazing images which I can't wait to edit and show off.

Nicole has added a glowing reference below so all I can say is I highly recommend Basford Hurst Cottage and can't wait to go back.

Nicole Rayner

I am SO INCREDIBLY HONOURED to be writing the first reference for this AMAZING SPACE! WOW! I was blown away!

The owners, Leanne and Simon, are absolute professionals. Which I think is already very clear! Not only that they are super warm and welcoming! Leanne was on hand throughout the entire shoot for anything from reflector holding, coffee making, stand moving to snake-wrangling ! Leanne’s modelling experience is obvious, as are her skills, creative energy and beautiful attention to detail as they can all so clearly be seen in the fine touches and perfect presentation of the space. And her entire approach to running the atudio!

The space they run is warm (in temperature as well as welcome) not once throughout the shoot did I feel cold and that was with a blanket of snow covering the VAST grounds outside! May seem like an obvious detail, but this is a big space, many of the rooms have high vast ceilings and it was a pleasure o be able to model with ease and comfort!

The space offers SO MANY beautiful and unique shooting opportunities! This was an incredible 4 hour shoot and the striking light pouring through the decodant windows really dictated where

we shot, but the space has so many interesting and unusual nooks and crannies giving opportunities seldom found elsewhere. I feel as if we barely scraped the surface of what is possible even just in the indoor areas of the ‘cottage’, (more like Tardis) and I can't wait to get back and explore more.

Plus it was a rare joy to find the models so well cared-for, with cosy dressing gowns cheerful company and every detail thought of should one forget something!

And if ALL OF THAT wasn’t enough - the cherry on the cake for me has to be the Studio Mascot NOODLE - THE MOST PRECIOUS model I have ever had the HONOUR of duoing with! Thank you so much!

I think it is very clear that I would recommend Basford-Hurst cottage in a heartbeat and I feel so privileged to be the first to experience this phonomanal sace! I am so excited to go back and find more of what they have to offer! See you soon! i