References for Bruin

Eli Zah

Had a brilliant shoot with this lovely guy at my event at Paul's Studio. It was my last 2 hour slot of a busy two day stint there but Bruins positivity, creativity and energy saw me thru, as did his wicked photography!!

His style is tasteful and beautiful, and he knows the value of getting things right lighting wise before taking a shot. From literally the very first few images I LOVED the results.

All throughout, he was amicable and friendly yet also professional and respectful. Wouldn't hesitate to work with him again and hope to soon in a gym setting - bring on round 2!

Tink Kaos

Steve is an excellent human and photographer - we shot last minute for a couple of hours in May, with a rough idea of summer fashion in golden hour. Which we certainly achieved! We found a quiet area of Greenham Common, full of trees and ferns, with stunning sunlight; soft portraits, fill in flash and dresses (tried not to get killed by amused kamikaze cyclists), headshots by the gorse, even a few nudes amongst the longer grass and ferns. Absolutely awesome shoot!

Steve is bloody brilliant, very respectful, super creative and laid back. Always a pleasure to work with this fellow!

Would highly recommend Steve to all models, top dude.

Until next time man!

Tink

Helen Diaz

I worked with the lovely Steve for the first time recently at my home in Wiltshire and had such a lovely shoot!

Shooting with Steve was memorable, creative and FUN! It was the first time we worked together, so I am always a little nervous, especially shooting from home, but from first communication Steve was professional, organised and shared with me a wonderful moodboard of ideas for inspiration.

On the day of the shoot he was professional, very respectful, kind and super creative to shoot with! I loved the wardrobe changes and the resulting photographs which are beautiful! Steve aims for quality images and his lighting is wonderful and flattering for the model.

This really shows in such a beautiful and and varied portfolio. He was also very kind to share the images with me after the shoot.

I would absolutely love to work together again (apologies for the slow reference due to travels) and highly recommend to all, Helen x

Jade Lyon

I had a great shoot with Steve. It was a very last minute arrangement but communication was great and it was super easy to organise.

His pictures on the back of camera looked amazing and the results I've seen in his port so far look fantastic!

He's really at ease with using his lighting gear and creating the shots he wants. Super easy to get some great results.

A great person to shoot with who's easy to talk to.

Highly recommended!

Arabella Black

What a guy, what a shoot!

Steve was my hero in a time of need, its also a massive plus that he is extremelly talented and has a unique creative skill that I knew would massively benefit my port. I had no worries, communication was on point, timing was on point and our time together flowed beautifully. I felt very comfortable in his presence, I was well looked after. Steve is passionaite and has the right mind to achieving his goal.

I look forward to our next shoot.

Highly recommended

Elesha Eden

I shot a boudoir style shoot from home with the lovely Bruin

this was our 2nd time shooting together our 1st indoor shoot

Bruin is very easy to work with, a polite respectful photographer

He knows what he wants to achieve and is passionate to create that image

Highly recommend

Thanks Bruin

Elesha

x

beckilouise

We shot at Scarlett door, and this guy is amazing, he knows exactly what lighting looks good, and the images on the back of the camera look amazing! Highly recommend this guy, hope to work again soon! X

Zooee333

I applied for Steve’s casting call and was lucky enough to shoot with him.

Had really good communication before hand, what kind of style we was shooting, location etc.

First impression - lovely!

We parked up and walked to the location spot we was shooting at ( number 1) great little spot! luckily he didn’t loose his tripod whilst trying to get rid of the stinging nettles for me! :)

We moved onto 2 more spots in the area, really lovely area and spots to shoot from.

Steve was a gentleman, respectful and so easy to chat along with.

Steve showed me a couple of back of the camera shots as we went along, the lighting on the images were lovely! He really knows how to capture a beautiful image.

I can honestly say I’d love to work with him again after this evenings shoot.

If you get the chance to work with Steve I would definitely recommend him! 10/10.

Came away from it a happy model!

Thank you so much for this evening Steve, you’ve done a great job :)

Ivy x

Elesha Eden

I was back in the Hampshire area after graduating and I applied for a last minute casting advertised by Bruin and he accepted and booked me

We had no pre planned shoot just a very quick chat, he came to me and we shot nearby in a woodland location

what a lovely photographer, relaxed, so chilled and easy going, this makes the best shoots, no pressure just go with the flow and both of us do are best to produce the image :)

I am a happy girl

Bruin is a wonderful man to shoot with, full of absolute incredible ideas as a true creative

Thankyou so much

Highly recommend

I await more awesomeness:)

Elesha

x

Sinopa Rin

My third shoot with Steve - this time a studio project based around the 2017 film The Mummy... which I've never actually seen! Steve's pre-comms were great and he shared loads of images/inspiration with me so I had a clear idea of what was expected. On the day he was very chilled and made sure I was as comfortable and cool as possible as the studio was very hot! Steve's understanding of light and colour are really excellent, and we produced some of my favourite gel images to date. It was super fun to do something completely different for me and thank you for that. The images I've seen uploaded so far look really amazing and I'm delighted to have been part of this project. I can't recommend Steve enough and look forward to our next adventure.

Tink Kaos

Steve is a really lovely fella, I had met him a few times previously at the Reading Social gathering - we finally sorted a shoot! Very last minute, but not far away from me at all in Thatcham, and we shot a mix of fashion, lingerie and nude. The evening light was stunning, and the pictures even more so!

Steve is a very friendly fellow, chatty, and respectful, and gave me a clear idea of the style he wanted to create. It was a great shoot!

Highly recommended to all models.

Tink x

Rose Magdalene Child

Steve & I were in communication about doing a duo shoot with myself and my partner Leonlift when we recently visited the Berkshire area. As we were doing a workshop at Scarlet Door on the Sat evening I recommended him to join us as I knew it would be a great opportunity to get some awesome images.

Steve took this chance & I am very pleased he did. He is a really genuine, friendly, down to earth guy and I just got a really good vibe from him. He was always respectful, professional and upbeat. He would explain if he had any specific ideas for both I and Leon solo and duo & he was kind enough to show us the images he was getting.

We both came away very pleased with the results captured and we are now really looking forward to shooting with Steve again with some really cool concept for the next one :D

Definitely recommended

Thanks so much,

Tillie x

Natasha5

I had photographer Steve shoot me the other day at Pauls Studio. He’s 100% professional, easy going, laid back and fun to work with. We got some amazing shots and I honestly can’t wait to see the results. I look forward to working with you again. Recommended!

Leon Lift

I had the pleasure in meeting and working with Steve on a duo workshop I did with my partner Tillie at Scarlett doors Studio. He was friendly from the get go and really easy to get along with which set things off for a great start.

He would always show us the shots he had captured between sets which was nice, especially as he had snapped amazing images throughout so it created a bit of excitement as what was to come for the final edits!

Steve is an awesome photographer, was a pleasure to work with and with the talks of an "in gym shoot" on the cards, this puts a bloody big smile on my face as it's always been on the bucket list to do!

I look forward to our next encounter and I will make sure the abs are carved out of stone!

100% recommended :D

Serenity.

Steve booked in last minute when I was shooting at Paul’s Studio and I’m so glad he did!

I’m just gutted that I was absolutely shattered and felt it wasn’t my best performance. Steve was really warm and friendly, with great knowledge for photography.

We shot a mixture of styles which was nice and managed to capture some great shots! (Despite us struggling to light my bloody eyeballs haha)

Steve was great at direction when necessary, however also let me pose freely. He was incredibly easy to work with and a really lovely guy.

I hope that our paths cross in the future, as I’d love the chance to work with him again.

An absolute pleasure! I’d definitely recommend :)

Cody

I had a fun and productive shoot with Steve at my place

He knew which styles he wanted to shoot and had brought some lights and even a backdrop incase we lost the natural light

He is really friendly and was very polite

Looking forward to seeing the pictures !

Nikita Banana

I had worked with Steve quite a few years ago so it was lovely to work with him again recently. We had a really productive and fun shoot covering beauty images, fashion and some art nudes.

Steve is just so easy to work with, really friendly and easy going and he takes some gorgeous images. Very highly recommended.

Thanks again Steve :)

Sinopa Rin

My second shoot with Steve today... Sadly this time the weather was not so kind but we used the grey day to our advantage and shot some beautiful moody images down by the river and in the woods. Steve is an absolute pleasure to work with and we're already discussing our next shoot. Very highly recommended!

Sophia.

Had an awesome shoot yesterday with steve at Paul's studio. He did beautiful lighting set ups and the images are stunning!! The first 2 edits are fabulous and i cant wait to see the rest. Highly recommended!

Nix Brown

What an absolute joy it was to meet and shoot with this talented guy! Friendly from the first minute, great people skills aswel as an air of professionalism which made me feel totally at ease straight away. He came with ideas on Pinterest which is always an added bonus for models - we were able to work through styles swiftly, giving our own twist on the inspiration shots - sometimes on a shoot, everything just works and this was one of those occasions! Fun but relaxed shooting style, incredibly knowledgeable without being arrogant about it. The time flew on this shoot, I could have happily shot with this photographer for the full day-and we'd still have ideas left to explore after that to!

Absolutely 100% recommended - models, this is a fantastic photographer if you get the opportunity to shoot with him then I'd say go for it...yesterday! :)