References for Cariad Celis

Brian Boyce

This was the first time I had shot with Cariad and will definitely not be the last. She is incredible, had a lovely relaxed fun time working through different ideas and setups that we'd spoken about pre-shoot.

It is clear she is a professional, from her knowledge, posing, contribution to ideas, enthusiasm and beauty. I can not recommend Cariad highly enough and looking back through the shots from the day there are so many keepers. If anything this shoot has just given me so many more ideas for other shoots with Cariad.

Highly recommend and hope to work with you again soon.

DrAC

Doing a reference for Cariad is like choosing a present for a millionaire when you've got only five pounds in your pocket. What more can you say about a model that has some of the best references I've ever seen on PP?

Cariad collects all the superlatives. She really does.

First, she's an outstanding beauty. It would be hard to find a better model for the type of work I do. Second, Cariad has a lovely personality. She is totally down to earth and very, very easy to work with. The shoot was totally relaxed and the four hours shot by.

Cariad had looked at my emails and images and brought the type of lingerie I liked. She had strong views on modeling and knows what she wants to achieve (i.e., she doesn't drift aimlessly through the shoot … she is a consummate professional).

So, having had over 150 shoots since I started model photography three years ago, I can say that Cariad is at the very top. I've met only four or five models that I have enjoyed working with as much as Cariad.

Of course I would recommend Cariad to all photographers. For beginners, she's ideal because of her enthusiasm, posing ability and warm personality. For experts, she knows what posing is all about and it shows. She's interested only in doing a good job and getting great images.

BrianDSimpson

I recently was fortunate to work with Cariad in the studio on a short shoot.

First up, this lovely lady is good company in the studio, both interested and interesting.

When it comes to modelling it steps up a gear. Great posing, changing from one pose to another without direction, but willing to take direction if offered.

I would recommend Cariad for both beginning and experienced photographers wanting a great experience and willing subject for their art.

Highly recommended from me.

Philip Stansfield

Had a short shoot with Cariad, great poses, fantastic shots and good company throughout the shoot.

Would recommend and hope to work with her again.

DigiSnapper

Well this was a bit of a dream shoot for me because Cariad's previous work is awesome and she has worked with some incredible people already.

Fortunately, some shots of one of my dust and dance shoots must have caught her eye and I managed to convince her to come up the road and have a go herself!

We started with a beauty shoot with some hair movement later on and then came the main event: The Dust & Dance Shoot! And boy did she take to it like flour to dough!!!

She is extremely beautiful and skilled with oodles of lovely poses. She also has a great enthusiasm, coming up with terrific suggestions for things to try during the shoot itself.

She also brought along a very useful fella with her who was most helpful in not only setting up and moving lights and props around, but also clearing up the mounds of flour found in all corners of the room!

I was in awe of this model and I feel rather priviledged to have worked with her. Thank you so much for such a lovely shoot!

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Cariad!

JohnG

Had an fantastic shoot today with this outstanding and very beautiful model.From the pre comms we agreed on the format of the shoot. Cariad arrived early to apply her beauty make up, which was flawless. She also arrived with the clothes we agreed on.

The shoot itself was a dream and great fun. Cariad used her professional skills and knowledge to work with me through my ideas and came up with fabulous poses and suggestions for the lighting to help me get some exceptional images. She subjected herself to being covered all over in thick cold wet clay for the final part of the shoot, even providing Kieran as a assistant to apply the clay. This is real dedication to art. The final images were extraordinary. Caz I am so grateful to you, thank you so much for a wonderful shoot.

dave band

There can be few better ways of enjoying an afternoon in November than having a studio shoot with Cariad. ( I'm sure she would have been equally happy on location but not me!) The light changed from natural to studio and Cariad moved effortlessly through a series of ideas and settings. Contributing from experience but also understanding what I was looking for in an image. Real collaboration. Brilliant all round. Many thanks.

Ramees Farooqi

Even though I have worked with Both Cariad Celis and Angel Black UK respectively on countless occasions, this was the first time I had worked with them as a duo. This shoot was significant for another reason because to date, I have shot with each of these two ladies more than any other.

I hadn't written a set list prior to this shoot because I decided simply to go with the flow. That's how much faith I have in each of these incredible models.

It truly warmed my heart to see everyone, including J Black Photographic and KieranDahl who were also present, get on so well with one another, considering the two couples had never met before turning up for our shoots.

We opened proceedings by shooting a few autumnal scenes in the nearby park on what was a very beautiful if rather chilly morning. We then reconvened to my house for a number of artistic nude, lingerie and vintage fashion sets.

As always, I look forward immensely to my next shoot with this gifted individual whom I have quickly come to regard as a true friend.

However, I also hope that she may duet with Angel Black UK again in the near future as the day inspired so many ideas that I couldn't catch them all in a butterfly net.

Thank you so much for such a fabulous day. See you soon.

(Ramees)

J Black Photographic

Had an enjoyable day with Cariad, Kieran, Angel Black and Ramees Farooqi on a multi shoot day.

Absolute pleasure meeting a creative who is always at the top of her class who constantly creates images of astounding art and beauty.

We managed to squeeze in a 30 minute high key shoot alongside Angel Black at the end of a tiring day but with Cariad's energy, personality and pure dedication to her work you would of thought it was the first shoot of the day. (No surprises there!)

Cariad and Kieran make a formidable team in the Art industry which can be easily recognised on their respective portfolio's.

Great team and an equally great couple, pleasure meeting you both and hope to catch up soon.

J Black

Angel Black UK

I had the pleasure of shooting duo with Cariad and three other photographers and what a joy it was! Her pre shoot communications are excellent as were the communications on the day. Cariad poses freely but can also take direction well. She has a very kind heart which was clear to me from the moment we first met, she's a very friendly person to be around and her smile is infectious.

Duo work can be difficult but this shoot was one of the easiest I have ever done. She's very easy to talk with and conversation never stopped flowing.

We worked really well together, and our similarities were astounding! It is obvious that Cariad takes time and effort with every job as she appeared on time with a suitcase bursting at the seams with clothes, lingerie and props!

Her creativity is seemingly never ending and we also shot with her partner, Kieran, capturing yet more stunning images together.

Thankyou for a very enjoyable shoot, I look forward to our next! :D

Angel x

Rachyy

This shoot was a bit of a dream come true for myself really as I had wanted to work alongside Cariad for so long, and when she expressed that she would be happy to, it made me want to jump for joy!

Her pre-comms were wonderful! She organised a shoot with a lovely photographer (pauldcz) and informed me that her partner (Kieran) would also be joining us on the day to take a few snaps himself, as he would also like to shoot with me (my head was starting to grow by this time!)

We arranged to shoot the second episode of my Black Dress Series, art nude and vintage fashion on location, and, depending on the weather, the final set(s) in Cariad's home studio.

We agreed to shoot early morning, to make the most of the natural light on location. Cariad and Kieran very kindly allowed me to stay over night at their home so we could all travel together the next day. Holy crap, they are literally the best hosts ever. They kindly awaited my arrival before serving the most wonderful vegan curry - it was freaking beautiful! Cariad is so very easy to talk to and wonderfully funny as well. She's incredibly beautiful in person; her pictures are 100% accurate to how she looks in real life - silky, soft hair; striking eyes; and the best jawline and cheekbones I have ever seen in my life!

Shoot day: I was awoken by Cariad with a cup of tea (what did I say, hostess with the mostest!) and before I knew it, we were off to the first location. Cariad lead the way to the trains as she and Kieran had reced the place a few weeks prior. Holy shitballs, it was cold, but Cariad was an absolute TROOPER! She even walked barefoot across the freezing carriage beams - This lady lets NOTHING phase her and will clearly do anything for her art! She is incredibly caring and careful, making sure we were all ok in the cold and asking if we needed a drink or to warm up regularly.

One thing I noticed about Cariad, is that her understanding of light and photography is phenomenal. Her poses were astounding, yet they looked so natural. She was open minded, creative and just everything you could ever DREAM OF from a model, and more!

We shot our location themes, before retiring to Cariad and Kieran's camper, where Kieran had prepared lunch for us. This gave us the opportunity to warm up before heading to Cariad's. We shot a little duo art nude, before using Cariad's array of wonderful materials to create a beautiful bohemian set - we worked together to style this piece, using plants and props from around Cariad's home. It looked phenomenal, and was so fun to create! We finished the day by shooting some really relaxed bohemian fashion images.

All in all, this was one of my favourite shoots of 2019. Not only was it an absolute pleasure to duo with Cariad, but it was wonderful to finally meet her and simply watch her work. I can't wait to see the rest of the images we created together, and I truly hope I get more opportunities to work with her in the future.

She is incredibly professional, wonderfully talented, and a superb human being that will go above and beyond for others and her profession. I can not thank her enough.

Highly recommended from me to all that will respect her. Thank you, Cariad! ♥

Pauldcz

I had another full day shoot with the very talented Cariad who is an amazing experienced model this occasion doing a Duo shoot with Rachyy

The shoot was set up by Cariad and her talented partner Keiren who had used the location previously, a railway siding with derelict carriages.

Cariad needs no introduction she is a very experienced and talented model who excels in all poses and is outstanding in artistic nude and this time aided by Rachyy. This time performing in extremely cold weather and big thanks to Cariad and Rachyy for continuing to excel in the conditions!

The full day shoot as always flowed with ideas and inspiration for numerous sets which created awesome images. The final part of the shoot was held at Cariad's home studio where a lot of artistic nude poses were performed and with the creative talent of Cariad a bohemian set was quickly created for more images.

Another brilliant shoot and still more to come.

Cariad is very professional model, fun to work with and a beautiful person who I highly recommend.

Yellowhouse studio

A talented charming model with a real knowledge of fine art modelling. Cariad was an great communicator in arranging the shoot. we created some wonderful images and was great on this occasion to have her partner there to be a spotter and assist her when required all in all a great shoot with super results

Calandra

At last I have had the absolute pleasure and joy to work with Cariad. I have long admired her work and amazing natural beauty which is just ideal for my ideas. She lived up to every hope and expectation and was a real inspiration to work with. We managed to rearrange days to suit her curtailed programme and then she added an hour as we were blessed with ideal weather for location considering it was the end of October. She brought a wonderful dress and we tried that and art nude on the beach with beautiful subtle early winter light. We moved into the woodland and created some beautiful work by an old building and in amongst the seeding rosebay willow-herb. Cariad is stunningly beautiful in all ways and such a lovely person to work with. Her partner Kieran helped out and was good company too. She contributed some great ideas and brought beautiful clothes. I know this is one amazing lady and I would love to work with her again. I could not have had a more enjoyable shoot for what was probably my last location shoot of the year. Cariad Celis is highly recommended by me and I know I will be at the front of the queue if she comes back to Scotland. Thank you so much!

Gairm

This was my second time working with Cariad and I was glad to have the opportunity to book her for two days.

Cariad is extremely gifted and has a strong work ethic. She has a natural grace, both of movement and of nature, with great control of pose and expression.

It was a pleasure to have her company, and that of her partner, and I couldn't be more pleased with the work that we were able to do together.

I unreservedly recommend working with Cariad if you get the chance.

Blackcat

My first shoot with this young lady. Excellent communications and everything went to plan. They arrived on time, Caz was already prepared to start and everything went like clockwork.

She is a joy to work with. A succession of stunning images in a rapid sequence.

I'm an amateur who does not use a studio but this didn't stop her finding corners in every room and making use of all available space.

There isn't much more to add. A wonderful day with an outstanding model. And she made every image the best that could be achieved.

Paul GH Photography

I recently had the pleasure of working with Cariad for a whole 6 days as part of an "Artemisian luxury photographic holiday,2 in Tuscany. Cariad is a great model moving comfortably in style from classical to contemporary. She has a great repertoire of poses and works hard to create the right mood for the picture. A great communicator and Collaborator and very easy to work with.

On top of all this Cariad is a very nice lady, which is pretty important when you are spending so much time together. I'll happily work with Cariad again and highly recommend her to those who haven't worked with her yet.

Thanks Cariad. We had a great time.

Paulxx

Artemis Fauna

I first met Cariad back in...early 2018? While I was on a tour. She struck me straight away as a very beautiful, friendly and down to earth lady- and I instantly thought she would be great for an Artemisian trip!

Fast forward to September 2019 and sure enough- she was out there in Tuscany with me in the stunning villa we had hired, sitting out on the balcony enjoying the tasty food and social atmosphere.

Cariad worked super hard throughout the trip, helped produce some amazing images and was lovely to spend time with. Unfortunately the mozzies seemed to take a real liking to her despite all the different sprays we bought in an attempt to stop it- but she carried on and didn't refuse to pose on location (thank you) haha!!

I adore the images I have seen from the trip- both the duo images and the unique trio images were super successful and I'm so pleased I asked Cariad to join us. Lots of great memories from the time out in Italy :)

Thank you so much and hope to work with you again in the not too distant future!! :) xx

VisionsA

Spent a fantastic afternoon shooting with Cariad & the rest of the Road To Ruin group. Fantastic location for a post apocalyptic shoot, & Cariad had some wonderful costumes & poses, all of which resulted in some awesome images.

Thanks again, Cariad, you are a Star!

HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

StormBringer

I met and shot with Cariad for the first time on a Artemisian events trip to Tuscany.

We shot on just two days, the start of my stay and the end of Cariads. I'm not ashamed to say that I leant on what Cariad had learnt with respect to locations and light that the villa offered, and she was more than willing to help. Cariad knew where the light would be great. Whether working solo, duo or trio posing and styling seemed effortless. No need for direction.

An absolute pleasure to spend time shooting with Cariad. We only had limited time but we created some great images - only regret is that I wish it had been loger.

Given the opportunity – I’d not hesitate to work with Cariad again – a trip to the Midlands may well be on the cards.

Very highly recommended to all.