References for Cariad Celis

maclarcs

You know how moonlight is just reflected sunlight, but has a quality all of its own? Well Cariad's skin reflects any light into a beautiful image on your camera's sensor. You'd swear she was the source of this ephemeral light.

Anyway, she's great fun to work with. Totally relaxed and brings a lot of creativity to the shoot. What more could you ask for?

EddieK

I had a wonderful shoot in Dublin with Cariad, what a fantastic model. The pre-shoot communications were excellent, all very professional, and the shoot itself was so much fun. I am very happy with the images we captured on the day, and I would highly recommend Cariad and look forward to working with her again if she returns to Dublin

Snaptimephotography

After contacting Carrie and making arrangements, we had a 3 day workshop experience for the members of Drogheda Photographic Club. She was so easy to communicate with. Followed through with arrangements and arrived full of energy and enthusiasm each day. Carrie was so amenable to helping the members realise their creative ideas. Outfit changes, ideas, suggestions on how to maximise posing with lighting were all so natural to her. Engaging chat with the club members created a really collegial atmosphere. We will definitely be inviting her back again.

Dave Gibson

Amazing how quickly time goes when you're having a good time. That's how it was with my today’s photoshoot with the lovely Cariad. I came away with so many images where Cariad presented so well to my camera, taking my direction as well as creating some lovely posing and expression making my job so easy. No wonder the time went so fast.

As well as being a very confident and competent model, Cariad is a really lovely lady, very chatty and so easy to get on with - in fact we spent almost as much time talking as we did doing the shoot.

You only have to see her portfolio to see how excellent she is as a model; I have no hesitation in recommending Cariad.

David xx

DaveEd

I had the pleasure of working with Cariad again yesterday. Our fourth shoot together but definitely not our last. The shoot was organised at short notice but despite that, Caz was remarkably well prepared when she arrived at the studio. On time and with a fabulous selection of outfits.

Cariad is a truly lovely lady and an absolute delight to work with. Friendly, easy going with a lovely sense of humour and a wonderfully positive and enthusiastic approach. She poses beautifully, gracefully flowing from one pose to another with no need for direction at all. An absolute professional and a stunningly beautiful, talented, hard working and versatile model. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and productive shoot from start to finish and I’m already looking forward to working with Cariad again.

An unreserved 100%+ recommendation to all photographers and studio’s. Book a shoot with this remarkable lady; you’ll be very glad that you did.

Thank you for another wonderful shoot, Caz. Till next time :-).

Virtualimage

I had the good fortune to work with Cariad at Basford Hurst studio. We had a very creative shoot and I found Cariad friendly and easy to work with. She is an excellent model and I was delighted with the images we created. I would not hesitate to work with Cariad again and recommend her very highly.

Kevin Connery

Had another wonderful remote session with Cariad a week ago at her home studio. We'd discussed the theme ahead of time, and she had all the necessary parts required.

As always, she was cheerful, energetic, and gave the shoot her full attention. Great to work with, and a lovely model and person.

Highly recommended!

Fotostrobe

A tremendously successful first shoot for me with Cariad when she came over to work with me in a studio in Birmingham. The vast experience of this model shows from start to finish in delivering excellent results due to her posing and imagination.

This model is very highly recommended.

Kevin Connery

Another month, another great session with Cariad!

I joke, but we've worked together roughly every month this last year and change, and every set has been better than the one before.

She has excellent posing skills, an enormous range of expressions, and somehow manages to keep the two in sync for the entire time she's in front of the camera. She takes suggestions and directions well, adding an aesthetic interpretation that almost invariably results in better images.

Highly, highly recommended!

APS Phototography

My second shoot with Cariad, and it was a great pleasure to work with her again on a studio day at Aura Photographic, we worked effortlessly through 3 or 4 sets and had a fun enjoyable shoot. Always a pleasure to work with Cariad and highly recommended, Andy

Craig 2112

Had a great first shoot with Cariad yesterday at Aura. I’d originally booked a 2 hour slot, but decided to extend it to 4 hours and so glad I did. It made for a relaxed shoot and gave us the opportunity to try out so many more ideas.

Cariad was a joy to work with. Beautiful, professional in her modelling, but also a lovely, fun person, easy to get on with and happy to take my broad half-formed ideas and add her own creativity and thoughts. I came away having had a really enjoyable afternoon and with a card full of images which I’m going to struggle to narrow down. Definitely recommended and on my list of models I must shoot with again!

(Also a shout out to Kieran, Cariad’s husband who was a great help – along with Aura’s Emily – in doing the heavy lifting of furniture & props, and is equally easy to get along with!)

Liz Ashford

My first time shooting with Cariad today during her studio day at Aura Photographic. She was a delight to work with, and was interested to see what I was capturing and made adjustments to her posing to allow me to get a better shot. She was willing to work with ideas and props (mostly fabric) that I had brought along and we worked through about 4/5 ideas in the time available. She made plenty of suggestions and was happy to involve her husband to assist with some of the shots too. I look forward to be able to shoot with her again.

Sam Barton

I've just returned home after a full day shooting with Cariad and oh my... what an awesome human! I had a busy shoot plan prepared and Cariad happily skipped through each look transforming from high fashion, to art nude, portraiture and beauty at the end. She didn't drop a beat and seemed to relish trying out this mixed agenda. She has a classic beauty look that makes a simple portrait just pop, but we enjoyed pushing that envelope a bit and doing some gritty nineties fashion in the daylight studio that I had booked. She switched seamlessly with each look, her posing and expressions being as fresh as each new outfit. I found myself laughing many times during our shoot, not just because we got on (she is so easy to connect with), but also as I simply couldn't believe how good the shots we were getting were.

I do this to hark back to a time when photography was a day job. I love retracing my steps but it's equally important to me to do this with awesome people. I do seek out the talent, a model who is skilled at what they do, but I wouldn't do this without also working with someone who is fun to share this collaborative experience with. I had high hopes that Cariad was one of those people and I wasn't disappointed!

I have a very busy time ahead of me editing, something I know will be an absolute joy thanks to you Cariad. You were amazing and I would happily recommend you to anyone looking for an A star model.

JGImages

Cariad was once again a pleasure to work with - punctual and very committed. Cariad brought a large collection of well-chosen garments, and these set off her beauty and dignified presence. I hope to work with Cariad again very soon.

PaintingLight

Another great shoot with Cariad yesterday, this time at tank space. Shooting underwater is a different challenge, so working with a model who knows what they are doing is definitely worth while. As well as the modelling work, Cariad very kindly helped another new model get to grips with the process, the benefit of Cariad's experience was a huge help.

Doz

Managed to catch a shoot with Cariad at the very last moment requiring a lot of last-minute work from her, which she pulled out of the bag(Quite literally) with apparent ease. Her pre-shoot coms were brief to the point and perfect in the limited time we had. I have worked Cariad before and was expecting a lot, which she surpassed and much much more. There is only one way to sum up the day and that is WOW!

Cariad turned out very early ready to shot and brought with her oodles of inspiration, tons of creativity and hard work. Constantly looking for the next image to create, she added her own creative flare to the shoot in so many different ways; I have a camera full of inspirational images.

Reasons to work with Cariad; she has a rare natural beauty, with the most exquisitely beautiful eyes, long dark hair, an inner beauty that shines through her physical beauty and she works damn hard to deliver exactly what you want and more.

Cariad's looks range from timeless innocence to sophisticated Goddess, romantic peasant to Hammer House of Horror vampire or victim, from ethereal elven princess to a elegant period lady.

We worked alongside a tumbling river through ancient woodland on a cold morning and Cariad climbed and scrambled over rocks and posed with elegance and then climbed, scrambled and posed again and again. I have a camera full of emerging beauty, Thank you Cariad for all your hard work.

I will definitely be working with Cariad again; and have no hesitation in recommending her to one and all.

Do not pass up a chance to work with this young lady.

IMChris

I took part in a joint shoot with Cariad which was organised by fellow photographer Doz.

Cariad arrived early and was well prepared.

I had an amazing time and learnt a massive amount from Cariad and managed to take some lovely images. Very, very helpful, highly professional, I could continue on but hopefully you get the picture, no pun intended.

Cariad has such a vast array of great poses and looks and came prepared with a bag the size of a wardrobe!

Thank you so much for your patience and skill. I would highly recommend to any photographer working with Cariad.

I will definitely be shooting with Cariad again, amazing experience,

Chris.

Kevin Connery

Lucky 13!

For our 13th remote session, Cariad and I shot at Basford Hurst Cottage, working primarily on a project of mine, but taking time to get some general (lovely!) free-form and ad hoc ideas. She was as prepared as always (very!), pleasant to work with (very!), posed perfectly (as usual), and always had the right expression(s) for what we were aiming for.

I'm hoping to work with her more in the future.

Very highly recommended!

Dave Gibson

I had the pleasure of working with Cariad today at 3bySevern studio Long Eaton. Pre shoot comms was perfect, on the day, Cariad arrived as planned and was very well prepared with a fabulous, coordinated selection of outfits that fitted both her look and style and our pre shoot discussions perfectly.

Cariad is genuinely a lovely person with so much talent, creativeness, and passion about her craft. Throughout the shoot Cariad was full of positive energy putting 110% effort into every shot, Cariad not only poses effortlessly but she has an amazing eye for the fine details ensuring she brings any concept to life with amazing style.

If you are lucky enough to work with this fantastic young lady, then you’re in for an amazing shoot. Very highly recommended. Thanks for visiting and all your hard work and your patience. I’m looking forward to the next time we shoot.

David x

Terry Draper

Sorry for the late reference.

Such a talented artist. It was a pleasure to work with her again and produce some stunning images together.

I would highly recommend and look forwards to our next shoot.