References for Paul Cooley

Natasha J Bella

Paul and I did a remote shoot through video conferencing, with Paul in Ireland and me in Leeds. His approach to the shoot was so perfect, understanding patient, friendly and chatty; I describe this as the role model of remote shoots. Paul has a beautiful portfolio, so I was already looking forward to this shoot very much. He directed the lighting, adjusted the camera, tweaked my poses and all my trust was in his skill, ideas, creativity and good taste, suffice to say, what Paul captures, as you can tell from his work, is elegant and flattering.

I am extremely pleased that Paul chose to do a remote shoot with me for the first time, and I'm very proud of the results. I highly recommend Paul.

Paul, Thank you for making it fun and easy :)

Angel.

Had another fantastic shoot with Paul, this time accompanied by the lovely Caroline.

Honestly, the day flew by way too fast. Paul is super hospitable, fed me probably the best scone and jam I've ever had in my life at the beautiful Armarda hotel.

He is so easy to work with, full of creative ideas! The creativity is always flowing and never ends and I think we work together really well.

The results of his images are truly beautiful, such gorgeously glowing light.

Not only that but him and his wonderful family kindly hosted me for a few nights, feeding me and providing me with a lovely cosy bed :) slept like a baby.

10000% recommended by me, Paul is a legend!

Angel x

Ashleigh Rae

I had a wonderful day shooting with Paul, during my first visit to Ireland.

Paul is such a incredible person to work with -

Beautiful shooting style using both natural light and studio lighting.

Paul kindly picked me up from the station, where we headed off to our shoot location, starting with a coffee and chat to get us ready for our shoot.

I was instantly relaxed and felt like I'd known/worked with Paul a thousand times before.

The location was beautiful! With plenty of spaces to work from. We did a variety of portraits and fashion shots.

On another occasion since I had a few hours spare, we also used his studio space in Ennis which also helped us capture some fab results.

Paul was also kind enough to put my up for the night during my tour.

RESULTS - timeless. I'm so happy! :-)

My whole experience working with Paul was AMAZING and one that will always stand out to me. I was in stitches ALL day and the time flew by!

Awesome photographer! Lovely, crazy :-p, laid back chap.

Highly recommended.

Thank you so much!

Debbie_Leema

I had the most amazing day shooting with the lovely Paul yesterday.

My first ever trip to a Shannon and hopefully not the last. Paul kindly picked me up from the airport yesterday morning and took me for coffee before we even started work.

We spent all day working on various sets at his lovely studio in Ennis :) we got some amazing shots and cannot wait to see some of the final edits.

Paul also put me up for the night and brought me back to the airport the following morning, I cannot thank him enough.

Made me feel so welcome from start to finish, I would absolutely love to work with Paul again and would highly recommend any model to work with him.

Paul- you are a star!

Thank you for having me and hope to see you again soon xxx

Tink Kaos

Shot with Paul for the first time on my mini tour in Ireland this month, we did a full day shoot at his studio space in Ennis - goodness, what an amazing shoot it was!

We began with a coffee run, his apprentice Caroline came along to learn a little and help set up lights, then we started with some softbox portraits in a beautiful designer dress Paul had been given, moving on to some cool stripey shapes, overhead lit portraits, some stunning shots with the ringlight, so many different and cool sets! The pictures look utterly beautiful too.

Paul is a super chilled soul, friendly, funny, made sure I had lunch and coffee, and is excellent with photography! A photographic genius. Would highly recommend to all models!

Tink

Stephanie Dubois

I had a lovely first shoot with Paul on my recent tour of Ireland. Paul is such a lovely person to work with - really laid back, easy to talk to and respectful. We started off with a hotel shoot where we struggled with the light but still managed to produce some lovely images. After lunch we went on to the studio and focused on a variety of portraits using different lighting techniques. This was my favourite part of the day as we achieved so much variety in a very short space of time. I really love the images we produced and cannot recommend Paul highly enough. I hope we get to work with each other again next year.

MiaS-Miastune

Shooting with Paul was amazing. I had really great time, he is professional and easy to work with. I can highly recommend him. Thank you for our shoot and hopefully see you soon again :)

Mia

Brianna Williams

First shoot with Paul, he was very professional, he knows how to put you at ease and make you comfortable and confident. Provides edits with a quick turnaround and I received shots that enhance my portfolio immensely. I would highly recommend Paul and am excited for our next shoot!

KatyB (Katex)

Had a brilliant day and a half shooting with Paul!

I always look forward to our shoots with his great sense of humour and the images we create are just so perfectly lit and set up, weve come to realise wee a damn good team!

I hope to work with Paul on every Ireland tour I have, he makes it just that much better! We got so many sets done, and we never run out of ideas and were both still laughing by the end of the 8 hours.

Thanks Paul, a man with many talents!

Highly recommended, Katy

Natasha ПΣӨП

I’m very pleased that the lovely Paul booked me again on my trip to Ireland! He is respectful, funny, a very talented photographer and all round pleasure to work with. He’s great with natural light and is always buzzing with ideas. We got so many awesome photos and I hope to work with him again some day! Highly recommended :)

M I S C H K A H

Paul comes highly recommended from me! Weve worked together three times now.

This time we were using a studio for the first time. Beautiful results and a joy to work with! looks after you really well and is respectful and polite, cant wait for next time!

Naked Soul

I say he is incredible all round. A great photographer and first of all a great person. we had a great time shooting and created some fantastic shots. Pre communications were good, 100% professional.

KatyB (Katex)

This was my second time working with Paul on my trip to Ireland, and it was just as great as the first!

I had a bit of a nightmare before our shoot and my face swelled a little, I showed him a picture and his communication was great and fast and we still went ahead with the shoot.

He was kind enough to pick me up from the photographers house I was being hosted at, offered to buy me some painkillers, fed me during our 8 hour shoot and dropped me back at the other photographers.

I always look forward to working with Paul, as I know I'm 100% safe, I know we will have a laugh and engage in interesting conversations.. and to top it off, he really knows what hes talking about when it comes to lighting and especially portraits!

Paul pays attention to detail, which is great and has lots of ideas and has pinterest boards to help models understand what type of image hes looking to achieve.

Always on time, great communication, gives you the utmost respect and makes sure you're smiling and comfortable throughout the whole time youre shooting together.

Thanks a lot Paul, love the images ive been sent already!!

*Highly recommended**

Look forward to our next shoot together,

Katyb

x

Stella Star

What a delightful gent!

Just had my first shoots of many I hope with the lovely Paul.

We absolutely clicked, totally on the same level and I thoroughly enjoyed his company all day.

Pre comms were brilliant, we had been organising this a wee while, so we were quite excited to see what we came up with on our shoot.

We worked hard that day, didn’t stop! Loads of ideas flowing and the shots!...well they speak for themselves, Paul is a talented photgrapher! Not just saying that. He has a keen eye for detail and lighting and we went through various sets in the studio.

It was actually my birthday and in all honesty he made it very enjoyable.

Would absolutely recommend!

LJ x

M I S C H K A H

I had another successful shoot with paul recently over in Ireland! It was relaxed and productive and the results so far are fabulous. We shot with available light in a beautiful suite, focusing on fashion, beauty and art nude. Paul was really helpful with transport and accommodation I thoroughly enjoyed the shoot and would highly recommend this talented photographer to any models looking to get beautiful images for their port folio. I’m blown away by the few edits I’ve seen so far.

Angel.

Had another fantastic shoot with Paul during my tour of Ireland!

He always has plenty of ideas, is super organised and friendly, making the shoot relaxing and very enjoyable.

We worked through loads of different sets, from fashion to art nude, all working beautifully due to Paul's careful attention to lighting. He makes the shoot feel more like a collaboration, which is one of the reasons we get such great results because we're working as a team!

Paul is very generous too, offering me lunch and a lift back to the airport which is always greatly appreciated.

The results are always amazing time after time.

Paul is 100% recommended by me :)

Angel

KatyB (Katex)

Paul responded to my Ireland tour and he booked me for a full day whilst i was staying in Limerick.

I had a bit of confusion with my accommodation during my stay in Ireland, so I had to rearrange where Paul was picking me up from, he was very understanding and was just happy I was safe!

Pre comms were great, he had made a Pinterest board for me to look through, as he was mainly aiming to get portraits close up, mainly with the attention on the eyes.

We arrived to a beautiful hotel and he had an amazing room, a standalone bath, beautiful natural light windows all around and we had plenty of ideas between the two of us.. the day just flew by!

Hes a great photographer who knows what hes talking about with lighting and posing. Hes a great laugh and had a brilliant personality, hes very very respectful towards models and I felt completely safe the whole time we spent together. It felt like id known him for days when he was dropping me back to my hosts later that day.

I thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable day, with great images and lots of laughs!

I really hope we work together again soon.

Thanks,

Katy

Aisling

Paul is a dote :) third time working together and I am very pleased with the outcome. He genuinely cares that the model is comfortable and happy. Suppling nice cups of tea and snack bars!. Easy to work with with as much guidance as needed. Looking forward to working together again

Aisling

Paul is such a pleasure to work with. I'm completely at ease In his company. He allows for exploration of my own creativity as well as having an awesome creative imput. All around top notch guy :)

LilithArt

worked together 4 times now and I have always been very happy with the photos , Paul is very professional and pleasant to work with , with a lot of great ideas.