References for Damien J

LEnza

I had the chance to work with Damien during weekend in Wales organized by Paul. We had 3 hour session together, started from an art nude indoor using natural window light and ended with some beautiful outdoor portraits wearing an old style dress which really fit the venue. He was giving me useful direction as well as freedom to express. The images from back of the camera were looking amazing and I can’t wait to see the final results. I am surely interested in working with him again and I would recommend him to any other models and creatives. Thank you for the great shoot Damien!!! Valentina

Hattie Grace

I had the absolute pleasure of working with Damien for the first time at the start of the month during Paul’s trip to Wales at the most stunning venue. We did a mixture of indoor and outdoor sets, making full use of the estate and the surrounding areas including the moss covered trees, the rocky stream, rusty tractor, long corridors and large windows just to name a few. Damien gave me fantastic direction but he also allowed me to pose freely and give ideas too. We worked at a relaxed yet productive pace and we managed to get a lot done in the time we had. I saw the photos on the back of his camera and they were incredible! Damien knows how to work with the light perfectly and uses different angles to create the most gorgeous images. Overall, I had a thoroughly enjoyable shoot with Damien who is professional, respectful, polite and friendly. I would happily recommend him to others and would certainly love to work with him again.

AshleyAshton

Really enjoyed working with Damien at Pauls Wales weekend.

Damien is a very good photographer and got some superb images. We finally merged in the few hours we had shooting and got some amazing stuff. I really hope to see some of the images and would like to work with Damien again,

Regards

Ashley

Basford Hurst Cottage Photography Location

Damien came to a cosplay photography workshop organised by Secretcon.

Damien is great!! He's a joy to have around, easy to talk to and clearly a fantastic photographer!!! (You only have to look at his images...!!). He was completely respectful of our location as well as his fellow photographers and the cosplay models.

I have no hesitation to recommend Damien and I look forward to seeing him again soon!! Thank you Damien!

Kimberley_

Damien was apart of a photography trip in Alicante, along with 7 photographers and 3 other models. Damien was a good addition to the trip bringing his own style and views. I hadn't previously worked with Damien so being the first time working together there can be challenges and being on a time restraint, working with others who all have all different ideas and new locations, can all be somewhat overwhelming which I seemed apparent was a challenge for Damien, I tried to give encouragement to not discourage Damien as he brought his own value to the group, just some thrive in other environments and I applaud Damien for putting himself out there despite the challenges he persevered. I feel he had a few difficult moments and moments of self doubt in his abilities and felt limited in terms of ideas and that must have been frustrating which is why I tried to give some suggestions at times and engaged in conversation with him as I felt he was at times reserved but it can be very difficult in a large group with so many personalities, the dynamic of big personalities so clash.

I feel Damien is a introverted person which is not a negative just in terms of the trip caused him to be overshadowed and that made it difficult for his ideas to come across and at times felt push pull when navigating how to work within the time frame of others from what I observed. However, despite that when I personally had conversations with Damien he was pleasant and we got on well. He seemed to have a sincere interest in the welfare of the models and was respectful for the duration of the trip, when I went for a walk on occasion he would offer to accompany me which was appreciated and thought-out the week there was numerous things I noticed he was considerate about towards the models.

Damien seemed to be very observant and conscious of not rocking the boat and was not one for drama which is a positive however I could sense his frustration at times which I am hoping it was a worth while trip for him, if not for the experience then just for the knowledge of what to expect on future trips and no doubt we got some amazing images also!

We got the opportunity to work together 1:1 inside the villa which is when I really got to see his artistic concepts and they are genuinely my favourite images we have done from the trip, I can tell he was comfortable that was evident he was able to experiment and not feel under the scope.

We worked through fashion to art nude at various locations throughout the week, our first shoot was in the old town to not fault of Damien could have been organised better, despite the confusion it gave us longer to be able to talk in between shoots and gain a better rapport.

I enjoyed working with Damien, once in his flow he really shines in his field and I would happily work with him again. We all have emotions and though at times he seemed frazzled and overwhelmed that is more than understandable and I wanted to write a reference that emphasis that different is good, each photographer on the trip offer something different and having Damien there with his own ideas and insight was useful it was a good experience and I look forward to working together in the future.

Lucia Needham

This was my second time working with Damien and this time in Spain on an event organised by Graham Gilbert! Throughout our time working together Damien made me feel super comfortable and is an amazing photographer to work with…he was so thoughtful throughout our trip making sure all us girls were happy and safe..Damien is a awesome photographer and I’m so pleased with the images we created together 🥰

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I would highly recommend anyone to work with Damien and I’m so looking forward to working together again soon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Inspire Studios Ltd

It was really lovely to see Damien back this year and this time shooting with Caitlyn J.

He came with some cool ideas and as normal a friendly approach to his shooting. He worked well with Caitlyn and they achieved some great shots from their time together.

Look forward to seeing him back again soon.

MissPixie

I had an absolutley wicked shoot with Damien yesterday at Paul's Studio in Reading.

Sadly out shoot was only an hour long because of train strikes.. it was a real shame because I would have loved to shoot for longer.

However.. we worked through a couple of Damiens creative lighting set ups and I was blown away by all of the awesome images we created in so little time.

Of course I would totally recommend working with Damien and I hope that we can work together again :)

Natasha ПΣӨП

I had a wonderful shoot with Damien recently at Neon Dreams! He booked in for one of my tuition sessions to get a new take on some previous ideas, it was a wonderful collaboration of skills as we both added something to eachother's ideas!

Damien is a talented photographer with an awesome eye for style, I loved the outfits he brought with him and they went very well with the techniques we were using.

Overall a very enjoyable shoot, pictures looked amazing and I look forward to the next time.

Thanks Damien! Highly recommended :)

HarleyG

Had a great shoot with Damien!

We had a great laugh and really relaxed vibe that led to some great images!!

The images I saw were really strong and I’m really proud of them!

Thank you for a great shoot, hope

To shoot again soon!

Caitlyn.

I worked with Damien recently at my studio day at Fareham Studio. Before the shoot, Damien dropped me a message regarding what he wanted to shoot, showing me ideas for inspiration and the sort of images that we were looking to create, which really helped. Our shoot went really smoothly, he was a total pleasure to work with an excellent eye for photography and lighting. Damien was very professional, giving me directions and adjusting my posing to capture me in the best manner, I can't wait to see the edits from our shoot!

Highly recommend to any model and would love to work with him again :)

Rogue

I had my first shoot with Damien during my erotic workshop that I hosted at Fareham studio. He was very polite, friendly and eager to learn which is what every teacher hopes for! Damien listened to my ideas and advice and asked lots of questions meaning we got some amazing shots working together within the structure of my workshop plan. I felt super comfortable with Damien and would very happily recommend working with him to any model. I hope to work with him again soon!

Ballerina Erica Mulkern

Damien attended a group shoot organised by AURA Photographic and Simon Carter. It was my second time working with Damien and as always he is a delight. He is very clear about what he is after, but not so rigid that I don't have room to play and explore. From the back of the camera images that I saw he took some jaw dropping shots. I can't wait to see the final result and I would highly recommend working with him :)

Beast Awakens

Damien came to my cosplay group shoot at Fareham Studio, and was very easy to work with, chatty and creative throughout the shoot!

He had some great ideas to put a different perspective on the poses and set-ups we had going on and the back-of-camera pics looked amazing, can't wait to see them for real!

Would highly recommend and would definitely shoot with again!

Pippa.

Was so good to work with Damien again after so long! Damien bought along some seriously cool space age outfits and had a clear shoot plan of what he wanted to achieve - which as a model is super helpful!

We achieved such a cool range of images with Damien setting up different lighting set ups each time, and I'm super impressed with the images!

Thank you for a great shoot :)

Hannah Ashton

An absolute pleasure to work with Damien for the first time at Fareham studio. He clearly has a wealth of experience, and it shows in his approach to the shoot as well as in the quality of the resulting images. He's fun, creative, and all-round very enjoyable to work with. I can confidently recommend him and hope we will be able to work together again :) thank you, Damien!

Ballerina Erica Mulkern

Damien attended an event at Crossroads Studio organised by Marie Jean Creates and it was our first time shooting together. He was very kind and had a great sense of humour which meant that our time together flew by! He is creative and easy going which meant that the shoot flowed nicely. I would highly recommend working with him and looking forward to working with him again in April. Can't wait to see the images! :)

Ayla

Another amazing shoot with Damo at Neon Dreams studio on the back end of my tour to Salisbury.

Ive worked with Damien so many time and I consider him a good friend. Me and Damien seem to just get each other and we always have amazing shoots.

Mostly because Damien puts a fantastic effort into planning the shoot and also providing whatever wardrobe is needed to make it really stand out.

This time was no different and since Neon Dreams offers such cool lights and sets, Damien had planned a futuristic fashion theme and has such AMAZING outfits with him. Really high end and fitted perfectly. The results were absolutely fantastic. Damien is such a highly skilled photographer and I think he doesn't give himself enough credit for how talented he is.

Highly recommended :)

Suki Star

Had the pleasure of meeting Damien at a group shoot this week at fareham studio. If you're looking for a great photographer to work with, I certainly recommend him.

He's creative, made me laugh, has a bunch of cool lenses and his shots are interesting and unique.

Thanks for a great shoot, Damien!

Everly Rose

Wow so sorry for the late reference I honestly thought I had left one!

I had a amazing day with Damien In Mid Wales last month.

Damien was originally attending a duo day but at the last minute my fellow model was poorly but he still agreed to come and re negotiated rates and ideas.

Damien managed to find my air BNB despite me booking something literally in the middle of nowhere.

He was easy to get on with albeit a little scared of my country driving skills haha

We initially set out to find a waterfall which proved unsuccessful so we continued in our quest and eventually found the most beautiful forest walk emerging onto a stunning lake with moss covered sloping hills on one side and dead trees to the other it really had everything and was better than we could of imagined.

The weather played ball and although I call myself the Billy Goat Damien wasn't far behind scaling the hillsides using tree stumps and whatever else we could find to shoot on the perfect ridge.

A proper go getter Damien drove over 7 hours round trip, hiked with me and put up with my chatter and we produced some beautiful work.

I can't wait to see the rest of the edits when they are done.

A great guy, funny and a fantastic photographer and editor with a great attitude.

Highly reccomeded and would love to work together again.