References for Daria’s Dreamland

Ilkka Jukarainen

I shooted Daria at Ilvyphotoartsevent in Madeira and shooted with her several times. She made maniy different poses, also difficult ones. She has also a sensitive side and that she showed beautifully in photos. She a positive person and it is easy to work with her. She work also well in team with other models and they created great photos together. I would be happy to shoot her again and I recommend her to all the photographers.

Gyokko

Had a last min before she left shoot with Daria and she was so much fun. We had some coffee had a small chat and she kindly entertained my ideas and even showed me how to use a medium format film camera that I was a bit scared to break... nothing broke, we had lots of laughs and her ability to model is so smooth that we went through a lot fast. She is amazing and I could have comfortably shot her for an entire month without running out of ideas. I recommend her a lot. like.. a lot.

Tadaaaz

Daria and I had tried many many times to organise a shooting together, but our schedule never matched... until yesterday 😁

Saying Daria is a lovely person is an understatement! Atmosphere was amazing during the whole shoot.

She is fluent in posing and remarkably catches the light.

She looks stunning (but you would have already guessed from her portfolio), she was a great help with suggesting poses and angles and colour matching makeup. Especially as our shooting was timed, and I wish I had booked a longer slot.

Thanks to her I feel I have improved my flash skills and I now have lots of great pictures to chose from.

Merci Daria et bonne fin de tournée au UK et en Europe.

OriginalSin

It’s June again and my third (annual) shoot with the lovely Daria. We spent a whole day shooting at my home studio and a little time outside, where the great British summer was a bit dull, grey and cold. Daria helped me experiment with some new Rotolights, which I only got a few days before. There’s not much I can add to my previous references, Daria is beautiful and a photographer’s dream. Picture perfect poses, professional and friendly. I could have spent another couple of days shooting with her to complete all the ideas I had but I’ve got hundreds and hundreds of really great images anyway, more than enough to keep me going until 2025 and Daria comes back for another tour. Highly recommended.

spshoot

I had a wonderful shoot with Daria in June. We covered some experimental set ups and some more classic art nude ones too. Daria has beautiful long hair, a great physique and is able to pose in a wide range of ways. She is obvs a pro and good company during the shoot too. Highly recommended!

Tricks of Six

It has almost been 365 moons since I last shot with Daria, and so this time around I opted to make mucho more use of her being... -punches some numbers into a calculator- 3,524 miles closer, by doing a longer shoot so we had time for more varied looks and styles.

Daria arranged to arrive earlier than our shoot just so we would be ready to go on the shoot days themselves, and being an international model in the midst of a tour, she arrived well prepared with a case that would crush a building if it fell from height.

For day one, we did some boudoir sets, followed by, as Daria called it repeatedly, "an adventure" to one of this island's nude beaches. The adventure being it's down a steep winding path through a fair bit of nature. Once we got down there though, we had the beach to ourselves, and so were able to utilise a variety of different spots for different looks.

Day two, we started with some fashion sets at a nearby location, a brief diversion to look at some pigs and acquire some highly sought after face cream. Followed by some sets with lighting set ups to round the variety of sets off.

All in all, what you get with Daria is a highly adaptable model, who will brave all kinds of nature to get to a location, that knows how to use light very well and always aims to get you the shots you're after. And if you're hosting Daria, you also get a very tidy guest who is a delight to talk with.

10/10 as ever, would always recommend!

Yannick Desmet

Working with Daria was a dream coming true. Not only she is a stunning model (obviously).. She is also a fantastic person. I was so happy I was able to know her a little better. She's a big fan of photography herself. She makes beautiful images with her analog camera.

I also have to add that she was so nice in her posing that I learned a lot from her. Such as new poses, how to sit, lay down, lay over my well used couch. Thanks a lot for that!

Of course I can highly recommend her! She's unique, friendly, beautiful,..

And much more!

Hope to see you again Daria, always welcome ♥

Gwenny

I've been following Daria's amazing modelling work for over a year; the other week I was finally able to shoot with her in person during her EU 2024 tour!

A wonderful experience from start to finish; pre-communications are excellent and inspire confidence. Daria shows up on the shoot ready with an assortment of an amazingly well put together wardrobe. She's a very pleasant person to work with and has a very down-to-earth atmosphere around her.

Her posing is inspiring, being into photography herself it`s amazing to hear her feedback and suggestions during the shoot; one of my favorite series of shots from our shoot was from her suggestion that involved some curtains :) Don't be afraid to ask her for any feedback or input during the shoot; it`ll no doubt be invaluable!

The only downside? Daria's based in Toronto :( Which is why if you do see a casting of her for a European destination; take it from me? You'll want to ensure you book yourself a piece of her time to create some wonderful work!

Justin Manders

There's a lot of good things to say about Daria. I booked her for a shoot for boudoir.nl. Beforehand, she communicated well and arrived on time. During the shoot, she can pose effortlessly on her own but also follows instructions well. She's always very friendly and is great at doing her own makeup. A hard worker, and if you get the chance to book her, I can only recommend it.

Tricks of Six

I'd followed Daria on Instagram for a bit, so when she joined PP it was a pleasant surprise, more so when she announced she was doing a UK tour which would bring her to my neck of the woods.

I put together a simple moodboard to work from and Daria arrived on time with an amount of stuff you'd expect an international model to be travelling with. Suffice to say, she was well prepared!

I ended up with so many excellent shots that I honestly don't know where to begin editing them. She absolutely rocks natural light, she just brings an elegance to it where you can't fail to take fantastic shots you'll be happy with.

Add to that she has a great personality, is very friendly, and taught me a bunch of facts about Canada!

If you ever have the opportunity to work with her, you simply must!

David Yendall Portraits

I have just had the most wonderful few days shooting with the beautiful, highly talented and so friendly Daria. I was very fortunate that Daria stayed at my Isle of Wight house whilst on this part of her tour from Canada, which gave us a chance to just relax together as well as make the most of our actual photoshoots. Daria was absolutely amazing during the shoots. She has a fantastic range of poses to offer and simply looks stunning in every image. She is so professional in every way and as well as bringing with her an enormous wealth of experience is always ready to listen to ideas and to help incorporate them into the shoot. Daria is very happy to offer suggestions and advice to help get the best pssible outcome. She brought along a great collection of her own clothes but was always very willing to try items in my own collection too. Daria puts her all into the shoots and works so hard (although it appears effortlessly) to get that great shot. She always wants to ensure that the photographer is happy. Daria has given me a fantastic range of top class images which I am so delighted with - she's also shown empathy, understanding and great friendship in our time together. I'm so looking forward to meeting up again next time Daria visits the UK! Extremely highly recommended!!

OriginalSin

I was gifted, yet again, with being able to book a shoot with the lovely Daria, who was on a tour of England and France this month. Great communications as usual, Daria brought along a big suitcase of items for her tour. Daria is beautiful and comes with many skills; she’s a MUA, falls into amazing natural poses and she also makes her own clothing too. We did some lovely outdoor summer fashion shots on one of the hottest days we’ve had this year and finished off doing some shots at my home studio. We mixed and matched some garments and accessories and experimented on various looks. Daria is so easy to work with and I am very happy with the frames we got. Anyone who works with Daria is in for a wonderful photographic experience and I’d recommend her wholeheartedly to book and shoot with.

EllisImages

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Daria 7 or 8 times. Daria is one of my favourite models to shoot with. She has a very strong ability to convincingly portray a range of emotions with her expression and body positioning. Her ability as a great collaborator has been key in a few of our images winning awards and being published. She makes my ideas better than I had imagined them.

Recommended without reservation. If you have a chance to work with Daria just do it . In addition to her modelling ability she has a great, easy going personality and is fun to work with.

OriginalSin

This is a reference for Daria before she joined PP. I was following Daria on IG for a long time and despite her residing in Canada, I always hoped for a chance to do a shoot with her. Lucky for me I managed to get a 1/2 day shoot booked with her on her last day of her European tour in May last year. Great communications and swapping of ideas for the shoot were completed before the shoot. Daria is punctual and we attended Bigshot Studio to do the shoot. The shoot went extremely well, considering it was the first one I had done in over a year. Daria is a consummate professional model, who poses elegantly, with ease and contributed lots of creative input to the shoot. She’s a most beautiful amazing model with long red hair. Needless to say some of our images hit the FPI list. Daria has now joined PP and I would highly recommend her to all the creatives on PP. Back on tour this year, I am looking forward to working with her again!