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Hell-N

Just had my 1st photo shoot with Darren today and I hope it wasn't our last. We discussed the ideas, agreed on the location he was familiar with as I was not sure where we could go and when the day came we managed to get many nice shots. We spent 5 hours shooting, it literally flew by. Although it was a cold day Darren looked after me, made sure I didn't get too cold between the shots. He is talented, professional and experienced in this field. I would recommended Darren to anyone who is looking for a quality shoot and nice time.

Sootspritebaby

I shot with Darren for the first time this morning, after a few weeks of planning, mood boards, and great pre-comms. Darren was on time and ready to start shooting, has a fabulous creative eye, and is very fun and chilled to work with. He gave directions where needed but was not at all overpowering or bossy - I thoroughly enjoyed working with Darren and would encourage other models to do the same! Can’t wait to see the photos. :)

Anapalacios

I had my first photoshooting with Darren and i hope we going to work together again! Darren pre communication was great! we shot in the nature area of surrey enjoying the wonderful sounds of the nature in a early morning. Darren was very friendly and creative! 100% recomended!

thanks you !

Ana

Belle Eve

I worked with Darren for the first time last week at the lovely Cottage studios.

I fair enjoyed our shoot it was something a little different for me, going for more of a grungy feel.

Darren was a total gentleman, very respectful of me and my space. He has some fun ideas and the shoot just flew by! This shoot has been in the making for a while so I am pleased we finally had the chance to work together, I'd love to do so again in the future too!

I can only recommend.

Much love,

Eve

Tasha FireFxiry

Had a great first shoot with Darren at the weekend, the communication before the shoot was wonderful and we had a really clear idea on what we wanted to achieve. When I arrived Darren was so friendly and I immediately felt very comfortable. He was on time and prepared with knowing where he wanted to go and what direction we were headed. We shot with only natural light and he managed to get the lighting perfectly flattering on me.

The images from back of camera were amazing and I would highly recommend him. Definitely would work with Darren again.

Storm Kitty

Lovely first shoot with Darren today! We did some quick fashion around town and made use of the graffiti! Very happy with back of camera shots and he's really great with natural light, and knew exactly where to put me! Comes recommended :)

Louise hurd

Absolutely loved working with Darren!

He picked me up and showed up on time and he was very kind and approachable.

He had lots of good ideas especially on the locations. The location he chose was perfect for the style I was doing for a gritty rock chick sort of look :) very good at directing and creating different angles with his camera to create a completely different picture. I absolutely loved the photos I couldn't be happier! We chatted loads and I can't wait for our next shoot! :) I would definitely recommend Darren :)

Christina R

Absolutely loved shooting with Darren. He was on time and immediately approachable. He made me feel both comfortable and confident throughout. His ideas were exactly what I was looking for for my port and they turned out even better than I could ever have expected.

Really relaxed shoot. Hope to work with him again and would highly recommend!

Lovefromloula

Absolute pleasure to work with Darren for the second time. This time we wanted to create something more thought provoking, more gritty, more moody (bit different for me!) and I'm happy we achieved it. I travelled down to Worthing and he was very patient and understanding with my massive delay of travels. Next time I'll get up at 6am!

He's super easy and relaxed to work with, and nothing is too much trouble. He suggested a great location of Tide Mills in East Sussex, and was very kind in driving me to and from Tide Mills from the train station. He was honest when a particular part of my outfit didn't work for the shoot, which I really appreciate, to capture the best. Also thank you Darren for suggesting a shot where I looked like a dead creature coming out of the ground. Genius :-)

Lovefromloula

Worked with Darren today on promoting my local hair salon, Sunbury X. I'm preparing for a national modelling competition and I wanted to create a buzz about this local business, with the help of me as a model from Sunbury.

Pre comms were excellent, and Darren is very chatty, relaxed and relatable guy. It's tricky taking good shots in a salon where you need to respect all the clients and all sorts of other things going on at once. Darren did it all with a smile and was extremely patient, and helped to create a nice relaxed atmosphere. All the staff were so appreciative of his work, and I'd definitely recommend him for any project. Thank you so much ! 😁

ShannonPagee

Had my second shoot with Darren last week and once again it was great. I answered a casting call Darren put out, and I'm glad I did. Pre coms we're very good, great mood boards. Darren sent over moodboards with lots of ideas which helped my to plan out my outfits. Darren knew what he wanted and had a studio planned which makes things easier for me.

Darren didn't mind me running a few mins late due to the lovely southern rail services.

Darren is a great guy, easy to get along with, fun, professional and very talented.

Darren showed me photos from the back of camera to whole time so I knew what we was getting. From what I saw the photos are going to be amazing and I cannot wait to see/ get them on my portfolio!

Id 100% work with Darren again, and I 100% recommend him to anyone.

Thanks for a great shoot Darren

Little Peaches

I had the pleasure of working with Darren yesterday. The shoot was very professional and well organised. Darren knew exactly what he was looking for so he supplied me with mood boards for each look.

The shoot was fun, comfortable (always very important when shooting lingerie), and the shots I saw on the back of the camera looked fantastic!

Darren is a very friendly guy and a very talented photographer, his eye for lighting and composition is great!

I highly recommend working with him! I'd be thrilled to work with him again.

Avril Eveque

I had my very first shoot with Darren today, we have been planning to shoot for a while now and we managed to find the time!

First of all his commications before the shoot was brilliant, we both kept each other in the loop, he is very easy to work with, I got along with him also which is great, he arrived on time to pick me up from the train station with a big smile on his face :) and also as a photographer he is very professional towards the work that we did and created really good shots.

So in all I would 1000000000% recommend him completely and I really hope to work with him again soon.

April

HL-Studio Commercial Photography Services

Thank you so much Darren for your contribution to today's relaunch of Hangleton Lane Studio (southdowns) with model Elle Black. I look forward to seeing you at the studio regularly and hope you enjoyed the day. First class tog - highly recommended.

EleanorVincent

I recently did a shoot with Darren and he was such a pleasure to work with! :)

He was very organised with pre communication up till the day of the shoot, having had done lots of research with interesting ideas and mood boards .

Darren was friendly and easy to work with,he liked trying out new innovative ideas which I really liked.

I would very highly recommend working with Darren and would love to work with him again! :)

Thanks, Eleanor

Valhalla

The communication was wonderful before the shoot. He's a really lovely guy who came up with great ideas - had a really good shoot.

Love to work with him again

ShannonPagee

Today I had the pleasure of shooting with Darren! He answered a casting of mine for a couple hotel location shoot with myself and my boyfriend. He was very relaxed, easy going and fun to work with, pre communications we're great and full of detail. Darren is also incredibly interesting with all of his travel & life experiences. The shoot flew by & from what we saw in the camera there's some really amazing images. I would recommend Darren to any models (his awesome) .

Thanks alot Darren, I can't wait to see the images and hopefully work together again in the future 😊

Scarlet Jones said...

Worked with Darren down in Brighton with another model called Kane. Pre communications were great so we new what we wanted to shoot and could get on with it relatively quickly.What else can i say that hasnt been said already Darren is friendly and easy to relax when shooting with. Have a set of some fantastic images to show for our few hours.HIghley reccomended Jess x

Rogue

I had a shoot with Darren last week. It was easy to arrange a shoot with Darren, he had lots of ideas and he arrived on time. I felt comfortable with Darren and he's easy to get along with. We shot a few different things and I think we got some great images, I'm looking forward to seeing them. I would work with him again and hope to do so soon :)

Miss Mercury

I had a shoot with Darren today on the beach, the sun was really bright and shadows a bit tricky so not ideal conditions but Darren had it all under control! From what I saw briefly on the camera he caught some great images. He is really easy going to work with and really knows his stuff. I would definitely like to work with him again.