References for Aperture photography

Belle Noire aka Black Beauty

Well it's been that long since we shot I nearly forgot what you look like haha.

Love the recent images with the gold!! Well Done!!

Such a gentle, chatty, friendly, funny chap and it's always a joy to work with you.

Hope to see you soon :D xX

Eva Mengling

It was my first time work with Darryl. It is very easy and fun. He is caring, good at directing and open to creative ideas. Would love to work with him again!

SarahB1

I had my very first shoot with Darryl and it went so good . He made me feel so comfortable and was really chatty throughout. Thank you so much. And I love the photos.

Gabrielle Dunn

My first day shooting with darryl today! He was lovely! Met darryl before the shoot to chat about my levels and comforts.

When i arrived at the shoot he was still his happy bubbly self made me feel so at ease and settled into shooting really well.

I absolutely love all my photos darryl was professional right the way through which is great and what I expect from a photographer.

Had some amazing shots would highly recommend

I cant wait to shoot with Darryl again

VictoriaSummers

Another amazing shoot with Darryl as always!

Relaxed and full of laughs

Darryl is a great friend and I look forward to working with him again soon

Thank you :)

Highly Recommended

GeorgieUK

I had a shoot with Darryl today he made me feel so comfortable and relaxed always makes you feel special when he shoots you would highly recommend him can’t wait to work with him again

Bexscs

Daryl was good fun to shoot with, had clear ideas of what he wanted, but was up for my ideas too!

Got some great shots!

Will shoot with him again 😊

tanya modele

1600905600Cancelled with less than 72 hours notice.

VictoriaSummers

Me and Darryl have been wanting to work together at Far Forest for ages and finally we did it! The shots look amazing, I especially love the images we did outside.

Every time we work together the shots get better and better

We work so well together

Really hope we can shoot again soon!

Thank you for another fab shoot! :-)

Highly Recommended

Violet Rose

Finally got to shoot with Darryl on my studio day.

He was very professional and friendly and felt very at ease working with him.

We captured some amazing images and I hope to work with again.

Would definitely recommend.

Hayley Dee90

Had a brill shoot with Darryl, lovely guy! Communication was great. Can’t wait to see the end results 😊

SamJaz

was a pleasure to work with! picked me up from the station and had great precomms!

Full Moon Studio

Very happy to have hosted another shoot with Darryl, who has become a real regular here.

Always easy to work with, Darryl is respectful with his models and is producing great results.

Evie Robertzon

Great day with Aperture photography. Super chilled out friendly guy who some great ideas and he was super respectful of my boundaries. He shot me with my friend Sammie, and the difference between us is quite big so I was very impressed he managed to shoot us together so effortlessly. Really can’t wait to see the images!

Keira Lavelle

Y’know what! It might not be hugely regular that we get chance to shoot (my fault for get getting my backside down to stunning Wales that often!) but when we do: oh we have a cracking time! :D

Darryl and I have worked together several times over the years now, and each time we have always managed to shoot a style that’s a little different, or use a different cool venue or location... This time we actually had the best of all worlds because we planned to shoot at the awesome place that is Far Forest studio and grounds - as recommended by Darryl. It was my first time working here, but I’d heard literally nothing but good things about the place; so I was VERY much looking forward to it. :D On top of the inspired alternate location we had; we also chatted away in pre-communications about some specific themes to shoot as well. So we really did have it all laid out and ready for good things to happen... Darryl is brilliant with organising too and communicated with the studio/acquired specific outfits for our themes and just did his usual class prep to ensure that we could have the best time working as possible.

So on the day: we had lovely weather - honesty we were blessed with the sunshine! :D It goes without saying that we headed straight to the private outdoor grounds of the studio and literally scraped the barrel of epic ideas and spots to shoot. Darryl is a very visual photographer, so he knows exactly what he wants to achieve and can spot the photo opportunities as quick as a flash... But he also bounced off me running around like an excited child like “oooh look at this and this!” With the sheer happiness of seeing endless scope for picture making. :P Legit: we could’ve shot for two days straight and still come up with new ideas - it’s really great getting into the creative flow with Darryl because he does nail each moment no matter what the light challenges may be, or limitations with framing to do justice to the location and model at the same time. He just gets in the zone and smashes it! As we went indoors for a brew break and to prepare for our indoorsy stuff: a quick peek through the images in-camera and OMG they were good!

So the creativity then continued in the studio with a fabulous 1920’s theme that Darryl wanted to shoot. I love working through the eras and getting the chance to style a specific look so this was right up my street... I’d brought a few bits and pieces which suited the concept - but nowhere near as accurate and fitting as the awesome selection that Darryl provided! He certainly doesn’t go “glass half full” on his shoots and thinks carefully about how he can pull the best out of a specific conceptual pursuit. Again - sublime results!!!

Now we had ever so much catching up to do (which is pretty standard for us haha!) so as you can imagine: there was a heck of a lot of chit-chat from start to finish. But take it from me: whether it’s your first shoot with Darryl or not... He’s a really friendly and sociable person who loves to generate a good rapport. I still remember us hitting it off on that first ever shoot - and the rest is history as they say! :) Darryl is exceedingly professional and decent in his approach. He strives to always make the model feel at ease and happy in shoots which is reassuring and just sets the tone for a very enjoyable day all round with positive and productive atmosphere. He’s got a heart of gold: really.

So yessss, I’m spamming Darryl with yet ANOTHER whopping recommendation. Thank you so much for a lovely day fella - promise we won’t leave it as long til next time. :P

Keira

Chloemo

I was very wary with Male photographers due to my history with males in the past, and when Daryl asked me to shoot with him I took him up on a shoot as long as I was able to bring my mum with me. Daryl didn't have a problem with that. Upon our first shooting Daryl gave me some brilliant advice, was easy going and brilliant to work with. I instantly felt at ease/ comfortable working with him. After our first shoot I recieved incredible photos off daryl and couldn't wait to work with him again to achieve many more photos to add to my portfolio. Since then I have worked with Daryl several times, he's created beautiful images for me and captured beautiful images of my pregnancy which I will keep as memories forever. After my pregnancy we had arranged to shoot again but due to the current situation with the coronovirus we have yet to go ahead and plan another shoot. I honestly would recommend darryl to anyone that asked me. He is brilliant

Cariad Celis

I recently had my first shoot with Darryl at Far forest studio, Darryl was kind, professional and great to work with. Darryl brought along some lovely pieces he wanted to shoot and afterwards we combined ideas and shot some one light studio images. Our time flew by, Darryl is great company, I look forward to working with him again.

Thank you for booking on and a recommended from me :)

Samantha sas Modelling

Shot with Daryl today at a last minute shoot and I’m so happy his model cancelled we got some intriguing awesome shots they are friggin so good and also has made my creativity bug back can’t wait for edit to show everyone.

Highly recommended especially for the light addict models

Miss Rosie Lea

I had another lovely shoot with Darryl last week, this time as a duo with Alexandra Warrilow.

Darryl, as always, was great company and so easy to work with. He communicates what he wants in a kind and easy to understand manner and regularly shows you back of camera shots which is always super helpful.

The day was relaxed, comfortable and (from what I saw on camera) really productive. Many of the images are stunning!

Thanks for another wonderful shoot Darryl and I hope to work with you again soon! Rosie :)

Ashleigh Taylor

Well it's been nearly 2 years since I've shot with Darryl... what a delight it was to see him again at my studio day!

The images compared to 2 years ago are so different and are really really good! I got to wear his lovely corset selection then w eplaued about with light and gel light at the end to add a bit of mood. I'm overall happy with the outcome

Love to work with you again Da hopefully it wont be another year lol

Ash x