References for Aperture photography

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

Cheyenne Peach

I had my first shoot with Darryl Wednesday at a home studio in Ebbw Vale. We shot for around 2 hours and he was lovely enough to pick me up and drop me back home. At the end of the shoot, he provided me with a memory stick with the images from the shoot on which was nice as it meant I didn't have to wait to see them.

The shoot flowed well, we had some great chats and got some great images.

Highly Recommend!

Amie Boulton

Another shoot with the very lovely Darryl. This time with make up artist Beautywithin and the very lovely Alex McCue. We all met at studio 58 and Darryl had a clear idea of what he wanted from each model before arrival so we were fully prepared on the day. Darryl is a real joy to model for! He’s respectful, chatty and fun to be around. We all had a great shoot and I hope to work with him plenty more in the future

Thank you Darryl for a wonderful shoot 😊

Irida

What a fantastic first shoot I had with Daryll from Full Moon Studios yesterday !

Daryll very kindly picked me up from Newport station and then we head to the studio !

Very easy to work with photographer, fun, professional and captures beautiful and well framed photographs !

Really enjoyed working together with this very talented photographer and of course comes very highly recommended !

Thank you very much for a great shoot

Irida

Miss mae_

Had a fantastic 2nd shoot with the awesome Daryll whilst on my trip to bristol he was professional and very talented at what he does.

I always enjoy working together and hope to shoot together again soon. Highly recommended

Regards

Tann x

Curiosity Photography Studio & Prop Hire

Thank you Darryl for your custom, a pleasure to see

you, hope to see you again soon.

100% recommended

Ashleigh Rae

Second shoot with the awesome Darryl - we got some crackers :-)

Friendly, easy to work with and always a fun shoot

Highly recommended by me and really looking forward to next time.

Sapphire_Rose

I really enjoyed my photo shoot and he is very professional. Highly recommend for some fantastic photos !

RebeccaStacey

Second shoot with Darryl and it was fab.

Darryl came along to my studio day with plenty of outfits in tow for us to shoot, Darryl remained professional and chilled throughout.

Would recommend you shooting with him if you haven’t already!

Miss Rosie Lea

I worked with Darryl for the first time at the weekend when he booked a four hour shoot with me at Far Forest Studio.

We shot a Stevie Nicks inspired look, as well as some 1920’s flapper outfits so it was a varied and interesting shoot! Darryl is very easy to talk to and our shoot time just flew by. He clearly has a huge passion for photography and his images reflect that, those I’ve seen so far are beautiful.

I’d recommend Darryl to other models and will be shooting with him again very soon. Thanks for such a lovely shoot Darryl :)

Kitty Quinzell

Glad I finally got to shoot with this lovely man.

Darryl booked me for a 2 hour slots at my studio day in Curiosity studio.

Friendly, enthusiastic and a gentleman.

Some nice shots on the back of the camera too!