References for Ella Slingsby - Pro Ballet Dancer & Model

Sheff

I had a wonderful first shoot with the fantastic Ella this week.

Ella is graceful, poised, athletic and creative. Her comms are second to none.

Ella arrived with loads of outfits and we spent 3 hours creating some wonderful images together. Tireless and enthusiastic, Ella then went on to do a 2 hour group shoot with us.

As soon as her busy schedule allows, Ella will be back with us.

Highly recommended!

Madeleine2

So enjoyed the shoot with Ella and David. Time flew by and it was a pleasure to watch them both work together to bring their best too the shoot. Looking forward to having them both back when I have resolved headroom space so i can include some jumps.

IanC1

Second shoot with Ella. Once again a delight to work with , she was fully engaged throughout the session and providedhelpful feedback on my attempts . Thank you !

Howard Perry Photography

Another superb, fun, productive shoot with the highly talented Ella. This time we shot a video portrait using Ella’s ballet style and performance. Huge thanks for being such a star Ella. Have a great tour and hope we can shoot again very soon. Highly recommend Ella for her talent and extremely professional commitment to producing the best images possible. Huge thanks! 💯🌟

Inspire Studios Ltd

It was Ella's first time at the studio and she was working with her partner David Wall on a couple of studio days. It was a fantastic couple of days in the studio with these outstanding ballet dancers. David and Ella were a delight to work with, and their talent and dedication were truly remarkable, they brought so much energy and grace to the studio. I had a wonderful time watching them perform and working with the photographers so well. Overall, it was an amazing two days filled with talent, creativity and great company. Look forward to seeing them back again soon hopefully.

Val B

I was fortunate to have a shoot with Ella and her partner David during their studio days at Inspire Studios. Through circumstances beyond my control it meant a remote shoot which I've not done before. However it went extremely well - Ella is the consumate professional and so easy to work with. Communication wasn't as easy as being there in person but she was patient and keen to make sure I got the best images and worked very hard to do so. I will very happily work with her again and look forward to doing so. Very highly recommended

Val B

I was fortunate to have a shoot with Ella and her partner David during their studio days at Inspire Studios. Through circumstances beyond my control it meant a remote shoot which I've not done before. However it went extremely well - Ella is the consumate professional and so easy to work with. Communication wasn't as easy as being there in person but she was patient and keen to make sure I got the best images and worked very hard to do so. I will very happily work with her again and look forward to doing so. Very highly recommended

In Photography

I had a fabulous shoot with David & Ella today. What a fabulous couple. Very professional and excellent dancers, with a great eye on what makes a great picture.

A 5 Star experience. Catch up with then soon.

Wavepower

This was my second shoot with Ella together with her partner David Wall on a studio day at Inspire Studios. I was lucky to get the last available slot during their two day visit.

Ella and David are a skilled and hard working ballet partnership. They put their all into the shoot, and are an absolute delight to work with. They work brilliantly together on how to approach each new pose, and seem to relish the highly collaborative way we work together. They are also very pleasant company.

Because time was short, we worked from some dance inspiration images that I brought, most of them requiring them to develop new poses and moves. I let them choose which we would work on and, as previously, they completely rose to the occasion; enthusiastically working out how to best approach the idea, adapt it, problem solve and make each idea our own. They are as keen as I am to refine each pose to bet the best we can out of an idea and between them have a good eye on what works and what can be improved.

I have absolutely no hestitation recommending both Ella and David, together or individually.

Thank you both for a thoroughly enjoyable, fun and creative shoot. Looking forward to finding another opportunity to work together sometime.

TerryGeePhoto

I had my very first shoot with Ella and David today at Inspire. What a lovely young couple. They were very patient with me whilst getting the lighting just right and were extremely enthusiatic to work with me on some of my crazy ideas. :-)

Ella is a beautiful young woman and a fabulous dancer. She was unable to undertake jumps today to avoid risking injury which would affect her work with a professional ballet company. Nevertheless she created some stunning poses in conjunction with her partner David. We managed to squeeze in two costume sets - Cinderella and Romeo & Juliet with the fantastic costumes that they had thoughtfully brought with them.

I also managed to shoot some individual images of Ella adopting more casual floor work.

Ella has a lovely personality and it was clear that she really wanted to get the very best out of our shoot both to help me and to build her own portfolio.

Definitely enjoyed our shoot and would be happy to work with her again. Recommended 100%.

Thank you for a lovely shoot.

Terry

derwoodphotography

Had my first shoot with Ella and David yesterday. This was something I'd hoped to do for ages and I wasn't disappointed! Our pre-shoot comms were excellent and they brought a stunning range of professional dance costumes to shoot in. Both were delightful and posed extremely well and as a couple there was tremendous synergy and creative energy. I have some great images from our shoot :-) Thanks - I hope we'll meet again soon

PhilP

I booked a 2-hour slot at inspire studio Salisbury with both Ella and her partner David. They were both a delight to work with and exceptional dancers. They really took my ideas and went all out to achieve the look I was going for. They were extremely good at both at taking direction and free balling ideas. Ella was pushing herself so hard to achieve the required poses even though on the day she was carrying a minor injury.

I cannot recommend Ella highly enough and if you can book her with David, you are in for a real treat.

Phil

Vintage Photography

Had a very enjoyable, productive and creative shoot with Ella and David at Inspire Studios, and how I wish it had been longer. They are both amazing dancers and work so well together, offering very creative poses and a desire to get the shot perfect. They are both very friendly and easy to get on with, moving easily from one pose to another, and ready to try my ideas too. Their costumes were perfect for the event, and they brought what I had asked for in a pre-shoot discussion. I would love to work with them again.

Chris T Photography

Wonderful shoot with Ella today at West Surrey Studios, she's a fabulous professional ballet dancer and fashion model. She was so effortless in her ballet and fashion posing and really open for some creative sots too. Thanks so much Ella it was a pleasure to meet and shoot with you! All the best Chris. Highly recommended!

Malcolm Clark

An excellent street shoot in London with Ella.

Ella arrived prepared with amazing wardrobe and makeup, her posing and styling is first class and her approach very professional.

Ella has a beautiful personality and is extremely talented and a joy to work with.

I recommend Ella for any project you may have and I certainly look forward to working again with her soon.

Howard Perry Photography

An epic shoot with Ella at Burford Manor today. Ella was totally brilliant, bringing her dancers grace to her posing and limitless enthusiasm for creating unique images that I will be proud to add to my portfolio. Ella’s pre shoot communications were perfect and she immediately synched with my mood board. A total delight to shoot with I cannot recommend Ella highly enough. Can’t wait for our next shoot!

Huge thanks Ella! 💯🌟

IanC1

Ella was very organised, and a pleasure to shoot her in London Green Park . Hopefully my pictures will do her beauty justice .

Roy M

Just had a great shoot with Ella. It was arranged just a few hours before we got together so very little preparation and although we had some issues with the weather all went really well.

Ella is absolutely brilliant; easy to work with, very professional, gives her all to get the best results - what more can you ask for.

I know she is very busy, but I hope to work with her again in the future. Highly recommended.

ColourBlind

:) What an amazing time I had shooting Ella and her partner David!

Communications beforehand were absolutely spot on so that we all knew what to expect from each other.

Ella and david produced some stunning poses and their attention to detail, in their efforts to get each pose just right, was quite incredible.

Both models were really easy to work with and genuinely lovely people, as well as being enthusiastic, conscientuious, creative and just full of energy!

I'd really love to shoot again sometime.

100% recommended! :)

someoldtog

I had a great afternoon's shoot with Ella and David. I turned up with various half-baked ideas of dance images I wanted to create and the pair contributed their expertise to make sure we ended up with pictures I loved. They put in an awful lot of work over four hours to achieve this and were keen to make sure the results were the best we could get.

The big advantage of working with dancers with this level of expertise is that (a) they're usually one step ahead of me when it comes to suggesting improvements or spotting I was late pressing the shutter, and (b) they have the ability to repeat the shot with just the minor tweaks we've agreed on. This makes for a really productive shoot.

Ella and David were really easy to work with: I hadn't met either of them before but after ten minutes it was as if we'd been working together for years. I'm looking forward to the chance to work with them again.