References for Ella Slingsby - Pro Ballet Dancer & Model

richkemp

This was my third shoot with the lovely Ella, and, as before, everything went like clockwork. One of the great advantages of working with a professional dancer is that they always work hard, nail poses with the greatest of ease, and invariably with a smile and perfect attitude.

Ella exemplifies all of the qualities I associate with a true professional and every shoot has been an absolute pleasure. I cannot recommend Ella highly enough ( she is even making me question a decision I'd made to stop shooting ! ) so, if you have the opportunity to work with her, seize it - she makes photographers look good !!

Rich K.

fineart

Ella is an easy lady to work with, knows how to pose and dance so works with you to get the best out of each shot, good communication before and during the shoot. a pleasure to work with and highly recommended

Brighteyed

Superb shoot with Ella and David. Themed around my Morgan and the beautiful Cockington country location.

As expected Ella was eager to bring 100% creativity into the shoot and smiled with enthusiasm all the way.

Both Ella & David work tirelessly and effortlessly together and are a joy to work alongside. Total professional in every aspect.

Another shoot with this amazing duo already in our diary's.

100% recommended.

Andy McG

Another great shoot with David and Ella, this time outside on the coast at Teignmouth.

I shared the shoot with three others from my camera club.

David and Ella worked hard and created some amazing poses both as dances and as fashion models. So nice having a real couple to shoot as totally at ease.

Ella is also a superb model in her own right and its hard to take a bad photo. Follows directions and being a dancer 'holds herself' perfectly, always having great hands!

They put up with the odd requests from the others in the party and worked solidly for the three hours.

We are all very pleased with the shoot and I have some lovely images from the evening.

100% professional at all times and very willing to work hard to achieve the results we wanted.

Thank you to you both.

Maddy K

I had the opportunity to work with Ella for the first time, and it was an absolute joy. She gives her 100% and we were able to create exceptional images.

Working with a professional dancer like Ella is always an extreme pleasure. Her expertise and dedication shine and Ella's communication before the shoot was excellent, ensuring a smooth and productive collaboration.

I highly recommend working with Ella and sincerely look forward to the possibility of future collaborations.

Stevebri

Today I worked with Ella for the first time and I can honestly say it was a complete joy..! Pre-comms were great, really professional and prompt, which made shoot prep pretty easy. When she arrived she lit up the room, with her smile, her eyes and her energy, directing Ella was easy, she listened, she contributed, she adjusted and she combined dance with fashion effortlessly... that's not an easy task so bravo Ella....!!! I wanted her to bring her energy to some simple clothes and fabrics and she nailed it, I thoroughly recommend Ella, she is a great person to work with, the time flew by today. Thx Ella.

Richard Spurdens

Had the pleasure to work with Ella for the first time, she is a delight to work with. Gives 100% effort to her poses resulting in some great images.

Always a pleasure to work with a professional dancer.

Good preshoot communication too.

Highly recommended and I hope we can work together again soon.

Richard @RBPhotographic

Had a great shoot today with Ella. After sending over a mood board, she texted me photos of dresses she thought might work, and all was quickly arranged.

Ella works hard, is helpful and poses naturally and without prompt.

I can recommend her without hesitation.

cdr85

Fantastic shoot with Ella today, very pleasant and professional model to work with.

Highly recommended

Green Vision Photography

I had my first shoot with Ella. Pre communications were fantastic and felt at ease once we met.

Ella is easy going and extremely talented and professional

I would highly recommend Ella to any level of a photographer.

Thank you and hopefully work together again soon

Jon

David Bannister - (CPAGB)

Had my first shoot today with Ella at the Lincoln photography studio

Excellent day with plenty of automatic posing by Ella and responding to suggestions for posing and putting her stamp on them

I highly recommend working with Ella as a Ballet Dance model and look forward to shooting with her again.

She has that natural talent for posing to the camera and is blessed with an incredibly beautiful look

Ella is an atop-class Ballet model and person – along with her Mum and Dad who I met for the first time after the shoot

Viv2

This was my first shoot with Ella, and her partner David, and it went very well. Ella was very happy to take my direction, and she also suggested poses using her experience of ballet. The interaction between her and David also made for some excellent images and I am looking forward to looking at them. Do have fun in America and I hope to be able to work with both of you again. Recommended? Definitely.

richkemp

A second shoot with the lovely Ella and every bit as successful as the first ! Ella adapted to each change with a professionalism that marks her out as a first class dancer/model. Her timekeeping is exemplary, her sense of humour makes her a delight to work with, and her dance skill and knowledge means she is capable of fulfilling any dance pose requested.

If you want to produce first class dance images then Ella is the person to contact; she epitomises everything that is good about a professional dancer.Very highly recommended !

fazzer

Shot with Ella yesterday stunning young lady with a great personality, had a few technical glitches from my side, Ella even throughout was fun friendly and 110% positive, 110% recommend this young lady she is awesome. Hopefully get to work with her again soon glitch free and concentrate on the star of the shoot Ella

richkemp

I had the very great pleasure of working with Ella today. She is everything I have come to expect of a professional dancer - punctual, hard working, tireless in finding the perfect pose. She is also intelligent with a lovely personality, and delightful sense of humour. Her ability as a dancer is exemplary, nailing shot after shot with a skill that makes the photographer's job easy.

Ella is the real deal and not just someone who puts on a pair of pointe shoes, then sheds clothes to find work. If you have ambitions to photograph dancers, then do yourself a favour - forget the clothes shedders and work with Ella, a professional in the true meaning of the word.

I have no hesitation in giving Ella the highest recommendation - she is an absolute star !

David Wall - Dancer

I may be biased but I'm very sure you won't find a better more talented ballerina to work with. With beautiful lines and years of experience I can guarantee you won't be disappointed. Ella always brings her A game to shoot and never disappoints. Without a doubt I would highly recommend you book her for a shoot.

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catchlight45

I am so happy for one reason …… Covid has stopped the well oiled machine that has professional dancers from performing on stage in the West End Royal Albert Hall and arenas around the world.

I know this is a selfish reason for Applauding Covid but today this reason came to fruition.

The dancers that were in the West End Royal Albert Hall another arenas have had to find other avenues of income and I had the amazing pleasure of experiencing two of the most incredible dancers at the top of their game today at a photo shoot at Rawpics Studios in Illminster.

I started to shoot models with ballerina shoes three years ago and was fortunate enough to be bought a ticket to go and see the nutcracker ballet in London, from this moment in time although models with ballet shoes do an amazing job for most photographers I had to inspire myself to create images with ballerinas.

I have longed for many years to work with ballerinas and I’ve had the joy recently of working with one incredible ballerina which I never ever thought I would be able to work with another, I saw there was an opportunity to work with David and Ella and I pounced on this, my thoughts were never wrong as today they delivered a faultless experience.

We both worked together showing each other our talents from capturing the images from myself to both of them changing the captured image to create perfection. If I put my camera down today and never picked it up again I know I am one of the luckiest photographers alive.

Thank you for the most amazing experience today from you both and if any photographer needs any recommendations please put them on my way you were both incredible, I would highly recommend you to any other photographer that wants to shoot dance ballet and thank you so much for a wonderful day.

MAB Photography Pembrokeshire

I had my first shoot with Ella on her Pas de Deux studio event, together with her partner David Wall, at Rawpics Studio.

Ella was an absolute joy to work with. She readily understood the style of images that I wanted to shoot and posed superbly. From the back of camera images, she immediately recognised any slight adjustments required to the pose to perfect the shot, the communication was excellent, and the desired image achieved in just a few takes. She has a great range and experience of dance poses to draw on and posed superbly.

Ella’s very pleasant and patient personality made the shoot fly by and I will certainly be looking to work with her and David again.

The posing that Ella did with David in the second part of the shoot was simply stunning. They work so amazingly well together. Thank you both.

Without hesitation I can highly recommend working with Ella.

Brighteyed

What a delightful and talented lady. Keen to give 100% to my ideas and lots of input of her own to make the images pop.

Working as a ballet duo with partner David they createdmoves and shapes for me to capture.

100% talent, 100% charming,100% professional 100% recommended.

Already working on ideas for shoot 2.

Thank you for a super session.

Andy McG

I had a wonderful shoot with Ella and her partner David at Rawpics studio.

I had a few ideas I'd shared with David and Ella was happy with these. Its great when you see an idea come to life and manage to then capture it. Ella made this possible.

We worked through a few poses as solo and duo. Each time she nailed it with incredible poise and without fuss, making it look easy. The addition of professional ballet outfits really made the shoot.

So very pleased with the results and hope to work with Ella again in the summer.