References for Ballerina Erica Mulkern

Camelot Photography

Another event organised by Erica which this time combined a shoot, some tips on how to get the best images from dancers and some post tips from Phil of The Boardroom.

As always everything about a shoot with Erica was exceptional from pre-shoot comms to the shoot and a quick response to a post comm.

I decided to shoot only on a Takumur vintage 28mm lens on a MFT body and although the images are a lot softer than with a modern lens, I like the feel they give.

I think this was shoot 6 or 7 with Erica and we have 3 more booked this year (so far) so it won’t come as a surprise that I will recommend working with this lovely dancer, model and woman.

Sam S

I attended the workshop Erica held at the Boardroom in Derby. Having never photographed a dancer before I was anxious about trying but Erica was extremely helpful in explaining how to to go about it and made everyone feel relaxed and able to achieve good results. I'd certainly recommend her and hope to work with her again in the future.

Precious Moments Photography

I attended Erica’s workshop at the boardroom in Derby , I’ve never had the experience to shoot a dancer nor ballet to be honest. I found this very informative from a model/dancer perspective. I’d never had known to think about things from their skill set.

Yes as a photographer I want the best of my images and my vision to come to life but after this workshop I’ll be working on my knowledge of the moves, names and will ask my dancers on their thoughts before the actual shoot.

Planning everything will be the most important part of any shoot so that on the day it should 😁 flow.

However working with Erica, amazing she knows her stuff and so very confident in each move. Erica is so kind and it is always lovely to work with someone who understands us as a photographer too.

You can tell that Erica has been doing this along time.

Thank you and I look forward to our next encounter in July 🥰

The Boardroom

Erica was my co-host at the 'Dance Photography Tuition and Editing Tips' event. Her knowledge of dance and her ability to offer valuable tips and guidance to the attendees were truly impressive. We all had a great time learning about different ballet moves, a bit of history, and plenty of useful modeling insights. Her passion for dance and her commitment to sharing her knowledge with the group were clear throughout the event. The group gave excellent feedback about the valuable insights they gained from her. I highly recommend Erica for dance-related events or workshops. Her professionalism and expertise are top-notch.

Thanks again Erica, was wonderful to work with you on this.

Shapeshifter Studios UK

Erica shot with Cheeky Monkey at our Studio for a range of themes/ ideas. She was very respectful of the place and left everything how she found it. We absolutey LOVE the images and we're honoured to have had her there!

We'd be happy to have Erica back anytime, thankyou for visiting us!

Cheeky Monkey1

I had the pleasure of working with Ballerina Erica Mulkern for the first time on a 1-2-1 at the Shapeshifter studio in Warrington. Pre shoot comms were perfect (organised, prompt, and informative). Erica arrived early giving us time to chill with a brew and plan out the session. She came very well prepared with a super selection of outfits that fitted her style and my requests from her online catalogue.

Erica is genuinely such a lovely chilled and easy going person with so much talent, creativeness, and passion about her craft. It was such a chilled and relaxed shoot as if we had worked together many times before. Throughout the shoot Erica was full of positive energy putting 110% effort into every shot, Erica not only poses effortlessly but she has an amazing eye for the fine details ensuring she brings any concept to life with an amazing Wow factor.

If you are lucky enough to work with this fantastic young lady, then you’re in for an amazing shoot. Totally recommended.

Thanks for your hard work, patience and for the assistance with prep. A great creative afternoon and Im looking forward to working with you again very soon at Tankspace :)

Maltese

I was very lucky to meet and work with Erica through an organised shoot with Events Days. Erica is not only an amazingly talented ballerina but also a truly lovely person to work with. Very easy going very collaborative and truly knows her profession extremely well making your job as a photographer so much easier.

I hope to have the opportunity of working with her once again before not too long.

Welshot Photographic Training & Events

This was our second shoot with Erica (the first was at the Chester Crowne Plaza in December 2023 and this time we had booked her to work at our studio in Llandudno for the whole weekend and we were blown away by Erica's professionalism and knowledge.

Erica worked hard to ensure that our 5 delegates got all the images that they wanted to build their portfolio - over two full days of photography. We loved it how she would explain to a photographer why a photo would work better if she/they did this (having a professional dancer makes all the difference) or did that...

Communication was spot on - styling, clothing and accessories were superb and Erica was always ready to go!

We've already got Erica booked for another 2 shoots (in Chester) and we cannot wait.

Simply a pleasure to work with. Thank You Erica

Team Welshot

Richard Spurdens

It was another great shoot with Erica.

We have worked together many times and we always create some cool images.

This time was no exception, simple outfits and great dance poses, thanks again Erica. Erica is great to work with and comes highly recommend by me.

Keep it Classy

this is my 4th time shooting with Erica an again another great shoot. this one was a group shoot with my local photography club an again all that shot with Erica loved her an aging have asked me to bring her back again.

I highly recommend Erica an look forward to another 1 to 1 shoot with her that we have arranged for next month

Mark Whitmore

The shoot with Erica at Silkwood studios was incredibly easy and relaxed, due mainly to Erica. She arrived with lots of outfits, was easy to talk to and she chipped in with shoot ideas too. The shots we got were amazing, right out of the camera, and her poses were so polished. looking forward to editing the images and getting them out there.

Working with Erica again in the near future is a no-brainer:)

Thanks Erica.

Welshot Photographic Training & Events

WOW - JUST WOW! What an amazing person Erica Mulkern is. Not only is she the ultimate professional when it comes to modelling and her commissions for an events organisation but she is knowledgeable about what a photographer needs/wants in reference to dance photography. Happy, willing, conscientious, patient and dedicated - these are just a few words we would use to describe Erica who modelled at her first Welshot event yesterday at the Chester Crowne Plaza. Erica arrived in plenty of time and was always ready to shoot. Well mannered and more than happy to help put some of our lesser experienced photographers at ease when she realised they were just starting out on their photographic journey. This was a "Getting To Know You" photo-shoot to introduce Team Welshot to Erica but we are already thanking our future selves for having booked Erica for further shoots. We would like to say a VERY BIG Thank you to Erica for going above and beyond and well and truly for getting into the team spirit.

Lee (Welshot Photographic Academy)

Sharon DT

My first shoot with Erica and it was a pleasure. Our pre-shoot planning went smoothly as she promptly responded to messages. Between us agreed to several wonderful outfits/looks. She was professional during the shoot - on time, engaged, posed without direction, as well as taking on direction if there were specific poses I was interested in. It was clear to see, she is an amazingly talented dancer and model. Overall, a lovely person too.

I look forward to working with her again in the future.

Viv2

I attended Erica's 'Clash of the Queens' event at Silkwood Studio and it was very well organised, as all of Erica's events are. She and Cat Mida Lee worked together extremely well and we had an opportunity to shoot them independently. It is always a pleasure to be able to photograph Erica as she always does everything she can to help photographers get good images. Erica is one of the models I am always happy to be able to work with and I can recommend her whole heartedly.

Camelot Photography

This shoot was a duo shoot arranged by Erica in which she was styled as Marie Antionette. Pre-shoots comms were as always first class and an intinery/schedule had been sent well in advance. The previous group finished on time and the group I was in was good to go on time. Erica had covered every angle and had a dresser and a lighting expert on hand to make sure all was good.

Although it was a single look shoot I managed to put a twist on and got some images which nobody else replicated. Happy as always to work with Erica as you know she is a consummate professional who delivers. Looking forward to working with her again in February and March next year.

freespirit

With sincere apologies to Erica for this delayed reference- I’ve had much catching up to do after caring for my father in Canada until he died following his cancer surgery, and the resultant PTSD I’ve been dealing with thereafter.

It was lovely to meet and work with Erica, after I’d been admiring her work for the past many years. I saw her beautiful dance images while I was stuck in Canada during the pandemic, and I felt that, although I was not able to do ballet shoots in England during that time myself, at least the work was going to somebody I recognised clearly has highly levels of training, talent, and dedication to the hard discipline and pure art of ballet (which is not always the case on this site).

It was a lovely surprise when Erica kindly recommended me for Tabitha Boydell group ballet shoots.

I am often hired for shoots whereby I am stuck naked in a bog somewhere in December, so it was a great treat to be indoors somewhere warm, and with beautiful architecture- and a rare opportunity to show that I am indeed capable of wearing clothes.

It was lovely to witness, in the Sylphides group montages Erica choreographed, both Erica’s impressive solo jetés, and her skilful pas de deux partnering with Daniel Longhurst, as well as the neverending stream of gorgeous Tabitha Boydell styling. It was interesting to work with Erica as part of a group also- she has a keen sense of humor as well as being multi-talented- she proved she can wink and also perform a grand plié to pick up her keys, as well as providing amusing behind-the-scenes observations. She has also been unfailingly sweet, generous, friendly and supportive to me.

My most favorite ballerinas always go beyond technique, and show heart- as well as grace and spirit. Erica has all these in abundance.

Highly Recommended, and I hope we will work together again. Thank You, Erica. X

derwoodphotography

It's always a joy to shoot with Erica. This time I travelled to Yorkshire for back to back shots at the Silkwood Studio (highly recommended). The first was with Erica alone; we worked our way through a number of styles and costumes and I have some fabulous images from the few hours we spent together. Erica was, as always, well prepared, hard working, endlessly creative and just a delight! The next day I joined a group shoot: The Clash of the Queens with both Erica and Cat Mida Lee. The costumes were exquisite we all had a lovely time. Huge thanks Erica xx

PGD Modelling and Photography Studios

Another successful model day with Erica, this time we went with a theme Erica has never done, a little bit of Cyber Ballet - the look of future dance, with a head piece some minor armour add-ons, and with the contemporary style of posing that Erica pulled off the results were absolutely awesome.

Along with 2 other popular looks being available.

As always with Erica - everything was on point. Styling, precoms, timings, everything. It was a great day, a sell out day and we have another later in December.

Highly recommended model, one of the best here!

baza

I had a photoshoot with Erica yesterday she was very professional her outfits were amazing very easy to work with, turned up on time and ready to go i highly recommend you book this girl i look forward to working with her again in the future. Many thanks for a great photoshoot. Barry.

Barbara Jenkin

I worked with Erica at a Tabitha Boydell events yesterday, she was superb, she worked hard to achieve my visions, her dancing and posing made my job easy. I hope to work with her again soon