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Valentina_TheBlackPearl

Lovely to finally work with Niall!

We had been trying to meet up and shoot for years!

Niall joined myself and Lucy Tyler in my castle in Galway for a duo event, and he was an absolute pleasure to work with.

Looking forward to the next shoot!

Rachelle Summers

I’ve worked with Niall multiple times over the last 8 years, both on 1-2-1 shoots and on my trips abroad, but due to covid I hadn’t had chance to see him for a few years! I was super excited when time allowed me to visit Ireland for a tour again and Niall was my first shoot of the tour :)

It was so wonderful to catch up, and we had a coffee and a natter before getting started. Niall had done some beautiful work on his garden so we started shooting in there before moving across to his studio for some classic art nude. A few days later, due to a slot opening up on my tour, we got back together and shot a very stylised oriental themed set which was just SO much fun!!

Shooting with Niall is always super creative and he also looks after you incredibly well too. One of my favourite photographers to work with :)

Hopefully we don’t leave it as long next time!

Irida

Niall invited me to shoot to shoot for 2 days from his studio in Dublin ! Niall is is a great photographer to work with, down to earth and fun !

For the weekend of the shoot Niall offered me his spare room to stay and also his wife cooked the most amazing meals :) I was looked after like a princess and Niall made sure there was always food , drinks and that the studio was warm !

Very happy to highly recommend to all models of course !

Fanny

It was my second shooting with Niall and I loved so much again! First of all he is a very nice and helpful person, he has always some healthy snacks and lunch for the models. And Niall is also a great photographer! I love his portfolio and his pictures, I’m always happy to work with him. We worked outside and inside too. The location was just amazing! I could stay there days. It was very inspirational. After it Niall created beautiful lights in the studio. He is very perfectionist with the lights just like I’m with my poses. We were a great team. Highly recommended!

Fanny

It was a great shooting with Niall! First of all he is a very nice, helpful person, but also a very talented, great photographer! I was so happy to have an opportunity to work with him!

His lighting is just great. It was very easy and calm shooting with him. He is perfectionist like me. So he has prepared the light, and we worked when he was pleased with it. We checked the pictures after the session and we repeated it if something was not perfect.

I love the results and his editing is beautiful!

I can’t wait to shoot with Niall again!

Highly recommended!!!

Ayla

I was so excited when Niall booked me for the day at his home and on location during my tour to Ireland. Niall's pre comms were excellent and I was really looking forward to working with him as I adore his images.

Niall kindly picked me up from the station and had brought in some fantastic food and snacks as well as making sure I was well watered and had plenty of breaks.

Niall is a highly competent and accomplished photographer so it was a joy working through various ideas he had. I loved seeing some of his really interesting lighting setups, one which I will most likely steal ;)

He cooked me a fantastic lunch, like seriously yummy! Then in the afternoon we popped out on location for an hour or so, Niall was always conscious of my temperature and made sure I got warmed up regularly.

He took some stunning images and I am proud to have worked with him!

Highly recommended

Sylph Sia

Finally after not being able to eventuate plans last year I was able to work with Niall during a quick stint in Dublin as part of my European tour this summer, and I'm so glad we were finally able to line it up!

We were only able to squeeze in a half day shoot, but I had an amazing time nonetheless and I think the results speaks for themselves! It was the middle of a summer heatwave so unfortunately the conditions were a little too harsh to make an outdoor location shoot work, but the studio provided more than enough opportunities to explore during our time. Niall is not only very talented on the technical side of things, but also very creative, and not afraid to experiment a little to get some really beautiful and unique results! I had such a blast playing around with different lighting set ups and creating some stunning fine art imagery in a relaxed but productive atmosphere.

On a personal side, Niall was an absolute joy to work with and consummate professional! Making an incredible start to my time in Dublin and giving me such a warm welcome to Ireland - making me feel right at home and so well looked after straight away. He went out of his way to make sure I was comfortable, and even offered to collect me from the airport to go straight to our shoot to save the hassle of public transit as it was my first time visiting the area. He also went out of his way to offer a scrumptious dinner made by his lovely wife, Liz, and to then deliver me on to my accommodation safe and sound.

Just a perfect shoot experience all round really, and couldn't have asked for a nicer welcome during my first time to Dublin! Couldn't be more highly recommended, truly thank you so much!! :D

Leon Lift

Wow did me and Tillie have an amazing shoot with Niall.

My first time working with Niall was unexpected and brief but with the caliber of his work just from our brief encounter I was super excited knowing we had a full day shoot booked in together in his home land, Ireland.

Niall is a lovely guy, he doesn't have a bad bone in him and he is the definition of a true artist that just flows with constant creativity. As he is a very experienced photographer you'll never shoot a bad set when shooting with him as he knows his lighting set ups really well and even when trying something new he won't settle until he knows what he is setting up is correct.

A lovely addition to the day was that his wife (who is an AMAZING cook) cooked us lunch and dinner as well as allowing us to take some of the most unreal brownie I've ever tried in my life with us.

Jesus Christ, it was incredible.

I could write paragraphs for this reference but I think the fact that even after 8 hours me and my partner didn't want the shoot to end speaks volumes.

Thank you for making our shoot the best start possible to our week long tour!

Rose Magdalene Child

Niall booked both myself and Leon for a duo shoot on our first Ireland tour together. Having spent some time with Niall abroad in the summer he had mentioned he would be interested in working with us both, so I was already really looking forward to touring and meeting up again.

I don't think there could be anyone who wouldn't like Niall, he is such a true gentleman, he has a lovely calm and warm aura around him and he is friendly and fun to be around. He immediately settled us in with a coffee stop en route to the studio, a log burning fire in the studio, some inspirational ideas and not to mention the videos we watched from an amazing commercial photographer who shoots couples too. Both myself and Leon were really enthused and inspired after watching them and it set us up for the shoot i believe. I was paying much more attention to detail and wanting the shots to be extra special.

Niall is not only a skilled photographer but he is also very creative with lighting, using sometimes only natural light and white boards as reflectors to bounce it into the face and also getting a hair light too.

We shot several different sets and each one was honestly amazing. We nailed so many beautiful images together which meant I had to take too many back of camera shots :P

Niall's wife Liz cannot go without a mention either going out of her way to cook us a scrumptious homemade veg soup and quiche for lunch and then a delicious chicken in white wine sauce for dinner PLUSSSS her incredible homemade brownies ♥<3 I honestly haven't tasted anything as good as these...EVER! And she's a lovely person too.

Thank you both for inviting us in and being so kind.

We had the best shoot of our tour with you and really look forward to seeing more edits. Well done on the exhibition, you are awesome and deserve to make it :D and you will!

Kindest regards

Tillie

Rachelle Summers

I adore working with Niall!

He is one of my favourite people to work with :)

His passion for photography is so evident and shoots together are always a real creative collaboration. He always knows exactly what he is wanted to achieve and explains it really well, but is also open to suggestion and letting you really get involved in the idea to create something truly amazing together :D

I have worked with Niall numerous times over the years now and honestly always look forward to our shoots together :)

When doing location work he really looks after you well, with sleeping bags and all the bells and whistles to keep you warm, and doesn't leave you posing for ever - once he has the shot that's it!

His studio is pretty impressive too, a lovely log fire to keep you toasty warm and all the equipment you need to get some fantastic images. Not only that but his wife Liz always makes me yummy food - definitely one of the biggest perks :P

Niall is joining me on another of my Summers Abroad trips next year and I'm really looking forward to it, but hopefully I'll get chance to see him before then :D

Highly recommended by me!

Summers Abroad

Niall joined us on our Summers Abroad trip to Croatia this year!

I’ve worked with Niall myself on so many occasions now so I knew he would fit in well and be great company, so was over the moon when he said he’d like to join us :)

He’s very passionate about his photography and always manages to find different angles or ideas to everybody else so he leaves with totally different images!

Can’t wait to have him on another one of our trips next year :D

Highly recommended by me!

Rachelle

Leon Lift

It wasn't a planned shoot when I shot with Niall in Croatia but I'm so glad I got the chance to have him shoot me in an unforgettable location which with what he produced will probably be one of my favourite images forever.

He was a really sound guy with a chilled, laid back personality. A good sense of humour and incredible skill when it comes to photography.

I hope we get to meet again when me and my partner Tillie duo over in Ireland as I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent in his presence.

I would highly recommend Niall to anyone looking to shoot with him, you will not be disappointed!

Thank you for snapping such an incredible image. It will definitely be up on the wall one day!

Ivory Flame

Niall is consistently lovely to work with, he is really great company, fab to chat with and has a great sense of humour. Easy going, considerate, respectful and awesome to collaborate with on ideas, planning his aims beforehand to help you really understand what is needed for the particular project, and reviewing images together as we work to get the best results. Professional, so friendly and I can happily recommend him to other models!

Rachelle Summers

I've just finished my second shoot of this week with Niall, the first being a location shoot on Tuesday morning and then todays shoot being in the studio. Two totally different styles but both hugely productive. On both occasions we nailed the best image of the shoot in the first set!

Some photographers you just instantly click with and produce amazing images, Niall is definitely one of those for me! We always seem to nail the image and I always look forward to working with him.

He's a great guy and always looks after you too (even bringing a sleeping bag to the location shoot for warmth haha)

Highly recommended and can't wait to work with him again in Croatia soon on my Summers Abroad photographic holiday :D

Rachelle Summers

Niall is definitely up there with the best photographers I have had the pleasure of working with.

He is one of the kindest people I have worked with, and is also great company. The shoots always fly by with lots of nattering and he looks after me extremely well every time we shoot together.

Not only that but he is an incredible photographer, it's clear he has a genuine passion for his photographer and as such the shoots are always such a great collaborative process. I am super happy with the images we created over 2 days together, working in an incredible castle (yep! castle!!) and then out on location shooting seascapes too. The weather wasn't the warmest but he was prepared with warm jackets and hot soup and made sure I was never exposed to the conditions for too long :) The images that have came from it are truly amazing!

One of my favourite people to work with, and 100% recommended by me!

Joy Draiki

This was my second shoot with this fantastic guy!

Even though he made me get up at 05:30 because we were supposed to head out at 06:00. He surprised me with a ready made breakfast and very, very good coffee. We where shooting at the beach and he made sure I was safe and comfortable. Shooting with Niall is like shooting with Ray Mears.. he's got everything! A first aid kit, pads for under your feet/knees when you need them to be comfortable while posing. Snacks, towels, a blanked. I've rarely felt so safe and looked after.

After the early morning beach shoot we went in for second breakfast. Followed by a few hours of studio shoot, followed by the highlight of the day. A castle!!

All in all, even after he made me get up at 05:30, I had a fantastic day and we did so many sets and had so much fun. Working with Niall is like a fun day out with a friend.

And like that wasn't enough. He put me and another model up in a comfy hotel and BnB for the days after. Thank you so much for the good care!

I would reccomend Niall 100% to every model.

M I S C H K A H

Niall was part of a group event I was booked on in Denmark this month! He emerged as one of the most creative of the group with some unique ideas that were really well executed! I have some absolutely beautiful images as a result of working with Niall and I am very very happy to leave my recommendation here for others to see, he was 100% professional, respectful and made me feel safe at all times. He's a great personality too and was good fun to hang out with during and after shoots, we've already booked a second shoot and I'm really looking forward to it!

Joy Draiki

I had an absolute blast with Niall on a multiple day shoot. He's very lovely and takes very good care of his models. This guy even carries a first aid kit around. What more can I ask for?

We shot in both day and studio light. Both in and outdoor. I even learned a little bit of an Irish accent!

Apart from that he makes stunning images and is very kind. If you ever have the chance to work with Niall, you should!

Rachelle Summers

I've worked with Niall several times over the last few years and always look forward to our shoots.

He is definitely one of the best! A total gent, looks after you incredibly well making sure you are warm enough and fed. His wife was even kind enough to make us lunch and have us over for dinner too which was unbelievably kind and a real god send on a otherwise difficult couple of days in the area.

We got some beautiful images as usual, and he is always happy for the model to have input on the shoot too so it's always a great collaboration :)

Simply one of the nicest people I've had the pleasure of working with in my time modelling - Highly recommended!

Rose Magdalene Child

WELL....where can I start with Niall?

This guy is a one in a million :)

Everything that could go wrong during a tour went wrong when myself & Rachelle Summers came over for a tour earlier this year. Niall booked a full day with me and half of it duo with Rachelle, he was so patient on the shoot, very relaxed, super considerate, he had an actual stove fire on IN the studio, it was unreal! His studio is beautiful, everything you could want/need to have is there. It's all clean, spacious, did I mention warm :P AMAZING. AND with food/drinks/snacks too :D

Myself and Niall spent the afternoon/evening shooting at a beautiful castle he had permission to use (next door to Bono's house) OMG!! can't even believe it now haha. The castle though was gorgeous, huge windows, loads of natural light, doors/stairs/pillars the works. The only slight downside was that is was rather frrreeeeezing. But Niall brought me a warm duffle coat, snacks, blankets and mats so that I could keep warm in-between the shoot. He was so kind and considerate. Not many think of things like that.

We produced some incredible images that I absolutely love!

Despite being kicked out of our apartment and having to deal with a horrible owner, Niall was just the ultimate gentleman and I can't thank him enough. He went out of his way/own time to wait around to check we were okay staying at our place, when he realised we weren't he booked us a hotel and drove us there. Not only that but since now having nowhere to do our shoots the next day, he very kindly allowed us to shoot using his own private studio. I mean come on....thats just super super lovely isn't it? If that's not enough, his wife cooked us a real tasty meal with wine and a homemade brownie. Icing on the cake! I've not met two kinder people than these.

Honestly Niall, thank you for the bottom of my heart, you made the trip memorable for the right reasons and I will always remember your kindness.

Look forward to seeing and working with you again,

Your a star, Tillie x