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Chris Barral

First shoot that I have had Steve attend as a photographer and hopefully not the last.

Good pre shoot communication, arrived on time and was ready to get started.

Our Wortley Top Forge shoot was the better for his presence.

Worked with all models present and also photographers making the most all all opportunities which presented.

One of the models favourites.

I would love to work with Steve again, I would recommend him to you as well.

Saracen House Studio

Another great shoot with Stephen, this time on Jezebelle's studio day. As always there's a clear shoot plan and ideas shared around before the shoot day, props and costumes are bought and there is a vision of the final image that's to be created!

Aside from that, Steve is a lovely guy, a creative mind and a real gentleman. Looking forward to the next creative day!

Jezebelle

I got to shoot with Steve again, this time at Saracen House Studio last weekend - He is very professional, very respectful and he brought along some very cool ideas that were epic to put into practice!

Steve is a total joy to work with and I highly recommend this lovely fellow to all!

Thank you for a fab shoot :)

VerdaRose

Worked with Steve several times when I was modelling so it was a joy to meet and work with him once again when he booked a space on my fashion workshop with Jezebelle

Once again he had some great ideas, respected the model's comfort levels and was lovely company for the day!

Jezebelle

I got to work with Steve at an Avant Garde workshop last weekend at Map Studio, help by Verda Rose!

He is super professional and respectful, friendly and works hard to get the best images - the images on back of camera looked wonderful and I can most definitely recommend this lovely individual to all models :)

Thank you for coming along and bringing your fabulous ideas along!

Em

Arabella

Steve attended myself and Paige Antonia's outdoor workshop last week and I have to say that despite the weather conditions Steve was a blast to work with. We had planned for sunshine and heat, but of course in the UK we got the opposite and whilst the weather could of ruined the whole day it was people like Steve who made it a success!

I have worked with Steve previously and was really glad that he was attending this event, as always he's chatty and friendly and he worked really well with the rest of the photographers also! Even helped out with holding reflectors and so on!

Despite the weather he took some wonderful images also!...

As always I would certainly recommend Steve both 1-2-1 and within a photographic group!

Thanks again Steve!

Arabella X

PaigeAntonia

Steve joined myself and Arabella on an outdoor location event today.

Despite our careful planning the one thing out of our control - the weather, decided it was going to be as miserable as possible and threw wind and rain at us for the entire shoot duration!

It was my first meeting with Steve and he was lovely!

Funny, creative, helpful, thoughtful and a team player.

He didnt let the weather bother him and was straight out there looking for unique shots. A delight to work with I hope I get the chance again soon

Thank you Steve :D

Princess T-W

Had an amazing location shoot with Steve today! He was professional at all times throughout the shoot, made me feel comfortable, was extremely easy to get along with and was an absolute delight to work with.

Steve had some great ideas on shoot locations in and around Sheffield, ranging from woodland-type park areas to urban street graffiti wall areas! We tried a wide range of different fashionable ideas/styles and he even took me to a lovely café to get me some ice cream and a hot chocolate mid-way through our shoot! :D

I would highly recommend Steve, as he is such a lovely photographer - we also had some great laughs! I really hope to work with him again in the future and I look forward to seeing the final edited images from the shoot. Thank you so much again for an amazing shoot, Steve! :) x

Artemis Fauna

I had previously worked with Steve twice on group events (one in 2014, the other in 2016?) but we had our first 1-2-1 shoot a couple of days ago at Saracen House :)

Steve got in touch to sort the shoot quite a few months ago and we spent a lot of time chatting about ideas and styling.

Steve bought along loads of props and inspiration images for the shoot which was great! He also let me have a lot of input into the shoot too which I really enjoyed.

The images looked cool and I am looking forward to seeing the final results go up on PP!

Thank you, Steve. Hope to work with you again one day :)

Ivory Flame

I had a very brief but lovely shoot with Steve at the end of my Barlow Studio day. He had a friendly and professional manner and brought some very nice clothing and props, with some good set ideas to make the most of the hour we had, chatting and reviewing images as we worked. It would be great to shoot with him again for longer in future :-)

Lucy Norton

Steve is a great photographer! He brought a beautiful dress and amazing props including swords! Really friendly and professional. I would highly recommend him!

Kendal Shaw

I worked with Steve on a shoot at which he allowed me to be creative with my makeup while still giving me an idea of what look he wanted for the model. The images produced are stunning and would highly recommend working with Steve.

Scarlett Fox

Well I had the groovy pleasure of shooting with Steve again today after a 3 year wait!

Pre comms were great, Steve wanted to create a 60's look with his friend's (Nick) vintage car :) they both arrived on time, Steve was chatty as ever and knew exactly what he wanted.

We popped straight off to get on location, down a long farm track to get some open space shots, then moved on to shooting on a cool bridge and an outfit change :)

Once we got everything sorted with the car we moved on to shooting some art nudes at my abandoned cottage, and finally finished off in the forest for some ballgown and mermaid gown madness!

Got some truly lovely shots throughout out the day despite the weather changing every two minutes, loved being able to work with both digital and film today as it's such a fun challenge!

And of course it was great to work with Steve again as he's such a professional, lots of fun, easy to have a laugh with, and has some great creative concepts.

Very easily and highly recommended and hopefully it won't be another three years until we shoot again :D

Scarlett

Natasha J Bella

What a wonderful shoot I had with Stephen. He booked to work with me in my studio and we certainly worked through loads of ideas that Stephen had discussed me and came well prepared with items to suit the themes. It was a fun and productive shoot, one of those where I probably talked too much!! But we got plenty of styles in the bag. Stephen is easy to get along with and respectful throughout the shoot.

Thoroughly enjoyed working with him and have no hesitation in recommending him to others.

Thanks loads Stephen :)

Saracen House Studio

Always a pleasure having Stephen at our studio, this was for Carla Monaco's studio day. He had a really clear concept of what he wanted to achieve and was well prepared for the shoot beforehand. Such a friendly and polite person to work with, highly recommended to all.

Carla Monaco

I had a fabulous shoot with Stephen a couple weeks back on my studio weekend at Saracen House.

Stephen is nothing but pure delightful to work with, he is down to earth, creative, fun and professional.

Stephen came in with some really good thought out ideas which I loved, Helmut newton style/edgy fashion looks were brilliant. Images on the back of camera looked fantastic, can't wait to see them.

100% recommend Stephen to anyone, I look forward to our next meeting.

Best

Carla :)

JFYP Studio

Steve's first time at JFYP Studio and a good impression already made...! He knows the type of shots he wanted and we all worked well together to set up the lighting he needed. Come again soon. Thank, Andy :-)

Misuzu

I shot with Steve for the second time earlier this month.

Steve is very easy to work with. We had been planning this shoot for a long time so it was good to finally get to work through the ideas on location that we had been talking about!

Great pre shoot communication, and he arrived to collect me from home on time so we could drive to the location. We got to explore a few different ideas and styles, look forward to seeing more of the pictures.

Mel S

Had a lovely shoot with Steve this weekend in Sheffield. He's very proffesional and it's clear to see he knows what he's doing and what kind of images he's looking for. Steve was very good when it came to directing me and my partner to do different poses. I am very exited to see the images produced and would love to work with him again.

Alicia K

Had a lovely shoot with Steve today - working on location at GCR and in studio too. Steve was friendly, professional and respectful and didn't mind chauffeuring me around - thank you! We battled through a mix of weather outdoors and got some fab shots, and had a good time in studio too. Thank you Steve!