References for Hayley Walker

David Hicks

Working with Hayley was a delight. As it was a technical dance shoot we felt we needed a professional to take care of the creative dance routines, allowing us to concentrate on the photographic elements. With great communication Hayley arrived having totally assimilated our objectives, even to the point of selecting the perfect costume.

Hayley was fun, calm and extremely patient whilst technical problems were overcome. Having met our dynamic dance objective we switched to static portraiture shots, where once again Hayley demonstrated considerable modelling skills.

Hayley is professional, creative, elegant, a consummate contemporary ballet dancer and great fun to work with. We highly recommend Hayley and we will definitely be booking her again.

pdphotoimages

I was lucky enough to do another dance themed shoot with Hayley this time in my studio, which went really well using her experience with dance poses to get some great images.

Hayley has a lovely personality and a great attitude towards shoots with nothing to much trouble to help the shoot along this making it a relaxed and enjoyable session.

Pre coms were as you would expect with a professional straightforward with no problems so all in all a relaxed shoot.

I highly recommend Hayley to other photographers and especially if you would like to do a dance related shoot.

serpentinephotography

Hayley is great to work with, very professional and creative, with excellent communication too. I very much recommend her!

Igloo Photography

This was our second shoot and we aimed for a bit of a 90s editorial theme including music, selfies, dance and hanging out.

Hayley’s modelling and dance skills, charm, collaboration, outfit choices, and ability to turn on a to-die-for pose and look are spectacular - I think we’ve captured our goal in some truly captivating photos.

Hayley’s ace and I’m really looking forward to working together again. Hayley is as highly recommended as it gets.

Christopher Thornton

I had the pleasure to work with Hayley to develop some portrait shots. Hayley was able to recommend a great location and it did not disappoint. The communication prior to the day was excellent and she arrived on time for the day of the shoot, ready to create.

Hayley was open to suggestions/ideas for poses and contributed to the ideas to produce some great images. I am looking forward to working with Hayley in the future and would highly recommend her for other photographers and creators.

SDphotography

Me and my wife met Hayley today for the first time after she responded to a casting call I posted and all I can say is I am very glad she did!

The shoot was for portrait/fashion and Hayley was left to decide how she wanted to dress and style herself and she done an excellent job in doing so.

We went on a walk about shoot in central London and Hayley had no issues with where we went and had no issues posing while hundreds of people went about their daily business. Hayley was able to pose without any assistance and was a joy to shoot.

Having flicked through the images from today’s shoot, I am really happy with the results and I look forward to one day working with her again.

Hayley comes highly recommended by me.

Igloo Photography

Hayley and I quickly arranged a fab last minute shoot following her casting. Hayley’s fascinating to talk to, looks incredible, has great taste in outfits and has fab comms. I’d recommend working with Hayley in a heartbeat and I’m looking forward to working together again.

p.s. do check out the music video’s that Hayley’s featured in!

Keith Lee

We had a great shoot with Hayley last much enjoyed by everyone. Pre event coms were good, she arrived well in time and was very easy to work with. Very happy to do what people asked of her and hopefully we all got some images to be proud of. She managed to cope well with the number of attendees which was the largest group shoot she'd done to date.

I would highly recommend Hayley to anyone.

LothoS

Hayley has been on my WTWW list for a while, so when I knew she was going to be in London for an extended period I just had to set something up.

I've wanted to do more dance photography this year, and shockingly for a Londoner I've done very little shooting out and about in the city so this was an ideal opportunity to cover both activities. Pre-shoot communications were great and Hayley arrived at the meeting point with everything I'd asked for. We focused on two pre-scouted areas of the London Underground for this shoot and everything went very well. Hayley was very receptive to my ideas, making them work better than I could have imagined, and had lots of ideas of her own to throw into the mix as well. The time flew by and I'm very happy with what we achieved.

I unhesitatingly recommend Hayley to everyone, especially if you want to focus on a ballet theme, and will definitely shoot again with her again myself. Thank you for a great session.

Clyde Green

Fabulous shoot with Hayley, she is just so talented, Professional and enthusiastic.

Hayley poses without directions and will deliver some incredible dance poses and flowing movements ranging from ballet to contemporary. When you communicate your vision; Hayley will for sure deliver and make your ideas reality. I first shot with Hayley about two years ago and I have keen to work with her again, however, she has been touring and working on other projects. We kept in touch, and it was worth the wait to get the opportunity to shoot with such a brilliant dancer and model. Hayley came with exactly the outfits that we had discussed in planning, plus some extras.

I was very pleased with the images that We achieved from our first shoot, and I am absolutely delighted with the quality of her work this time also and the great photographs that resulted.

She has clear ideas about what excellence in Dance should look like and will work with you to achieve the very best results. Whether in a studio or outside on location, dance or fashion Hayley will deliver outstanding quality.

She has an engaging personality, excellent communications, and great fun to work with. Time just flew by in our shoot.

I am looking forward to working with Hayley again at the earliest opportunity.

Highly recommended.

will white

From answering one of her casting calls from 2 years ago, schedules finally collided and I got to meet and shoot together.

What a fantastic professional she is.

We shot a little video for which Hayley kindly choreographed a dance piece to some original music I supplied to her.

Time just shot by but I had fun and hope Hayley did too.

Lovely woman to work with, personable, friendly and professional. I thank her for her patience and good humour.

I would recommend her to any photographer/videographer - you will great some great shots.

Thank you again, Will

pdphotoimages

I answered Hayley’s casting call while she was on her recent trip to London and was lucky enough to be able to book a dance themed shoot in with her at a location near to me.

After discussing ideas and looking the location over, the shoot proceeded smoothly moving from one idea to the next with some great images taken which was down to Hayley’s dance skills and the clothing that she had brought with her.

It is always a pleasure to work with a professional dancer which Hayley is, she brought so much to the shoot including a lovely personality.

Pre coms as you would expect were fine with no problems and I would recommend her to other photographers you will not be disappointed working with her.

Thanks Hayley for a great shoot.

CharlieB Portraits

I first shot with Hayley in 2018 and knew we had to shoot, again. Pre-shoot communications were clear and we were well set up for the studio. She brought exactly the looks we had discussed and, more importantly, a fab positive attitude and her own creativity. Hayley is super fun to work with, takes direction well, but also knows what looks good through the lens. I would not hesitate to recommend her and hope to work with her, again.

REV JACKSON

Thank you Hayley for such an amazing fun, inspiring day 🙂

To all togs out there words cannot describe how amazing and incredible this super talented young lady is.

I contacted Hayley almost a year ago just near the end of lockdown and Hayley replied with such enthusiasm but also told me that post lockdown she would be busy with other creative work until summer of this year and if I would be OK to wait. This however was a blessing as it gave me the opportunity to plan my ideas fully.

Amazingly we both messaged each other at least once or twice a month in detail about the shoot and what kind of sets we were going to do, locations, studio, outfits and our inspirations. I wanted to capture dance in a visual way and Hayley completely understood that.

As months went by we finally planned a day but we were also fully prepared of the shoot. I also knew from the messages that Hayley was a lovely person and when the day finally came and we met she was just a down to earth and lovely as I thought she would be. This made it easier as while we were prepared with the ideas public transport in different parts of the city were suspended but we made it to the studio for our first set and change ideas for location for the 2nd idea.

However Hayley just made it easy for me as she is one of the most talented and expressive artistic individuals I have met. Not only was her choreographed dances incredibly beautiful but her ability to give her all to the camera really made my job easy. I know some of my ideas were a little out of comfort zone but she really wanted to give me as much as possible.

In between takes we had great chats and mini laughs and on the last location which was now Hayley's idea she very kindly removed grass and plant buds from my hair after I was doing a shot lying down and we had a good laugh about it.

Once the shoot was over we quickly chilled for a bit, looked back over the footage and I kind of wished we had a bit more time for more creative ideas but also because I felt like I was chilling with one of my friends and Hayley has now inspired me to be more creative with dancers but I for sure will shoot another idea in the near future.

If you want to see some truly amazing dancing book her now (I have to say that seeing her dance was as if I was seeing a show as she is that brilliant like all the great dancers in the world) you will not regret working with this beautiful, talented young lady.

Highly recommended!🙂

Gabriel

I've booked Hayley for a studio day in London and she was fantastic! She's a great dancer and model, professional and experienced, able to do some fantastic poses, hard working and with a lovely personality.

I hope to work with her again soon. Highly recommended!

ColourBlind

:) What an amazing lady Hayley is!

After the perfect pre-comms, Hayley turned up perfectly on time and raring to go despite London's cold and misty weather.

The outfits were exactly what I had hoped for and were just perfect for the locations I had chosen.

Hayley worked tirelessly and with only little direction to make some amazing shapes that looked almost impossible to me. But here's a lady who knows exactly what she's doing and can seemingly pull off anything from ballet to contemporary, throwing in some great portrait poses too.

Chatty and bubbly, Hayley is an interesting and highly intelligent character in her own right, but totally alive with her very strong and individual dance poses.

If I had the chance to work with Hayley again I'd jump at the chance. (Figuratively but not literally!)

Highly recommended! :)

Delphic Photography

Hayley is a friendly, bubbly person with great charm and wit. She turned up at shoot keen as mustard, raring to shoot! We had had excellent pre-comms so knew what to expect. Her make up was perfect. The shoot was ballet themed, so needless to say Hayley was En Pointe. She has a graceful style that is wonderful to capture. The second part of the shoot showed how versatile and accomodating Hayley is. It was a flour shoot! As it was her idea, she enthusiastically threw herself into it. Flour shoots can be a creative addition to the elegance of dance. I would recommend Hayley to every photographer.

IanC1

It was a very pleasant shoot , the three hours flew by . Hayley was engaged throughout the shoot and would like to shoot her again with Autumn colours

RawImages

Wow! Hayley arrived straight from another shoot raring to go. Dance is quite new to me but it was clear from the start this lady was the right choice displaying talent from the word go. We traveled around London from "station to station", Hayley, discreetly changing outfits on the platforms, was always keen and ready to create some more fantastic poses and shapes. Her creativity is exceptional and her input of ideas very welcome. She has left me with an almost impossible editing task!

Hayley is fun, sharp, professional, keen, fit, talented and just a delight to work with in every respect. Positively recommended!

The Creative Eye Photographers

Always a pleasure working with Hayley, a wonderfully talented young lady! We captured some excellent images and the ideas were popping left, right and centre! If you're in to dance photography and haven't shot with Hayley - drop everything and shoot with her! Thank you, Hayley!