References for Helen Diaz

Satyr

This was my third (or maybe fourth) shoot with Helen and the first at her home in Wiltshire.

The shoot was very quickly setup a couple of months in advance. Helen had been touring London but, due to diary issues, I was unable to shoot her at the Hacienda. An invitation to Wiltshire followed swiftly!

Helen is a welcoming hostess and her home is large, well furnished, and versatile. Over four hours, we covered a range of styles from fashion, through lingerie, to art nude.

Helen's very experienced and very highly recommended. I look forward to working with her again in the future.

Aperture photography

Worked this crazy lady again it always pleasure to work with Helen she true professional I always come with some outstanding images

Timothy

Another great shoot with Helen, I’ve shot so many times with her I’ve lost count. Always ready to shoot, immaculately dressed and made up on my arrival. As always a smile a minute as we worked our way through the sets. For the first time too I left my lights in the car and used hers, pleased I did looking at the results. Looks like we have a good few great images, many thanks Helen till the next time.

davidbailey

I always like shooting with Helen. We have done it now loads of times, its always like meeting up with old friends.

Helen is always great to work with, we always get some really good pictures. She has got a fantastic face for portraits, which I love doing.

As well as taking pictures, we always have plenty of things to talk about.

Obviously, Helen is highly recommended and great fun to work with.

I shall be seeing her again soon, hopefully a location shoot next.

A wonderful person to work with.

John Haines

I first met Helen at Pozers studio and saw from the beginning she was fun to work with. I think I underestimated her! We spent a Thursday afternoon on a "50 shades of red" theme - I'm sure she has more red outfits, but we did have a limited time. I laughed a lot - in fact I'm surprised we created so many images as the time just flew by.

In all seriousness, Helen is a wonderful model and very easy to work with - and practical with it...we worked around some of the challenges of the day very efficiently.

There are enough references to say how good a model Helen is, but my advice is just book her for the fun aspect (and you can be assured the images will be great as well).

Neill Taylor

This was my second shoot with Helen, this time in her lovely Wiltshire home. She is such fun to work with, we had a lot of laughs. She looked beautiful in all of the shots, posed perfectly and responded really well to directions. She has an amazing wardrobe! A very relaxed three hours resulted in many great images, working both with natural light and with studio flash.

Such a lovely model, easy to work with, I recommend her very highly.

Vintage Photography

Second shoot with Helen, and a real joy to work with. A very entertaining afternoon, the house has some very nice natural light and space to work in. It is a laugh a minute and the time flew by. Helen has some great poses and expressions, she has a wonderful figure and lovely outfits. Love her sense of humour. Thanks Helen.

Take in the Alps

Like Dietrich, Diaz knows how to stage her body to get the most out of the available light. I've just been going through the noir bar shoot that happened on our Iceland trip, which is where we were one day because the weather got so bad. And it really had to be terrible to stop La Diaz. In that noir shoot Diaz showed me, as if I needed reminding, just how intelligent and extraordinarily gifted she is as a model and actor. I was reminded of Crawford, Hayworth, Davis and Dietrich. But Helen's expressions are also her own and come from a deep well of experience and a profound understanding of the workings of photography. She excels in this medium. In my humble opinion, more than anyone else in this art form. She tells stories with her eyes. She tells stories with her mouth. She tells stories with her hands. She conjures up expression with a conviction and intensity that is utterly compelling. Just the thought of her skill level sends me into a whirl of creative ideas and possibilities.

In Iceland she was indomitable. The weather and daily temperatures presented huge challenges for art nude modelling. Helen thrives in the face of adversity. So, if anything, she went way beyond the call of duty. She excelled. I stood and watched in awe even whilst I was taking up my camera because surprise, surprise we were carrying on with the shoot, despite the slanting rain, the drilling wind and the scrotumshrinking sea.

Helen was the glue on this trip. She made sure that everyone got what they came for. And she was the catalyst for a great deal of love and laughter that passed between our happy gang. The sense of enjoyment in this trip was almost relentless. Sometimes I woke in the middle of the night and I still had a smile on my face. Sometimes I was literally beating the floor because I was laughing so much. Thank you Helen for the adorable woman you are. Thank you for your brilliance and your friendship. Thank you for attending to all our needs on the trip. Thank you for welcoming me so open heartedly into your fold. It is a pleasure and a privilege to work with you. Iceland was a trip that I will never forget. But it would be as nothing without you.

keri hambly

I was lucky enough to get a place on a photography trip to Iceland run and organised by the amazing Helen Diaz everything just went so smooth the accommodation was just outstanding all taxis and minibus all went like clockwork (and a big thank you to Roger123456 for his hard work and fabulous driving.) Helen definitely done her homework we went to some breathtaking locations to shoot Helen and Pippa Doll. I have worked with Helen a few times now but it’s not just shooting her ( which is bloody fantastic) it is just being around her back at the house with the group in the minibus she is always so much fun and hand on my heart one of the nicest and genuine person I have been lucky enough to meet.

Pippa.

I was so excited when Helen asked me to come along on her organized trip in Iceland, it is somewhere I have always wanted to go and I am blessed to have had the opportunity to go,

Helen is a fantastic event organiser and all communication was kept up to date in a group conversation with all attendees, we were given a detailed schedule, a list of things to bring amongst some knowledge of the country and safety procedures etc. Upon arrival the night before the flight all of us were given a goodie bag of important items - lip balm, hand warmers etc which were a great help in the cold!

Helen's personality is seriously fun to be around, and she puts a smile on everyone's face, and even when the weather takes a turn for the worst she exudes fun and positivity and continues to make everybody laugh!

As a model, Helen is a machine! She will literally lay fully naked in a cold puddle, do headstands on a volcanic beach!

I am truly blessed to be a part of this trip, it was certainly one to remember and I highly recommend Helens trips and events to all models and photographers.

Thank you for a fantastic trip!

Richard Winn

What can I say about Helen that I haven't said already? As nutty as a fruitcake, but completely loveable at the same time.

It was time for "The Return to Iceland", with another five days there. This time, Helen did the majority of the organising, with just bit parts from me and it pretty much ran smoothly, despite the weather playing a role. As usual, the modelling from Helen was excellent, from art nude, to an impromptu noir-style bar shoot.

All in all a very well organised trip and a model to be highly recommended.

MAB Photography Pembrokeshire

I had my first meeting with Helen at a four-hour booked shoot at PoZers Studio and what a privilege it was.

We had great communication before the shoot and we both arrived with suitcases full of items to use on the day. I had prepared a huge list of sets that I would like to work through and, bless her, Helen couldn’t have worked harder. We achieved more than I had dared to think was achievable in the session. Helen was an absolute joy to work with. Her posing flowed effortlessly and immaculately and she easily interpreted what I had in my mind for each set. The day simply whizzed by with her humour and relaxed yet professional attitude.

I am amazed at the number of wonderful images that the session gave me and have no hesitation in recommending Helen to others.

Thank you, Helen.

Gantz-pv

Had my first but not last shoot with Helen on Sunday at the Hacienda, and a more chilled relaxed shoot I can't imagine, mulled wine and great company music all added to create a day of enjoyment. So much so that iv already edited some 7 images from the shoot, this shoot was booked before summer from Helens pre Christmas casting, pre shoot communication was great as was the conversation on the day, Helen took my directions well even though she doesn't need any, poses flow along with ideas between us we got some interesting shots using clothing from her over flowing bags! Helen is a great model to work with and the Hacienda is a great place to shoot in. Very much looking forward to shooting with you again. 100% recommended.

Maurice x

denthelens

Had my first shoot with Helen and must say what a delight she was. She was a lot of fun to work with and new exactly how to pose although she was very willing to take direction also, as well as coming up with other ideas. A very enjoyable experience.

Grewy

I have to give a massive kudos to Helen for her gigantic contribution to the shelter form the storm charity that the hacienda is in association with. What an absolutely beautiful kind hearted women Helen is!

I booked with Helen to shoot at the Hacienda about 4 months ago after being recommended her by another photographer. Pre Shoot comms were great and Helen responded quickly with plenty of information.

We worked through a whole variety of looks from fashion to art nude exploring the variety that the hacienda offers. Helen poses really well and instinctively knows what will look great on camera.

It was a blast working with Helen. I really enjoyed sharing stories with her and there were plenty of laughs throughout the morning.

For hours and a full memory card. I need a rest!

Merry Christmas Helen 😊

GMcPhotos said...

I had the privilege to shoot with Helen this morning at Studio 33 in Barnet.

Helen had great communication before and during the shoot.

Helen was a joy to photograph and has a great sense of humour. Helen was always willing to work with my ideas and happy to provide input to produce some stunning images.

I would highly recommend Helen to all photographers and hope to work with her again soon.

Thanks again for some great images.

Roy M

I just had my first shoot with Helen at Studio 33 - what a blast!

The pre shoot comms was great but it didn't prepare me for the actual shoot. Helen is absolute fun to work with, she poses easily and knows exactly the type of poses and outfits that suit her best - the end result is a good laugh and some great images.

I would love to work with Helen again - she is highly recommended

LRM Photography

I had the pleasure of an impromptu shoot with Helen recently. As i have known Helen for a few years now and consider her a friend, she was staying at mine for a few nights to use my studio with another photographer friend of mine on the Saturday, we invited her Partner (who is also a great photographer) up on Saturday evening for the 3 of us to do a quick shoot on the Sunday, with myself showing some of my lighting setups i use in the studio.

Although it was more of a social event for the 3 of us and we had a lot of laughs and fun, Helen being the total professional she is, as soon as a camera is pointed at her she instantly goes into model mode and i have said it before, there are very very few models who can give the connection to the camera as Helen can and although only taking about 10-15 photos per set, we managed to get some beautiful shots and some shots for a corset designer Helen was modelling for.

Helen is one of the very best models on the site, is a load of fun to be around on shoots and has one of the best intense looks into the camera around and is a very versatile model, from art nude to Hollywood style to fashion and portraiture.

It was truly lovely to see her again and to meet Roger also

Mark_Rowe_Photography

Helen got in touch to let me know she would be in my area so I arranged to shoot with her right away! Helen’s comms were excellent and selection of garments exactly what we discussed.

Helen injected a lot of laughter into the shoot, along with a great sense of humour, she poses effortlessly and worked with great energy and enthusiasm.

We captured some great images and would be happy to work with her again. Highly recommended!

Amit Kumar

Absolute delight. These are the two words that comes to mind when I think about working with Helen. I shot with her for the first time at amazing 'The Hacienda' studio. Helen was fun to be with- cool, composed and witty. I don't remember when I laughed so much during a shoot. Helen has been shooting for last 18+ years so she knows all the poses and what suits her and what not. It saves a lot of time during the suit. Even though she has been travelling since 5 AM that, she didn't look tired or out of energy a bit. A fun and a beautiful person to be with. Very highly recommended.