References for Helen Diaz

Simes Himself

"I can see you..." were the first words Helen said to me when she phoned from her car to say she'd arrived at our shoot, followed by her giggling at the prank she'd just pulled. Ordinarily at this point your average person would be getting flashbacks of the film Phone Booth with Colin Farrell. However, I guess, I'm not your average person...and neither is Helen Diaz, as she's bloody amazing! I honestly cannot remember the last time I had to stop shooting a set due to me laughing either! This lady is a green tea-drinking ball of energy, that really brought her A-game to our shoot. She posed in ways I'd never witnessed a model pose before, and our back-of-camera shots really blew me away. And as for the finished shots...WOW, they're just unbelievable! Helen is one truly phenomenal lady and model. She is SO much fun, looks stunning and is extremely down-to-earth. I can honestly say it was one of the most enjoyable shoots I'd ever done. It had been a long time until our diaries finally matched for this shoot, and I do hope we can arrange another very soon! HELEN, YOU'RE FAB!!

photofervor

She came, she conquered, she left. Helen the magnificent! A tour de force possibly an enigma, but always en pointe for posing, looking beautiful, then conversing and laughing in-between. A great shoot with Helen in the studio and out on location - could bang on forever about her marvellous look, qualities and intriguing personality but just book her and have a wonderful day like me. Thanks Helen.

Timothy

Another amazing shoot with Helen along with Emma Willis. Helen is a great model and a laugh a minute especially when I got a PPI call which she answered in her duck voice. Helen is inventive and creative with her posing, a real pro in front of the camera. The images are looking just amazing. Helen and I have been shooting together for a few years now and we always have a laugh whilst producing top notch pictures.

Thank you Helen

Timothy

Shot with this amazing girl again this week on very short notice in a very public park, we had a laugh as usual. Always fun to work with this nutter, produces thoroughly professional images too. She has the right balance between fun and serious.

She is the perfect model for newbies and the experienced. Helen and I have worked together so many times we have both lost count, also booked together in July.

gjp

Another shoot with Helen and like all the ones before this was great fun and highly productive.

Helen is so easy to work with, passionate, creative and bonkers (in a very good way) that time just flies past and at the end of the shoot I'm always impressed with how many great images we get.

If you haven't worked with Helen, do yourself a favour and book her - you won't regret it.

PoZersPhotography

What can I say about the phenoemnum "Miss Diaz" that I haven't already said ??? I have had the pleasure of working with Helen quite a few times now, as a makeup artist/stylist and as a studio owner and I can't really describe Helens visit this time, without seeming to repeat myself from all my other references, she has blown me away from the minute I met her over two years ago.

Firstly, Helen arrived forty minutes early and her pre-shoot communication was faultless. Helen turned up with a humongous suitcase full of beautiful clothing, props and accessories, pre-arranged with the photographer. Helens make up and hair was applied and styled to a high standard, and she laid the clothes out beautifully for the photographer to see. As always, Helen was loads of fun and the photographer and myself spent the whole day laughing and smiling, whilst working to a high standard. Helen experimented with some of my clothing, props etc which she looked stunning in, and gave her something different to shoot in and ensured there was no room for boredom throughout the shoot.

Everyone who works with Helen falls in love with her personality and beautiful soul. She's exceptionally beautiful and her portfolio clarifies that to the world. But her beauty goes way beyond skin deep, Helens a beautiful soul, personality and heart and if you are fortunate to book this amazing young lady, you will find this out for yourself. Taking a picture of Helen is guaranteed to be stunning, her posing abilities are faultless and any portrait is flawless. You only get want you pay for in this world, Helen brings images to life and will guarantee your portrait shots will be stunning. Helen has lots of experience and knowledge behind her and knows what works and what doesn't, at the same time she's up for new things, which proves what a versatile and diverse model Miss Diaz really is.

If I could be locked in my studio for the rest of my life with lots of photographers, but only one model, in a heartbeat it would be Helen, because I know she nails everything and more, time after time.... I can't think of anyone more I would want to spend my time creating amazing images with, Helen still has so much more creativity we are still yet to see.... Book her and find out for yourself, this young lady is the cream of the crop and your guaranteed to get stunning images and have the time of your life. I hope Helen models forever, because I can't imagine the industry without her.

Tad

My second shoot with Helen was in a derelict chapel - suggested by her and I was more than happy to follow her suggestion, particularly as she sent links to previous shoots there.

Over the previous weeks we spent some time planning what we were going to do and in this respect her pre-shoot comms are absolutely fantastic. Plenty of ideas being generated :-) during this time.

On the day, we met in a cafe and over green tea, chatted over how the day was going to pan out. Weather was a major concern, but it seemed that the weather gods were smiling on us, with the weather breaking just as I finished packing my car at the end of the day. Key was that we worked out various backup plans if the weather was to break sooner.

During the shoot, Helen really put herself out and insisted that she suffer some discomfort in order to get the shot, particularly lying down on hard surfaces which had debris not easily cleared. Some mad ideas were generated and we had such amazing fun. :-) The only downside was that we ended up working with such intensity that we missed a break for lunch. Helen shared some of her energy bars, just so that we could keep going.

During the shoot we regularly paused to review shots to make sure we are heading in the right direction and Helen makes invaluable critiques.

A large number of great images was generated, thanks to Helen's suggestions, dedication and professionalism :-)

I am already working on the detail of the next shoot with Helen and more are in the pipeline. Working with Helen is such a pleasure.

I recommend her wholeheartedly to seasoned and beginner photographers. Thank you Helen for making such a lovely day! :-)

Paul Stevens

I had a thoroughly enjoyable first shoot with Helen and sincerely hope it won't be my last! Pre-shoot messaging and arrangements were spot on and Helen's enthusiasm and professionalism shone through before we'd even met.

Two hours of great shooting flew by as we exchanged ideas and created some really great work. A pleasure to work with - fun, knowledgeable and full of creative energy, Helen cannot be recommended highly enough - book this girl if you can - you won't be disappointed!

Many thanks Helen - looking forward to hopefully meeting up again soon.

Bodypaintart

Helen graced my humble abode last week for a few days in order to work with various photographers in the area. A mini tour if you will. Having not had the opportunity to work with her while here (my bad, just to busy!) I can only reiterate what the photographers who worked with her at mine expressed, and that is that she is a fabulous model to work with, like you never knew that already right!?

On a personal level, Helen is a delightful young lady, with a wonderful personality and demeanor. She was extremely respectful of my home and facilities and my space the whole time she was here, and she is most certainly welcome again anytime she feels the need to visit sunny Essex again in the future.

It was a pleasure to accommodate you Helen and fingers crossed I will have the honour of working with you if you ever get this way again.

***HIGHLY RECOMMENDED***

Tamarin

Helen and I had a terrific shoot down on the beach at Walton in Essex. A hot day and a hot model!

The shoot was arranged about 6pm the night before, after I responded to Helen's casting call, and everything was sorted out with zero fuss. It was my second shoot with Helen who is a lovely lady to work with and has a lot of depth to her personality. This comes out in the images and the ones we got from the day were excellent. I love the fact she contributes so much to the shoot and builds on a basic idea. She's also willing to get a bit uncomfortable in pursuit of the shot, in this case lying flat out on a distinctly stony part of the beach! I'm a very happy bunny and will be shooting with her again for sure :)

Book this lady. Today!!

TonyInIpswich

Had my second shoot with Helen on her recent Essex tour. With the good weather at the time we headed out to some nearby locations. The whole shoot was thoroughy enjoyable and produced a good selection of shots I'm really pleased with. Helen is great company to spend time working with - funny, chatty but focussed on working hard and getting the right pose, with plenty of great ideas and creativity. Her determination to get in some nude poses at some of the locations was amazing given how close we were to being rumbled. Looking forward to working with her again Thoroughly recommended.

Stephen Roissy

I shot Helen at Martin G's studio in Clacton, Essex. This was the first time I had worked with Helen and she was an absolute joy to work with. She is an ultimate professional able to pose in a variety of outfits and positions without direction and I am confident we will have created some great images. She also responded readily to any direction offered. Helen had some great ideas for working together to capture different poses. She was very chatty but then so am I and we had a good laugh together. I enjoyed being with her and shooting a range of different outfits up to art nude. She has amazing hair that she is able to manipulate in some ingenious ways. Her profile says she is happy to work with photographers of all abilities and I would definitely support that view. I felt entirely comfortable working with her and have no hesitation in highly recommending her to any photographer who gets the opportunity to work with her.

Thanks Helen for a great session. I hope we can work together again!

PhotoSimon

I arranged to Work with Helen at my home studio when she came to Essex. Communication prior to the shoot was very good when arranging the basic arrangement followed up with good communication on the day of the shoot to confirm her arrival time.

At the start of the shoot I outlined to Helen my plans after she had been introduced to the gang. We got cracking with the first set. Helen is easy to work and likes to chat but that does not get in way of pulling off some great poses.

I would describe our shoot as totally insane resulting in some insane captures.

I would happily work with Helen again. Though Helen I am not sure what I am agreeing to if this shoot was on the tame side. 😀

Regardless Highly recommended.

RichE

I shot with Helen for the second time after waay too long and again she was a total joy and pleasure to work with. This time we were outdoors on location in South Wales and as before, she was on time, ready to go and looking amazing.

We worked through a few different styles and Helen is so versatile she coped with my silly ideas, added to them and made them into something cool.

She is truly lovely to be around; chatty, funny, totally professional and totally brilliant. I love working with he, she's just so infectious to be with.

Brilliant, artistic, beautiful and just that little bit crazy (in a good way)!

Till next time Helen, can't wait!

Russ Williams

This was my first time shooting with Helen as a result of applying for a casting that she had posted to shoot in a derelict Chapel in South Wales. The pre shoot communications were excellent and Helen provided a lot of useful information regarding the location.

Helen arrived on time and after stocking up on chocolate and jam we headed to the Chapel where we had a great days shoot, even the weather did its bit and stayed warm and dry.

Helen is great to work with, not only is she a great model with loads of fantastic looks and ideas she is dedicated to getting the very best we could, very easy to get on with with a great sense of humour and character.

Don't take my word for it just look at the amount of outstanding references she receives and the sheer quality of her portfolio. I would work with her again given the opportunity and I would thoroughly recommend anyone who hasn't already done so to get in touch with her soon.

Thank you Helen for the effort you put into our day.

Paul Jones - Cardiff

My third shoot with Helen Diaz - a 'take two' in a lovely ruin near Chepstow - and what a fabulous shoot it was! We had planned some art nude along with some mournful / wistful shots in a white dress, and Helen ensured we got the shots we wanted.

Helen is an amazing model. She has a fabulous figure and knows exactly how to use it to get the shots required. She needs absolutely no direction as she just 'gets' what you have in mind, yet when asked to pose in a certain way she is happy to oblige. She was even willing to climb and balance in a reasonably precarious area to get some great shots!

Helen is also amazing fun to be around, with a wicked sense of humour. I am always thrilled to work with Helen, and am already thinking of the next project for us.

As ever, I would recommend Helen to all photographers. If you haven't worked with her before then book her - you will not be disappointed.

Thanks for a fantastic shoot Helen! :-D

Adrian Guest

I had my first photo session with Helen today in Wales.

Helen is a delight to work with, has a great personality & beautiful looks, Helen puts you at ease with her bubbly, chatty attitude, Helen also helps with photo ideas & suggests some great poses & able to pose a requested.

I hope to be able to work with Helen again in the near future & would highly recommend her.

So if you have the chance, do not miss it, you will enjoy your time with her, while taking your photos.

Thank you Helen for the great time / photo session.

Purple Huw

Just worked with Helen on a shoot in Wales, she was absolutely brilliant, full of ideas and an absolute scream, I highly recommend her.

davidbailey

I shot with Helen today at her home.

As always, she was great fun, and the time just flew by.

We used nearly all my props, and had a wonderful time doing so.

I would obviously work with Helen again, we seem to get on so well.

She is a great model and a joy to create some interesting images with.

A delight.

face to face

What a blast from the past as been many years since my first shoot with Helen got to say that she still looks absolutely amazing.