References for Hywel Phillips

Honour May

Had my first shoot with this wonderful company yesterday and wow was it a good one. From the first pre-shoot messages they were very professional and well organised, when I arrived at the studio they were all set up and ensured I felt comfortable with all of the levels required before shooting. They were friendly and great to chat to but remained professional throughout, capturing some great photos and making me smile throughout the shoot. Over all a wonderful company with a real creative eye and fantastic skill for photography. 100% recommended 5*

LaurenLouise

Had a fantastic 2nd shoot with Hywel and joceline last week at there beautiful home,

I stayed over night as we shot for two days.

Unfortunately I came down with abit of a runny nose and sore throat during my stay but they both were really understanding, making me lemsips, tea and gorgeous food, thoroughly enjoyed my stay and was more than looked after.

They are both so friendly,easy going + full of helpful advice!

Joceline is so great at rigging,never seen bondage so delicately done, so classy too !

Really hope to be back again later in the year

But this couple are seriously my favourite people to work with in this industry by far

Thankyou soo much for having me x

Faye Taylor

Ive worked with Hywel a few times for Restrained Elegance. Pre shoot comms are excellent, he clearly knows photography inside out so the shoot is very productive and straight forward. I can't recommend him highly enough, and echo what other models have said before me. Incredibly hospitable, professional, down to earth, easy to get on with and work with and the results always look lovely and classy. Plus he puts up with my endless chatter boxing 🤐😇

LaurenLouise

I worked with hywel and joceline for the first time last week for there website

Restrainedelegance.com, what a lovely couple, my day was so enjoyable :) I would 100% recommend them to any model, they are both really good at what they do and I hope to work with them again very soon ☺️

Millie Fenton said...

I had the pleasure of working with Hywel and Joceline on the 14th July for restrained elegance.

Well...where do I start? It was my first time shooting bondage so I was a little nervous at first but I had admired Hywel and Jocelines work for a while so I was super excited.

They both made me feel completely at ease, both such friendly and lovely people. They are clearly 'pros' at what they do as the results show! They both had creative ideas and gave fantastic direction.

I couldent recommend this dymanic duo enough! I would jump at the opportunity to work with them again in the future.

I absolutely loved my overall experience of the shoot and I'm thrilled with the results ive seen so far.

Thanks again guys!

Millie xxx

Ayla

I shot with Hywell and his wife Joceline all day in Nottingham for some content on their website. I was really looking forward to our shoot as I had heard great things about them both. On the day they were really understanding when I was running a little bit late, they had some great ideas for the shoot and Joceline did some beautiful rope work which was great fun to do. Hywell was relaxed, professional and great to work with.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him and I hope we get to shoot together again at some point.

Ayla

Bad Dolly

Shooting with Joceline and Hywel was an absolute pleasure, they are a fantastic pair and made me feel so welcome and relaxed. Hywel is extremely talented at what he does and was professional and friendly all the while checking my comfort :)

Joceline is the fairy princess of the bondage world, her ties are beautiful and elegant, she knows exactly what she's doing and as well as being 100% professional her chatter and sparkle made the day so enjoyable, I'd work with them again in an instant and I had a fabulous time :)

Thank you Hywel and Joceline for a wonderful time, great food and ten thousand cups of tea :)

Coco x

Claire L

I've worked with Hywel a few times and I can definitely recommend him! I got to meet his wife Jocelene at our most recent shoot and she was amazing! They both made me feel so welcome in their home and took the best care of me :) Hywel photographed me and Jocelne did all of the beautiful rope work. Their house is incredible to shoot in and I fell in love with the place. Thank you both so much for the best day :D thank you also for the lovely lunch and chocolate brownie :p Hope I get to work with you both again one day! Claire Topaz

Rebecca Perry

I had another great first shoot with Hywel. A total Professional, He is fully prepared and makes every effort to get it right, which he inevitably does. Presentation, attitude and commitment are all first class.

I have no doubt Hywel will continue with his success, she is working hard for it and deserves it. Absolutely recommended. I hope to work with him again very soon

Thank you for a fantastic shoot Hywel

Becky

Angel price

wow ....ive just got home from a whole day shoot at hywel and jocelines house and im still on a high ...

they are both such wonderful people and I was made to feel soooo welcome right from the time the door was opened ....

the house is amazing and it was lovely and warm ....I even got fed!!!!! joceline made a lovely lunch and made sure I was really comfortable and looked after ...

I was shooting for their site restrained elegance and it was just so much fun and all extremely safe ...

hywel is very much a professional and certainly knows his stuff and joceline is just so chatty, easy going,and just damn well gorgeous ....I was in complete awe of her.....

I don't think they need any recommendation but I will anyway and if you get the chance to shoot with them then go for it xxx

I had an absolute fantastic day and I really hope I get to work with them both again ..

thanku so much

angel xxxxx

harrtsmith

I very lucky indeed to have the pleasure of going to Hywel's tutorial, I have asked him ( pested ) about in the past for tips and if always has the decencey to write back. What you have got to remenber that this is a very busy guy who does photography as a buisness and I am just an amateur. So when I heared he was doing a tutiorial I could not believe my luck. You could not get a better instucter, everything had been thought of to the last detail. He informed of times, directions,and what I would like to cover months before hand. He even moved his own car off his property so others on the tutorial could use it. As soon as I pulled in Hywel was outside ready to shake my hand while his beautiful wife the fantastic Joceline ( who is a very respected and talented model/ actress ) gave me a hug ( have worked with her before so everyone carm down ) and asked how I was and gave me a cup of tea. The group was of 3 others but it was the perfect number as each had equal time in doing test shoots and we could all ask questions with out shouting over each other. Hywel anserwed each question straight away in a way that we could all understand. He covered the basics of digital cameras and the best way to have the settings and the why we should shoot in raw. He went into great detail of how we should light a room and have everything set up as best as possible before you start to shoot. We then got a chance to shoot Joceline but not before she gave us a chat about safety, which should of cource always be covered in a bondage shoot. Hywel then then showed how best to work the lights and he took time to show each one of us what settings we should use.

Lunch was provided and plenty for everyone, I was very lucky again to sit next to Joceline and she was the perfect hostess. Hywel told us the next part were the lighting would be difficult. This was a very good idea as he could have very easly just shown us how to light up a studio and skiped the hard bit but he took great efferts in showing us how to do it. I have to say now that the results of the diffrent lighting and were they were placed gave off incredible results. I really did have to do a double take as what was on my camera's view finder. I was shooting Joceline but it was without a doubt Hywel's show and he could have put a teddy bear in there and you would have loved the results. After this we moved onto another room and to an amateur like me looked OK to shoot in with out lights but Hywel showed the group the correct way. Again we got to shoot the Joceline again, each shoot she took the trouble to change into a diffrent outfits.

After this he took us through post processing and it was the stuff he had taken with us so it was not a " one I had done earler " ( copyright Blue Peter BBC Enterprises). This is were it all came togther, the effert of taking time to have the camera settings correct, the lighting and the editing made for some OMG images.

Hywel is a very nice fella and very easy to get on with but with out doubt an expert of photography be it stills or video. He even took the time out to have a look at my new lighting set and showed me how to use it ( no instructions ) when it was kicking out time. I do feel quite proud to have not only met Hywel who has given me tips in the past but for having passed on some of his knowledge to me and now its up to me to use it. It was great to see Joceline again but for me it was a Hywel day, a real nice guy. I think this bit is really for the models but if you get asked by him for a shoot I do not think you could get better. Thanks Hywel I did enjoy the day, if everyone was like you it would be a much better world. All the very best.

Rachelle Summers

I spend another fantastic day with Hywel and Joceline shooting content for Restrained Elegance/Silk Soles.

This was the second time working with them but this time I stayed over the night before our shoot too. I was so well looked after during my stay and the entire shoot, they really take great care to look after their models and make sure you are happy - Keeping the house at a lovely temperature, providing food and plenty of tea breaks throughout the day.

Joceline is amazing at rigging and always makes sure you are ok throughout each set. Hywel's lighting is simply amazing and judging from the preview images he has put up already I am in love with what we shot during our day together!

As if this wasn't good enough they are just a pure joy to be around, great company and just a pleasure to work with. I hope to work for them again and would of course recommend them :)

Artemis Fauna

I had a fabulous day shooting with Hywel and Joceline a couple of days ago for Restrained Elegance/ Silk Soles at their wonderful home.

I was so well looked after and thoroughly enjoyed my time working with them both- it went far too quickly!

The set ups, attitude and ideas were all top notch. Professional and organised. I felt totally comfortable throughout the whole day and really enjoyed trying something a little different.

I would love to go back one day- if not to shoot more content but to sit in the Kitchen and get fed home made naked bars (hand made by Joceline) who, by the way, is not only a beautiful, creative being- but a total kitchen Goddess!! ;)

Thank you. I can't recommend you both highly enough. Hope to work with you again one day! :)

Helen Stephens

Yet another fantastic day working with Hywel and Jocelyn for Restrained Elegance!

I always feel so well looked after and model safety/comfort is always priority. Hywel takes such flattering, tasteful and beautiful images for his site and Jocelyn is fantastic at rigging. They're both so creative and organised with fun story lines to act along to. It's always a good laugh working with them both.

They also very kindly let me stay at their beautiful home in Welshpool and as always, they are very warm and welcoming.

Restrained Elegance is by far my favourite fetish sites - even my mum likes the pictures! Haha! I feel very privileged to be on there.

I would happily work with them again in an instant!

VERY highly recommended!!!

BexWhite

I spent two lovely days this week working with Hywel and his wonderful team. I was so very well taken care of in every way - Hywel and Joceline's hospitality led me to feel more like a welcome friend than simply a hired model. It is so refreshing to work with a team that maintain such high standards in terms of their production - quality is the key focus, and it really does show. I can also honestly say there is nothing more enjoyable than working with such warm, kind and, I have to add, entertaining (!) people.

Whether you have experience in bondage work or you are interested in this style of modelling, you will absolutely be in the safest of hands and your levels and comfort respected at all times. If you have an opportunity to work with this fabulous team, do take it. I couldn't recommend them more.

Zara Watson

Had a great shoot with Hywell and Joceline :)

I have only shot bondage once before, so was very ignorant to it, they were so lovely and made me feel very comfortable. They were kind enough to have me stay at their house and were so welcoming and hospitable. An absolutely lovely genuine couple, a real pleasure to shoot with, stay with and be in the company of. Caring warm and bloody lovely. Cant recommend working with these guys enough :D

Thanks a million :D x

Falcieri Designs

This was probably one of the most fun shoots I've ever had. A wonderful relaxed and happy team, tremendous hosputality, stunning photography and gorgeous models to dress. Professional at all times and some absolutely stunning results. I really hope I get to work with Hywel and his team again soon. Just fantastic!

Faith Starr Model

Had my very first bondage shoot with the very talented Hywel and his beautiful and amazing wife/model Joceline at their lovely home studio. Such a lovely couple to work with and a very productive shoot. They were very welcoming, brilliantly creative and their bondage style is one of the best I have seen. Very well planned, themed, well executed and through out the shoot they ensured I was comfortable, they were very respectful, worked very well within my levels and I had so much fun working with them. Will very much be happy to work with them again and gladly recommend them to all.

Thank you guys for a brilliant shoot x

sophie star said...

I finally had the pleasure of shooting with Hywel and Jocelin for there amazing website restrained elegance and I must say, they lived up to there great reputation. Hywel had really good pre communication the shoot was very well organised, they both were extremely professional yet fun, chatty and made me feel completely at ease as I hadn't done much bondage before but I felt completely relaxed and trusted them entirely.

other than how good the shoot was they are most probably the loveliest and nicest couple I have ever met! :) HIGHLY recommended to all models.

Thank you

sophie star

Chloe T

Had a lovely shoot with hywel very relaxed lovely cups of tea and some wonderful photos which I cant not wait to see again

Chloe Xx