References for James Box

Art Asylum Reloaded Photo Studio

Great to assist James on his remote shoot with Angel.

He had very clear ideas of what he was trying to achieve with his shoot and was happy to help him and Angel achieve those images.

Totally recommend as a photographer to work with.

Angel Black UK

James is one of my favourite people to shoot remotely with because he's always so happy to go with the flow with a basic plan in place. The most recent was a remote shoot from Art Asylum Studio where we shot a variety of sets from natural light to latex, making the most of the props the studio had to offer.

His pre shoot communications are excellent and when we met on Zoom he was raring to go, and formed his plan after a brief tour of the studio. James has such a creative mindset which really sets him apart from the rest and he uses this to the best of his ability, always striving to get unique shots.

James is always chatty and friendly and we've really built a good rapport now, bouncing ideas off of one another. He's super professional and a gentlemen throughout.

The back of camera shots were excellent and I can't wait to see the results!

Thankyou for another wonderful shoot, I highly recommend working with James!

Angel x

Victoriah

I shot with James recently on my mini euro tour. We worked together in Belgium 🇧🇪 at a studio

James was lovely from the start. Communication was always great. Easy. Straight forward. He was lovely. Kind. And flexible with the nightmare I had with trains and he had with parking but we both didn’t let any of that get in our way and had a wonderful shoot

We got on like a house on fire 🔥

I love the images we created. James is really down to earth and easy to work with

I would certainly recommend him to travelling models looking for photographers to work with and would definitely shoot again with James

I hope to work together again soon

Team Black

We've had the pleasure of working with James on a number of shoots, this time taking a remote slot during a duo with Angel and Azura in our studio.

James' communications are phenomenal - he's very good at providing all of the necessary information in advance of the shoot down to set ideas and styling so we could have the first set ready.

Both models felt very comfortable from the beginning and conversation easily flowed. Despite shooting during England's winter night, James happily adjusted his settings to balance with the light panels and has such a great eye to detail, really picking up on key things to get the perfect shot.

James is such a genuinely warm person and someone we will gladly host time and time again - he's polite, professional, friendly and calm, really helping to create an easy going atmosphere.

His shots looked phenomenal, so we look forward to seeing his edits!

Team Black :)

Angel Black UK

James is by far one of my favourite photographers to work with. He is polite, professional, friendly and very ease to get along with - he's more than happy to give direction but equally happy to let us lead. Our most recent shoot was another remote shoot, this time a duo with Azura and from start to finish we all gelled together so well.

James has such a good eye for photography, happily adjusting settings as he went and pointing out the little things that need adjusting.

I will always recommend James with the highest recommendation possible - he is a true gem to work with and someone I truly enjoy creating with.

Thankyou for yet another amazing shoot!

Angel x

PGD Modelling and Photography Studios

James joined us remotely on a shoot with Fonic.

And he was an absolute delight. Surprised by the amount of control our studio has in its remote system, James took to it easily and was happy to play with lights and tweak the settings from his end to his preference.

Through out the session we had a great level of communication, whilst only a few minor position changes on the camera/rig and lighting (made my life easy).

All in all a pleasure to work with and some awesome images captured, I look forward to seeing James back in on our remote system for some of our future events.

Highly recommended working with!

FonicOfficial

James was so amazing to book a 2 hour slot session with me at my Halloween theme at PGD studios.

This was my first time working with James and OMG he is brill, so bubbly, professional and so lovely. We had so much fun and the Images was such wow. his ideas of creating an image to be more spooky with the vampire set was fantastic.

James blown me away not only his personality but his imagination. so creative and so direct. I hope i get the chance to working with James again. His a photographer i could vibe with every day and we will always get some amazing shots and have a good laugh. if anyone wants a fantastic photographer please go to James his wicked. 120% recommend him.

Thank you so much James. hope to work with you again very soon. never change. keep shining.

FONIC

Angel Black UK

After a few remote shoots together I finally had the chance to work with James in person - twice on two separate occasions in the same weekend! James was visiting in the UK and booked onto my Kent tour where I had the pleasure to work with him 1-1 and really get to know him even better. His pre shoot communications for both shoots were fantastic, providing me with outfits to bring ahead of time, as well as a mood board of ideas that we worked from.

The second shoot was was a duo with Hattie Grace in her home in Kent. He showed up on time for both shoots and was simply fantastic to work with. He had a clear vision of what he was hoping to achieve and was a real joy to create art with. You can see James' passion for photography and I hope I get the chance to work with him again in the future.

The images were fantastic and I can't wait to see some edits from it. James is polite and professional and so much fun to work with - he likes a collaborative approach to get the very best images he can. He clearly knows his stuff with photography, happily adjusting lighting and settings as we went. It was a true wonder to see him working.

I had a blast and would 1000% recommend him to other creatives. Thankyou for an amazing two shoots!

Angel x

Blue Smoothy

I had a lovely first shoot with James after he responded to my casting call.

He was creative in the shoot working with light and reflections to capture some interesting images. So glad I had the opportunity to work with him on his quick trip to London and hope we get the chance to work together again sometime.

Thank you :)

Hattie Grace

Angel Black and I hosted our first duo day recently and I was delighted that James booked to work with us. James arrived on time and was an overall joy to shoot with. He is professional, respectful, creative and enthusiastic. We managed to fit in several different sets/looks in the time we had and we worked at a relaxed yet productive pace. The photos are beautiful! I highly recommend James to others and would certainly love to work with him again in the future :)

denisastrakovaofficial

Shooting with James is always a huge pleasure. The concept for todays photoshoot was fabulous and really fits to me. Highly appreciated that you booked me again :) All the best to you and hopefully maybe next time. Denisa | www.denisastrakova.com

Rachelle Summers

It was wonderful catching up with James on my recent Belgium trip! Due to Covid we hadn't seen each other since 2019 so it was really nice working together again. James has hired an absolutely STUNNING loft location for us to work at that had beautiful natural light and industrial style decor.

James as always was a joy to work with, we had a good natter and worked our way through a few different looks, stopping half way for a drink and a waffle (which was super yummy and I have became a little addicted to since trying on our shoot haha!). From what I saw on the back of the camera we got some great results too that I can't wait to see!

Highly recommended and hopefully we don't leave it as long next time :)

BabyJess

I met James recently during a group shoot. He was very calm, gentle and polite. I was very impressed by his photography skills and attention to details.

The final images are astonishing and I couldn't be any happier with them. Shooting with James was truly fun and adventurous and I hope to work with him again one day.

I recommend James to anyone looking for high quality and creativity.

Ameria

I had my first shoot with James during my hotel shoot/tour in Gent- and I was absolutely thrilled to!

James is a very respectful, professional photographer with amazing skills and an even more wonderful personality. I felt safe, inspired and enthusiastic shooting with him.

I'd recommend him to anyone- and I'm already looking forward to another shoot in the future :-)

Cariad Celis

I was delighted to work with James for a second time during my most recent Europe tour! James is a fantastic photographer and equally great host, after a long journey, he was kind enough to provide lunch and even catered for my veggieness.

We previously worked together many moons ago, before covid. At the time we spoke about a shoot in the future, who knew it would be almost 4 years later. Nevertheless, we reconnected and shot at his home near Gent. On this tour a travelled with another model Megan and we shot mostly duo's during our session. James had a moodboard sent out in advance and we were able to review and create with the inspiration at hand.

It was a wonderful start to our tour and so lovely to start with a bang and create stunning images to be proud of from the get go :)

Thanks James, I hope we get another chance to shoot in the future, hopefully closer than 4 years though :)

Highly recommended!

Aurora Phoenix

I’ve been shooting with the lovely James for such a long time now. Since 2018. We have had a few shoots in the UK and many shoots together in Belgium. We shot during my recent tour to Brussels at my hired apartment earlier this month.

It was lovely to see James again and we had so much to catch up on since our last shoot a few months back. James had so many interesting story’s to tell and he’s always such a delight to be around. It was great to have another lovely shoot together and a good catch up.

We created a variety of stunning images together in so many different looks and set-ups James is just so easy to work with and he’s such a talented photographer and a great person. We had a blast!! Time slipped through our fingers far too quickly.

110% recommended from me. Thanks again James for another fabulous shoot. Until next time

nina olk

I worked with James during my recent trip to Belgium. He was punctual, kind, funny, and chatty. I felt safe and comfortable the whole time. I think we spent at least as much time chatting as we did taking pictures, but somehow he still managed to take stunning pictures that I can't wait to see after selection and editing!

I would recommend working with James to any model and would of course love to work together again!

Carla Monaco

It was a pleasure to work with James on a recent remote shoot from Belgium to Uk.

James was super friendly, easy to to work with, he followed my remote shoot instructions perfect.

James sent me some lovely images from the shoot which are beautiful and even though the remote session was short, we still were able to have a good chat and created some super images, very productive indeed.

I hope to work with James again in 2023.

Thanks for a great shoot.

Best

Carla

Kitty Dawson

I had a fantastic shoot with James during my first Belgium tour.

He hired an absolutely beautiful location and he met me at my accommodation to collect me and drove us to the shoot.

James is friendly, respectful, professional, creative and passionate about photography.

Excellent pre-comms.

I really enjoyed working with such a creative photographer!

We shot a good number of sets in the time we had and we managed to have a few breaks too. We used various areas of the location, including a swing!

I hope we get to shoot together again in the future :)

Highly recommended photographer and human :)

Aurora Phoenix

Had such an incredible duo shoot with James box and Monika Lara Smith during our recent modelling Tour to Belgium at our hired apartment. I’ve shot with James countless of times over the years and he’s always such a gentleman who is so professional, respectful and a joy to be around.

Prior to shooting as always pre-communications were excellent and everything was super easy to plan and organise. On the day of shooting James arrived promptly. We all had a good chat, laugh and a catch up prior to shooting which was so lovely. This really put me at ease and shoots with James are such a relaxed and low pressure atmosphere yet, really productive too.

James is such an excellent photographer and he has so much experience shooting duets. He helped us fine tune our duo poses along with choosing outfits that matched together and complimented each other from both of our suitcases. He also utilised the space that we had spotting really cool areas to shoot in that worked well with our poses and outfits. James had even brought along some outfits and props of his own too.

Overall, once again we got a variety of such INCREDIBLE and AMAZING images in such a variety of looks and settings it was such a productive, creative and fun session.

110% recommended from me!! Me and Monika had such a blast shooting with the lovely James again. Until next time ;)