References for James Byrne Photo

Dolly J

James was so helpful with directing me on my first remote shoot! Highly recommended by me and hope to shoot again soon! D x

Little miss Lala

Had a remote shoot with James, was great to have a catch up. We had been planning to do a remote shoot for a while and pre-communications were amazing as per usual. Very professional throughout. Would recommend in person and remote shooting any day.

FFRREEYYAAHH

This was my third time of working on a creative collab with James so as usual, it was all amazing work from James.

James also was absolutely a professional during shoots, he’s a ledged as I had to have extra time I had to delay the shoot by two hours for our TFP collab, so I can’t recommend James enough to other models or to creative collabs he has the vision and professionalism to work with anyone.

As I was making props and flower headbands I needed extra time in the morning due to never working with flowers before and had to change times from night before from 11:00 am to 12:00 than from 12:00 to 1pm so James was lovely about this, this was the first shoot I’ve ever done on this type of creative collab and James was amazing understanding and chilled I was never stressed or anxious but James gave me full support knowing I am an absolute perfectionist as an artist things have to be right for a shoot especially if I’ve made them I was very excited about this shoot and James was lovely patient rescheduled night before then we had to reschedule for later the next morning but this was an absolute one-off due to nature of working with flowers James on the shoot day was fully supportive of the time changes he’s very considerate although I don’t want to make this a habit moving forward.

I hate disorganisation during a shooting schedule but as this was the first time working with flowers James was absolutely wonderful as the night before and morning.

James was always in contact never moody or pressuring, he was the best and his mood is always light chilled to the point we had food and drinks after the shoot can honestly say he is a pleasure to work with and a nice person as I have worked with photographers who are not like this at all this is often rare, but it makes you apprentice photographers like James who are actual artist have vision unique ideas and aren’t faking it.

James has a lot of imagination he always shares ideas on mood boards on Pinterest I found this very helpful when creating the bespoke headpieces for our creative collab and found it great fun as I have been eager to do these sorts of collabs James gave this opportunity freely, whatever you want to do as long as you work as a team and respect his vision and put your heart into your work James will help you realises your creative potential but his ideas and artistic vision should always be respected as he is extremely nice as a person he has some cracking shoot ideas too and adds his own flair to ideas.

James was an absolute legend patient and he is always professional even working TFP and is a very strong supporter even when working to ideas of implied he has himself the creative vision as a photographer to see what you are trying to create never trying to destroy ideas he will work with you and around you, not all shoots are prefect or go according to plan but James gives you the opportunity to create something bespoke unique to yourself that you can add to your portfolio and be proud of and also gives you the opportunity as an artist or model or both to for fill tasteful and classic ideas you can also shoot any levels you like or mix levels add ideas or create anything you like for shoots like I did.

James is more than willing to do this not all photographers are you get pigeonholed into one idea with no creative freedom or being able to create anything for the shoot, not all photographers are like this but James is very refreshing to work with and has a creative vision himself.

I’ve worked on a few creative TFPs already with James because of this creative freedom and will probably do more as he’s so chilled and has great ideas, I can honestly say James has the talent to pull off these ideas and bring them to life as he lights shoots correctly and effortlessly even if he needs to tweak stuff or he’s tired or ill during a shoot he’s always very chilled and relaxed patient and professional he absolutely is a team player and not arrogant or moody about his craft and has the potential to further his career if opportunities arise I'm sure.

It’s also very rare to find a reliable photographer who does bespoke creative collabs that are well lit with good lighting and good technical skill so I highly recommended James he’s very talented and very easy to work with I look forward to working with James in the future.

FFRREEYYAAHH

I had a lot of fun working with James on our second shoot we had a blast he was very professional and also he was a little poorly but he carried on through ought the shoot and worked very hard to achieve some excellent work despite being ill James didn’t even cancel he was lovely as usual and very productive professional and extremely organised with his shoot he was also very patient with me as I needed to do make up with body glitter. I was completely comfortable with James as he’s an absolute gentleman and he was never pushy with my limits.

the shoot itself was a spontaneous TFP and we decided to do glitter make up shoot, James took the time and effort to message me before hand with ideas and create a mood board on Pinterest as well as send me images for inspiration James is always reliable when planning shoots and organised, after the shoot was completed James also sent me unedited images for social media to share on Instagram for a sneak peak for followers so he’s very good at marketing work and sending things over, he will send me edited photos to post later not all photographs do this at all so James is a very rare Gem not to be taken advantage of as this takes time effort also, James although he is busy he is very organised and responds both during pre production on shoots and after shoots are completed he’s always professional warm approachable and his work is done to a very professional high standard he’s always on standby if you need to ask him about work and although works full time he’s very flexible when booking shoots and works extremely quickly and affectedly to get shoots done he’s never lazy, so very excited to move forward with James on other shoots he’s very reliable and very easy to work with and also he’s very good if you need extra work for social media not all photographers do this and limit you on images but James is extremely generous when giving out his work or showing pre edits to keep you in the loop, I respect James a lot as he has a very good work ethic and he’s absolutely a gentleman during shoots especially when doing implied nudity he’s extremely respectful professional and kind, so again look forward to working with James in the future and I would highly recommend James as he’s very professional highly motivated and highly skilled as a photographer and also lovely to work with.

FFRREEYYAAHH

Working with James was a lovely experience I highly recommend him, one of the best shoots I have done in 2021, James is a very talented photographer and extremely professional but he’s outgoing kind and lovely to work with, during the shoot he was also very funny and easy to work with to the point he made me laugh thought ought the shoot as it had been a few weeks where I had not worked modelling, he was very helpful in directing me but never bossy he was very lovely as I do sometimes get anxious and James, was fabulous.

James was also very fun upbeat and friendly very easy to talk to but very professional very good at helping without fit choices and extremely respectful and organised.

I defiantly will be working with him again.

I highly recommend James not only for his quality of work but his high professional standards as well as personally getting to know him he is very easy fun to work with respectful highly recommend him for working with anyone at any level of modelling he is an extremely gifted photographer.

Zoë Birtwhistle

James is a fabulous director. With the gentlest of suggestions he drew a performance out of me like a master chef draws noodles out of a ball of dough. This was a remote shoot, just before Christmas last year, and the first I had ever done. He completely put me at ease, Zooming with me before so he wasn't just a disembodied voice - but what a voice! We chatted about ideas and he sent over a whole load of wonderful photos for inspiration, and he was so encouraging. When you meet a photographer like this you want to give them your very best work. I would love to shoot with James again irl as soon as it's feasibly possible to do so.

Jennifer Bardsley

Another remote shoot with the ever lovely James- great guy and once again highly recommended whatever the project!

Little miss Lala

Had my second shoot today with James, pre communications where great and ideas flowed between us for ideas prior and during the shoot.

Ensured I was safe throughout the shoot and made the day enjoyable and I was comfortable throughout the day.

Made the best with the weather and found locations that had great natural light.

I cannot wait to shoot with him again we are some fantastic ideas and I would recommend to anyone.

Little miss Lala

Okay, I had fantastic pre communications with James and amazing ideas where just flowing back and forth between us. This enabled us to come up with great shoot plans and ideas for future shoots.

The shoot itself was great. No awkwardness at all and I felt very comfortable.

The photos came out great and I cannot wait until out next shoot

Jennifer Bardsley

WHAT A SHOOT. Another fab concept for a remote shoot from James- he manages to come up with such great ideas the excitement and connection that I get when working with some of my fave togs in real life is always there- even through a screen. Great inspiration images with a clear vision but also happy for me to have the freedom to play! Comms are always great, can't wait to see the newest creations to work on our next remote concept (which is ace again of course) and to eventually see what fire we create in real life!..

Sarahgrace

James is such a lovely person with lots of creative ides, he kept a high level of communication with me at all times and produced some beautiful images.

Jennifer Bardsley

James replied to my casting for remote shoots and I'm SO pleased he did- loved working on his brilliant concept, great comms before and after shoot- lovely guy. Would 100% recommend, can't wait to work together again for now on remote shoots ( we have already spoken about our next concept which I'm looking forward to!) and hopefully someday in person! Work with James you won't regret it!!