References for Joy Draiki

Szundi

Everything was as expected and as agreed on beforehand.

Joy was very happy with my choice of location and was giving her best for the photos, even though the heat was nearly unbearable.

Hoping on a next shooting. soon, a highly recommendable model.

HansM

The shoot was meant to take place outdoors, in the nature. Because of weather conditions it was transferred to an former chapel annex metal workshop. I needed not to worry whether Joy and Angharada would disapprove of my choice. They absolutely loved it!

The shoot went rather swimmingly, they brought along plenty of dresses etc. they were full of ideas and full of motivation.

Recommended wholeheartedly.

imagesse

I was recently fortunate to spend a weekend with Joy, along with long time friend Ella Rose and fellow photographer Jeremy. Our playground was the wonderful scenery of West Cornwall; the wild moors, stunning beaches, ruined mines and secret valleys. Beautiful, inspiring locations need a beautiful, inspiring model and Joy was absolutely that.

Blessed with extraordinary natural beauty, but totally down to earth, Joy has a tangible energy and appetite for modelling, for finding something new, something unique from each location. Her experience as a model drives her to want to create, to make images of the highest quality. Combine that with the climbing ability of a mountain goat and you have a fabulous model who will surprise and delight at every turn. Joy is aptly named for that is what she brings!

PatrickVisser

Had the pleasure of working with Joy again on one of the Wales events organized by Stephanie Dubois.

She has such a wonderful personality and is amazing to work with.

Time flies by when shooting with her.

I highly recommend her, and I am always looking forward to the next time we can shoot together

Anthony Wadham

Enjoyed a great weekend shoot with Joy in North Wales organised by Stephanie Dubois.

Joy is great fun to work with: a highly professional model, capable of moving apparently effortlessly around some really demanding locations and fearless of the cold water in mountain streams and rivers.

Joy poses naturally in classic styles and improvises to suit rugged landscapes, and unusual props discovered along the way yet still willing to try some of my more unconventional ideas.

Duo shots with Stephanie were stunning as neither have "ego's" and work together as a team. Thank you Joy!

SimonH

Had a lovely first shoot with Joy, at AURA studio.

She worked alongside Jezebelle and Angharada as part of the 'Three Graces' themed shoot.

Joy was great to work with. Very professional, easy to get along with and she worked really well with the other two models.

We shot a few different sets and got some really beautiful images.

I would highly recommend Joy to everyone and would love to get the chance to work with her again in the future!

DavidBallard

I had a really enjoyable shoot with Joy this week at Aura Studio. She was working with Angharada and Jezebelle achieving a lot in my two hour slot with the models. The time flew by as we achieved a lot in the time shooting together. Joy was lovely and professional and look forward to working with her again. Thanks again Joy for a really great shoot x David

Francis J Pullen Photographer

Joy modelled with Angharada and Jezebelle at a unique, once in a lifetime, 'Three Graces' event at Aura Studio. I was super excited to work them as I not only love their specialism of pre-Raphaelite styling, but I had for many years also wanted to pay homage to the 'Three Graces' sculpture by Antonio Canova, a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three charities, daughters of Zeus - Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia – who were said to represent youth/beauty (Thalia), mirth (Euphrosyne), and elegance (Aglaea). They presided over banquets and gatherings, to delight the guests of the Gods.

So the stage was set with 2 Romanesque columns and flowing lengths of tulle to drape around their bodies, and I was absolutely stunned by their symbiotic posing and ability to create subtle, yet most beautiful positions. Each one of them has incredibly long (over bum) length hair in fiery red, dark and blonde, making a superb contrast, and I wanted this to be shown, rather than 'hair-up' in a bun as in the statue.

Once we had finished this set, we moved onto free style unadorned art nude between the Roman columns, where arms, hands and legs moved in a sensuous manner before they all arrived at the final, staggeringly beautiful pose - just amazing to watch, let alone photograph.

We used 2 further sets upstairs in the studio - draping their exquisite shapes on a soft chair against a pink background, aided by big stemmed Roses, and finally on the 4 Post Bed, itself draped in Red tulle and soft covers, ending up with the 'Model Pile' shot and the obligatory rear 'bum' view, showcasing all their long tresses of hair.

Superlatives just aren't sufficient to describe working with these three exceptional models and their combined and individual talents and creativity.

I had one of my all time best shoots with them - full of creativity, fun, laughter and two way collaboration throughout, saddened only by the knowledge of Jezebelle's imminent retirement in June. Thank you so much Joy, Angharada and Jezebelle, you were all sensational. Francis x

MattB

I had a great shoot with Joy and two other models at AURA studio - we managed to fit a lot into a short shooting time thanks to her professionalism and natural posing ability.

Joy was great to work with, easily posed along with two other models and was happy working with and without direction. I'm very pleased with the results of our shoot and I would recommend Joy to other photographers!

Ella Rose Muse

I have 1982 things on my to do list today but sharing is caring and I wanted to write this reference, as I really can't recommend Joy enough as someone I love to model alongside and also as a recommendation for photographers to book her.

I recently spent a long weekend with her and two photographers, the four of us shooting in beautiful places around Cornwall. This was the second time I'd met and modelled alongside Joy, the first time being a short shoot a year ago.

On a personality level, Joy is utterly lovely to spend time with - totally positive, pleasant, chatty, appreciative of the surroundings, kind and fun. She is a gentle, calm presence; engaged and excited about shooting as well as relaxed. She speaks her mind and communicates clearly, keen for the photographers to get excellent images, and is a hard worker, happy to climb and clamber confidently.

Physically, she has beautiful features galore, and in addition, I have been modelling for 10 years and have SO rarely found anyone who I match so well with in terms of both mood + physicality; she is very similar in physique to me, so that we flatter and complement each other - she has a beautiful, natural and tall figure - not skinny, not big, just mesmerisingly curvy and feminine - so magnetic! She looks utterly 'natural' and what's more is completely comfortable with herself, confident and aware of her own strength and appeal, aligning so well with muses of some of the classical painters while, crucially, having absolutely no ego to go with it. It's so wonderful!

It felt very easy and natural to work with her, moving together for the camera in little moments that felt like gentle dances.

Book her while you can (maybe with me!)! :)

Lauran

Again we had a great shoot. Highly recommended.

richard benn

Joy is such an amazing positive person to be around. I had the pleasure of shooting with her on one of Stephanie Dubois weekend events in West Wales which she helped with scouting location, email and then on the weekend was a great hostess. Joy is also a great model amazing poses, braving the cold, climing rocks and old castle walls. Also a wonderful dancer on the beach as the tide was coming in.

She works really hard to get the shots you want and has such a great aura and a wonderful smile :-)

We got some amazing photos and I would well recommend Joy to beginners and experience photographers, 5 stars

Axel Bueckert

Very versatile with her posing and facial expressions. I am very happy with the results. It was a joy to work with Joy. ;-)

Teus van der Stelt

I have worked with Joy probably a handful times so far, all of them are among my most anticipated shoots and ended up with amazing results. I have without a doubt said it before, but Joy is one of the most trustworthy, enthousiastic and professional models I know and I love working with her for that. Thanks again for a wonderful shoot! I highly recommend Joy to all photographers; book her when she is in your area.

samthedog

Joy is a wonderful and amazing model and I'm thrilled that we worked together on her latest trip to Bristol. There are many ways to describe Joy and these are just some of them; attractive, exuberant, exciting, passionate, experienced, knowledgeable, interesting. We worked at Shadow Studio and covered a variety of styles thankfully all using natural light. I could have spent the whole time just talking with Joy but we did break off to take some pictures now and again. It's been said before so forgive me for repeating it, but Joy is so joyful to work with, very relaxed confident and happy in her own skin. If you get the chance to work with Joy grab it and I highly recommend Joy to all.

Thank you for a wonderful shoot.

John

Paulinfocus

I had a wonderful shoot with Joy at a great location. But it needed an early start and fortunately Joy was happy to meet at 6.45am!

I first shot with Joy last year in London on one of her trips to the UK and she promised to visit Bristol on a future trip. True to her word she passed through having shot at an event in Wales and I jumped at the chance to shoot again.

Joy is a joy to work with. She has a beautiful, classical look that lends itself to art nude and particularly art nude in the landscape where she creates awesome poses. I am so pleased with the images we created.

If you haven't worked with Joy you must catch her on one of her trips to the UK. Very highly recommended.

Brighteyed

Very pleased to get to shoot with the stunning Joy on her visit to the UK.

Very relaxed fun and creative session.

Joy is an absolute professional in every way and I would jump at the chance to work with her again when she next visits. Shoot was in the amazing Studio58 which we both found so inspiring to get great images.

Great lady, great model 100% recommendation. xx

PatrickVisser

I had the real pleasure of attending The West Wales Photographic Weekend that was organized by Stephanie Dubois where Joy was the second Model.

They both made every effort to make it an unforgettable weekend, end they have succeeded it that. From the pre-scouted locations to the very nice dinner they prepared.

The weekend delivered some stunning photos, (to many, the sorting and editing will take a while).

If you have not have had the pleasure of working with joy I would highly recommend that you make every effort to make it happen. I highly recommend working with her!!!!

foto-jasper.nl

great model and very nice person we had a great shoot

communications were clear and good

HP Fotografie

Working with Joy was a pleasure. She is a nice person, easy to work with and very professional. She poses free and can also adapt photographers wishes immediatly. She brings in her own ideas. Highly recommended.