References for JPea

2W Location

The saying goes that you only get out what you put in. It's not surprising then that John's abundant enthusiasm, artistic and creative flair and well honed photographic skills have produced some more amazing images from his time here.

John is a delight to host and his models love their shoots with him, we can't recommend him highly enough!

KASIA

Another awesome shoot with jpea!!

John is definitely one of my favourite photographers. As he has proven to be the most successful photographer I have worked with. He is truly talented with experimenting with different angles, lighting and ideas. John is perfect for any aspiring model, I am going to recommend him to any model !!!definitely. Hes absolutely awesome person awesome photographer and friend as well. Pleasure to work with. Full of ideas...crazy ideas ...open minded...given also helpful directions. He can create amazing pics from nothing really. Talent its called!! Absolutely love work with john..loves his company.

Lovely friendly chatty as always!

Hes so niceAmazing can't wait to shoot again thank you so much John you're brilliant!💋💋💋

Keira Lavelle

Yo! The JPeaster was at it again... Sound the sirens!

Working with John is like a whole new collision of planets whose existence are not even known about yet. I mean, whoever knew that madness could be the norm? But hey! If you know, you know! :D

T’was Well Gud!

So another session of rather splendid creativity bites the dust in our shooting history, and Houston: we have no problems... Except which shots in this guys camera were actually the best of the best? Ahhhh so many winners. *Holds face helplessly*

Talking with some reasonable sense now, you basically only need to take a quick sweep of my own past references... Plus pretty much every reference ever left for John! That he’s actually a superstar in disguise and a colossal pleasure to shoot with no matter where/how or when. :D His mind goes places in the creative spectrum that you couldn’t even expect a unicorn to know about; he sees every EPIC shot opportunity and then faffs with his camera producing something in the region of magic in digital form. Any light/any scene/any time of the day... This man will throw himself directly into that zone riding an excited buzz of inspiration and 24 carat passion making the shoot a very energised and “good vibe” place to be as the model present at the scene of the craziness. :P Working with people like John is quite honestly just a dream in every sense of every possible way to describe loving your job! [Insert every possible fancy-face adjective in the dictionary!] Mega Photographer who owns the light all day, every day. Nuff said!

But of course it’s not enough because I must ramble further about just how much fun a person that JPea is to team up with. And yes - again I probably sound like a broken record when you read every single one of his other references... ‘Tis tru tho! He’s mad as a hatter in the best possible way, exploding with enthusiasm whether in email or in person, so funny/social and great to be around. Did I mention mad? :P Not that I can talk anyway ha! He’s just a really great person to work with who will fill any model with happy and bouncing vibetasticness as you do your thing amid fantabulous shootiness. He had a huuuge heart and soul, and a warming nature so he’s absolutely bound to get on with absolutely every model that comes to JPea HQ or shoots with him elsewhere. And of course, very importantly: his courtesy and respect shown to the models is solidly pristine. John is the very definition of professional in his approach on model shoots which further adds to the long list of other reasons to work with him. :D

Recommended, recommended and recommended again!!!!

The next shoot is something to always be buzzing about!

Thank you John!!!!! Even if y’are crackers. ;)

Keira

Astou

First shoot with John and definitely not the last!

I enjoyed working with John so much. He is full of creativity, fun and very professional. His enthusiasm is contagious, I was immediately at ease working with him and we got plenty of amazing shots.

I am sure we will shoot again and I recommend you do too!

Joely

I think it's safe to say my shoot with John will go down as my all time favourite and most memorable shoot ever! There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe this man! He is utterly charming, his enthusiasm is infectious and he is guaranteed to have you in fits of laughter while at the same time bringing out the absolute best in you as a model. I was beyond excited when John contacted me for a shoot a couple of months ago as he'd been on my radar for a while and he did not disappoint. 4 hours passed in a blur of giggles, outfit changes, crazy poses, a broken toilet seat and a glass of brandy!! From what I've seen on the back of the camera we pulled it out of the bag with every set we shot and I wholeheartedly credit John for this. The rapport he builds with his models and his creative eye produce fabulous images again and again. Thank you John for an utterly fabulous shoot and I can't wait for the next one. It goes without saying, very highly recommended! :)

2W Location

We were really looking forward to meeting John again as he’s a joy to be around. Great conversation and really friendly, settling in straight away with his model, whom he’d not met before today.

Lots of laughter followed and an enjoyable time was had by all. We’ve no hesitation what so ever in recommending John as someone you should work with - get him on your list!

Belle Noire aka Black Beauty

It's reasons such as this that I love Purpleport because it gives me the opportunity to work with amazing photographers such as yourself!

I've never known anyone so passionate on a photo shoot which effectively made me give it my all!

We were slightly late starting but that didn't set us back!! The images I have seen so far speak for themselves :D

You are friendly, chatty, incredibly talented and funny. But remained an absolute professional throughout.

Not a negative thing to say from me! Absolutely Recommended To All xX

Kirsty May

I had a shoot with John at his home and it really was a wonderful day working with him.

We had a lot of laughs and I feel we got along rather well whilst creating the ideas he had in mind.

He has an abundance of clothing and accessories to ensure the image is just right and he gives alot of helpful advice too.

I would definitely recommend John to any model looking for work

Bad Dolly

Today I spent a wonderful 4 hours with John and I enjoyed every minute! It was a last minute shoot arranged in no time at all, pre communication was perfect and when John arrived we got on like old friends. He has such a great sense of humour I was on stitches! Shooting with John was so laid back and he bought along some gorgeous dresses, including a lovely polka dot number that I adored.

We got some fabulous shots and 4 hours was gone in no time, we had so much fun and John is a lovely respectful gentleman I would jump at the chance to work with him.

I can't recommend John highly enough and look forward to bossing him around soon....joking!

Thanks for a brilliant shoot Xx

Shellb1

Had my first shoot with Jpea today and OMG what an amazing wonderful creative man he is !!! Exceptional hospitality, felt welcome as soon as he met me off the train , friendly chatty relaxed , just a incredibly easy gentleman to gel with , really really wonderful morning and afternoon with some amazing ideas , just a fabulous shoot , could not ask for better , 100 percent recommend any model working with John , thank you so much for today really really enjoyed it , and can’t wait to work with you again , FAB 👌x

Gigirose

Wow wow wow, where to start! John is such an amazing photographer, his creativity shines through and he always thrives to achieve the best possible images - which he does. His pre comms were spot on and I was met promplty at the station.

During the journey, we spoke about what we was both looking to achieve within the shoot, meaning when we arrived we were ready to go! We managed to shoot a range of different styles and sets throughout and we even managed to get an FPI!! I throughly enjoyed shooting with John and i'd definetely recommend him to any model looking to work with him, you won't be dissapointed. I loved working with him that much i've recently applied to one of his new castings as i'd love to try and get another FPI. All the best John.

2W Location

Thank you John for making the journey over to us - it was a pleasure to meet you and we're pleased you liked using our home for your afternoon's work.

John is a very friendly chap and settled right in and got straight down to work whilst his coffee cooled down!

Great rapport with his model and, judging by what we've already seen BOC and published (he's clearly a fast worker!), the results are going to be stunning.

BexWhite

Poor John.

Honestly, my heart bleeds for him.

I can't imagine what it must be like to be in such high demand from these pesky models, just waiting for another opportunity to languish... anguish and perhaps create in front of your lens.

To be bullied, relentlessly, into shooting at new and diverse locations, far from home.

What torture!

I am thrilled to bits, though, that John gave in to my dreadful demands and joined me for another simply wonderful shoot, this time at the incredible Clock Tower, London. We achieved so much during our half day there, and I thoroughly enjoyed four hours of fabulous, crazy, emotive shootiness with this Master. I've said it before... you shouldn't have favourites. BUT... :)

AshleyAshton

So there she was,waiting at the window .. slowly turning into a skeleton waiting for John to contact me regarding a shoot... 😂Haha!.. (just kidding-ish)

There he is ,banging on my door . I arrive with the shopping bags ,just been to lidl ...turned out I thought John said were shooting 11 til 1pm ,when actually it was 10 til 1pm 😅!OOOPPPS (slightly jet lagged) .. he helped me bring in the shopping..

Anywayyyyyy ... first time John's been to my house and off he went to whizz around ,as he does ! He brought some lovely outfits as usual and had me from babe to bitch in 10 seconds... and with his enthusiastic moans and groans,throughout my posing I really felt like a super bitch Haha! I bounce off this man , what a legend he is ...

His style is sooo eccentric but yet soo original at the same time. And one thing that I found particularly striking, was the way John manipulates the space around him . He rarely uses the basic backdrop ,like "from the sofa ,to the bed "... oh no .. John has you stand randomly but relative to your coffee table lol !!! Whcih initially I found odd... but yet it works !!! And it works everytime !!!

John you are an artist !

Nicole Rayner

Another amazing shoot with John!

We had so much fun playing around with cool themes, emotions and I just loved how quirky and creative the shoot was. We got some fantastic images and John is so lovely to be around :D

Highly recommended

Nicole Rayner

I had my first encounter with jPea and boy how great it was!!! John was full of enthusiasm, passion and wonderful ideas that only got better through our collaboration!!

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John is very funny and great to be around let alone shoot with! I can’t believe it’s taken us so long to shoot together! I really loved the shots as they really told a story and showed a particular emotion! I love that John thinks out of the box and creates really original images!

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John was respectful and professional throughout our shoot! And I would highly recommend him to others! Really hope we get to work together soon!!

Rachelle Summers

Another fabulous shoot with John when he attended my 'Belles of Bedford' event this weekend just gone!

John is a total sweetheart, and mad as a box of frogs! Our shoot involved pigtails, fairy dresses and rocking horses this time round - standard procedure when working with John haha! I absolutely love his creative brain and his fun sense of humour. I always end up in fits of laughter working with him :)

AND he brought all my goodies back from France for me - total legend haha!

Summers Abroad

John joined us for the second time on our most recent Summers Abroad trip to Southern France! It was an absolute pleasure hosting him again :)

He is always such good company and the life and soul of the group! He makes the whole trip so much more fun and enjoyable :)

Can't thank him enough for all his enthusiasm too even when shooting some of the themes that aren't his usual style he always gives it 100% and brings something unique and original to them :)

I can't wait to see the final results :D Highly recommended!

Rachelle Summers

Some photographers you just click with! John is definitely one of those photographers for me!

Every time we shoot together there is just such a creative buzz and something just clicks, then we are away, shot after shot just absolute gems! I love his wackiness, his crazy ideas and the fact he always gives you a storyline/narrative to work too, all the amazing things that make John great to work with haha!

Can't wait to work with him again and highly recommended by me!

Sylph Sia

I had the absolute pleasure of working with John over a few days during a Summers Abroad event in France (organised by Rachelle Summers).

This was my first time meeting and working with John, and it was a total delight. I adore his enthusiasm for his work and his lighthearted approach to photography - not being afraid to think outside the box and experiment with different ideas, while also having the creative ingenuity to conjure up exciting themes and story-lines for his models to play-off.

Lovely company, and always regards the comfort of his models with upmost importance. Such great fun to work with, and beautiful results as far as I could see from the back of camera. Looking forward to the next opportunity we get! Highly recommended.