References for Keira Lavelle

Alec Hunter

My second fabulous shoot with Keira. Halloween themed with lots of variety and handmade sets she designed. Totally fabulous creativity and various outfits and props to go with the sets. Great makeup and awesome posing by Keira as usual. Four hours flew by far too quickly but I now have many great images to retouch to remind me of such a fun shoot.

Can’t recommend Keira too highly as she ticks all the boxes and even some that have yet to be invented. Super nice person and very knowledgeable in all aspects of photography, lighting, posing, styling and creating great opportunities. I can only repeat that I had a fabulous time and would never tire of working with her. We have plans for a location shoot next year and that will be something for me to look forward to through the darker nights.

Many thanks for everything and book Keira as soon as you can.

RLux

I joined Keira on her Arts Voyage-Exclusive on the Greek Island of Paros. The whole experience was amazing and being able to work one-to-one for 3 days was inspiring. The pre-event communications were excellent, Keira sent detailed emails with the programme and possible locations to visit. I made my way to Paros airport where I was collected and taken to a luxury Villa which was the base for the whole event. The Villa was superb with its own swimming pool and multiple bedrooms.

Each day began with breakfast and then taking out in the car to a pre-planned destination for the morning shoot. Keira was excellent in her planning Louvre the locations and broke with her some amazing outfits that she had prepared especially for the trip. The use of a reflector, angles of light and the positioning of the camera relative to the subject were emphasised in the shoots at the different locations. A number of different locations were taken in before returning to the villa for lunch. Keira cooked lunch and presented a la carte dishes that would not be out of place in any top-class restaurant. after a couple of hours siesta went out for a late afternoon, evening shoot take it in a couple of different locations. Following this we returned to the villa briefly before going to a local restaurant for an evening meal.

During the trip we visited 12 different locations which included mountains, beach, caves, ancient monuments, street and rocky seashore settings. The trip had many highlights including a visit to the Cave of Archilochos, which involved a rough scramble down to the cave. I am indebted to Keira for taking me on this exciting venture and getting me safely back. Throughout, Keira was excellent in working with the particular setting giving marvellous poses whether this was art-nude or street fashion. She gives excellent feedback on the pictures and works tirelessly to ensure the best pictures are captured.

Keira worked so hard in planning and running the whole trip that the activities worked like clockwork. Working with Keira at the different location was a delight and I came back from the trip on a high. I fully and highly recommend Keira and her Arts Voyage events to all photographers wanting a great photographic experience in amazing places.

Thanks for a really great trip

Richard

Howard G Sharples

I met up with Keira last week when I arranged to shoot location with her up in West Yorkshire close to where she lives. We hadn't worked together for quite some time so it was nice to set up something again and she led me to a fantastically scenic waterfall location where we were able to get some super images.

Keira is a very professional and experienced model who comes up with lots of her own ideas as she knows exactly what works and you cannot fail to achieve a set of wonderfully creative images from any shoot you book with her.

Little seems to faze Keira, she'll climb steep rocks and trees and as on this occasion swim underneath a waterfall to ensure you pull off the best possible shot. A lot of what she tries for the sake of a good picture a lot of models wouldn't attempt but with Keira it's a fun and essential part of her modelling.

We also shot another location that day where again we came away with some impressive images. The light was challenging at times, turning from bright to soft sunlight and overcast, but along with Keira this led to an even more interesting and diverse set of images, which I'm now having a lot of fun editing!

NeilH

Had another brilliant photoshoot with Keira at the The X Factory in Stoke-On-Trent. It was supposed to be a Duo shoot with another model, but she wasn't very well which I totally understood, so Keira amiably stepped up to do the shoot of two and we created lots of different looks.

So highly recommended by me with out a doubt, roll on shoot number..... I forgot how many I have had now because we seem to be on roll at the moment and any way whose counting when you working with a model as good as Keira Lavelle, thank you.

scarborian

Can't really say anything more about Keira over and above all the other great recommendations from everyone else. Friendly, full of ideas and great posing. Even managed to play a good game of hide and seek with passing cars when posing naked on top of hay bales next to a road. Always full of fun. A pleasure to work with.

Ian Choi

I have a full day photoshoot with Keira yesterday, she is really awesome, My English level is very low, but she professionally posed and used gorgeous body movements instead of verbal communication to help me finish my work, plus she has a huge amount of ideas.

she is not only a professional model, but also a tour guide. Under her guidance, I didn't need to worry about anything at all (especially which beautiful place to search), I just needed to focus on the view finder and I could finish my work easily. Look forward to work with her next time!!!!!!!!

Andy N

WOW... What a fantastic full day shoot I had with Keira.

This was an outdoor shoot where Keira had scouted a number of locations before hand and backup options if the weather was against us 😅.

Keira was great with the pre-comms, sharing ideas for the day's shoot and ensuring I was happy with the plan.

All I can say is the locations she found were amazing and Keira posed with ease and was very easy to get along with and to talk too.

The day went by far too quickly but I hope to get to work with Keira again and would certainly recommend anyone thinking of booking Keira

Pete Roberts

I have been shooting with the 'Duracell Bunny' Keira at various times over the last ten years. This July I spent 3 days on one of Keira's Arts Voyage International trips shooting one-to-one in Lower Silesia (Poland) It is incredible the amount of work which Keira puts into organising and running these trips. She didn't even allow the fact that our flight from Manchester was delayed by two hours to affect the amount of shooting time we got in the gorgeous old watermill we had as a base and the fabulous locations which she had scouted.

A beautiful and very energetic model and a super-talented organiser.

GaryMac Photography

Warning Long and Deserved Reference

Wow, wow, wow, spent the last three days in the company of Keira on an ArtsVoyageIntl Photographic Holiday in Poland and was blown away with the whole experience.

The trip is a 1 to 1 shooting experience, like no other, with one of the most versatile models to ever grace the modelling world

Everything on the trip is planned exquisitely by Keira from pick up at specified location and return to same or other location at the end of the holiday experience.

Pre-scouted plethora of location's and location ideas to cover all interests and genres

Special bespoke outfits and jewellery made for the trip : A Haute Couture Dress from corsets and carpet offcuts Awesome :-)

All meals are fully catered for both at Villa and when out on location, even the Restaurants are pre. scouted

1 to 1 creative input to each shoot developing ideas together

Pre Holiday Communication were spot on and timely right up to pick up at agreed location

Non stop banter, together with a relaxed and easy going atmosphere, guaranteed that the whole trip was enjoyed from start to finish

Ohh and the incredible, awesome, atmospheric and out of this world Villa, character and history seeping out of all the rooms in the converted Mill House

Before ramble on about actual shoot

Thank You Keira for an UNFORGETTABLE photographic holiday with yourself and ArtsVoyagIntl

Your where a power house, Duracell Energy Bunny, Unstoppable Force, Total Inspiration and a blooming good laugh

The Less Said about StarFish and Harness’s the better :-)

Recommended 1000%, if Carlsberg ran Photographic Holidays they would need to consult Keira on how to do it Awesomely.

Ramble about the Holiday and shoots

Pick Up Day

On time with perfect comms

Good chat and catch up on way back to Villa, 2 hour cross border trek

Superb Keira prepared meal

Planned Day 01 in detail from the superb scouting notes sent out before Holiday

Planned Day 02 and 03 in general

Start for day a relaxed 10.00 am :-)

Shooting Day 01

Planned visit to lock complex on nature reserve, in middle 4 lakes and barley reed beds

Longish trip but totally worth it, the locks are awesome and superb backdrop for Keira to work in

The landowner joined us at the locks to find out what we were up to

Really superb guy, invited us to tour his estate and allowed us access to areas we would never have been able to use

First lesson the Lakes were in effect Ponds, 110 hectare pons but ponds as they were manmade and were the largest fishery complex in Poland

Access to all 4 ponds

Access to modern 60 ft high observation tower

Access to old soviet era metal watch tower of same height but in a rather derelict condition

Shooting from both

Access to feed the fish

Access to a rather large Hymac and a reed cutter boat

We also both got to shoot a shot gun

Got to hug and Keira got to climb what could be the oldest Oak tree in Poland

Apart from the initial visit to locks the rest of the day was totally unplanned and unexpected, the format of the ArtsVoyageIntl holiday allows for this and to just go where the day took us

Wow what an awesome day

Shoot Day 02

Early start to avoid the crowds at the various locations

Waterfall and Pond under : Brilliant

Woodland Area : Woodland Nymph and Tree Crawling : Totally awesome

Rocks and Escarpments : Mind Blowing good

Rock Demons and Rock Spirit : Less said the better, but great tales for around the camp fire late at night

Return to Villa : Keira Sorted a late lunch. Whilst setup for afternoon fun in and around the Villa

Haute Couture Ensemble around old mill race and totem pole : Absolutely Brilliant

The Sculpture and the Lady : Totally blown away by Keira interpretation

The Queen of Hearts and Little Alice in Wonderland : Wow, wow and wow, nuff said

The Tea Party : The Queen of Hearts wants to win the Card Game and creates havoc when she finds out the cuddly toys were cheating

NOTE: No cuddly toys were hurt in this set, even though chaos seemed to be wrecked on them :-)

Evening meal in local town

Shoot Day 03

Lazy 10.00 start so could sort out packing as sadly last day :-(

Planned visit to Castle : Shooting to an agreed theme : Brilliant and Superb Creative fun

Lunch at Polish Cuisine resturant, with the largest ever pork chop

Final location and superb Hydro Electric dam : Blooming Super Finale to an outstanding three days of creative fun

Chauffeured back to Prague a Super Happy Photographer

Keira until the next time, thank you for what was a totally unforgettable 3 days of super charged creativeness in your company

Gary

JPea

I spent three days shooting with Keira in Poland on a tour she had organised...and so efficiently organised.

I have shot with her all over the place and from the wonderful converted mill where we stayed to the ruined palaces, castles and I know not what, where we shot, it was bliss all the way.

Totally recommended by me.

You mustn't miss out on shooting with the human dynamo.

R Richardson Photography

Finally got around to working again with Keira it had been almost 5 years since we last shot together which was far too long! I have nothing but high praise for such a lovely down to earth wonderful model if you need a creative ball of energy to lift your photography spirts look no further highly recommended as usual. Thank you so much for a great day even though the weather tried to melt us in the process.

NeilH

What can I say I totally love working with this crazy beautiful lady who brings so much energy to the shoot.

This was our first location shoot (and won't be the last) and our 3rd shoot in the space of a year, Keira traveled up to my part of the North West of England , Lancashire to be precise (Yorkshire lass comes over the border shock and likes it!!!) and the locations I chose where within a 20min journey from where I live, we shot on/in rocks, cliffs , forests ,and a pier.

We had an event looking for some where to have lunch (eventually found) we did see people on our shoot but nobody said anything or came up to us to say anything so we where mostly undisturbed and there is deffo potential for a second bite at the locations we went to.

So an amazing shoot with one of the best models at the moment that I know and who I can say is a friend , highly recommended with out question (here's to shoot 4 Keria)

Kevin Connery

Had a lovely remote session with Keira a couple of days ago, and was again struck by how creative and energetic she is!

Fully prepared and ready to go, with multiple outfits, looks, expressions, and poses--a great session overall.

Highly recommended.

Chris Street

Comes equipped with energisier batteries and a great list of ideas. Cannot recommend highly enough, we shot at her home studio and had a great time. Knows how to pose, has lots of ideas and outfits and is a bouncy interesting person tro boot. Cannot wait for the next shoot.

BlackMountain

Finally managed to shoot with Keira on her recent tour of 'the south' AKA London and surrounding counties. We shot a variety of scenes at the always helpful Neon Dream Studio. Sadly we didn't get to the nude roller skating scene but next time Keira, next time :). I enjoyed meeting Keira, she was super helpful and super flexible too! Our time went too fast :)

Russb

Sunday morning saw my second shoot with Keira, and every bit as rewarding and fun as the first: four years is way too long a gap but Covid and me having commitments on Keira's tours South got in the way.

So what can I say about this bubbly, talented, expressive, bendy, toned, daredevil, top of her profession, subject for any photographers camera that hasn't been said before in her 950 references. Probably nothing but I'll give it a go: she is well worth heaping praise on.

I'll start with a word of warning: Keira packs so much into her modelling day and is so easy to get on with that a photographer will need to keep a close eye on the time: It is so easy to be beguilled with her magic poses and find one has little time left to complete your plans. I had only booked two hours last Sunday morning and to say that flew by was a huge understatement.

We had agreed to shoot on location before her studio sessions with other photographers and after ruling out several unsuitable locations I remembered a spot with woods and a canal. The only trouble was that it was 20 minutes drive from the studio. So two hours became an hour and a quarter and the canal towpath was frequented by sundry joggers, stollers, BMX riders and an organised walking group. Not that that fazed Keira: she is adept at spotting visitors and covers up quickly when posing art nude. So not very productive then?: on the contrary I came away with lots of great shots as Keira worked her self into fascinating poses incorporating the locks and trees. I know of no other model who would adopt a nude splits pose whilst balancing between two lock gates less than a foot wide ten feet above the water with the likelihood of being discovered by members of the public: thats Keira for you.

I just wish I lived closer to Halifax: Keira would make a great muse.

sepiashots

I've wanted to work with Keira for years and I grabbed the chance when she contacted me to say she was down my way. This is my first shoot since Covid began so it's been a long while.

Keira did not disappoint. She came loaded with a car full of 'stuff'. She was chatty, friendly and full of energy. Despite being near the end of her tour she still had masses of energy and awesome levels of ideas to share (one of the reasons I wanted to work with her is her creativity). Given free reign she explodes with ideas, but also listens to direction. Time flew by and I loved every minute. She was everything I hoped for and more, my only criticism is she lives at the other end of the country, so working with her again will have to wait until she's back down this way again. I can't say enough about her, she's awesome and I hope we get another chance to work together soon.

Andreas A

Where can I start for this reference? Probably with the fact Keira was one of the first models I added to my WTWW lists almost 9 years ago when we both joined and for different reasons we just managed to get our calendars in sync. I should have definitely tried more to get a shoot sooner, but boy did it worth the wait!

If, like me until now, you have not worked with Keira, you go through her thousands of amazing pictures, you read all the glowing references, you read her informative and funny notes and you may think all this is too good to be true. Well you would be wrong because it is indeed SUPER GOOD and it's indeed ALL TRUE!

What an absolute gem of a model! Top professional comms, travels with a car full of clothes and other items for her shoots, arrives already looking amazing and adding the finishing touches quickly, is super friendly and fun! And of course then she starts posing and you need to be able to keep up! I was going through the image timestamps and you get an image with Keira lying on the floor, then 5 seconds later she is in handstand, 5 seconds later she is resting in the frame of the door 1.5 metres from the ground!

Keira is simply amazing! I enjoyed every minute of our shoot, we got some great pictures and I am looking forward for our next shoot, hopefully not after another 9 years! ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED!

amaThor

Had a wonderful shoot with Keira. She is really an extraordinary model, adding value to the results by her skills and creativity. She was well prepared in advance, and really put an effort to make the results very good and way better than if I took full control myself. She put some extra spice in every scenario we agreed upon, I am very happy with the results!

I do really recommend her, and am happy to make another shoot with her at other scenes, location and outfits.

Amazilia Photography

What can I add to Stormbringer's excellent reference below regarding Keira on the Arts Voyage trip to Montenegro; other than to endorse everything he says, and to add a few other comments.

Not only is Keira is an exceptional model, but she has a marvellous ability to make the very best of any situation that arises. I had much sympathy for Keira in organising this trip, because of all the difficulties with the Covid restrictions, which in turn caused some other issues - like the villa being sold by the owner, who then forgot to let Keira know! No problem (at least not for us) - Keira found a superb replacement.

I've seen Keira step into the breach before when unforeseen circumstances throw up issues (you can't call them problems with Keira, because they never remain so for long!). She has the ability to remain calm, when you know that like the proverbial elegant swan, she must be paddling furiously underneath the surface.

Absolutely first class communications, organisation, selection of villas, friendly and personable throughout, and the sort of phenomenon work ethic and energy for her modelling. It really is such a delight to work with Keira.

I simply cannot recommend her highly enough, both in her personal capacity as a top art nude model, and also as a very competent trip organiser and leader. I would have complete confidence in joining one of Keira's Arts Voyage trips anywhere...in fact, I look forward already to my next one!

Many thanks Keira - a really impressive tour, so well organised and executed.