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Minka Mi

I spent two days with Seamus and his friend Annette, in her amazing house. It was a beautiful place and i quickly befriended her dog. I knew I was at a right place from the first moment on. They were very friendly and kind with me immediately. We talked a lot and we became friends by the end. The project was very creative and I didn't feel like working at all. They helped me a lot while I was there and made sure that I had everything i needed. I cannot recommend them enough. Looking forward to see them again in September!

Keira Lavelle

Seamus photographed me on the very last day of my Ireland tour and it was the very epic-ness I could have hoped for to sign off the trip! :) He was so amazing in communications before the shoot that I literally knew within a few emails that our shoot was all set in stone and I could focus on organising the other various aspects/legs of my journey and seamus was only an email away if we needed to clarify style details etc. Such a breath of fresh air! Considering how he is relatively new to booking model shoots he has the most pro attitude with how he goes about it! :)

I cannot thank him enough for how helpful he was too, we shot down in Wrexford but my schedule beforehand meant I was up in Dublin... Seamus picked me up and dropped me off again after bless him! After a full day shooting he must have been shattered... but that’s exactly this gents temperament, he always thinks outside the box with kindness to try and help the situation the best he can and help people. He’s a really generous person and I have very high regards for his awesomeness in the planning of, and during our shoot. :)

Where we shot was a cracking location, Seamus had a property he’d been building/converting and simply perfect for photography with the lovely light. We had a whole host of ideas to smash including themed and wacky to pure artistic... it was nice for me to be able to get to do some different variety because Seamus really put the effort in to think of these ideas from scratch himself. He’s a really creatively spirited person which you see more of as you chat and he’s got all his stories to tell with his music background. The passion to create comes from his heart! :D What’s more, Seamus puts considerable effort in to get the ideas right, he’ll spend the time on a look and work the light... earlier in the day it was reflectors and as the daylight died he used flash and in both situations Seamus was carefully adjusting and moulding the light to achieve interesting effects.

Seamus is completely upbeat and so funny, I was in stickers already simply on the drive down to Wrexford! :D He’s always got the comfort of the model in mind and will listen/work together with the people on board for mutual happiness and teamwork. He would always check things with me and ran around putting dust sheets down to keep the dust at bay. His wonderful friend Annette also came to assist on the shoot and she was equally a star! I had a cloak especially for keeping snug and Annette was wrapping me up instantly in-between sets... the herbal tea was flowing constantly, I felt really safe and content working with these lovely people. And despite it being our first ever shoot... it really felt like working with friends/a photographer I had shot with many times before.

Such a fun day, brilliant results and do much chattering that I’m surprised we hadn’t all lost our voices the next day!

I would recommend Seamus any time of the year and so much look forward to returning to Ireland and working with him again! :)

Keira x