References for Nicole Rayner

Tmul

I had wanted to work with Nicole for ages, long before COVID but just never got the opportunity.

That all changed when I booked onto a workshop with Nicole and Owen Lloyd at The Kiln Studio. Supposed to be a group workshop, however I ended up being on a 1:1 tutoring session and I learned so much from both Nicole and Owen.

Nicole is just fantastic to work with, full of energy, enthusiasm, very professional and supportive, and with a great personality. She worked really hard to ensure my day was not just productive from a learning experience but also that I came away from the day with great shots.

Nothing was too much trouble for Nicole and what was a full day shoot went by in a flash. We shot lots of different lighting and posing setups, each one well explained and excellently carried out.

My wait to shoot with Nicole was well rewarded and I’m looking forward to editing the shots from this shoot and planning for a return visit.

I would 100% recommend working with Nicole.

NeilH

Another wonderful photoshoot with one the best Nicole, we went to Basford Hurst Cottage for a 1 year anniversary shoot (plus it nearly 6 years since Nicole and I started working together, (Team NiNe)

We got through quite few ideas, I wanted to use my Lensbaby on the shoot trying different techniques with blur so will see what the results are in due course.

Highly recommend by me, here's to the next Team NiNe outing

mcccxiv.photography

Nicole is a fantastic model and a wonderful human being! That’s it, that’s the review!

Seriously though, I could not have wished to have worked with a more accomplished and professional model than Nicole, and I was delighted that Owen Lloyd had chosen her as our model for the day, when I signed up for a one to one tuition session with him.

As well as being brilliant at what she does as a model, Nicole has a really nice engaging personality and a great sense of humour. It was an absolute pleasure working with her, and I’m looking forward to working with her again.

Thank you Nicole for helping to make the day, the whole experience, such an unforgettable experience! 100% recommended!

NeilH

Another FAB shoot with one of my fave models to work with, and my second shoot at Creating The Studio in Stoke. We had such wonderful fun shoot the 4hr seemed to fly by again...

Without a doubt Nicole is highly recommend by me. Here is to our 2024 shoots.

Jamie Norman

First time working with Nicole and hopefully the first of many. A joy of a person and a joy to photograph. Nicole’s understanding of her craft is incredible. Not participating just as model but creative director in working together to set scenes, get the right light etc. Nicole is engaging, fun and a complete professional I can’t wait to share the shots we made and am looking forward to work together again

Hunty

So last weekend I attended an event at the fabulous Kiln Studio which was run by Nicole and the team there. Nicole showed that she is not just a great model but is able to put on a great event too.

She is very confident in front of camera and adapts to different sets effortlessly.

I highly recommend Nicole and the rest of the team at the kiln 👏

Dave Gibson

I had the absolute pleasure of working with Nicole, on an event she organized at the Kiln Studio. I cannot express enough how amazing the experience was. From the moment we started working together, I could sense her vibrant and positive energy radiating in the room. Nicole is truly a breath of fresh air, and her bubbly personality is infectious.

Not only did Nicole bring an unparalleled level of enthusiasm to the shoot, but she also had an incredible ability to connect with me on a personal level. We instantly hit it off and our creative synergy was simply magical. It's rare to find someone who understands your vision and shares the same passion for capturing stunning images, but with Nicole, it was an effortless collaboration.

Working with Nicole was an absolute joy. Her positive energy and passion for what she does are truly inspiring.

Highley Recommended

David xx

PGD Modelling and Photography Studios

What a fantastic model!

Working with Nicole is always an absolute pleasure, whilst generally we dont actually get to spend that much time as I am busy running around setting lights and making sure attendees are getting great shots. I know with confidence if Nicole is posing as part of the team the photographers are getting great results, its hard not too with her.

Highly recommended model to work with and an absolute must for your portfolio.

Get yourself booked!

Sheff

Always creative, graceful and focussed, Nicole is a delight to shoot with. As part of one of our (Creative Photography Events) group shoots, I knew that the photographers would be guaranteed some superb images, and I was not wrong!

Nicole is an absolute marvel and not to be missed!

Matthew Nutting

This was my first shoot with Nicole at Basford Hurst Cottage with an art nude thyme .. I'd met her on a couple of social occasions and couldn't wait to work with her as she's extremely friendly and fun!

Her endless poses and ideas were fabulous .. As you can see from her huge portfolio, her toned slim figure is a delight to photograph .. Nicole offered poses outside the box, including handstands and various other poses which made many great pics.

I'm already planning on booking her for a small group shoot as I'm very excited to work with Nicole sometime very soon.

All the folk in our group all spoke highly of Nicole.

In a nutshell, a huge recommendation for anyone who'd like an outstanding model.

Thanks Nicole, and I look forward to working with you soon x

PCB Images

A fabulous shoot with Nicole Rayner at a Creative Photography event. Nicole is a first rate model that is so very easy and enjoyable to work with. Good conversation and banter and collaborative in getting fabulous images. I sincerely hope I get to shoot with Nicole again

Photo.Man

I had the pleasure of working with Nicole at at recent group shoot. Nicole is a lovely model producing endless poses without direction. She is also chatty and bubbly making it great fun to shoot with her. Very easy to recommend, would love to shoot again soon. Thanks Nicole.

panda49

Wanted to shoot Nicole after following her fun postings on Instagram Was not disappointed a trul professional and awesome mod3el THAMKS

Strawbales

I shot Nicole for the first time yesterday at The Kiln Studio, Stoke on Trent. She is superb! very knowledgable and very keen to help you to get the shot. Nothing is to much trouble and made it a fabulous day of photography.

Highly recommend a day with Nicole.

Until next time Thank you. Graham.

David Lowe Photography

Had a great day with Nicole yesterday. She works so hard to get the most out of every photo session. Nothing is too much trouble, always ready to try something new and contribute with ideas and styles.

Thank you Nicole we created some super images and I can't wait to work with you again soon.

I fully recommend Nicole, treat yourself and book her for your next model.

David.

Mark Searle Photography

It is a number of years since I last shot with Nicole, but she is still as amazing as ever. On this occasion she was providing the modelling talent for a workshop run by Owen Lloyd at Basford Hurst Cottage.

Nicole was as good as I remember patient, full of useful suggestions and funny, (slightly weird but funny). Oh and she is a really good model as well. She put up with us spending a long time sorting out styling and lighting for each of the sets, it was alighting workshop after all, but when she was needed she really pulled out all the stops to get us the shots we wanted.

It was lovely to work with her again, and I will try and make sure that the next shoot is not too long in coming. Nicole is highly recommended, if you haven't shot with her before, book her now.

In Search of That Perfect Shot..............

Had another shoot with Nicole at Basford Hurst on Saturday. This time it was a workshop by Owen Lloyd. Two other photographers were on the event and it was a very enjoyable day. Nicole was patient while instruction was being given to the photographers and as usual excelled in her posing for us. Basford Hurst were again, very accommodating and Owen was a very good tutor. Many thanks Jann.

Rob B Photography

Met up with Owen and Nicole for the first time for a 121 Tuition workshop.

Owen is a great tutor very patient and takes the time to explain the whole process from the concept upto the technical aspects of the lighting and different ways in which to capture the scene.

We spent the day going through various different lighting technics using gobo's, different technics with hard and soft light, and moved onto some amazing setups involving smoke machines and lasers.

Nicole was also a total star during the day nothing was too much for her and I really appreciated being able to work with someone so professional and yet so easy to get on with as well

I throughly enjoyed every minute of the day and it certainly made the 4 hours drive up to Owen's worthwhile, I will definitely be looking out for another opportunity in the future.

Thank you so much Owen and Nicolle the pictures should be out in the next couple of days :)

NeilH

This shoot was Nicole's "Stripped Back" event which she hosted at Basford Hurst Cottage with Sally Sparrow Photography as the designer of the set pieces and some one Nicole has wanted to work with for some time. I got some fab images together with her and the other two models she had booked for the event Cariad Celis and newcomer Liv Wild.

It all ran smoothly as do all of Nicole's events for all the hard work she puts into them' so the time just flew by, so here's to our next shoot as Team_NiNe coming soon. Highly recommended with out a doubt.

Dave Gibson

Another brilliant shoot with Nicole, she is stunning to look at and excellent to work with, lots of new images created and as always, she has a smile to die for. She was ready with the styles, and we got going creating images very quickly, from set to set we had a great time making lots of natural light shots to begin with and then moving on to be more creative with light using studio flash. Nicole is a photographer’s dream model; she moves effortlessly from pose to pose and stops when need to change a shot or do a close up. Her makeup is flawless, and she works really hard to get the best pictures for the photographer. Always a pleasure to work with her and I recommend her to others without hesitation. Wonderful.

David