References for Nicole Rayner

JPea

I have been trying to arrange a shoot with Nicole for ages and ages and due to clashes of dates and I don't know what else, we never managed it.

It was therefore with pleasure ,that I saw I was to be shooting with her on Rachelle Summers Belles of Bedford in an interesting Victorian Hotel.....near Bedford!

Even better, I saw that the timetable gave me a generous amount of time with Nicole.

She immediately understood what I was wanting to shoot and piled in the ideas to make things work.

She is a great actress and a bubbling personality and great fun to shoot with.

When you are able to not only get results that you like but also enjoy so much, shooting with the model, your day is complete.

I can recommend Nicole to all photographers and we are arranging our next shoot together.

I can't wait.

MartinCHarvey

Nicole was easy to work, bubbly and helpful. Happy to work with her again.

Fantasy Dabblers

We went to the Bedford Belles weekend. This was the second time we had worked with Nicole. She is an adventurous model with amazing balance when posing in awkward places. She is a great character and fun to work with.

jhphotography

This year I seem to be shooting with Nicole a lot. It seems almost every month or other month I'm on a shoot she's doing or running. There's a reason most photographers will shoot again and again with certain models because they've capture some of their best images with said model, improved their photography with feedback from a model or they make a mean cup of tea. Nicole is all three :) Never boring shooting with Nicole as she's professional on set, but with have a laugh between shots or set ups and help you capture awesome images with her creative poses. As always, highly recommend.

DavidBallard

I had my third shoot with Nicole at Rachelle's Belles of Bedford shoot over the weekend which was awesome and relaxing! Nicole is a brilliant model as well as being a lovely person. We had so much fun shooting. The country house was a wonderful opportunity to create some wonderful images and Nicole was her usual friendly, professional and creative self in making this a wonderful day. Thanks again Nicole for a lovely shoot! Highly recommended x

NeilH

Nicole was part of a group of models on a photographic event in Bedford. l love working with her and have worked with on numerous occasions she is just one of the best, she will give awesome poses... you will go away looking at the back of the camera and saying to yourself did she really do that and the answer will be YES

You will have laugh and maybe cry ( tears of joy) that you have managed to book her as she is so busy.

Highly recommend but you don’t need me to tell you that as the images and the recommendations elsewhere vouch for that.

I can’t wait for the next time for us to work again as it goes so quickly. NiNe

Paul Timon

So .....

My first shoot with Nicole. We had a few conversations before she came to Ireland and we knew more or less how the shoot was going to go. Apart from the fact that she is probably the most easygoing model I have ever come across, she is constantly smiling and cheerful.

I had a particular project in mind. I wasn't sure how it was going to go but Nicole worked with me and was very willing to help make it a success.

We had a great time chatting as we shot and she brought her music with her. The playlist surprised me 'cos it was more my era and I'm 72!

My abiding memory of Nicole, besides being a very easy art nude model to work with, is "Frank". The phrase "May I be frank and earnest" will never mean the same again! Read her profile carefully to appreciate that.

Looking forward to next year.

Paul Timon

This reference is a little overdue - I apologise for that.

No matter how much communication you have with this girl *before* the shoot, meeting her will catch you off guard and surprise you! She is a bundle of joy and happiness which makes for great shots and a very relaxed experience.

Our communication before the shoot was excellent and I got very precise location data to pick her up from. She smiled (genuine) constantly and was very relaxed. I had explained to her that I was working a project and that she was my first experiment/prototype. Throughout the shoot she constantly worked with my ideas and took direction very well. While we were shooting we got the chance to chat get inside each other's heads.

I came away with a great set of photos as a learning curve to my project. I do hope to work with Nicole again. No inhibitions, hardworking, incredible poses, great!

Doug Ross

Nicole and I worked together recently during her Irish tour. Nicole is an exceptionally expressive model who uses both facial expression and body language to exquisitely convey a wide range of emotions. I had a fairly detailed “script” (with costume and props) for a number of themes to try to cover during our half day shoot. I always try to engage the person that I am working with to genuinely collaborate on how best to express the ideas behind each set. I was thrilled to find Nicole engaging in the collaborative process with great imagination and honesty from the very start. This was an exhilarating shoot in which we listened carefully to each other’s ideas and were able to respond to each other with imagination and flair. I am confident that we produced several first class exhibition quality images in a short space of time and with only a limited interior location. I look forward to doing a longer shoot with Nicole in the future. I cannot recommend her enough and strongly suggest that you will really miss a lot if you don’t collaborate with her meaningfully by planning well and dialoguing with her. Nicole is a stunningly beautiful woman with intuitive grace. What really makes her a great person to work with is that she embodies the “art” in art nude photography.

StormBringer

I spent a day being guided around Yorkshire by Nicole.

We visited a whole suite of different locations all offering something different: stone circles, castles, fields, woodland - the list goes on. We had some laughs: out-of-date sat-nav maps took us on a mystery tour, a chanting druid!! (well it was the summer solstice), a mislaid mobile, and it was confirmed that this photographer is not designed for hills - particularly those that go up!!!

When it comes to the modelling - there is very little that I can add to the many many positives below. Poses superbly without direction, but listens to my contributions and willing to hold or repeat a pose for different compositions. Committed to the shot, willing to climb and clamber, it's difficult to keep her feet on the ground. Being a photographer herself - she has a great awareness and understanding of how light works and plays.

Would I would with Nicole again, most certainly - I'm already committed to a number of events with Nicole later this year, and looking forward to each one of them. Seriously considering revisiting Yorkshire to carry on where we left off - perhaps Autumn / Spring.

Would I recommend Nicole? Hell, YES!!

Al W

This was my first shoot with Nicole and I am sure it wont be the last. We shot in her lovely apartment in York and Nicole was a great hostess.

Pre-shoot comms were spot on and Nicole was professional thoughout but also very friendly, fun and welcoming.

It was a slightly unusual shoot as we had agreed beforehand that the objective was experimentation and for me to learn a few things about some of my more recent photography equipment purchases and using that equipment with models - but Nicole adapted to all that. We had a great session covering many things photographic - which was excellent for me and gave me just what I needed. It was a bonus to get some great photos out at the end of the shoot too - but that was easy as Nicole is a very photogenic, flexible and capable model.

Now I have met Nicole I cant wait to book another shoot with a focus on creativity rather than learning - the biggest challenge will be fitting into Nicole's diary I think :)

Definitely recommended.

PatrickVisser

I had the of being guided around Yorkshire by Nicole for a day.

She was a great guide and we visited some lovely pre-planed location, and even shots in some fields that we came across.

She poses without direction, but she also listens to my directions when given. she is a great model and very professional.

would I recommend her? definitely YES.

(This was our third shoot) and if it is up to me there will be more

Stella Star

Firstly, I have just read a lot of the references on here already and if they don't get you booking Nicole then I don't know what will ! I will only pretty much be echoing what's said, but I would like to put it in to my own words.

This lady literally wraps you in her light upon first engagement with her, whether that's pre-comms on PP, meeting in person or on the phone. Her passion in her work speaks volumes. Highly inspiring, dedicated artist.

Her posing skills are extensive and her attitude to her work ethic is impeccable. Anyone in her company is treated professionally but at the same time so cared for and left to feel at ease in her company.

Alongside all of this, Nicole posses a wicked sense of humour and if you haven't even cracked a smile since being in her company, then the blame lies with you as her uplifting energy is so infectious!.

Highly recommend.

Much love,

Alex x

Damien J

I too was a part of the Rayner Experience in Bergerac :). It was my first experience of a photography holiday abroad but Nicole made sure it was not only a good one for the photography but something I'll remember.

Nicole organised the accommodation, food, shooting locations and 2nd model. There were a couple of challenges with shoot locations but part of what makes a professional is how you handle situations and turn them around. Nicole dealt with everything that turned up with an energy and smile that was impressive. Nicole is an awesome model but I already knew this, she successfully organised this trip at short notice after another she was due to be on was cancelled.

The trip wasn't perfect but it was her first trip she organised and she threw herself into making it work and that the group were happy with what they were getting and I'm very happy with the results. The other model she organised to come with us (Alana IV Ray) was an excellent choice.

I like what James wrote referencing her as an unstoppable force, she certainly is but she's also an amazing model and having spent a week with her I got to see what a lovely person she is as well. Very much recommend her

STefan1

Nicole is an incredibly professional model but despite this if you were not possibly shooting her nude; within a very short time of meeting her she will begin to feel like your very beautiful charming sister.

I shot her as part of a group shoot in France which she competently totally organised for us. I highly recommend the next one she organises. There is not enough space here to describe her capabilities. Let’s just say on one shoot she did a trapeze act in the broken window of a large old house, picking up a few cuts. If you don’t have any ideas she will have loads which includes excellent location finding skills.

I can’t recommend her enough.

I hope to shoot with her soon.

gmgilberttography

Went on Nicole’s trip to Bergerac along with 4 other photographers and Alana IV Ray modelling alongside Nicole.

Amazing trip put on by Nicole at very short notice. She had pre scouted plenty of locations online before heading to France, and this research provided us some great locations to shoot in. While in France, not only did Nicole model, she also cooked for the group, organised the days, and managed everything.

For an art nude model she had loads of outfits to use if required, which suited the vibes of the locations. She was ready at all times and nothing seemed to much trouble.

Whether posing solo, or with other model on the trip, she put 110% into everything. Poses without direction well, takes your ideas on board as well as giving her own. She is eager to help both the photographer and other models produce the best possible result. When it comes to editing she gives great little tips to really enhance the final image.

Thanks for a fantastic time Nicole, we got so many top pictures going to take a while to choose what to use.

James Box

'I survived the Rayner Experience', in Bergerac, France!

Along with the fantastic Alana IV Ray and 4 other photographers.

Despite circumstances, problems, we worked through it.

Nicole was a star, a trooper, an unstoppable force, a gem...

I could go on and on, but truely one of the nicest people I have worked with.

Then there is Alana IV Ray...

Very creative, great spirit, versatile. When a model is collaborating creatively, that is heaven, and Alana does this.

After 5 days, a little worse for wear and tired, but some fantastic images...

So glad I was there!

Do I need to say I highly recommend Nicole, or Alana anymore?

(What went on in Bergerac, stays in Bergerac):-)

NeilH

Why do 3 days take so long to get here then are gone in what seems like a beat of an angels wings, because this is what it’s like working with Nicole she is a fabulous model a true professional and trooper (considering the weather over the 3 days).

We managed all sorts of different shots and locations some very public but she stormed through the ideas I had and that we could do.

She is very well traveled of late and extremely busy young lady who I only have total admiration for and you will get the shot you are after working with her.

Can’t wait for the next shoot...just book her.

Thank you 🙏🏻 Nicole (find the 🌞)

Rigel ( of Stardust made)

This the second shoot with Nicole was totally amazing.

Not only is she incredibly beautiful, but has a generous and easy going nature to match. I find her a bubbly bundle of fun, and loving what she does, draws you into an adventure of a lifetime.

Nicole is a total professional, and knowing what you want, needs no direction in working tirelessly to produce the perfect shoot. She is no prude, and produces the most stunning poses you could imaging resulting in truly professional results.

Nicole brings along terrific costumes, that complement her amazing look, and slips seamlessly into character throughout the changes. She is also happy to work with you to achieve a certain look if requested. On pauses between takes, she will also take the care to check, and ensure her hair, makeup , outfit is still in place, or adjusts. Remarkable.

Nicole gets a total recommendation from me, and I look forward to our next shoot.

Thank you Nicole, and Best Wishes.

Andrew Priestly

Fantastic shoot with Nicole on a studio day at Synergy. She's so easy to work with and I've got some great photos as a result.

Thoroughly recommended.

Thanks again, Nicole.