References for Nicole Rayner

Aperture22

That was my first one with Nicole,

and to be honest hopefully not the last one!

2 days are still too short, but the first impression is overwhelmingly positive!

Easy going, a posing delight and a real pleasure to work with. Give her a theme and let her go!

And don't forget to have large memory cards in your cam too.

Highly recommended! But make sure to get a 'slot' in her calendar, she's quite busy and when you look at her port you know why.

Like always the time was just flying by. Shooting Nicole is fun to have on the set, she's tough, jumping into unheated pools despite some cold and always good for some real laughter and great discussions after the shooting too!

So yes, it was worth waiting and the results speak for themselves!!

Arrow Photography

First shoot with Nicole and I have to say never again!!

She was too amazing to work with, my socks were blown off and I don't know how we could top it!

I guess I could go buy new hipster socks? I'll think on it...!

In the meantime I will say she is a ball of energy that has to be seen to be believed, just endless fun, a total professional, wonderful model to work with. Absolutely never a dull moment!

We shot loads, chatted loads and I feel like i made a new mate!

So all good and highly recommended, stop reading this and go book her!

LRM Photography

I had a wonderful 4th shoot with Nicole last week at the stunning venue that is the Hacienda in London.

Nicole is one of my favourite models to work with, she is excellent at all styles of modelling so working with Nicole I know I am going to create an amazing variety of images from art nude to fashion nude to beauty and fashion.

She is also super creative herself, something I always use to my advantage on our shoots as I always listen to her input on each set and she is always willing to try my wacky ideas like cramming her next to the bidet in the bathroom at the Hacienda and shooting underneath the sink for some cracking shots full of emotion/expressions.

Not only is she a superb model,shoots with her are always fun, full of laughter and the time always flies by.

Her port speaks for itself, it does not need me to sing her praises, but I have done so anyhow as its so well deserved :)

I know there will be a 5th shoot somewhere with her in the future and thank you for another great days shooting

engdahlphotography

I had the pleasure to have my first shoot with Nicole yesterday.

Nicole is a fantastic model. Professional, friendly, easy going, beautiful, chatty and funny and simply just a pleasure to work with.

We've communicated for a couple of months prior to my London trip and the shoot, and it's been great. And while I didn't have a solid idea for the shoot and just wanted to "go with the flow", I think we got some really good images though I think we both found our location a bit limiting and on top of it, me being a bit "off" since I have unfortunately caught a cold.

We have already talked about it and I hope that I can arrange a visit to and a shoot at Nicole's Photography Palace on my next visit to the U.K. since I really want to shoot with Nicole again since she is truly brilliant and I can't recommend her highly enough to anyone.

Thank you Nicole. :)

Francis J Pullen Photographer

I worked with Nicole and Ayla Rose on a duo shoot at the Tower Bridge Penthouse, and had wanted to work with both models for some time. That wait was amply rewarded! Nicole has a lovely easy going attitude, coupled to her natural beauty, which made the Art Nude shoot using just natural light by the folding balcony doors a real pleasure.

Both models are great friends, and this shows perfectly as they create poses quite naturally and instantaneously, helped with some laughter and fun along the way - I loved the way they worked together.

Nicole is fully body confident with this genre, and her lighter skin tone was a great contrast to Ayla's darker tone.

I enjoyed this shoot so much, made some cracking images, but the time flew by very quickly, and I cannot recommend Nicole highly enough to all levels of photographers.

Thanks for a great duo shoot Nicole : ) x

Second Glance

I had been hoping to arrange a shoot with Nicole for a very long time and when the opportunity came I was absolutely thrilled

A model who really comes alive in front of the camera and helps you to produce beautiful and memorable images

Our first shoot together was all too short but I definitely hope to work with her again very soon

Top class :)

Jonny617

Had my first shoot with Nicole at 2122 studio and will not be my last. Already booked to do a night shoot with her.

Very easy to work with and so helpful with all aspects of photographe.

Got some fantastic photos due to Nicole helping me with the lighting so we could get the best for use both out of the shoot.

Had such a great shoot lots of fun.

Would recommend her to anyone.

rcrowhurst

Had my second shoot with Nicole yesterday at Studio 2212 in Lincoln. I can't praise her highly enough. We got some fantastic images, she poses brilliantly both with and without direction, and listens to ideas. The fact she is a really nice, chatty person who is easy to get along things just adds to the experience.

jared69

Had my first shoot with Nicole at her studio day at Studio 2212, a beautiful, friendly, chatty, funny lass.

Nicole has a brilliant working attitude to her modeling and is a pretty fantastic model.

Very easy to work with her look is great, her work is great and her artistic work is on another level, i came away many fab images, she is just fabulous.

Looking forward to our up and coming shoot soon.

Very Recommend, Thank you very much Nicole 🙂

Richard Gaynor

this was my second shoot with Nicole, and it wont be the last...

An absolute dream to work with, putting up with my latest bout of brain freeze leaving me with not a clue of what I actually wanted from the shoot. After a chat,(yes people, its nice to have a chat on a shoot!!) Nicole had given me some ideas and we went for it.

Images I'm very happy with, nothing is too much trouble!! walking & laying about barefoot and naked in a thorny wood, full of nettles, no issue.

What I really really like about Nicole, she tells you as it is, if its no good, she'll tell you very nicely that its not great and what can be done to improve the image.. Yep, you actually get a training session at the same time as a shoot!, top stuff!

We went out on location for an idea I had, and again, Nicole was more than accommodating with it and helped us out with lighting etc etc. The poses just come natural to her.

I'm going on, she's brilliant... Thanks for a great weekend of shooting and chatting.

Brian Brogan

I've shot with a fair few models, some good, some not so good, but very few in the same class as Nicole. I don't know whether it's because she is also a photographer, or just a very experienced model (or a bit of both) but she quickly grasped the ideas I had, and worked them brilliantly.

I'm not a spray and pray photographer, I tend to take a shot and review. Nicole took an active part, looking to see whether her pose was spot on, working with the light. Suggesting different ways to achieve the shot. A dream!

She spent two days at my studio working with different photographers, all wanting different things. She was as bright and breezy (and professional) on the last shot as she was on the first.

She is an absolute pleasure to work with, confident, chatty, funny, intelligent. So upbeat (even at the end of the shoot), she puts photographers at ease (shouldn't that be the other way round?) and is just a joy to work with.

As for her attitude and work ethic, she is totally professional in front of a camera, she works her butt off to ensure the photographer get the shots they want, her poses are beautiful. But also she is fun. A LOT OF FUN.

If you haven't shot with Nicole before you need her on your 'To Shoot With' list. At the top! Very highly recommended. I'm just looking forward to arranging another shoot with this stunning stunning model.

Thanks Nicole for a fabulous shoot.

Darren Flinders

Nicole is such a brilliant model, I can't recommend her enough to anyone.

Nicole is very approachable and makes you feel at ease, especially with this being my first art nude photography shoot, I was a little nervous.

I explained to Nicole that I had a couple of ideas for shots, and she gladly helped, especially with the lighting etc. Nicole knows lots about photography and I certainly learned some valuable information from her when it came to lighting scenes, model poses etc.

Nicole is such a wonderful person to work with, I certainly will work with her again in the future, absolutely fantastic.

cdr85

Had a fantastic shoot with Nicole at studio 2212 yesterday, very friendly and professional.

Both her posing and clothing choices fitted exactly to the style I was looking for.

Highly recommended

Mark Goddard

Had the pleasure of working with Nicole for a few hours recently at The Hacienda in London.

Nicole is a fantastic model to work with, friendly,fun and totally professional.We got through a few looks on the day and got some amazing images from each set.She works hard to make sure you get the images you are after and poses effortlessly with or without direction.

Hope to work with her again in the future

Highly Recommended

jhphotography

So happy to have had a chance to shoot with Nicole. I've seen her work, her legendary FB Live posts and just her whole personality either when shooting or between sets. I had been looking forward for a while to work with Nicole (two additional shoots already planned) and it was great meeting her in person, talking between sets, reviewing pictures and having a good natter :p

Nicole was ready to shoot, offered up ideas, props and it was good to discuss pictures, photography and she even told me a piece of advice about posing a model that I'll keep in mind from now on. I always like to work with a model to get great pictures, etc and Nicole is one I'd happily work with again (hence the two already additional shoots). She's a great person and model. She doesn't take herself too seriously on set either, but will give you great poses that you'll be so happy that you've captured them on your camera.

In short, I can highly recommend Nicole as a model and as someone that will help you up your creativity while taking pictures.

SimonsPhotography

I had the amazing opportunity and privilege of being the first to attend the Hacienda Experience Day, and what a day, a heart felt welcome to this extraordinary studio, not just a studio but a wonderland of ideas at every turn, created by Sean, just brilliant.

The day consisted of 5 individual elements that merged together to provide insight, experience, knowledge and pure enjoyment.

1/ Initially starting with Makeup Stylist Gemma, a great chat whilst she prepared the model for the day, plenty of notes made.

2/ Next the Model Nicole, beautiful, fun, energetic, we chatted frankly about model / photographer communication, etiquette, pose, respect, more notes made.

3/ The Shoot, great model, great backdrops, all the lighting available and natural light

Time for a fantastic lunch with plenty of banter

4/ Processing with Lulia, I don't have much experience with photoshop, so to have a experienced, patient and methodical walk through of the processes to take that initial image to the next level was fantastic, lots and lots of notes taken.

5/ Sitting down with this team of Sean, Gemma, Nicole and Lulia and discussing all things, was wonderful, a perfect end to a perfect experience.

I'm jealous of those that follow having this day, enjoy

Andrew hall

Had my second shoot with nicole today at pathways studio not shot with each other for over a year and WOW nicole as gone from awesome to simply outstanding we shot from artnude to fashion in different styles from soft tender to really grungy and erotic and nicole sailed through them so effortlessly. Nicole is great to be around so easy to get on with with plenty of giggles needs no direction and is more than happy to take the lead and deliver amazing powerful images. Can't wait to shoot again with nicole very soon hopefully at her place which looks incredible to shoot in.

Thanks again nicole for a brilliant shoot luv ya be good xx

Roj Smith

You know that thing where you don't want a shoot to end? That.

Working with Nicole was a pleasure from start to finish. Nicole is incredibly professional, friendly and extremely talented at her job. Nicole pays particular attention to her appearance with immaculate makeup, hair and nails, which is much appreciated. She is a posing machine! One great pose after another, I'm not sure how I'm going to edit the sets down, I like nearly every shot!

We had a fun, relaxed shoot with lots of laughs and lots of photos, I can't wait to work with Nicole again and I recommend her most highly. Book her now!

Barry Mappley - AKA "Glamourshotz"

Two shoots in two day's I'm greedy like that but when your model is as fabulous as Nicole it's an easy decision. Saturday's boat trip was Epic and she performed faultlessly so I already knew today was going to be a good one, but this super adorable lady even exceeded the expectations, nailed it from the word go we got everything done so easily we even had time for some random stuff a good old natter and plenty of giggles. She's promised to come back again later in the year and my only question was, what wrong with tomorrow. This is one super lady that went straight on my hot list. Highly recommended.

Pathway Studios

Had the privilege of Nicole hosting one of her studio days here. She's a beautiful lady in all ways. She's also very easy to get on with and damn good fun. Very importantly Nicole is reliable and very professional in her attitude toward work. All the photographers who booked her had nothing but total praise for her. She's a very skilled model, who works her socks off, and is highly recommended by Pathways :)