References for Optimus Blue Box Photography

Dee (Dynamo)

Shot with Chris on saturday evening at a very unique location. Had a great shoot and Chris was fantastic to work with. Great ideas, chatty and a wonderful sense of humour. Made for a fantastic evening and look forward to the next time. Oh and I hope we got a shot or two aswell :-)

Peliroja Stephie

As you never know what to expect on a studio day because you most likely haven't worked with the photographers before I was more than pleasantly surprised to work with Chris because he is just bloody awesome!

I had the pleasure of working with him on my studio day at fine and Dan Dee last month. He's a brilliant photographer with lots of really cool quirky ideas and is so easy to get on with. Admittedly we did spend a lot of the shoot talking about silly things but that didn't matter because we got each shot that he was after and nailed every single set!

We had such a laid back shoot with awesome music in the background and I am very much looking forward to buying him a drink and discussing our next shoot at the Reading social this month.

You would be silly to pass up a shoot with Chris and I can guarantee that you will be 110% delighted with the results :) Hell, it took me nearly an hour to try and pick out just 4 images to use in my port from the 30+ images i was sent as I wanted to upload them all :D

Becca Brown

Chris was a real pleasure to shoot with - laid back, thoughtful and a lovely person. He even brought chocolate along for snacks! Chris made me feel comfortable throughout the shoot and I really enjoyed myself from start to finish.

I would be more than happy to recommend Chris to other models and hope we can shoot together again really soon :)

Tansy Blue said...

Had a great time with Chris - really friendly, chilled out guy, and beautiful images from the shoot too. He knows a fair few awesome locations too. :)

Rogue

I had a great shoot with Chris on Friday. It took a while to finally get dates that worked but we finally manger to work something out. His pre comms were great and he turned up on time with everything he needed. Chris had some good ideas for the shoot and was happy to take on board my input. I think we got some great images. I would definitely work with Chris again. He's a really friendly guy who's easy to work with.

Rachelle Summers

Had yet another fab shoot with Chris on Friday, as always it was a joy to work with him, nice laid back atmosphere and from what I saw on the back of the camera we got some super shots :)

He is a genuine, friendly person and treats you with the upmost respect. Add that to the fact he is extremely easy to talk to all makes for a nice atmosphere and a enjoyable shoot.

As before he is totally recommended by me :)

Aya

I had a shoot with Chris yesterday. He arranged the shoot in advance and very organized so I had plenty of time to think about and prepare for the shoot. He is very enthusiastic and has great and clear ideas what he wants to achieve and put all his effort for that which makes the shoot very exciting. He is very friendly and fun to work with. Thank you very much Chris for the great shoot and looking forward to seeing the images from yesterday!!! Hope to work with you again. Highly recommended.

Artemis Fauna

I had another super shoot with Chris last month- this time shooting alongside the lovely Enigmatise! We all had a super day out and got a great variety of strong images- which Chris was kind enough to send to us.

Chris, as ever was lovely to work with, happy to listen to the models ideas and really collaborate.

Thank you Chris, looking forward to hopefully shooting with you again one day! :)

Stephanie Dubois

I had my second shoot with Chris a couple of weeks ago, but this time Artemis Fauna was with us. This was my fist proper duo nude shoot and I was a little nervous. We found a couple of excellent locations and I think we were able to get some varied and cracking images. I really enjoy working with Chris and will happily do so again. Thanks for the lovely images Chris.

Isabella Nash said...

Well, what can I say about Chris that hasn't already been said?! We booked our shoot well in advance so it has given me something to look forward to in the last few months, and my goodness he didn't disappoint! We shot outdoors in some fabulous locations - I hope they remain his secret for quite a while! Chris' attention to detail is fantastic, it really enables a brilliant shot. Chris was chatty, friendly and professional at all times, a real pleasure to work with! Art Nude models, I cannot recommend this guy enough!!

Freya

Chris was such a joy to work with and was very understanding when I told him there were problems with the train. However we did manage to work together for about 2 hours or so. We got on very well together and he took me to some beautiful and interesting locations to shoot :) He even provided coke drinks and chocolate bars for nibbling on and was very caring through out the shoot such as asking me what I am ok and not ok doing and looking out for dog walkers whilst I did nude modeling :) I do hope to work with him again when I am back down in the south as he was such a joy to work with :)

Freya

I had not modeled for Chris in years and out of the blue he got in touch about one of my studio days I had going on. Chris is still fun and awesome as ever. He arrived right on time for our shoot and it just went by so quickly. We started with some clothed shots first and then of course got to the nudey shots.

Chris came well prepared and we had a right laugh on the shoot mostly doing quotes from some awesome movies 'ACE VENTURA'! We got some many cool shots and I can not wait to see them go up on purpleport. I urge others to model for Chris. Do it!

Alisa Rae

Chris was great to work with. After bad weather threatening our original shoot was happy to rearrange at very short notice. He was very understanding about my lack of knowledge in the field of art nude and was willing to give me a shot despite this. Had some beautiful locations up his sleeve. And didn't laugh after I fell out of a tree. Looking forward to working with him again.

Hannah Foster

Had my first shoot with Chris today in an amazing location! I had so much fun, Chris is such a lovely caring guy and I felt totally comfortable. Chris is very good at lighting and very helpful. Chris has great ideas for photos and positioning and is a joy to work with. I highly recommend working with Chris and I hope to work with him in the future! Thanks Chris x

Stephanie Dubois

Met and worked with Chris for the first time today, and what a day!!! I think it must have been the peak time for bluebells because there were carpets of them everywhere!! It was my first woodland shoot and it was a great location with fallen down trees, and bluebells everywhere. There was a great bunker too. We had a bit of a palaver with the light as one second it was brilliant sunshine and the next it was raining but I think we managed to get some super shots! I really enjoyed working with Chris, he's a lovely guy and really loves what he does. Highly recommended and I look forward to working with him again in the future!

Artemis Fauna

I had another super shoot with Chris last week on my tour.

This time I came over to Reading and made use of the locations Chris had found. Although the sun was out, the wind was too and at times it made the shoot a bit difficult but we both soldiered on and got some brilliant images!

Chris, as ever, was super to work with. Fun and friendly and even came armed with some sweets and cereal bars.

Thank you Chris, I had a great time, hope to work with you again! :)

Sarah

I shot with Chris today, for the first but, hopefully, not the last time!

Chris is lovely to work with, friendly, good sense of humour, chatty and generally a really nice guy, in fact I couldn't believe how quickly the time passed and he was telling me it was time to finish.

He is creative, imaginative and patient, working hard to get everything just right, with definite ideas of the images he wanted to create and how to achieve them.

Communications were second to none, from initial contact through to the actual shoot, a real pleasure to work with and he produced some great images, and I can't wait to see the final results.

Highly recommended!

Thanks Chris and hope we get to work together again soon.

Joceline Brooke-Hamilton

Ha ha ha, I LOVE Chris! As I said to him on the shoot, he has vision - proper ideas of pictures he wants to create, and actual plans for how to go about doing so. My enjoyment of our second shoot was only due in part to his skill level and creative verve; he's also an outstandingly lovely person to spend time with; I wouldn't hesitate for a second to recommend him, and am hugely excited to see the results of our shoot. Brilliant! I enjoyed myself so much that I offered to drive him home, and ended up chatting so much I missed a turning :)

Lizzie Bayliss

Once again Chris Beal was a complete pleasure to shoot with... his great sense of humour, creative ideas and enthusiasm all made the shoot a delight.

We worked together at Paul's studio, but he was very helpful with his pre- shoot communications, giving me some ideas he wanted to try, so that I was well prepared for the day.

And look at the results- cool, sexy, sultry, moody :).

(I particularly love the 'implied fashion' section)

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Had a great shoot with Chris, who was punctual, friendly and had a great idea of what he wanted. He was a delight to work with, both giving direction and happy to hear suggestions too. The shoot flew by and I had a lot of fun... And so did those van drivers :P. I hope to work with him again very soon. Highly recommended, Lizziexx

Artemis Fauna

I had another brilliant shoot with Chris this week. We worked together on getting as much into the four hours as we could ideas wise and I think we did a fantastic job! The shots looked amazing and I am very much looking forward to seeing them go up.

As before, Chris was great to work with, friendly and good fun! Thank you Chris, looking forward to next time :)