References for Paul Askins

Fanny

Paul is a great person with a good sense of humor! I enjoyed our shooting so much!

We worked in a very small room, but he prepared really well lighting and he is soo good in editing, that everyone thought it was a big studio.

He is so creative, and he had everything for a cool shooting!! Aerial rings, more dresses than I have, a the talent!

I’m looking forward to shooting with Paul again!

Highly recommended!!!

Tink Kaos

Had my second shoot with Paul, at his Limerick home studio, with Bullets (Brian) - what an amazing shoot it was!

Paul hosted me the night before, super comfy spare room,and made sure there was lots of food and herbal tea available during the shoot too, he's an excellent host and awesome soul. We started shooting some colourful gel lighting set ups, a few different outfits, the images are utterly beautiful; then went on to clamshell style lit portraits, overhead lit nudes and implied reclined. The pictures are just stunning!

Paul is an awesome human, very respectful, funny, extremely creative, and cool company to be in - would highly recommend this fellow, he's a top gent.

Tink x

Blondiekitty

Paul is one of my favourite photographers to work with, he is a wonderful host and always full of cool creative ideas.

I can't recommend him enough!

Thank you!

Look forward to our next shoot.

😊

Tink Kaos

My first shoot with Paul (How is it only the first???) earlier this month, doing a split shoot over two days - was arriving from a long train journey, two flights and a bus, so was pretty tired but Paul made sure I was comfortable, fed and watered before shooting that evening. Bullets also came along for the shoot, and we got some incredible portraits, some moody shots, projector shapes, an edgy latex set, so many incredible photos! And the banter was brilliant, had such a laugh!

Paul is lovely, very chilled, artistic, great to chat to, and was kind enough to let me stay at his house for a few days - a cool soul, can't wait to shoot with him again!

Thanks again man, until next time.

Tink

Natasha ПΣӨП

Absolutely love working with Paul! He’s hilarious, creative, open to ideas and has millions of his own. It’s so much fun working with him and he’s a gent too! We’ve created loads of awesome photos together and had fun doing it. Can’t wait til the next time :) thanks Paul! Highly recommended.

Bullets

Love shooting with Paul, he had me along to 2 Photoshoots where he organised absolutely everything when models were travelling over to Ireland and he was hosting them. we did a shoot with 2 great very harworking models on the 4th, 5th, then 7th 8th.

I can see the more times I team up with Paul and great models that I'm becoming happier with my photos each shoot. I'm seeing my own photography improve trying different things, the Last shoots we tried loads of stuff! my favorite images where when using his Gravity Hand-painted canvass backdrop with a 1 light setup. There was also projectors, Gels, Latex, urban stuff, loads of outfit changes....so many different setups we went through.

He recently upgraded his home studio and it looks awesome now. New flooring, loads of backdrops and equipment means you can do lots of different setups.

littlebandito_o

Did a shoot with Paul and his friend Bullets in Pauls private home studio. The studio offered various backgrounds, as well as lights. Paul was very professional, easy to work with, chatty and made sure im comfortable. He had plenty of pictures for me done only in space of couple of days, and i absolutely loved them. Cant wait to work with Paul a d Bullets again!

Stephanie Dubois

Paul is a lovely person who very kindly hosted me also. We had a short but sweet shoot on one of the evenings i was there and i found him to be really creative. We shot quite a few sets in a short space of time with lots of variety which is always fun. Paul is a great host and a lovely guy. Many thanks and i hope we get to work with each other again. :)

Angel.

I had another great few shoots with Paul during my mini Ireland tour. He kindly offered to host me, picking me up from the airport and making delicious food :)

The shoots were very relaxed and he (as always) had plenty of ideas. He is always positive and keen to try new ideas which makes working with him so easy and we get great results every time.

he is good fun, always has me in laughter and I always come back from Ireland with a smile!

highly recommended by me as always

angel

Bullets

If it was not for Paul I'd have no Photos of people and would be still out my back garden doing macro shots on bugs! I've teamed up with him a few times now and always appreciate it. He has creative ideas for all sorts of unusual ideas for shoots on the day so never boring. Some of the things I would think would not work quite often turn out amazing.

For people that might be visiting his studio Paul spends a lot of different props & outfits. Looking about the place its the Willy Wonka's of photography props From Latex/old style dresses/lingerie/jewelry/makeup/elf ears/gels/coloured backdrops/gravity backdrops/patterned backdrops/loads of modifers/elf ears/fake blood/body paint, battle ropes and even a Pole Dancing Pole....the list is endless.

Blondiekitty

I have worked with Paul many times and as always this shoot was such fun.

He is considerate and very easy to work with.

Always full of wonderful creative ideas and we always get some great shots!

Thanks so much Paul, look forward to the next 😊

Highly Recommended!

Blondiekitty

I have worked with Paul now many times and can't recommend him enough.

He is a very kind generous host and a pleasure to work with.

And I'm always happy with the images we create.

Thanks so much!

Can't wait to shoot again!

Nicky Phillips

I have just returned from Ireland and spent a couple of nights at Paul's after he kindly offered to put me up for our shoot.

Paul's pre comms are fantastic, he helped me so much with public transport and Paul honestly made my trip run smoother.

We shot for a full day which flew by and we got some amazing shots.

Paul is respectful, easy going and really fun to work with.

I can't wait to return next year and work with Paul again.

Thank you so much,

Nicky xo

Bullets

Got to tip the Hat to Paul again, Top bloke! He's hosted models, organised shoots and let me tag along and team up on days where I had to do nothing at all but turn up on the day! which let me gain some experience shooting people. As I've worked with Paul and a few models a couple of times and I've always noticed the models are very well looked after, a comfortable and safe roof over their heads, treated with respect and Food,Drink,Snacks are in endless supply (really!!! Willy Wonka would not get a look in!) A+ in my books!

Natasha ПΣӨП

This was my 5th, 6th and 7th shoot with the lovely Paul who kindly hosted me on my Ireland trip! He is hilarious, fun to be around and a very creative photographer. We got though so many creative and fun looks/set ups and got some awesome photos out of it! I love how chilled yet organised and up for trying anything Paul is and I look forward to returning at some point :) highly recommended.

Jezebelle

Got to shoot with this fantabulous photographer who is just the life and soul of the party!

He has so much enthusiasm, passion, talent and a fantastic collection of latex/outfits/props - the best I have ever seen!

I love shooting with the awesome Paul, he is ever so respectful and has a wicked way with the camera, just look at the images :)

Thank you for booking me, you're such a dude and I cannot recommend this epic gentleman enough to everyone on the site ♥

Blondiekitty

I have worked with Paul many times and as always this time it was such fun and an enjoyable experience.

He was an amazing host and looked after me to no end.

Paul is always full of wonderful creative ideas and we got some amazing shots, some of my favourite to date!

Thanks so much Paul, I would highly recommend him to any model!

Always a pleasure look forward to the next shoot!

Leon Lift

First off I have to thank Paul for putting me and Tillie up for 2 nights whilst we were on our Ireland tour. This was a super kind thing to do and we highly appreciate him letting us stay at his home (and making us lunch and dinner for the 2 days, everything he cooked tasted really good, no joke those were the best eggs on toast I've actually ever had).

The shoot we had with Paul was great! We thought it was going to be a half day location, half day studio shoot but as the whether did not permit, It ended up being a full day in the studio which was no problem as new and creative ideas constantly flowed up until we finished. We got through loads of stuff but the environment was really chilled and relaxed at the same time which made for a perfect balance to the day.

Paul himself is a really nice guy and a funny guy with a great sense of humour as well.

I can highly recommended him to anyone that that may be thinking about shooting with him in future.

Thank you for being a wonderful host and equally wonderful person to work with. Can't wait to see more shots, keep em coming :D!

Bullets

Got to thank Paul if it was not for him I would have Zero experience shooting a location or studio shoot with models. The few times I've done shoots he has been gracious enough to let me tag along to gain experience and use his equipment in his home studio. My creativity has been burned out lately but Paul always has creative ideas, Most recently a newspaper skirt was superb! I've always found it cool/funny I'd go into Pauls place and there would be models making cups of tea, eating food, making breakfast etc and pure relaxed around the house. I hope this never changes! :-)

Rose Magdalene Child

Paul and Brian (Bullets) teamed up together to shoot both me and my partner Leon whilst on tour in Ireland. We exchanged several messaged before the day about the day, ideas, themes, travel etc. Paul was extremely kind and put us both up in his home for two night, even feeding us delicious home cooked meals…we were spoiled :)

We arrived the evening before and settled in over dinner and a chat about the next days shoot which ensured we all felt comfortable able relaxed. I believe this can really help a shoot as we are all settled and know more about one another which helps to feel at ease and think more about the ideas of the shoot and be as prepped as possible.

Brian arrived on the morning and they both set up lighting for the first set which was gels. Paul had clearly done it before as he set up the lights spot on, shooting both solos and duos. The images were exceptional in this set. Everything just worked! Even the hair dryer :P as the fan had broken. But….you would never know! It was awesome.

After lunch we shot some warrior style images together and Paul had made an incredible outfit out of newspaper for me to wear, I couldn’t believe the skill that had got into creating it. He is clearly very experienced with making things as you can see from the models around his home. He has the eye, the patience and the skilled hands to create some cool things. The outfit really worked well alone and both with Leon, the theme progressed and the images got better and funnier, this was by far the most fun set :D

After this we shot some art nudes together making shapes and also some hollywood style portraits. Both sets were excellent and again the lighting was really great on both.

We are both loving the results being posted so far and look forward to seeing more.

Paul is totally recommended by me :)

Thank you Tillie