References for Rachelle Summers

Ghost Light Photography

Working with Rachelle is always so much fun and our latest meeting at Neon Dreams Studio was no exception. Plenty of laughs counterpointed a hugely productive shoot.

We had discussed a number of ideas in advance and Rachelle was more than prepared for every possible opportunity. With access to the themed sets at the studio, Rachelle had come with a number of great outfits that were perfectly suited to each one. With a little free time at the end of our session, we quickly put together some ideas that hadn’t been mentioned in advance. With such a quality model, this was easily accomplished.

This shoot was huge fun and I hope we can work together again soon.

Andreas A

So. In the past, Rachelle and I were shooting together once a year like clockwork, 4 years in a row. Then covid hit, we took a break and shot again 1-1 for the first time after almost 5 years. I now finally feel ready to tell the truth to the world and explain why I will never shoot with her again!

First of all, comms. You send Rachelle a message to arrange a shoot, you are expecting to get a reply a few days later and to spend a good few messages organising the shoot which can buy you some time to pretend you know what you are saying. First mistake! Rachelle will come back to you promptly with all the info and details you need, answers to all the questions you had and even answers to questions you did not think to ask. “That’s fine”, you think, “I can live with it. She gave me a very specific time she will arrive for our shoot and promised to bring all sorts of things. I will ask for a discount when she fails to do so.” Wrong again! Rachelle not only arrives on time but she keeps you constantly up-to-date with her travel. Her bags are full of beautiful, perfectly fitting items to what you are after and even more! You select something to start with, let Rachelle get ready and go set up the last few things on the set. What on earth? Rachelle is already ready! So you start shooting. Well, ok. This part is brilliant. I will give her this. She poses wonderfully and looks amazing. She is full of energy and just lovely to work with. The shoot goes by in a flash (pun intended) but you have this eerie feeling something is wrong. Then you go to post-production and you see it; Rachelle looks amazing in every single picture! You can’t delete anything! Even your camera refused to misfire! You need to buy more storage now. I am sorry Rachelle, but this is ridiculous…

I feel I have said enough to explain. I recommend her 100% (what an absolute gem of a model and person) but you have been warned!

Gerry Fitzgerald

I have shot with Rachelle a few times now and she keeps getting better and better .....a brilliant shot and some fabulous images achieved .....I cannot praise this young miss high enough....I have some more tuition shoots coming up and she is first on my list ....thank you young miss another 10 out of 10

Kevin Connery

I worked with Rachelle a few days ago in a B&B in Germany. Or, rather, she was in Germany, while I was sitting comfortably at my computer in California/USA, and connected to her camera by a mix of wires, WiFi, and thousands of miles of internet.

We'd discussed a project of mine earlier, and this location fit the concept well. She brought everything needed and a number of bonus items that added to the concept.

She and her partner walked through the location, and I selected a few, then had some extra light brought in and placed where asked; there was a lot of natural window light, but some supplemental added a bit of flair.

Once we started, she took direction well, but once I gave her a mood and story, she was entirely capable of taking them and making them better than I'd had in my head. Cheerful, a touch silly on occasion, high energy, and totally involved in the shoot, she was a joy to work with.

Highly recommended.

barney2

A few days ago I had my first shoot with Rachelle, who is currently on a shooting tour through Belgium and Germany. She had found a very nice and modern flat near Düsseldorf, which offered many opportunities for good sets. My shoot was arranged at very short notice, for which I am very grateful.

Due to time limitations, I was only there remotely but I am absolutely thrilled with Rachelle, she is very professional and versatile, great sets, beautiful outfits and super make-up. Rachelle is a very friendly person and I was able to put forward many of my ideas and at the same time she brought in all her know-how.

I am totally overwhelmed by the results. Many thanks to Rachelle and her partner for the calm and unagitated co-operation during the shoot, it was very pleasant.

I haven't seen all the pictures yet and will be busy editing them.

I hope we have the opportunity to work together again soon. 100% recommended!

Bernhard :)

Lee B

Spent a great couple of hours shooting Rachelle at Neon Dream studio this morning. We got loads done in that short timeslot, entirely down to her skill as a model and the great array of sartorial options she had available.

Rachelle was very friendly and chatty from the off which helped the time fly by, and helped me feel as ease as I'm still not 100% comfortable doing studio work. Her reputation as one of the country's finest models is well deserved, and I would jump at the chance to work with her again should the opportunity present itself.

Chris T Photography

Wonderful 1st shoot with Rachelle today at Neon Dreams. Really had a fabulous time, such a fantastic person to work with. Very experienced model, lovely person, great to chat to and very patient! Thanks so much Rachelle you rock! Very Highly Recommended

Ryan-D

Had an amazing first shoot with Rachelle today and she was just a superstar. Really easy to talk too and we just chatted away which made everything go so fast. Super professional and just flowed through the poses with ease.

Dave Rudin

I spent a wonderful day with Rachelle and her husband Mark (plus little dog Cesar) recently. I have been visiting Edinburgh, so I traveled by train down to Northumberland where Rachelle and Mark met me around 7:30 am. Mark drove us to some beautiful locations, where I photographed Rachelle in some forested areas and a coastal area (with Mark acting as a lookout for any passers-by).

Rachelle was very friendly and easy to work with, and like all good models, was willing to get wet and dirty to create good images (which we certainly did do).

Thanks again to Rachelle and Mark. I look forward to future collaborations.

xposures

What an outstanding shoot I had with Rachelle two weeks ago! We started the planning 2 months ago - 3 outdoors locations on one full day.

For the first location, we were to meet at 5:30 am and start the shoot by 6. Rachelle was immediately at ease with the planned concept so we were smoothly churning ahead at such an unholy hour.

No location was easy on the model - the second was very dusty, and the third was wet and cold. Rachelle just shrugged off all difficulties and did such an awesome job with her trademark creative posing. It is easy to say 'going the extra mile', but that's exactly what you can expect from Rachelle. She has an innate sense for how to present herself in the best light. Barely any direction needed.

Of course, her SC photos speak for themselves. But working with her has just another quality. Rachelle is a true professional, smooth, easy communication, subtle and sensible interventions when needed.

Highly recommended, and I'm going to work with her again as soon as possibilities arise.

heikole-art.net

Arranged a shoot with Rachelle on her recent tour to Berlin. She is an excellent model and a very nice person. It was great to work with her for half a day and we got some beautiful results. Rachelle is highly recommended.

themacadora

We had a wonderful weekend with Rachelle, Mark and Cesar. I booked a shooting event on an old castle in the fairytale area of Germany where Brother Grimm wrote their stories. The place was magical, and so was Rachelle. A true incarnation of Goldmarie. She brought some lovely dresses from medieval times up to over-floating dresses, which made a big blast on the old stairways inside the big hall.

Stepping through the old building, I found an old bed, faucets and, in the very last room, a dusty piano. In every setting, Rachelle has new ideas and brings her beautiful play to the scenes.

The last scene was a shoot with my vintage car. Very carefully, very professionally, she worked with that precious device. Looking forward to meeting her in Italy next year.

Michael_990

Booked Rachelle for a two hour stint just before her checkout at the rented location.

Usually this would be very time constrained to get some meaningful results, but

Rachelle instantly caught onto all my ideas and performed like magic.

Very little commands needed, an occasional nudging and alignment of poses, which

she did with very high precision. Little over an hour, and we were through with

over a thousand images in 11 motive sets.

Rachelle travels with a good set of ligting equipment, and her husband is a very

capable while inobstrusive assistant and great coffee-maker.

These are people you want to be your next door neighbor and absolute professionals

in their job. Loved the shoot, love the results, look forward to another shoot

maybe next year.

HP Fotografie

I had a wonderful shoot with Rachelle. She is an experienced model and it was a joy to work with her. We shot different styles in a relaxed but productive atmoshphere. She has great posing skills, brings in her ideas and we achieved great results.

The communication before was clear and on point. She is a lovely person and i can highly recommend to work with her.

BeavisPhotography

For some reason or another, it seems that the Gods just do not want Rachelle and me to work together. It took over two years before we FINALLY managed to get our agendas in sync, without our plans being f**ked up by covid and busy times after that. And today, it was raining cats and dogs, just to prevent us from going to the outdoors location where we had planned to shoot. Luckily, Rachelle was staying at a very nice B&B where we could shoot instead. Well, if anything was EVER worth a two-year wait, it was this shoot! I came home with tons of brilliant pictures and trying to keep my selection of images to an acceptable number is probably going to turn my hair even greyer than it already is. Each picture just seems to be better than the previous. I wasn't just incredibly lucky to get great photos: Rachelle also is an absolute delight to work with. A lady who clearly loves to make beautiful pictures together with the photographer. Can't wait to work with her again. Hopefully we can go outside then. It certainly won't be another two years if I can help it! Very highly recommended!!

photo-ton

Did my third shoot with Rachelle, previous on was 4 half years ago, partly due to global circumstances. As in previous shoots it is joy to shoot with Rachelle. She provided a link where she would be staying which gave a good overview of where in the residence to shoot. Also some handy parking advice (the Netherlands is a 'small' country but parking can be an issue). I discussed prior to the shoot what I roughly had in mind and what stuff I brought along for the shoot with her, which was all acceptable and not too outlandish. Rachelle came with plenty of lighting gear which worked very nice, good and simplified for me what to carry along (and save my back ;-). It was well worth the wait I had a great and pleasant time and some very nice and unique images. I also appreciated that she matched her make-up and shoes with the outfits. I really recommend Rachelle and would be more than happy to shoot with her again.

Raymond | PictureByRAY

Rachelle planned a tour to The Netherlands and had a location to work from which was very local to me. Because of the limited time slots that were available I didn't hesitate to contact her. This would be the first time I'd work with Rachelle but seeing images of her nothing could go wrong. Rachelle picked a great apartment with a lot of different settings available. For using this place, she asked a little fee which was well worth it. And it was even possible to use all kind of photography gear. I'm quite custom to my own lights, but I was happy that I didn't had to carry nightstands with me.

We had a short talk to get to know each other and also with her husband Mark and made friends with the French bulldog Cesar who was very curious and happy.

The 4 hour shoot went by very fast and we managed to create a very diverse set of images. And now comes the hard part, picking the best of the best. Because I've seen a lot of good images in the preview. And with a lot I mean A LOT!

Thanks for the nice shoot Rachelle and I wish you a pleasant tour towards Germany, Switzerland and Belgium.

Damon_Dori_

Last weekend I had the pleasure to work with Rachelle for the first time. She provided the location as well since she was touring and we could make use of the accommodation she was staying at. It was a very nice location and the shoot went very good as well. Rachelle is a pro and she provides you with a lot of poses and expressions based on what you want or ask. I am very pleased with the results and would definitely recommend her to others.

HansM

When Rachelle visited the netherlands in order to do some shoots, she has gone to great lengths in order to give us photographers a great opportunity: She had rented a fine AirBnB which was suitable for shoots. She brought various lights and modifiers as well. And then there was this great collection of outfits to choose from.

Thanks to this I was having an easy time.

But there was more: I found Rachelle so easy to work with. She only needs the smallest of suggestions to fully understand what you mean. If I said "Helmut Newton", she immediately came up with right clothes / shoes etc. and the right attitude as well.

It doesn't matter where you are going to work, whether it is kitchen, bedroom or bathroom she always makes sure that you will be able to get the right setting, the right outfit and the right poses to match.

But ofcourse I will recommend Rachelle, full stop!

James Box

Finally got a chance to shoot with Rachelle again since 2019!

Well worth the wait though, and the session seemed effortless, fun and creative.

Amazing to work with, collaborating during the shoot to get the best results, just what I like!

It is easy to see why Rachelle has so many references. Put her in front of the camera, and watch the magic unfold.

Very professional, considers outfits according to moodboards or ideas you have, which again is thoughtful, and shows her attention to details and a photographers styling.

Highly recommended!