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RobertoSegate

Working with Sal is like reading a favourite book: you know how the story goes and how it ends but often things are noticed which hadn't been seen previously. A tenuous analogy maybe, but nevertheless alludes to what I see whenever I work with Sal, she gets better and better!

This shoot, together with Mick (Lifemodel) showed me once more what an excellent model Sal is; she really gets into the roles suggested for her, even though the ideas can be a bit strange, but Sal 'performs' and provides poses with minimal direction from my less than clear instruction!

Sal is a lovely, lovey person to spend time with; she's witty, interesting, chatty and keen to help achieve interesting imagery; this shoot has, like all the others, proved what an asset Sal is to any shoot, without doubt!

A chance to shoot with Sal shouldn't be passed up; given the chance I'm first in line!

RobertoSegate

What an absolute joy it is to work with such a wonderful lovely person; each shoot (4 now I think) has been creative, hilarious, messy (obviously) and very productive. Sal, really does embrace my (strange) ideas and dives right in helping realise the nebulous imagery in my minds eye.

In many ways shoots with Sal are like meeting up with a good friend: having some tea and no cakes; chatting (with sarcasm) and laughing; followed by lots of creative goodness in the studio. Such is Sal's easy going personality and motivation it's very (extremely) unlikely that memorable images would not result. So it was: many excellent images; weird and wonderful; enough to keep me busy for a while.

So, Shoot With Sal = Success. Yes, Sal is genuine, interesting, enthusiastic, very lovely so why wouldn't you want to work with her.

Recommend her to others? Damn right 100%!

RobertoSegate

I shoot a fair bit, and I'm always excited at the prospects of creating images with models, but none more so that with Sal. The images we create together are some of the very best which is testament to Sal's abilities and her dedication to help create my weird visions.

But the shoots are more than simply creating images: they're about having fun, laughing and chatting; about discussing ideas from modelling to politics to what they call hair remover cream. It's this sort of shoot which really means more, certainly from my perspective.

So once again then it was a joy and a triumph working with Sal.

Need I say more.

J.S. creative images.

I had a lovely shoot with Skycladpixie today it has been to long since our first shoot, the location was stunning the weather was kind and the opportunities endless. Skycladpixie always works hard to find these unique

places and is a very talented art nude model. I have done very little outdoor shooting but really enjoyed the shoot which reminded me of what a beautiful part of the country the Wye valley is, I would strongly recommend this talented model, thanks for a great shoot and some exercise.

StormBringer

Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with Skycladpixie - and what a wonderful shoot it was.

Closed roads, detours and roadworks meant I was running a few minutes late - but when I arrived was met with a beaming smile and virtual hugs. A few minutes introductory and we embarked on the walk to the ancient trees location (note to self - 'must get fit'!). A fantastic array of trees waited us. We spent a good few minutes discussing options, and what each of the trees offered. We then proceeded to work through a great series of sets through the day - interspersed with plenty of rest and warm up breaks as a chill wind was a constant presence through the shoot. These breaks allowed us to collaborate on ideas and discuss options for the next set. A woderful relaxed way of working.

Skycladpixie was able to convey the mood I was after from the shoot, at peace and at one with the environment. Being a life model is evident, maintaining a pose allowing you time to try, and refine, different angles.

Would happily recommend Skycladpixie to all photographers who want to capture something special from and environment shoot.

I do hope we are able to work together again, and sincerely hope to.

Thankyou for a great day.

Straker

I've always loved working with Skycladpixie and even though it was our first shoot in a while, from the beginning, it felt like we picked up from where we last left off. This time we shot at the amazing Gloucester Prison and Sal took every opportunity to make the most of the location. We shot some really different looks that I found inspiring and I'm thrilled with the work we produced.

As always, working with Sal is a really special experience. I'm so glad we've had another chance to work together and I hope we get many more in the future. I think we make a great team!

Thanks for another amazing shoot Skycladpixie! Already looking forward to next time :-)

seaweedjohn

Sal came to Pembrokeshire more to see my 10 week old puppy Lukey,than me,Lukey spent most of his time hanging from Sals skirt,and generally terrorising.We did manage to do some shooting,I do enjoy working with Sal,it is always fun working with a creative model.Please come again,Lukey might eventually calm down,and we can spend more time trying to be creative.

MAB Photography Pembrokeshire

Sal and I had been tentatively planning a shoot in my home area once the coronavirus restrictions were eased. However, once she posted up images of some amazing ancient trees in her home area, the plan rapidly switched to an outdoor shoot there.

Pre-shoot communications were excellent and Sal immediately understood what I was looking for on the shoot and what props I envisaged being incorporated. It was clear that she would easily fit in with my method and style of working and that she was on a very similar wavelength.

Sal arrived at the meeting location on time and with the props and items that she had agreed to bring. My normal worries about meeting a model for the first time, particularly when shooting environmental nude, just evaporated away as soon as Sal got out of her car, it felt just like meeting a long time friend.

Sal is just superb to work with. She is a very accomplished model, professional and confident yet so easy to get on with and bursting with creativity. It felt so comfortable and natural working with her. It was a true working partnership that enabled us to get our best out of each location and set. Sal was happy to give her own perspective on the posing possibilities and yet happily and readily took any direction needed to get the best result. Her calm serenity helped the day run so smoothly.

My day working with Sal was a day spent in absolute creative bliss.

Thank you Sal for a truly memorable day and we will undoubtedly be working together again in the near future.

I thoroughly recommend the experience of working with Sal.

Trasky

I've been watching Skycladpixie's work for a while now and not had the availability to work with her until recently.

Sal had a casting up for "Art nude with Magical trees" which peaked my interest even more.

Anyway a few emails later we had arranged a date and time to do this, Impressive comms had this done very quickly.

Part of this was Sal's flexibility to do a short shoot in a location that i'd wanted to try very close to where we were to meet.

Sal even took the time to check out parking fees so we could do this as part of the casting. Having shot there before Sal knew all about

the location (local knowledge always very helpful) Chatting about things in general on the way to the location was like meeting an old friend

for a day out which resulted in a very relaxed start which continued all the way through the shoot.

Getting to the trees location made me very aware of how unfit I am, just watching Sal almost run up the hill made me tired lol.

The time past very quickly with image after image being created by this amazing model.

It's easy to see Sal is in her element and thrives on location work constantly looking for new and interesting ideas.

Sal also has the ability to bounce ideas around with you which helps get the best out of each other and the location.

A very enjoyable day working with exceptional company what more could you ask for. Good weather, we had that to.

Thank you Sal for a great day on location hopefully we can do something again.

Lanes Photography

Almost a year to the day, we managed to arrange our second shoot. With Covid and Lock-down in place, I wondered if and when a shoot would ever be possible; however, as soon as restrictions were lifted, the diaries were opened!

Sal had found this amazing location in her neck of the woods – literally, I have not seen such amazing trees in the flesh before. They were screaming out to be used for a shoot! This was a team shoot, with myself, Sal and OOAK/Leaf – oh! And Twinkle, our dog 

Sal is an amazing model, she produces such awesome shapes that simply compliment the environment she is working in. There is a great deal of trust involved, where I might suggest an idea that isn’t readily obvious, Sal will take direction and just deliver in true style.

We had a wonderful day, thankfully the weather was kind and produced a light that allowed me to make the most of the incredible trees. We fully intend to return, there is so much more to do there, so many ideas to fulfil.

Shooting with Sal is just a joy, she is so laid-back and easy to work with. There is no pressure, the shoot just flows and the conversation also. I had only met Sal on two occasions before and yet it was like we were old friends meeting up for a regular outing. 100% recommendation from me is without hesitation, I am really looking forward to our next shoot (which hopefully won’t be too long) and will be in my “neck of the woods”.

Thank you so much Sal for a great day out and lovely memories.

Skulpto

Wow, what an experience that was! Fantastic model who was a true partner in the shoot but the Met office had us both fooled. I've been wanting to shoot with her forever it seems. Skycladpixie is an old hand at handling adverse weather and so am I but my equipment is a bit more picky so we hung out under a old brick tunnel by the shore of the River Severn and packed away an awesome variety of silhouettes and earthy, damp photos in between the showers.

I can't wait to do more and maybe go back for the original plan.

G O N E said...

Late July, but it was bloody freezing and blowing a hoolie to boot. 06:30am, atop a 1,700ft hill in Shropshire. Madness! skycladpixie that is, I had enough sense to keep all my clothes on!!

Well, skycladpixie didn't seem to mind at all and tackled anything we encountered with enthusiasm and aplomb. Freezing cold rocks, prickly trees, even a treacherous slide into a steep ravine from which I never expected to see her re-emerge, at least not in one piece. But she did and she just carried on as if nothing had happened.

We shared ideas and approaches to shots. We experimented. We looked and wondered how we might achieve something worthwhile. We took our time and we worked well together I thought. I am in any case indebted to skycladpixie, not just for turning out and modelling in less than ideal conditions, but for lending her experience, enthusiasm and creativity to our shoot.

I join the many other photographers who already thoroughly recommend working with skycladpixie, and I hope to do so again soon. :)

seaweedjohn

Sal kindly came,and stayed with me for a session of talking,eating,drinking,and taking a few pictures.I can only say she was wonderful company,and I learnt a lot,and in many ways we share the same visions.Taking a backward step from photography,but will always enjoy working with Sal.Thankyou Sal.

Straker

Just a delight to shoot with skycladpixie again after a little while. skycladpixie is great to work with. She took me to an amazing abandoned location which was wonderful to shoot at. It had shafts of light coming through the building and the trees that lit her up spectacularly! skycladpixie is such an accomplished model. She has a great look, knows exactly how to pose to make maximum impact and she has really clear ideas and articulates them perfectly. Working together always feels like a genuine collaboration and I really appreciate and enjoy every opportunity we've had.

Long may we continue to work together! skycladpixie is awesome and if you haven't had the chance to work with her, make it happen! She's awesome!

Thanks Sal - already looking forward to next time :-)

LifeModel

Fourth shoot as co-model with Sal! We must be doing something right. We'd been discussing working with OOAK and Lanes Photography since our very successful first shoot with OOAK in May. We finally managed to get everyone together yesterday in a derelict house in mid-Wales and had a fantastic day bouncing ideas around in a veritable feast of creativity. Sal is all you could ask of a model, professional, polite, reliable, punctual, and she has an innate elegance which shines from her work. Add to that a ready sense of humour and willingness to dive in & create artistic photography, no matter how much mud and grime that might entail. Highly recommended.

Lanes Photography

Our first shoot together and I really hope there will be more. Sal is such a good model, so patient and yet full of ideas and fun.

The shoot was a collaboration with myself, LifeModel, Skycladpixie and OOAK, the time just flew by but we did manage two locations. The combination of the four of us working together proved a total success, with much fun and laughter as well as striving to get great images.

It was such a pleasure to work with someone that has creative input and is also prepared to listen and adapt ideas and be directed. 100% recommended from me, bring on the next shoot!!

LifeModel

My 3rd shoot as a duo with Sal, what can I say, we make a great team! She is a lovely person and very easy to spend time with. Sal is keen to make creative and artistic pictures, whatever that might entail, even if that means getting cold, wet and filthy in the process - no complaints from Sal. There's a lot of give and take on our shoots together, she is ready to chip in when ideas are needed and equally happy to take direction from others. Messaging Sal to suggest working together must be one of the best things I've ever done. Dear friend and great model, thoroughly recommended.

RobertoSegate

I'm often in disbelief when models repeatedly come back for more; just look at the work and you can imagine what models go through with me! :)

This is the second shoot within a month or so; I'm not complaining, far from it. I'm particularly delighted that Sal wanted to do more, this time with LifeModel and together we made some very interesting and thought provoking images. Most of the work required the Sal and LifeModel to be devoid of sight and speech due to various impediments. It was quite eerie and perhaps disturbing but I thought there was a sombre beauty going on.

Yes, Sal is an excellent model and excellent company; we had plenty fun, laughs and chats throughout, she is a lovely, lovely person and an asset to any artist for sure.

Photoshoot + Sal = Excellence.

RobertoSegate

This is the second shoot with Sal (with Leaf this time) and memories of the success of the first shoot reverberate across my mind as I anticipate another. Sal is such fun to be around; has a great sense of humour and is eager to get stuck in with the cold, wet and mess which is usually a given at one of my shoots!

This shoot was without question a challenge, much more than the last; yes, the mess was still there, now in the form of clay, but this time heavy application of clay largely obscured what sight she had, and 'performing' for the camera became an exercise mainly in feel while she applied more and more clay to her face in order to create new 'characters' and expressions.

With that, liberal amounts of red food colouring followed, covering some of the clay. Sal said she really liked the taste of the red stuff (not really!).

Several hours of this and the results were in; looking at the raw images afterwards it was clear to see that adversity had paid off - success; smiles all round :) (what a relief, for all of us).

Yes, Sal is a trooper, she's elegant and expressive and really immersed herself in the role. She's funny and sarcastic; super company, and a joy to be around and to photograph. I cannot speak highly enough of her.

Sal - it was a blast! Thank you so much :)

seaweedjohn

Like Sal,like Sals company,like working with Sal,and Sal is a very good model.Johnxx.