References for Sophia West

TimDC

I had the privilege of working with Sophia for the first time on a whole day's group shoot round an amazing area of abandoned buildings. The weather was dry and sunny all day. I was one of five photographers taking part in the group shoot and working with Sophia and another model Neonie Lane on many different shoot sets covering a great range of styles/levels. It was a most rewarding experience. Sophia and Neonie both put huge amounts of commitment, effort and energy into all the different shoot sets. I worked with Sophia and Neonie separately at times and they each took direction well. Sophia showed excellent posing skills and I have some good images I'm pleased with bearing in mind I'm quite a 'newbie' in this area of photography, with plenty more to learn. I recommend Sophia, she is a very pleasant young lady to work with and has a wealth of modeling skills . Thanks Sophia :)

JJ Phoenix

Evening Peeps

I got to work alongside with Sophia during a share a shoot in which my hubby (BigBaldTone) was being taught by Martin G.

We went out and did some Urbex work on location as well as back in the studio.

Sophia is a cracking young lady with a great sense of humour. She has a very lovely nature about her along with being well prepared and very communicative during pre-shoot comms with Hubby (as I sort of piggy backed in on his shoot)

Very easy to work with and there are going to be a few outtakes from this shoot to say the least, one being "six into four will go" and we aren't talking Lycra dresses here.

highly recommended and would certainly enjoy working with her again.

BigBaldTone

Worked with Sophia last Sunday on a share a shoot with Martin G working alongside my lovely wife JJ_Phoenix.

Pre-shoot communication was impeccable and the sense of humour from that shone through during the shoot. Great poses, minimal direction and more than happy to go with the flow or get stuck in. Sophia worked very well with my wife, bearing in mind she’d only met her at the start of the day and is so easy to get on with.

A lovely, bright and bubbly person who’s commitment to her work shows in every image or pose you see. Will MOST definitely look to work with her again, given the opportunity – be that on location, in a studio or at home.

Thanks for making my day not only extremely enjoyable, but also very productive too..

Be warned though, even when standing in direct sunlight on a nice warm day – she WILL shiver and feel the cold :-) Finally, try not to make her laugh, as the fits of giggles are contagious :-)

Thoroughly, thoroughly recommended for either a photographer or another model to work with and would have no hesitation whatsoever in working with her again.

Redshoes49

I had my second Shoot with Sophia on Monday and what a day it was,

It was a collaboration with friends Zeiss57, Tog , Martin G, tog ,body painter etc. myself and the gorgeous Sophia, this young lady is a top class model, she's graceful, resilient, courageous, the list goes on,

first we did a body paint shoot ( painted by the talented Martin) and I got some of the best shots I have ever done then it was back to the studio which was made ready in advance by my friend Paul and Martin the evening before , this shoot is one of the best in my memory and cant wait for the next one, I cannot praise or recommend Sophia enough, probably the best model I have ever worked with

Thanks Sophia

Stephen Roissy

Sophia had been highly recommended to me by Martin G and so we arranged a collaboration day together at a huge abandoned industrial site which was a unique location to shoot at. Martin and Sophia had been there before so they had some idea of the places to shoot and the type of images that were going to work. We shot from 10am to 6pm (with occasional cigarette, coffee and food breaks). Sophia worked tirelessly and responded so well to direction given. She worked with us to create the images we wanted often doing the same thing over and again! She suffered in silence when using a reflector to light up her face and she was happy to dress or undress to help us get the shots we wanted. She was so easy to get on with, good fun but hard working and is clearly a highly experienced, competent, committed model. I have only just begun to look at the shots I took and I am very happy with the results. I will definitely work with Sophia again. She is far too good not to! So I have no hesitation in highly recommending her - treat her well and you will not be disappointed.

Thank you Sophia for a great day and for helping us create some fabulous images!

John Forest

Had my first shoot with the lovely Sophia today. Great pre-shoot communication so we had discussed what we would be doing for stills and video. Totally professional in her modelling and nothing phased her with things she hadn't tried before. Her dancing background was clear to see with the wonderful body shapes she was able to make with ease. Great fun to spend time with. I have no idea where the three hour session went. I have no hesitation in recommending her to other photographers and look forward to working with her again soon. Thank you so much Sophia.

Zeiss57

Today I had my eagerly awaited second shoot with Sophia on a project with Martin G and good friend Jan. As always communications pre shoot were clear, concise and punctual. Sophia arrived a good hour before the arranged time as to prepare for a location shoot with two involved body paint themes.

I have been lucky to work with several good models but this young lady is the real deal, I cannot see many posing in the North Sea in early May in so called Summer. A true professional throughout the whole shoot giving a 110% to make sure we achieved the shots.

We also returned to the studio and worked and so lovely body form shots. Cannot recommend this young lady highly enough and consider myself lucky to get the opportunity to work with her.

Thanks Sophia for making the shoot such a fantastic fun day and I look forward to our next shoot.

Regards

Paul x

Bodypaintart

Finally!! I got to shoot with Sophia again yesterday for the umpteenth time and still there is nothing I have not thrown at her that she has not completely nailed. Once again, professionalism personified,class, professional,elegance,professional,immense fun/sense of humour, beauty and before I forget, consummate professional. Need I say more?

In all seriousness, I never thought I would see the day when I would meet and get to work with anyone of this young ladies abilities and quality from the internet. The fact that the best model I have ever had the honour to work with is just 10 minutes down the road from me kinda seems unreal !! I have to pinch myself every single time she turns up to work with me or shoot at mine. (ALWAYS early at that!!).

Sophia, thanks so much again for all your hard work and amazing patience and delightful personality. Roll on the next couple of weeks.

I cannot recommend anyone as highly as I recommend this truely inspirational model.

JRD

It was an absolute pleasure to work with Sophia on Tuesday, not only is she a very professional model but she is a breeze to work with. Stunning all the way through with pose after pose, very versatile. Her wardrobe and makeup was flawless. She was also friendly and a brilliant laugh !

She arrived nice and early too and The Pre Comms were amazing , very hard working model which i highly recommend to anyone, Sophia is the kind of Model that makes the shoot so easy and comfortable ... Thank you so much for that :)

I cant wait to work with Sophia again, thank you so much for a great days shoot !

kind regards,

John,

Kerr

I've been waiting a good few months now to shoot with Sophia, and it was definitely well worth the wait. She is an incredible girl to work with, extremely versatile and so obliging. Sophia has a great look, and worked hard to help get the shot we were both looking for. I cannot compliment her enough.

I had fun being around Sophia who is extremely bubbly with an infectious character, so much so that taking the photographs was a bonus. I've got some of the best shots I've ever taken and I'm already thinking about what next we could work on. Without a doubt one of the best models I've had the pleasure of working with.

Pan

Finally, today, I got to spend some quality time shooting with Sophia and I could not be more pleased with the results.

I had a number of ideas that I wanted to develop, some of which were experimental; others more conventional. Sophia embraced them all and could not have been more committed or enthusiastic. Her training and experience as a professional dancer proved invaluable and allowed us quickly to achieve the results I was seeking, whilst her keenness and ability to contribute her own ideas to the various projects greatly improved their quality.

Sophia looks stunning and has a personality to match. She is great company, has a lovely sense of humour, and the time we spent together passed far too quickly. She takes care to understand fully what the photographer wants to achieve and is unstinting in her determination to achieve it. She has a very wide repertoire of poses, looks and styles, and is able to move easily from one to the other when called upon to free-style.

I have watched with interest as Sophia's portfolio and 'career' on PP have progressed over the last ten months since she joined. Having now had the opportunity to spend time and work with her, I can fully understand why she has been so successful, and am confident that she will continue to attract attention and recognition as a high quality, elegant, versatile and professional model.

Sophia and I are already discussing our next shoot for later in the year, when we plan to book three studio days.

I cannot recommend Sophia highly enough to other photographers. Book her - you will not be disappointed.

Thank you, Sophia

Campbell Digital

I had the pleasure of working again with the lovely Sophia recently.

As before, there were great comms before and after, Sophia was ready bang on time and fully prepared as per our shoot plan.

The plan was to shoot in the New Forest but the weather was its usual UK self so we swapped to half studio and half outside. Sophia was a star, completely unphased, she took the change in her stride - basically her usual friendly, highly professional self.

We achieved five very different sets in four hours and I must particularly compliment Sophia for braving the cold outside sets wearing very little with not one non-positive word :-)

It's good to see the whole range of work Sophia is able to do on PP - bottom line, due to her superior physique, fitness, dance training, professionalism and photogenic nature, it's very hard *not* to take a good picture of her.

Very highly recommended for photographers of all levels

frankinsella

Had an absolutely amazing shoot with Sophia on Wednesday, joining together with Neonie La at Shutterworks in Southampton :-) Pre-Communications were really spot on and Sophia arrived with everything we needed to shoot the theme. We got through quite a few different styles of shooting from some really experimental gelled light mixed exposure shots through combined poses with Neonie to soft boudoir type shots. For the experimental work we did Sophia's superb dance abilities and in depth understanding of movement massively helped in creating some really unusual and original shots! Sophia's posing with and without direction and working with Neonie was perfect and she was an absolute pleasure to work with! :-) Had loads of fun during the shoot and got some fantastic results, and can't wait to work with Sophia again :-) Very highly recommended! :-)

Paul Williams photography

I had the pleasure of working with the lovely and talented Sophia and Neonie La today

Pre communication and arrangements first class

We had a great shoot professional but fun

Both had great ideas so we created some awsome shots

Looking forward to our next shoot

Highly recommend

Big thank you to you both x x

Matt Friend

I had a fantastic shoot with Sophia today, she has a fantastic repertoire of poses to offer, takes direction (not that many were needed) perfectly and is a real giggle to work with. She has a relaxed demeanour and great sense of humour which made for a really fun shoot. Sophia was well equipped for the shoot, she had a wide variety of outfits and garments to choose from, and looked great in all of them!

If you get the chance to work with Sophia, you'd be a fool to miss it!

Pan

Wow!

I had the most amazing shoot with Sophia yesterday, when she modeled for a day at my home studio. Organising the shoot, which was attended by five different photographers through the day, could not have been easier due to Sophia's excellent communications. Her messages are prompt, friendly, thorough ... and a good read!

Sophia arrived early, her car stuffed with plenty of clothes and accessories. From the first moment, her personality and enthusiasm shone through and she threw herself into producing the images that each photographer was looking for. References frequently talk about a model's willingness to 'have a go' at demanding poses and wacky ideas, but you would be hard-pushed to find anyone for whom this is more true than Sophia. I doubt that "can't" features in her vocabulary; she pulled-off a series of beautiful poses including some which were challenging even for a professional dancer. Throughout the day Sophia maintained her focus and energy as each new photographer presented her with fresh challenges. She also has a wide repertoire of elegant poses for the photographer who is content to leave her to free-style.

Sophia is intelligent, has a wonderful sense of humour, loves a good giggle, and is patient when lighting adjustments are needed. Her creative and artistic instincts allow her to contribute very effectively to a shoot and she takes direction very well indeed.

My only regret from the day is that I didn't keep more of the time to photograph Sophia myself - I have the grand total of twenty shots in the camera - however, I have booked more time with her in a couple of days, before she returns to sunny Clacton, and I have loads of exciting things lined up for then. I can't wait.

Thank you, Sophia, for your energy, enthusiasm and commitment. See you on Friday :-)

Phil Thorne

I had my second shoot with Sophia yesterday as she's down in Dorset on tour for the second time this year (such is her popularity with the photographers down here). Her pre-shoot communications are truly amazing and couldn't be bettered...and she does know how to write such lovely emails!

She arrived promptly for hair and make-up before we went on location for our 1950's styled shoot. Throughout the day, she was amazing - delivering exactly the look and feel to the images I wanted (with minimal direction). Nothing is too much trouble for her - all in all, a true professional...and I can't recommend her highly enough!

Rupert1

When Sophia put a casting out for a 1 2 1 tuition for body painting ,it was too good an opportunity to miss.So a quick look at hers and mine calendars, I selected a date the suited us both,2 messages through PP and it was all sorted even down to style of painting(really wanted to do some liquid latex).

Sophia arrived like a breath of fresh air,a quick cup of coffee and we were away painting.Martin was on hand for any advice and tips.I was a bit nervous to start with but Sophia is so professional and very easy to work with.We did 4 different paints the last being liquid latex,this was not as easy as I thought,but between us we achieved a very good first effort.

I highly recommend Sophia she is a bubbly person that knows how to pose and is so easy to get on with.

I hope to work with Sophia again.

sugar house

Did a shoot with the marvellous Sophia West yesterday. You can see from her port that she has a great bod and lovely eyes - but what you can't see so easily is that she is great fun while being highly efficient, totally competent, helpful, accommodating, enthusiastic, focused and energetic. It was vid. I said "give me 60 seconds of poses" - and bang she was right on it. Brilliant. At lastly it is worth booking Sophia just to hear her tinkling pretty laugh! Total recommend.

RawImages

Sophia had put up a casting call to body paint her and this was something I wanted to try.

Her communication was extraordinary. She came across as professional, open, friendly, enthusiastic and eager to share ideas. Couldn't wait to meet and work with her!

Sophia blew me away! I have been in the business a long time but have rarely met a lady with such endearing qualities. She is gentle, humble, warm, eager to contribute and eager to learn. Despite being relatively new to the scene her posing shows great confidence. This comes as no surprise as Sophia's background is in dance.

Oh, and did I say she was beautiful? Beautiful in a natural way, stunning eyes, great figure of course and a genuine warmth and engaging personality.

Tell you what, just book her and discover for yourselves...:)