References for Sophia West

Rob Hill (robhillphoto)

Every now and again a model comes along who just makes this whole thing fun and productive at the same time. Sophia is one of those models.

Perfect pre-shoot comms - 3 messages and the whole thing was sorted out. Came prepared for what we were shooting (a huge variety from dance through fashion nude to lingerie). Gave great creative input to the shoot - really rocked the dance poses.

On top of all that she never stopped working and was great fun to have in the studio.

Thoroughly recommended - definitely worth booking - we're already planning the next shoot - and the next?

Phil Thorne

Fantastic first shoot with Sophia today in sunny Dorset! She really is one of the loveliest models I've had the pleasure and joy to work with. First class pre-shoot communications, very organised, brought exactly what I asked for the shoot...and a total dream to photograph. If you're thinking of booking Sophia, stop thinking...and just do it!

KP photography

I had the pleasure of working with the beautiful Sophia today and I found her to be an absolute delight to work with.. We did an 8 hour shoot including a bit on location even though it was quite cold and windy. Her posing is fantastic and I really hope to work with Her again very soon

She has a great look, fabulous figure and lovely face- Great hands too! Smile

She has a great personality and is lots of fun to work with. Such a kind hearted, considerate person.

Campbell Digital

I had the pleasure of a wonderful half day shoot with the lovely Sophia today. She was friendly, professional, relaxed and very hard working the whole time.

Her pre-shoot comms were excellent and she arrived styled and clothed exactly as requested in the shoot plan.

We covered a number of genres from location to lifestyle to studio and Sophia aced them all.

If there is one word to describe Sophia, it would be 'Feline' - she is sleek, strong and charming. A trained dancer, her physique is superb - toned, lithe and flexible.

Her eyes are clear, complexion outstanding and her hair shines in whatever light you have to hand, such that Sophia now holds the record of the least post processing required of any model I have worked with.

She takes direction well but is able to pose freely, so I recommend her for all levels of photographer.

Dreamlands Photography

I had my first shoot with Sophia on Saturday and in all honesty if I could I would shoot with Sophia for a month I would :)

Conversation flows easily and I feel at such ease and comfort when shooting it's really refreshing to be with a model who understands the shots we need and holds poses effortlessly.

She is such a professional even in high heels in urbex shoot with temperature at 3 degrees and rain she never stopped. When she lay on the stainless steel table at the morgue not a squeak.

Than back to my studio to pull off some amazing dance jumps five feet from standing point love this lady.

The images kept on getting better and the ideas to flow so I couldn't be happier . I highly recommend h all photographers to this great model and if you have any questions just inbox me.

Thanks again Sophia and hope to work with you soon cxx

Bodypaintart

I thought it about time I left this young lady another reference, seeing as we must have worked together around 10 times since the last one!!

Not much more I can add really, other than how damned fortunate I am to be doing so. If you saw just how amazing her history is in dance and how naturally elegant, beautiful, graceful and toned she is in real life, you would want to be working with her every bit as much as me. However, please don't! because I still have an awful lot of projects I want to work with Sophia on and cannot have anyone else booking up her already very limited time.

Sensational dancer, hugely talented model, far to modest and the hardest working young lady I have ever met in my history in the business. Watch out for this one because she has every single attribute needed to reach the very top of this trade.

RECOMMENDED like no other before.

Aya

My second shoot with Sophia with photographer, Tonyinipswich was again brilliant. She was well prepared, punctual and very professional approach for the shoot. Cleverly thought variety of clothes choice are nicely organized. She moved very naturally, beautifully and elegantly in front of the camera and so there were lots to learn from her. Thank you again for the great fun shoot.

Looking forward to working with you again in the near future.

I cannot recommend highly enough...!!!

TonyInIpswich

I had a very pleasurable first duo girl shoot with Sophia and Aya last week after responding to Sophia's casting call. Pre-shoot comms were clear and concise. Sophia has a great personality, professional attitude, looks great and working with her was easy as she took direction well and came up with ideas of her own. The shoot was over far too quickly and I was very pleased with the results. I look forward to working with Sophia again. Highly recommended.

Glamtog45

Sophia said that she was pleased that the studio was already heated when she arrived, but I need not have bothered as she threw herself into the the dance videos and was generating her own heat. Yes guys this girl is hot ! Not only that but she can certainly dance and was making up her own moves to fit the lyrics on the fly and hitting it right on the beat ( That's D.J. talk ) Exactly what was wanted to fit the shoot, beautiful and a fantastic dancer. Booking her again as soon as i can, she may well be very busy on other shoots though :(

When I booked her based on her page saying she was a professional dancer...BOY was she not kidding!! Fan...bleeding....tastic !!

I highly highly highly highly highly recommend this young lady highly highly highly, Repeat after me...HIGHLY highly :)

Bodypaintart

Just reiterating what I have said before, with bells on, after yet another days "work" with Sophia. I use the word work very loosely simply because it is just stupidly easy to shoot with her.

I had wanted a truly professional model to work with all the time for quite some time now as my muse, and Sophia has taken that work for the foreseeable future, or until she has had enough of my ridiculously stupid idea's for images :)

Seriously for just one moment, which is not easy when you have been laughing all day while working with Sophia, this young lady has talents way beyond just her fabulous figure and beauty. She inspires you greatly to improve your own work, and yet makes it so easy and fun in doing so. It takes me far far longer to change a backdrop or set than it ever does to get the image as soon as she walks in on it! No kidding, I think the longest shoot we have done thus far took less than 5 minutes to get precisely what I wanted! and that was only because she had yet another giggling fit (which are hilarious by the way) and needed a minute or 2 to compose herself again! It is embarrassing at times having smokes every 3-5 minutes because we got what I wanted to quick!!

I guess I had better finish with the obligatory ***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED******* then :)

Aya

I had a brilliant duo shoot with Sophia with Martin G today at Martin's studio. She is a very talented lady with beautiful body and personality. Her professionalism and commmitment are respectful and her charm made the shoot relaxing and comfortable.I thoroughly enjoyed the shoot with Sophia. Thank you very much for the great fun shoot and looking forward to working with Sophia in the near future.

Highly Highly recommended.

madphoto

I shot with Sophia for the first time last week and she was absolutely fantastic. Great communication leading up to the shoot, great company during the shoot, very easy to work with and of course looks great in camera!

Bodypaintart

Another shoot, another fantastic day :) This young lady is the absolute real deal. There has been absolutely nothing I have thrown at Sophia that she has not absolutely nailed, and then some!

From figure/art/nude, to fashion, to glamour to amazing fun and cheeky, Sophia is just perfect. Anything you could ever want from a model, is right here in one amazing package that is Sophia West.

Professional, versatile in the extreme, down to earth and an absolute blast to work with, I for one am honoured to be able to do so, and am well aware that with such talent, beauty and personality, Sophia will be an extremely busy young lady indeed once others get the pleasure of working with her that can do her more justice with their images of her than I can.

I think that her dance and performance background is what will help her go so very very far in this business and am just pleased that while she has a little availability atm, I am one of the lucky ones that get to work with her :)

Thanks again Sophia for yet another productive, professional and crazily fun shoot. I don't think I have laughed so much in years!!!

As ever...EXTREMELY RECOMMENDED :)

Bodypaintart

Second shoot with Sophia, every bit as immaculate as the first.We managed to squeeze a half day shoot in-between Sophia's very busy schedule and I for one am over the moon we could. Sophia is the best of the best, and as per my previous reference I can say unreservedly she has every single attribute anyone could ever want/need in a model.

Once again, I will keep this reference short and sweet due to the fact I am very much looking forward to working with Sophia as many more times as I am able to, and if I say everything I want to I will run out of superlatives in future to explain just how honourable it is to work with her.

*****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED****

The Boudoir Club

Sophia filled in at the last minute including two hours driving time. She bought exactly what I asked for and posed effortlessly. She seemed to understand my wavelength and although i haven't edited the images the raw files look very promising. No dramas, no problems just a really pleasant evening. Would definitely recommend and will arrange a future shoot

Bodypaintart

Where on earth do I start with this young lady??????? Those who know me and may have read references I leave for good models, will know that I am quite thorough in my references/assessments. However, because Sophia is literally and honestly the finest model I have been lucky enough to work with in a VERY long time, I am going to keep this short and sweet so as to leave plenty more detailed ones in the future. Yes, the future, because as far as I am concerned I have found my "muse" and she is perfect for every single type of image that I have had on a list of shots I want to do for a very long time.

Sophia ticks every single box of what I look for in a professional model and then some.

Make no mistake whatsoever, this young lady has the world at her feet in this industry and I for one am honoured to be one of the lucky ones that is working with her before she has no time anymore to do so.

***Recommended to the highest degree*** and very much looking forward, and creatively inspired, to all future work we do together.

Take it from me, book now or lose out and regret. This young lady is the real deal and not to be missed. I will go so far as to say that she is already as good as, if not better than, ANY model on this fabulous site.

H.I.P.

Sophia and I have been trying for some time to get a shoot organised, wow was that ever worth waiting for! She has a wonderful look and phenomenal posing ability, her dance training gives her a grace and style that translates into great images, our shoot was a total pleasure from start to finish and very productive, Sophia is a star.

Starglider Photography

Oh I had been looking forward to our second shoot ever since we did our first one. And I was not disappointed at all!

This time we outdid ourselves! Firstly we did a project we both had been working on, a dance video. It was her first time choreographing and dancing solo and my first time directing something like this. And it worked like a charm! I am so happy with the results!

After a break we then got a little shoot in afterwards. This was also new stuff that she hadn't done before, but again she excelled and was stunning in every shot!

Already we are talking about our third shoot... and that can't come quick enough either!!!

Simon Rich new

I had the absolute pleasure in shooting with Sara yesterday after her response to a casting.

She arrived early, and with everything needed for the shoot. What can I say...well she worked hard for the entire shoot, was enthusiastic throughout, took what little direction was given very well. She got on well with everyone there, myself, the MUA, the studio owners, and other models.

Sara has a brilliant personality, funny, confident, an all round lovely person, and has delivered some fab images. Genuinely, it was a great shoot, and we will hopefully work together again soon.

100% recommended.

Starglider Photography

Wow!

Just... wow!

So Sophia got in touch as she wanted to work with me. Being that she hasn't been on here for long, I was at first a little cautious (being that I've seen all the horror stories of new members and trying to sort shoots).

How wrong I was. She was a legend! Comms were perfect and when she arrived we immediately got on like a house on fire! She arrived with a great little collection of outfits and lingerie and we got stuck in. The resulting pictures are stunning!

We truly had a blast and are already talking about our next shoot! Definitely one to keep an eye on, she will go far! Book her if you can!