References for Steve Gormley

Kimberley_

Absolutely brilliant shooting today with Steve at the beautiful Silkwood Studio, pre-comms were great, detailed and prompt.

Steve collected me from Leeds as was easiest for me and drove to the studio together, he was forgiving of my mistake in the morning I managed to get on the wrong train delaying our start time. As it was my fault I did stay over the agreed time to make up, and it was worth it as I am very happy with what we have managed to create.

Steve is very imaginative and refreshing to work with as he has an eye for detail and creative it makes light work for me to have such confidence in the photographer to create beautiful images is very comforting as a model to have similar goals in true photography, not just aimless shooting - Steve has a vision and I am more than pleased with what we have managed to create together!

Would work with Steve everyday if I could, truly a credit to the industry as a photographer and a person he is lovely to get on with and very considerate to accommodate me as I do not drive so was very helpful! Looking forward to our next shoot very soon ☺️

Highly recommend if you get the chance to work with Steve you won't be disappointed, the time flies by and flows effortlessly.

Today we worked through lingerie, using masks for a concept upt art nude using shadows with the light to exentuate my slim physic in a subtle way, these things can easily be done wrong but Steve knows about light and how to really make the most of it to set the tone and give a moody affect to give a picture some substance to create a feel and tell a story to be suggestive without being vulgar is a fine line but I felt very comfortable in his ability to show me on a good light, literally, it's all about the light and shooting erotica is delicate and is an art and when done right really shows a photographer in their true colours wether they are in it for the picture or not - Steve is very talented and it is reflected in his work, a true credit to the craft!

Was truly a pleasure ☺️

Georgia Brown

I wouldnt hesitate to recommend Steve for a moment, it was a wonderful first shoot together and time went far too quick.

Steve is a polite and professional man, down to earth, talented and a genuinely easy going fun person to be around and work with.

Thankyou for a wonderful start to my visit and silkwood I can’t wait to shoot again! Highly recommended

Caitlyn.

So lovely to shoot with Steve for the first time! Well worth the trip up to Sheffield. Precomms were excellent, organising the shoot was so easy and I could tell just over messages that I would have a great time working with him. I genuinely cannot believe, with the standard of his work and creativity, how new he is to model photography. I'm excited to see how his photography journey progresses! He was fantastic to work with, polite and respectful, and we had a lovely chat while working together.

I would absolutely recommend him to any model, and would love to work with him again :)

Xeniamodel

So impressed.

Second 1-2-1 shoot with Steve. He doesn't just say he wants to learn and improve, he is taking all the feedback on board and oh my he has come a long way from our first shoot around 6 months ago already!

Totally enjoyed our shoot and love seeing the results that he is sending to me.

Go Steve!

Xenia

Silkwood Studio

A very talented and interesting photographer and all round cool guy. It was a pleasure working with Steve and i hope to see him at the studio in the future.

Thank you

www.silkwoodstudio.co.uk

Ballerina Erica Mulkern

Today was my first time shooting with Steve and it was a pleasure!

He is very easy to work with and his pre shoot comms were spot on, I knew exactly what outfits he wanted and what kind of sets he was going for. On the day we arrived with plenty of time and the shoot just flew by. It was at a relaxed pace but we still got a lot of stuff done!

I hope this isn't our last time working together and I would highly recommend working with him!

Can't wait to see the images!

Joanna Rose

I had the pleasure of shooting with Steve today, what a fantastic experience it was.

From the very start of Steve approaching me, he was polite, respectful and very transparent. I explained to Steve the type of images I wanted to achieve, he was very accommodating and was coming up with all sorts of good suggestions.

We organised a home shoot at my own home to shoot some portraits and then we headed off into the city to capture some night fashion shots. Steve arrived fully equipped and on time. He even stopped on his way to buy some material that I suggested for the shoot, how lovely.

Steve is a fantastic photographer who is passionate and puts 110% into what he does. He puts the model first and ensures his work is satisfactory. Steve is very kind, respectful and a pleasure to be around. I would definitely recommend Steve to any model out there, especially if you’re wanting those portrait shots!

Thank you Steve and I look forward to working with you again.

Angel Black UK

I had the pleasure of working with Steve for the first time during my West Yorkshire tour and from the initial message through to waving goodbye, he was polite, professional and very friendly. We got along really well and captured some amazing images from the offset.

His pre shoot communications were excellent, well thought out, well planned and then well executed. He arrived on time and after a brief chat we had a tour of the property and jumped straight into our first set. We covered a range of fashion through to lingerie and art nude in our time and each set was a winner. Steve might be relatively new to model photography but his work speaks for itself, it's truly stunning! The back of camera shots were ace and the edits I've seen so far are also lovely. It was a pleasure to work with him and I absolutely hope to do so in the future.

Thankyou for a fab shoot!

Angel x

Marie Jean Saxton

I had a wonderful time shooting with Steve on a David Linford workshop at Hirst Priory with fellow model Xenia! Steve is a lovely personable guy and a fabulous photographer. I’m thoroughly impressed with the images I’ve seen so far! Thankyou for a fab day and hope to see you again soon!

Highly recommended by me.

Best wishes

Marie

Yoo Yoo

I had a cool shoot with Steve in York today . We tried green backgrounds location and also outside of the castle in York . Is a very creative cool shoot ! The portraits look amazing ! I look forward a lot and hope can work again ! Highly recommended

Beth Kate

I had the pleasure of working with Steve at my home yesterday! After his 3 hour trip (each way!) to shoot with me, not only was I honoured about that but also had a fantastic time working with him over 4 hours, which was originally 3 😊 as we were shooting in the afternoon-early evening, Steve brought his lights with him just in case the natural light wasn’t enough, but we managed to get a selection of both naturally and artificially lit images for most sets! As Steve is relatively new to working with models and so wanting to expand his portfolio as much as he can, we worked our way through sets of portraits, lingerie, art nude and pointe. It was honestly a pleasure working with Steve, both on a professional and personal level. The 4 hours flew by too quickly and I hope to work with him again one day soon. Thanks Steve, it was a blast and I can’t wait to see the final images we created! Highly recommended, of course.

Kayleigh Dunning

I absolutely loved working with Steve!

Steves pre-comms were fantastic, he was fantastic company and very professional!

We created some fantastic images and he was happy to work though my concepts and ideas as well as have fantastic creative input.

I highly recommend Steve and I hope to work with him again in the future!

Xeniamodel

I worked with Steve for the first time at Zavod today, what an overall pleasant experience :)

Steve reached out to me a while back via email and explained that he is new to model photography but has been doing sports photography for quite some time now, and has his own website. He came across as very professional and polite from the get-go.

He wants to expand his photography knowledge and develop in people photography - I was so flatted to be one of his first models!

Steve's pre-comms were great, I requested a mood board, and I got one. Everything was very organised before we met and I did have a good feeling about this one :)

On the day he was even better in person than in emails! He is a warm, welcoming person, who isn't afraid of feedback and I can see that he is genuinely passionate about photography. Steve is entirely in it and I can see him going far at achieving his goal.

Thank you once again for choosing to work with me.

Welcome back to the studio to work with myself or other models anytime.

Good luck on your new journey!

All the best,

Xenia

Elle Baldwinson

I worked with Steve for the first time yesterday and I was honoured to be Steve’s first model shoot!

Steve contacted me on purpleport and Instagram and explained he was new to this world,he provided me with plenty of information and it was very easy to arrange a shoot. I admired Steve’s approach to getting into model photographer and his confidence with using these sites and booking experienced models!

Steve had a few ideas but mainly wanted to practice shooting with a model. He was so friendly and easy going,it was a pleasure to shoot with him! Steve had already been taking notes from professional photographers,it was great to see someone who wants to learn and improve their photography at the same time as learning to interact well with models.

Overall we had a lovely little shoot and I look forward to working with Steve again in the future,I would absolutely recommend shooting with him.