References for The Image Maker

Helen Diaz

I worked with the lovely Jonathan again; I cannot believe it had been 5 whole YEARS since our last shoot! My gosh, it seriously felt much more recent than that! It was so lovely to catch up and Jons comms are top class, as is his organisation.

This time around we worked together on a location shoot in the amazing ruins in Tintern. We were super lucky with the weather, it was a beautiful calm, cloudy day with the cloudy sky offering "natures softbox!" :)

As a person Jon is very professional, calm, kind and respectful. He is also fantastic company and came well prepared along with a flash in case the light dipped during the day! :)

I instantly felt at ease shooting with Jon; he has a very calming, patient nature and is a complete gentleman to work with. He made the shoot very enjoyable and I went away smiling!

Thank you so much Jon and I really hope to see you soon (definitely don't leave it another 5 years! :P ) and we are already planning another shoot and another theme! :)

I greatly look forward to seeing the photographic results, they looked absolutely beautiful on the day!

Highly recommended to all creatives, Helen x

freespirit

Had yet another creative and productive shoot with Jonathan. As ever, he was professional and clear both in pre-shoot communications and in directing me, and we experimented happily with lighting, motion blur, and classical ballet. Jonathan is a kind and knowledgeable photographer, and a pleasure to work with.

Highly recommended, and I hope we will work together again. Thank You. x

Helen-Rose

I think this was genuinely one of my favourite shoots to date!

Jonathan and his lovely partner Karrie came down to Brighton for a day to shoot at both sunrise and sunset! We were shooting long exposure inspired by the work of Eric Pare

Jonathan was very clear in planning so I knew exactly what we were trying to achieve. We definitely achieved it too! We shot on the beach at sunrise, using a wonderful dress Jonathan bought and also my violin. The shots on the back of camera were just unbelievable - like WOW!!

We then shot in the town centre using the concept of 'lost in a crowd' in a most creative way!

Sunset was on the bandstand, with the electric violin and latex, and again the results were unbelievable.

This kind of shoot take a LOT of precision and accuracy and set up - Jonathan is one of the most skilled photographers and users of light I have come across over my time modelling - it was an absolute pleasure to work on such creative ideas and see such incredible results - as well as the whole experience being immensely enjoyable from start to finish. Jonathan and Karrie are just brilliant to work with and wonderful people!

I sincerely hope they come back to shoot with me again!

Thanks

H x

freespirit

Had another lovely shoot with Jonathan yesterday at my home studio, experimenting with dance and with light effects and motion blur. His pre-shoot communications were clear and helpful, and on the day he was professional and kind. I was very happy with the pictures he showed me on the back of his camera- lightpainting images, which are unlike anything I've done before. He kindly took me and his lovely assistant out for dinner after our shoot and we had a great creative time altogether. Jonathan is a talented and skilful photographer, and it was creatively exciting to be involved in making photos which were quite different from anything I've done previously.

Highly recommended, and I hope we will work together again. :)Thank You Jonathan. x

freespirit

Had a lovely first shoot with Jonathan recently in London, shooting ballet late at night along the Thames. Pre-shoot communications were clear and professional, and on the day Jonathan was lovely and friendly to work with. We had a very productive and creative shoot, working at a relaxed pace, experimenting with lighting and with diverse dance poses and movements, and also with motion blur, and Jonathan took the time to get things right, in terms of lighting and angle, which is so crucial in classical ballet. Jonathan is a very talented photographer, I was very happy with the photos he kindly showed me on the back of his camera.

Highly recommended, and I hope we will work together again soon. :)

Helen Diaz

I worked with Jon recently at my home studio and had such a great time! Jon came with TONS of props and ideas to the shoot- some which were so unique and different to the normal shoot!

One of which was myself in a giant carrier bag and fun political statements/head pieces. I worked on this shoot with amazing model VOLKOVA and had such a fun shoot! He puts so much effort, thought and planning into a shoot-it inspires me to do the same.

Jon is super easy to work with- very laid back and a true geltleman, allowing for plenty of breaks and warm ups.

I would highly recommend him to all creatives, thankyou for a lovely shoot andreally hope to work with you again soon!

Helen x

Mimi Masuimi

This was the first time I worked with Jon and he was such a absolute darling! He knew exactly what he wanted to do, and had a clear vision of what he wanted to achieve. Roaming the streets of London, whilst making beautiful art! He was such a gentleman throughout the shoot, and took good care of Volkova and I. Jon was a lot of fun to work with and has given me some of my favourite highlights in modelling. Can't wait to see the photos!!!

Thank you again Jon for having me, was such a pleasure. Look forward to working with you again =)

Mir x

Domina ex Mortis

I did a studio day with Jonathan a while back.

What a fun, mad, creative man he is. So much fun and he has a great creative mind, I was very relaxed with him and our commutation was great.

He's a nice, Kind mad with a bag of tricks, I would totally recommend him!

Domina.xx

Valis Volkova

I have worked with Jonathan a few times now and we have even more shoots planned soon!

I love Jonathan, he's lovely and great fun to work with!

Communications are always excellent and he always provides detailed mood-boards and plans with plenty of advance notice so that I have time to prepare for our shoots. I really appreciate this!

Jonathan is a very polite gentleman, very creative and enthusiastic about his photography and generally a brilliant person to be around.

Highly recommended and I look forward to our next shoot!!

V x

Jodie Ellen

Jonathan and I shot a few months back when I was down in the area.

Jonathan got in contact after a last minute cancellation of mine.

He arrived ontime and with a ton of kit and ideas! He is so creative but happy to take advice.

Very professionally, easy to work with, fun and friendly!

100% recommended