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2W Location

A delight, as always, Mike is the perfect house guest and an exemplary photographer - we really enjoy his visits and company. Working with Mike was Keira, his "Partner in Art" and from what we've seen BOC and now published, they managed to get another wonderfully creative shoot in at Two Wei.

Mike comes with gold star recommendation from us :)

Caitlyn.

I shot with MikeyP recently in A Scorpion Residence, Kettering. Mike came very well prepared, with lots of fun ideas for us to work through. Precomms were excellent, and he was kind enough to bring me lunch to keep me going after an early start up to Kettering. He constantly made sure I was comfortable and really polite and easy to shoot with, as well as a fab photographer. Super easy to work with, open to my suggestions and very enthusiastic about his work.

Very highly recommended, and so pleased we got an FPI together!! Thank you! :)

Caitlyn.

I worked with Mike recently for the second time at Aatish studio. Mike is a total pleasure to work with, and has a great eye for photography and lighting. We worked from fashion to nude, and Mike was enthusiastic and gave positive feedback throughout. We managed to get through so many sets in our 4 hours together, but at no point did it feel rushed, we chatted throughout and overall had a very laid-back shoot. Mike was very professional, providing directions when necessary but also giving me full space to model in the way I felt appropriate with each set. It's clear to see that he is a very talented photographer, i would love to work with him again and highly recommend to any model :)

Jasmine High

It was my first time working with Mike and what a pleasure it was! We shot a range of styles and levels during my small tour to Market Harborough.

Pre-comms were excellent. I instantly felt comfortable when he arrived at the location. He was friendly and professional from the get go. Mike was all ready and prepared for the shoot. His creativity and personality really shone and we managed to create so many different looks.

I am very happy with the session we had and I would happily work with him again!

Mike is highly recommended!

Thank you,

Jasmine

Irida

Shoot no2 with Mike after a few years gap !

Mike is fantastic to work with ! Very professional and so much fun to be around ! I really enjoyed our chats about cameras and photography and time simply flew by !

A very productive shoot with lots of good photographs and different sets !

Mike comes very highly recommended of course and hope to work together again in the future !

Thank you for a great day ,

Irida

Beth Kate

At the end of last year I had my second shoot with Mike at my home. We worked on a half day basis and shot through a multitude of sets and styles. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Mike again, just as much as the first, and truly hope to work with him again in the future. I am loving the images that Mike has uploaded and I look forward to hopefully adding these to my own folio in the not so distant future. I couldn’t recommend Mike more, he is not only an outstanding tog but a great person and is always a pleasure to work with. Thanks so much Mike, I look forward to working with you again one day 😊

Rose Magdalene Child

I've lost count of what number shoot myself and Mike are at, I have a feeling it feels more than it is, because Mike is such a lovely, friendly, down to earth, warm and chatty person, whom you instantly feel comfortable around. You feel like you've known him a long time.

Always respectful, always brings snacks and things to the shoot, makes sure to take breaks too and he is just such a bloody awesome photographer.

Natural light is Mike's forte, he excels at it. And I just adore the images we capture every.single.time.

As always, highly highly recommend Mike, I can say nothing wrong at all.

Look forward to the next one already :)

Tillie

A Scorpion Residence said...

I've lost count the number of times Mike has shot in my studio spaces and he is always a great person to deal with. Engaging conversation and a highly skilled photographer with professional attitude. Always gets on well with the models he shoots with and todays model, the fabulous Tillie Feather, seemed to really enjoy herself. Another aspect I like about Mike is that he always puts out loads of high quality images and is great for advertising the studio :-)

Thanks so much Mike and hope to see you return! Plus you can have 1 hour for free on your next booking! - Lee

Keira Lavelle

Mikey, Mikey, Mikey!

I don't think I could ever turn down a shoot with the fabulously fun, considerably creative, terrifically talented, brilliantly bonkers Mike-ster! 😄 (The bonkers part in-particular is what leads me to believe that this is the evidence for us working so well together over the many years we've shot!)

Our latest escapade in fact spur of the moment! Mightily unlike us - especially with the highly organised gent that is MikeP... Alas: when opportunity dost reveal itself... And one is looking for an excuse to relieve one's brain from meticulous tour planning - I'M IN, I'M IN' I'M IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

The revolution plan - go crazy with natural light, jazz it up in style!

Location/scene of the crime - the stunningly grande Two We Location House.

Powered by: grapes (THANKYOU MIKEY!) swamp juice and the essence of our insanity.

How long it took us to conquer the world: 4 hours, with time for a cuppa!

Looks that slayed it into next year: Russian princess, Mad hatter, garden nymph... (Plus more!)

Chatter record beaten: Probs! We never shut up. Not for 5 minutes...

Other accomplishments: Putting Mercury, Venus, Mars [insert rest] to rights! (We've done Earth already about 6 shoots ago!)

EVERY shoot we do is chaperoned by the fuzzy, smiling innovation monster who is constructed of both the epic-ness that our prolific working rapport has become, and the spaghetti-like jumble of ideas that come out of our heads when we get to work (god help humanity! 🤣) This shoot goes to show that: even without a number of weeks pinging chatter back and forth in pre-shoot jabber, we still come together and make IT happen! Mike is an eternally skilled being: he sees every flaming quantum unit of light with his bare eyes and knows exactly what the suns pouring's are doing to the image at any given time. You just see him press a few buttons (occasionally mumbling productively - I do that too! 😆) and what happens next is grace/elegance/emotion/beauty/art... HOWEVER YOU WANNA LABEL IT! I just know that the back of this gentleman's camera looks rather goooooowd after every set, without fail. He's a natural basically - all that great scientific drive converted into the meticulous artist that he is. Fair bloody play! ❤

What else can one say? I have spammed Mike's page on multiple occasions - and what I say is true time and time again. You can even gaze upon the recommendations from other model folk to see how they've enjoyed working with him... There's a reoccurring pattern here - and it's obviously that Mike should run for president. 💁‍♀️

The man is professional as can be, upbeat and cheery natured, madder as a box of frogs (like I can talk! 🤣), respectful and kind in every way a model would hope, generous and thoughtful (he brings munchies and good stuff! 😋) And genuinely passionate to his very core about making pictures that portray quality and scream *THIS IS AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEE!*

Highly, highly, highly, highly, highly recommended! Did I mention he comes highly recommended? 🤔

You get mi drift?

Thank yoooooooo

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Thank yoo

MIKEY

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Debbie_Leema

Top bloke!

Finally I got to shoot with the ever so wonderful MikeyP whilst on my East Midlands tour!

It’s been a long wait but so worth it.

MikeyP is a lovely soul, very chatty and kind. Even provided lunch for his model to keep her energy levels up… how lovely 😊

Very productive shoot indeed, back of the camera images look great!

Highly recommend by me… thanks Mike for a wonderful shoot ❤️

2W Location

Fourth time in the house for Mike and he still never fails to impress. So professional and so amicable, we think he's a perfect creative to collaborate with and are sure you'll be very pleased with the results should you get the chance to work with him.

It's a 10 from us :)

AshleyAshton

Would i recommend Mike to others ?

yes ... absolutely.

Comms were clear , straight forward and no hassle . Mike was supportive of models experience, both regarding outfits and shooting angles . Its always a great thing, when a photographer is willing to merge with a models ideas.

He offered me lunch and was very chatty and aww , a really considerate guy .

His lighting and input was outstanding . He worked hard to reciprocate my angles and i was very , very pleased with the examples hed shown me and the image shed taken.

really nice well rounded tog and I'm sure any model will enjoy and feel credited to work with him, as i have done today .

We have discussed another date in July , il prep well .

Highly recommended

Aatish Studio

This was Michael's first visit to the studio and hopefully not his last.

An absolute gent through and through. Excellent photographer who models are very happy to work with.

I look forward to seeing his images from today.

Rosie233

Had a great shoot today with Mike. Mike was easy to work with and professional at all times. The studio he hired was amazing and I really enjoyed the shoot. Mike made sure we got the possible aerial photographs ensuring I was happy with pointy toes etc and that the best angle was got. Mike was excellent at getting the correct light set ups. He had great communications beforehand. I'd definately work with him again and would recommend working with him. I loved the photgraphs I saw on the back of the camera and am so happy with them and can't wait to see the finally pictures. Thanks for a great shoot.

Beth Kate

I’m so, so glad I had the opportunity to work with Mike yesterday for the first time! We shot at mine and in the 4 hour shoot honestly got through so much and many different styles and sets. Mike has a lot of talent and skill in photography (and many aspects of life as I learned through our conversation!) and I have no doubt that the final images will be something to be proud of. We shot all the way from fashion to art nude and everything in between, and each style had a completely different feel to it. The shoot was split around mid way between natural light and studio lighting, which again gave a totally different outcome between the contrasting sets. I really love the way Mike shoots and his relaxed yet productive manner really contributes towards a successful shoot. We spoke about a future shoot, which I’m very happy about! Thank you for a fabulous first shoot Mike and I really look forward to future shoots and showing the world our creative work!

Keira Lavelle

Roll up, roll up...

For the whimsically light-summoning...

The fantastically camera bossing...

The inventively technifabulous...

The splendiforously enthusiaticous...

The laugh-fectious jolly-brilliance...

Da, dadl-aaa, da daaaaaaa...

MIKE THE P-STER!!!!!!! 🌟🌟

And they reckon I can find the definition of *legend* in the Oxford English Dictionary... Nahh, it’s here on PP! :P

I mean, oh my... My mind melts with advanced mathematics at the best of times, so I really should be having words with this chap about the sheer number of times we’ve shot now because I just don’t think mi’ lil brain can handle this level of arithmetic any longer! 😂 Nahhhh; we’ll cope. BECAUSE WORKING WITH THIS TOP DOG IS JUST TOO BLINKIN’ AWESOME!!!!

Latest ShootyMcShootFaceNess:

Two Wei (Aladdin’s cave of wonders) Location/House.

May 12th

Slaying the mighty outdoors/making magic in the grand indoors.

Priddyful portraits/fash-tastic summeryness, bend-asticness up the scaffolding, groovy garden shenanigans, BLUEBELLLLLLLLLLS, elegance with tha TWEEEEZ, highlyintenseextremelyemotiveandverygud mirror-esque reflections, light d’naturale’ playing in the window... And terrorising the poor unfortunate metal garage shutter. Just another day in the office then hanging out with the coolest of cool cucumbers. ;) I like shooting with Mike because he is fluent in madness also - therefore we can go from creating the most angelic/cute headshots to doing something beyond the realms of human sanity; and we cool! :D He’s also a BLOODY GOOD photographer and makes literally any idea look astonishingly amazeballs... The sun causing mischief with the exposure and so-forth? Pah! It can seriously give it the best shot it has because this gentleman gon tell those UV rays EXACTLY what’s going down and there ain’t no compromise. :D Try if you will sun to challenge the photographer... MikeyP was one step ahead of you an hour ago! 🤷‍♀️

Did I ramble about the perfect professional Mike is? Either way, needs saying again! 🤪 If you’ve worked with this dude before... You know (like when you know, you know. You know?) He is the very essence of sublime in etiquette, kind, reassuring and courteous. Don’t let that fool you though, because his sense of humour needs some kind of formal award. :P Ahem - new models/those who’ve yet to shoot with Mike: may I take this opportunity to swear an oath of truth and declare how LOVELY a photographer this guy is? You will be content working with him from start to finish - he’s on the ball with every aspect of professionalism needed to enjoy harmonious shooty time. Respects your space. Values your input. HE’S ONE OF THE GOOD ONES KAY? ;) Check his other references if you like, they say the same as me... Just not in alien language. (The tone sums up my working relationship with this chap hehe! :P)

And then: there was the worlds most beastly recommendation dumped on Mike’s page!!!! Humongous! :)

Until we meet again Mike...

That funny Keira one. 🌟🌟

2W Location

Mike really is a prime example of why we open the doors for artistic creation at Two Wei. Starting the day with a beaming smile and topped to the brim with enthusiasm for his craft - you know you really are in for a treat shooting with Mike.

A wonderful experience which you must grasp if offered the opportunity - wholehearted recommend from us!

Elodie Rose

I had a first shoot today with Mike at A Scorpion Residence. And wow what a time I had.

Mike is a genuinely lovely guy. We laughed, chatted and smiled a lot. Oh and he makes fab tea.

Pre-comms with Mike was fantastic we came up with a plan and discussed our themes for the day. We crammed so many different styles in and the time flew by. I can’t wait to see what we created but from what I saw off the back of the camera there are some corkers.

I would highly recommend Mike to any model, he is a gem.

Thank you for such a fantastic shoot I had such a fun day and hope to shoot again soon.

Xxx

A Scorpion Residence said...

Great to have Mike shooting here again and also have the opportunity of catching up with some good conversation.

As always, Mike is really great to get along with, friendly and a very capable photographer with a professional attitude. His model on this occasion was the very beautiful 'Maria26' and he's already uploaded many gorgeous looking images of her.

Looking forward to welcoming Mike back in a couple of weeks. Many thanks! - Lee :-)

Carla Monaco

I had a wonderful shoot with Mike right before we had to lockdown at the NLS. The shoot a duo shoot with myself and Artemis Fauna. It was fun t catch up with Mike again, as well as doing a duo shoot with Mike.

Mike got some fab images, we work through art nude, 70s sensual set and sixties fashion.

It was a great shoot to have just before we had to stop for lockdown, Mike is a fun and easy to work with person, I always enjoy his banter and company.

Thanks for yet another super shoot.

See you next time.

Best

Carla x