UpsidedownRose

Hello there and welcome to my purple portal!

I am a very creative individual with my movement in front of the camera. 

My experience originated in still life modelling for drawing and sculpture 4 years ago before moving onto photography modelling.

I am highly experienced in modelling, it's been my side hustle since 2019.

As I am also a circus artist - as you can see my specialty is aerial silks, aerial hoop and hula hoops, occasionally trapeze.

Anyone who's worked with me before on outdoor shoots will tell you that I will climb on anything safe to climb. Trees, lampposts, staircases, walls. Whatever pose I do up there I will make it look effortless, whether it's a dramatic, expressive circusy pose showing off my flexibility or a casual candid pose that just so happens to draped across a tree branch. Obviously behind the smile or neutral expression any circus artist or ballerina will tell you it's not as easy as you have to make it look at all, but we love to suffer for our art, and I will always want to put the work in for the perfect pose and shot.

I have a versatile modelling style. I  can do neutral, candid, sassy, weird and theatrical, your standard fashion model poses, dance style stills, bendy poses, or combination of the above.

I have a degree in Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre, which include some dance and acting training so you could say I'm quite an expressive and theatrical model! In a way modelling also feels like performing to me -but with a much smaller audience!

I promise you- I can also do a "normal"  style for portraits, fashion etc. Its not always about merging circus and dance skills into poses. I'm very versatile and open to any ideas you have for a shoot- just no open leg nude or erotica.

I want everyone I work with to leave the shoot feeling like it was worth your time and money, I will always give it my all, and be receptive to how you like to shoot, whether you want me to just do my thing or if you want to be directing me. You get what you pay for, I work hard on every shoot I do so you get the images you were hoping for when we booked the shoot in.

I have been told I always turn up for shoots with bags of energy and ideas- I am experienced enough to need little direction but I am easy going and can be directed when needed. I love to shoot lots of different levels from alternative fashion, body paint, topless, beauty, body-scape, art nude, fancy dress/cosplay, lingerie, shibari (if done tastefully- I do not shoot adult or erotica), dance stills, lifestyle, circus-y (of course). I love to shoot both indoors and outside and have very little worries about shooting up topless and art nude outdoors. Naked bodies should not be criminalised - we all have one under our clothes and I'm very much a "free the nip" person.

My circus skills lie in aerial silks, hula hooping (I also use an LED one sometimes) and aerial hoop. I have a flexible body, I love being upside-down and finding things to climb on and do the splits up against everything but as said in the paragraph above, I don't do this all the time if we've agreed to a "normal" shoot. I do thoroughly enjoy shooting a range of styles from alternative fashion, to cosplay, to body paint and body scape etc etc. Well, you can see my list of shoot styles. I know of a range of locations, both rurual and urban that are great for shooting in, down my neck of the woods in Bristol, as well as aerial studios for for circus shoots so if you want to book me but are stuck on ideas for locations please let me know and I'll throw some suggestions out there.

My hair is pretty bright red as one day I decided to henna red over my already ginger hair and ended up loving it- you'll never lose me in the crowd. Good job I've never had to run from the police eh?

My dreads are just past my shoulders and I find they work in a wide range of shoot styles. Yes I can take them to be less wild, or make them extra big, (like a lion's mane!) adding a point of interest to a portrait style photo, for instance. I am very fair skinned, slight, with decent but not over pronounced muscle definition. I have a small tattoo on the back of my neck and some scars on my arms but other than that my skin is a blank canvas. Scars and tattoo can be covered with make up effectively on request. I also have body hair that I will not shave so I hope you all like ginger pubes!

I want to be a part of creating beautiful art work that we are both proud of, drop me a line and let's create some magic! 

Warm wishes,

(Upsidedown) Rose

 

Rates for shoot styles. This is not inclusive of added travel expenses which I do expect to covered. I don't drive, but will try and keep the travel costs as low as possible, if a train is more than £20-£30, I will look at coach options so I'm not limited in terms of travel if I'm travelling far out for a shoot.

 

SFW levels (i.e clothed and not suggestive): £30 per hour

NSFW (anything topless through to art nude): £35 per hour

4 hour discount: £120

6 hours: £200 (not applicable for circus- see below for circus shoot rates)

8 hours: £250

Aerial and all other circus: £40(4 hour discount is £140) 

6 hour circus discount: £220

8 hours circus discount: £300