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, as it has been making for up a chunk of my income, and time for the past 4 years.

As I am also a freelance circus performer, (and aerial hoop and silks teacher), I have a unique ability to combine "standard model poses" with more dance style and circus art .

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!

As mentioned above, and is probably apparent on my portfolio images: I often merge my circus, theatre and dancey skills into my posing for the camera.  But I promise you- I can also do a "normal" shot (portraits, fashion etc.)

I have been modelling since I was 19 and am experienced in a range of shoot styles and if you ask me to, I promise I won't do the splits up against everything I see. You get what you pay for, I work hard on every shoot I do so you get the images you want.

 

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! I work on a freelance basis, so I'm pretty flexible (literally and figuratively) with shooting.

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