References for Valentina_TheBlackPearl

Tenney Penasco

I have known Valentina for many years but never happened to work with her before. Finally, we managed to put in some time and organized a long discussed photo session in Gregg Castle. It was a fascinating experience, very relaxed and light, a lot of laughs and talks during the shoot. Valentina is a highly professional and versatile model.

I look forward to our future collaboration.

Phovid

After a photoshoot last year in Brussels, I went to visit Valentina in Galway (Ireland) this time. Communication leading up to the shoot was very pleasant.

The intended shoot in nature literally fell into the water due to heavy rain all day. But the provided alternative place (castle) coupled with her professionalism and creativity has led to many beautiful photos.

Valentina also very kindly hosted me for my stay in her beautiful city Galway.

Thank you so much for your kindness, the fun and sometimes instructive conversations, the visit to the pub / performance, ...

Valentina is simply a joy to spend time with.

I will definitely come back next year.

In short: Highly Recommended!

Greetings

Koen

Learn from each shot

At the end of May I had the pleasure of a 2 hour shoot with Valentina and Lucy Tyler (not on Purpleport) in an old castle near Galway.

Both models were fantastic. Very relaxed friendly atmosphere and they worked hard to help me get the shots I wanted. The time just flew by. I wish I had booked for longer.

I would highly recommend Valentina. She is very professional and fun to be with on a shoot. Her comms in organising the duo shoot etc. were just spot on.

LT

I've always wanted to shoot with Valentina and when the opportunity arose i jumped at the chance to shoot with her. Highly recommended, fabulous ideas and great posing.

Dermot Williams

I spent a wonderful day shooting in Galway with Valentina. We had a very productive day with so many great images taken. Valentina's ability as a model is second to none. Poses given by myself and poses done and created by Valentina were flawless, executed with ease and perfection. The resulting images are amazing.

Working with Valentina was a pure joy. Professional and hard working but fun and relaxed at the same time. The perfect combination for a shoot that was enjoyable and creative. This was my first time to work with Valentina, but it will certainly not be my last. A wonderful day spent with a great model, I would highly recommend Valentina to anyone looking for good results and a shoot that will be enjoyable and creative.

So thank you so much Valentina for everything. It was a great pleasure to meet and work with you. Looking forward to working with you again in the future.

Shiloh

There are some models, you might want to shoot with, there are others you hope to shoot. Valentina is a model whom frankly you should make it a creative and artistic priority to book a shot with. You will not be disappointed. I would also suggest if you can you travel to Galway, a land she knows and loves intimately. Although shooting her local to you will bring you dividends too.

Her knowledge of Galway is not merely geographic, but she brings her understanding of local culture, art, music, fable, narrative and weaves her magic in creating moving, beautiful poses and expressions drawing inspiration from these things and the landscape she loves dearly.

Valentina's approach is empathetic, intuitive, sensitive and above all creative to her modelling. Her range of poses, expressions and feelings that she communicates in her poses is startling. And she moves from ease from one to another, with a haunting grace I have not seen in other models.

She is the kind of model who loves to collaborate and will always strive to achieve the highest standards. She is also fun, funny, intelligent and is simply a joy to spend time with. During the shoots, I would glance at my watch and wonder where the time goes. Valentina is a woman with a beautiful heart, soul as well as a physical beauty that are all reflected in her work.

Valentina also very kindly hosted me for my stay in her beautiful homeland. She was a wonderful host who made me feel part of her family. She and her partner were generous and gracious hosts, and I was genuinely sad to leave them as I had made new and good friends. Thank you so much for your kindness, your chats, the awesome craic, and for looking after me so well.

I cant recommend Valentina highly enough, perhaps in reviewing the images and find yourself being entranced by each and every one that is a recommendation indeed, as I find myself loving each and every one of them. I would encourage everyone who has the opportunity to shoot with her to do it.

Thank you so much Valentina, I cant wait to shoot with you again.

photopat

This is the fourth shoot I did with Valentina. Still surprized by here poses. This time we had a piano available. No bass. Really appreciate here approach of a shoot. A shoot with here is a good antidote for the daily stress. Txs Valentina.

Justin Mortimer

I had the great pleasure to work with the beautiful Valentina yesterday, what can I say, it was a great shoot, Valentina came fully prepared with make-up done and outfits ready to go. Full of energy and enthusiastic for the concept of the shoot, she is extremely easy to work with a very friendly, full of chat and ideas. I definitely would recommend working with her and look forward to our next shoot together. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

electricmoons

The shoot with Valentina was one of my best.

She is an amazing model, beautiful, professional and a wonderful person.

I would highly recommend working with her.

AvKpics

I received a message from Valentina saying she had a ref.from another model I had worked with already,If I was interested,always nice to hear offcourse.Communication was very pleasant so last minute we planned a shoot.

Valentina was very pleasant to work with,shoot flowed nicely en no directions needed,was open to try pozes and idea`s I brought in.Also we had a lot of fun

so I was glad that I booked Valentina.I would like to recommend her to other photographers.

Thanks for a lovely shoot Valentina. Greetings Arthur

KevinSelsFoto’s

Did an amazing shoot with Valentina and her friend. Although my english is not that good, she quickly understood what I was going for and she immediately threw herself in my rather weird idea. Very professional but always in for a laugh. She helped thinking, no experiment was too much asked for her to give it a try, lots of own initiative but also always prepared to listen to instructions. Camera-shy is not a word that excists in her vocabulary. Perfect alternative look.

If you’re looking for fun combined with great results, I rate her 5 stars!

Alexander Blaak aka SlexNova

Happy photographer!... to have worked with Valentina, she has this natural inside and outside beauty that belongs to a free spirit, uncomplicated and good in communicating... her artistic poses performed with, as i may say "a pretty perfect physic"....all together a positive encounter that asks for repeat, to repeat, ...thank's a lot Valentina, highly recommended!

LexiLexi

It was our 2nd collaboration after 4years.

So nice and fun to see each other after such long time.

Felt like we seen each other just yesterday .

We able to do 2 drawings 1 big one one smaller one.

Valentina is a very experienced versatile model .

Working together was again very relaxed and spontaneous.

Thanks again Valentina for a lovely collaboration.

Looking forwards to see you next time here in Holland.

Alex

Steve Tabor

Had a fine photoshoot with Valentina. She communicates very well, and is an open and creative model. She's well-organized, arrives on time, and is energetic and can pose with relatively little instruction. She is willing to try all sorts of unusual poses, and she is relaxed and helpful in the studio. She has a unique look, quite some poise, and I'd heartily recommend working with her.

Frank Baats Fotografie

On the 4th of november i had the honor to shoot for the 2nd time with Valentina. She is from top to toe a pro!

Valentina makes your photographic sun shine brighter...every shot is a good shot with Valentine....Can't wait to shoot again, hopefully sooner than 4 years this time ♥

GWP19

Had a fab 4hr shoot with Valentina last week at her wonderful location house. The pre shoot comms were excellent and she was amazing to bounce ideas off during the shoot.

She flows into one great pose after another and between the great light from large windows and her amazing dreadlocks, the pictures just keep going better.

She's a true professional. We really got into a truly great shoot in last hour (the to be published 'blue') and it was a really FUN day by the end.

Absolutely will and can't wait, to work with her again!!!

Techquila Photography

I had my first shoot with Valentina last week and I can honestly say that it was the most fun, creative, exciting shoot I've ever had. We shot over two days of variable weather (it is autumn and the West of Ireland after all!) in locations all around Valentina's lovely home (where she also hosted me for the couple of days of our shoot). The locations are magical, and I really feel like the images we created together captured a little piece of that magic. Valentina is relentlessly creative, amazingly energetic and utterly professional. Best of all she is also a warm, generous, fascinating and just perfectly lovely human being, so time with her just flies past. All too soon it was time to head home, but I know for sure that I'll be back and hope that we can work together again soon.

CieloUmano

As expected it was an amazing shoot with Valentina and it felt like we know each other from a very long time just after 5 mins we met, she is such a lovely artist and so easy to work with, confident, down to earth and with a real hunger for art which resulted in some awesome creative images we did together in a short period of time, would love to work with her again whenever I get a chance as I am very confident we can always create some jaw dropping images together when ever we team up.

Are Knudsen Photography

I had a wonderful time in the studio with Valentina last Sunday.

We had great communication both before, during and after the shoot. She was very positive and took interest in my ideas, and helped me getting the images I had visualized – and many more. She is a true professional, very versatile, easy to work with and brings tons of experience and good vibes to the set.

I give Valentina my very best recommendations, she really is a pearl!

BurningImageIreland

Valentina is a pleasure to work with, very friendly, easy get along with and is like your personal tour guide in the west of Ireland.

Would recommend shooting with Valentina in the west of Ireland as she has great knowledge of the area and can bring you to plenty of stunning locations to shoot in, but also has a willingness to go exploring to find some new places too. She is very professional and can work with or without direction and is more than happy to discuss ideas or to make suggestions.

Was great finally getting to work together after being an admirer of your work for while now :)