References for Valentina_TheBlackPearl

Oliver Godby

Valentina is a fantastic model; there is nothing more I __need__ to say, but of course I will expand on this... I have been lucky enough to get her to come to where I live in Scotland, early last week, and we had an excellent day's worth of shooting in and around the area where I live. Valentina is professional, committed to getting the shot, and perhaps most importantly of all she is actually an excellent model with a real confidence in and command of her body, such that it's very hard not to create fabulous images with her as your subject. Not only that but she is fun to be with, smart, funny and very collaborative which I really value in the people that I work with.

Overall I had a blast and I now have some really fantastic photographs, and as such I absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for a model who is creative, fun, and generally fantastic.

Cannot wait until our paths cross again.

Grambley

Shropshire is that forgotten county with gentle meandering streams, misty valleys and blue remembered hills. You need a special model who has an affinity with these who can meld herself into the scenes before her. Valentina was friendly and relaxed and ideal for the results I had planned and we achieved. Very hard working and chatting away in that friendly brogue with a backdrop of bird song which complemented the shoot.

A 5.00am start watching the mist kiss the river has the sun rose and caressed her body. She created classical art-nude art. Followed on with a shoot by a ruined medieval bridge and a soft lit indoor lingerie shoot.

I will be looking forward to more shoots with this exceptionally talented girl.

rointhos

I love creating with Valentina.

In my eyes, and in my heart, Valentina is less a model and more a bewitching, beguiling and enchanting force of nature. It’s spellbinding to watch her life force, spirit, energy and aura, merging and melding with the flora and fauna. Never imposing her will, or fighting the elements or mood, she harmonises with nature – her spiritual food. And nature welcomes Valentina into her fold, and gifts her visual stories to be told. And as this beautiful symbiosis happens before your very eyes, it can’t help but enchant, inspire and mesmerise.

That’s why I love creating with Valentina.

Silverbeard

Shooting with Valentina is a delightful experience.

Her grace and good-humoured creativity ensure an enjoyable and productive shoot, and the time flies by.

She is good company as well as a superb model, and I look forward to working with her again.

Jkuda Paul

I went to Galway especially to shoot with Valentina on my way to the UK. I first would like to say Galway is a place everybody needs to go to at least once. I loved the 28 hours or so I was there. I met up with Valentina and shot at a castle she recommended. It was absolutely wonderful. She was and is a wonderful and beautiful model. She has a wonderful outlook on life and sparkles with her talent. She offered input beyond what I could think of at the time and was easy to talk to. She made me feel like we had worked together before. When I got back to my hotel, I couldn't stop talking about what a wonderful experience it was to work with her. I was tired when I got there and made some mistakes, but I loved the adventure. If I go to Ireland again, it would pretty dumb of me not to go to Galway to shoot with Vanentina again. I would love to take her to dinner and share her with my favorite woman on earth.

RonChez

What can I say, Valentina is an amazing model and human being.

She came along with me on a 4 day road trip up around northwestern Iceland to shoot and put up with my terrible sense of humour.

As a model, she is professional through and through. Lots of communication before the trip which helped a lot. She poses extremely well and is very versatile. She stands out.

Her smile and friendly demeanour are just a couple of the wonderful traits this person possesses, and made this road trip simply brilliant. I look forward to our next encounter.

Would I highly recommend Valentina?? HELL to the YEAH!! :)

ASveen

I had the pleasure to meet and shoot with Valentina this friday. Pre communication was excellent. Valentina was a joy to work with and gave all to get good photos. Nice poses coming in a nice flow, and helpful tips of what could work well where! I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a talented and fun model to work with!

Kai S

Had an amazing shoot with her and I can highly recommend her.

She is such fun to work with, gives good input, has great energy - good communication both before and during the shoot.

I hope I get the chance to work with her again!

HansHB

I worked with Valentina for a weekend at Agdenes - Trondheim.

The workshop was organized by Håkon Grønning.

Photo in natural light both indoor and outdoor.

Outdoors in ice cold wind close to 0 degrees

Valentina is very professional. She knows what to do in front of the camera.

The collaboration with her was excellent!

I highly recommend Valentina as a model

You won't regret it!

Figmentation

Valentina responded to my casting call as I was travelling on the west coast. She organised a shoot at a castle that she uses, but not usually so early in the year, which was appreciated.

Valentina was very warm and friendly throughout the shoot. She was very professional, putting a lot of thought and effort into her poses - nothing was rushed. Even though the castle was freezing she still put a 100% into the shoot.

Would definitely work with her again, hopefully outside when it is a little warmer.

will white

I've wanted to shoot with Valentina for a very long while, great simple communications.

We met up, chatted and did a fantastic shoot together.

I enjoyed her company very much. Professional, enthusiastic with a lovely sense of humour. Very pleased with what I shot and Valentina could not have helped more to get that image I was after and will definitely shoot with her again.

Thoroughly recommended.

samthedog

What an amazing model/person/woman. Valentina arrived slightly ahead of time at Swindon (the train must have had a following wind) for our shoot at Spitfire Studio. We soon got working on a variety of ideas including one where Valentina got quite "dirty" thanks to some body paint. Full of ideas and with endless energy Valentina is a very experienced and capable model possessing unique looks including wonderful dreadlocked hair who definitely knows how to create excellent shapes using a number of props available in the studio. A fascinating bend of beautiful Italian with a soft Irish lilt to her voice we had a wonderful time simply chatting away about all manner of things as well as taking loads of photographs. A really warm and friendly person who I very highly recommend and hope to work with again at some time.

Thank you Valentina,

John

rointhos

I’ve just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable and productive shoot at The Cottage Studio with Valentina. From start to finish Valentina was friendly, fun and professional. Her ability to quickly grasp the style of images you’re aiming for, implement them flawlessly and then work with you to subtly take them to a far higher level than originally envisaged is simply breath-taking.

Like all top professionals, she works in a calm, patient and relaxed manner, which not only generates a wonderful ambience, but also provides confidence and assurance in the creative process underway. I highly recommend working with Valentina and sincerely hope we have more opportunities to work together in the near future.

Dezau_Art

I had a fantastic shoot with Valentina earlier this month

We discussed the shoot and what I would like to achieve and Valentina arrived full of enthusiasm. Pre-communication was excellent and her professionalism before and during the shoot was greatly appreciated.

We had a lot of fun, experimented along the way as we sought to capture the right light, the right angles, and to get the fog machine to create the right ambiance, all in all to bring the ideas to life. It was an enjoyable shoot and a great conversation along the way.

would highly recommend Valentina and look forward to shooting with her again in the future next time she is through Switzerland.

Charles S

Valentina is a delight to work with. Talented model and nice person. Professional, artistic, experienced, easy to work with. Highly recommended

Freelandpphotography

Valentina was great to work with she has a lot of creativity.

This was my first fully nude shoot and she was so cool just and it helped me a lot.

I would definitely do a shoot with her again

Ricardo Silva

I've attended a group shoot with Valentina and it was a blast!

Valentina was perfectly at easy, manage to transform herself in order to adapt to the wishes of every single photographer present making the experience unique to each one of us.

Valentina is a beautiful person, has a brilliant sense of humour and truly knows her work. Between meeting and working with Valentina, I could have ask for no more.

simon shadowshow

What can you say that hasn't been said already. Valentina is a rather wonderful model , I've shot with her 3 times .. she's been a Victorian sideshow performer , a Viking shield maiden and a fallen angel in a seedy hotel. Each time she has excelled in whichever 'role' she's portraying . Altogether a lovely human being and I'd happily shoot with her again

bad john

Valentina applied for my L'Origine du Monde casting. She was a perfect fit for the project especially since she was familiar with the painting that I was trying to reproduce.

She was easy and fun to work with and I expect that I will shoot her again some time.

I recommend her to all you photographers out there.

Claudio1

Ho avuto il piacere di lavorare con Valentina qualche giorno fa, e devo dire che è veramente una modella molto brava, preparata e professionista.

Oltre ad essere una persona meravigliosa, intuitiva e molto molto preparata.

Spero di lavorare ancora con lei perché è davvero una bella esperienza.