References for xxmrmthxx - Mel Tongue

Steve Mitchell

I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Mel for the first time today at her studio days at f/8 studio in Gloucester. An absolutely outstanding model and wonderful personality. In our two hours together Mel gave me a range of outstanding looks. Her work rate and energy was off the scale. I cannot recommend this lady highly enough. Thank you for a wonderful shoot.

Cellar Door Images

Shot with Mel at f/8 while she was working in the area. As all the other feedback says she's brilliant. Poses like a machine and makes it incredibly easy to get lovely images. Always a pleasure to work with, if you haven't done so yet then you're missing out.

Ealing1975

Hi Mel, thank you for a great couple of hours at F/8 in Gloucester today. I really enjoyed the time which past to quickly. I achieved what I wanted and even more. A quick edit of the images has revealed a range of good images which I will post shortly. I look forward to working with you again in the future when you return to Gloucester.

Andrew Matthew (aka acameraman)

First time working with Melissa today and I loved every minute. We covered a wide range of styles, images for life drawing, fashion, art nude and even some experimental GoBo shots. She was friendly, professional, energetic and willing to try out all of my ideas. She brought along a range of bold, fun outfits for the fashion element of the shoot and presented them excellently with her poses. Excellent shoot, thank you Melissa.

Pauls-Studio

Melissa is a stunning hard-working creative model always reliable and responsive.

I've worked with Mel many times since the studio opened and love having her here as she is popular, fun and gets excellent feedback and comments.

Melissa is local so just book her at the studio and create some amazing images.

Jeff B

Had an amazing shoot with the wonderful Melissa at Paul's Studio. A stunning lady in every respect and an absolute pleasure to work with. Melissa is an experienced model which shows through in her posing which she does with ease; highly creative with great suggestions and ideas, she works hard to ensure you get the shots you want. So easy to get on with and great conversation made for a really enjoyable and successful shoot - thank you Melissa!

I can't recommend Melissa highly enough - if ever you get an opportunity to shoot with her, take it!

Ian49

I spent 2 hours shooting pictures with Mel about 4 weeks ago at Pauls-Studio, but I’ve only just got around to joining Purpleport, hence the late recommendation. Anyway, I had a great shoot with Mel! I explained I had a couple of particular shots I wanted to shoot later, but was easy about the rest. The background at the studio was already set up as a café scene and was one I had used previously, so I was happy to use it and put out a table and chair and supplied Mel with a book to read as ‘she relaxed over her coffee and caught up with her reading’. Mel effortlessly got into the spirit of the setting and moved through a number of poses before I asked her to change clothes and we shot my more planned shots. We then did a number of nude shots and finally moved on to some more clothed shots. I had asked Mel during our shoot if she was happy to pose for a couple of video clips, literally just to try out how effective it was shooting under modelling lights and to try out a slow motion setting, of course she was happy to pose for them! My last few minutes with Mel were then spent shooting a couple of video test clips. Great lady, very friendly and nothing seemed to be too much trouble or difficult to do.

Amateurmattsphotos

A great shoot with Mel at Paul's Studio. Mel was brilliant to work with. A flowing model with good idea. Good chat and lovely to photograph. Will definitely book again.

Simon Carter

I noticed Mel's work years ago, not long after I started working with models. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to actually organise a shoot. Then when I did manage it the pandemic got in the way.

Finally, though, we got to spend an afternoon together and it was _totally_ worth the wait!

Mel is hugely versatile: brilliantly emotive, expressive, beautiful, professional, patient, organised & fun to be around.

She took the time to understand my ideas - mainly fairly minimal fashion and fashion nudes - and then added her own layers of creativity.

Her outfits & styling are top notch, too. Recommended without hesitation.

tramman

Had the pleasure of photographing Melissa at a mansion shoot recently. I had not had the opportunity of a photoshoot with her for some time but she was ready to go with hair and make up perfect. She posed with and without direction well and in the short time available went through a variety of looks from dresses to nude. I would highly recommend her to all photographers.

David Bijli

Great model!

I had the privilege of meeting and working with Mel at a mansion shoot on Saturday.

As expected Mel looked amazing with her hair and make up done to a high standard.

Her posing skills were on point and we worked through a few different looks from fashion to art nude.

I would highly recommend Mel as a model and would definitely work with her again.

Thanks for creating some great images :)

Pauls-Studio

Melissa was specially selected to model for my Celebration Event 30 years running location and studio model photography events.

I'm already planning to book Melissa for 2022.

Melissa is a talented and hard-working model and has modelled for so many of my events that I have lost count, always reliable and on time, creative and fun to work with too and a really lovely person who I have known for a long time.

The team of models also included Ashley Ashton, Debbie Leema, Irida, Rebecca Leah, Nikita Banana for the Manor House Event.

Jeff B

Had the opportunity to meet and shoot the lovely Melissa at a special shoot organised by Paul's Studio.

Melissa was wonderful. Very friendly and easy to get on with, highly professional and her experience as a model shone through and her posing was a delight.

I thoroughly enjoyed our time and got some great shots - thank you.

If you get an opportunity to shoot with Melissa ... take it! Can't recommend highly enough.

Russb

I am tempted to say here we go again but that could be read as derogatory which is certainly not my intention. So after our 23rd shoot together is there anything more that I can say?, well we certainly haven't run out of ideas for shoots so I will find a few words to express how excellent a model she is. Melissa is the consumate professional model with a huge range of poses, fabulous lingerie and clothing (when she is wearing any), great communication before and during the shoot, has maintained her fantastic physique over many years and is a delight to work with. Oh and the new hair style is super to shoot too. I do hope that there will be many more occasions on which we can shoot: Mel is part of my life.

RLux

I was delighted to be able to shoot with Melissa who had been on my “want to work with” list for some time and her studio day at F8 studio was my wish come true. The shoot was everything I had hoped for and Melissa and her brilliant talent was amazing in bring to life the different sets we used from art-nude, fabric-shots and portraits. I cannot praise Melissa enough, she knew instinctively what poses would work well and was able to modify ideas taking in feedback fro the back of camera images. She brings a professionalism to the shoot and at the same time she is fun to work with and interesting to talk with. The time just flew by and before we knew it our time was up. I really hope that I can work with Melissa in the future.

I highly recommend her to all.

Thank you for a great shoot

R

Unique Beauty

Wow we had a fantastic shoot with Melissa today at f/8 studios.

Precomms were excellent and we flooded her with different shoot scenarios and she rose to the challenge on everyone plus some.

An absolute pleasure to with, easy going, friendly, warm personality and very professional

So glad we got to shoot with Melissa and very pleased with the images that we created

Max Kay

It was so nice to work with Melissa again. She arrived on time ready to go, as always a joy to work with a totally professional model, her work rate is outstanding.

We combined ideas and built upon what we were shooting. She poses fluently and flawlessly, and readily adopted my suggestions. We finished my planned images in half the allotted time, but we kept generating ideas and capturing exquisite images.

Very highly recommended.

Creative Loony

I had a great first shoot this morning with Mel. I found her very easy to work with, she's professional and talented, and happy to have a laugh while shooting. The two hours flew by and we got some great images. I very highly recommend her.

Hekmat (Matt)

I was lucky to work with Mel, even for a short time at Parklands Studios.

Mel is an unbelievable model. I find working with her effortless and her poses are so spontaneous. Communication was so easy and we immediately clicked. I know what I wanted from our session and she immediately grasped it.

What a model you are, Mel...! Thank you very much for posing before my camera!

Until we meet again.

Rosemarie

Another brilliant job done by Mel. She is extremely reliable, courteous and professional. Thanks again Mel !