References for xxmrmthxx - Mel Tongue

camerart

Melissa came highly recommended by Studio Blanco and now she comes highly recommended by me too! Pre-shoot communications were great, she was relaxed when I had to re-arrange, and she was a complete joy to work with in the studio. Very easy to work with, a fantastic figure, and the expression she got into the poses was brilliant. Really looking forward to next time!

Sensual Art

What's left to be said other than that I just had yet another successful shoot with Melissa!

A fantastic sense of how to do her job, a great sense of humour, a total commitment to ensuring that I got the results I wanted, and a boyfriend who is more than willing to help with lights, reflectors, adjusting items, and even knows the best locations.

Top marks to both of them!

MR_TROMPIE

I have had the pleasure of working with Melissa on 8 occasions now at a wide variety of locations. She is always great fun to work with and always delivers. Mel is very professional and comes very highly recommended

jayes

Just finished an excellent half day shoot with Melissa! What could be better ,a beautiful warm spring day, a lovely model and a stunning location. It is the first time I have worked with Melissa and she is a joy to work with. She has lovely poses and works very hard, interpreting all the ideas you give her.

If you haven't shot with her I would thoroughly recommend her and I am looking forward to processing my images from todays shoot.

Thank you Melissa ,hope to see you again soon

Dinah

Tim Pile

Had a super shoot with Melissa. She worked very hard, and we got some great shots. I would definitely work with her again. Thanks.

Blower.photos

I can add very little to others comments. Melissa is a joy to work with: We talked a bit before the shoot and I knew immediately that it was going to be a success. On the day, despite it being cold and a bit windy she was a consummate professional. Not only that she is great fun to work with: a lot of laughs and giggling and as a result we captured together great shots. I cannot recommend Melissa highly enough. Please leave space for me to work with her again....

HardimaN

She is a model i would love to work again and again, and again. I would never been tired. Melissa does lots of facial expressions so easily. Warm personality, lovely. It was a pleasure to work with her. She has a good sense of humour. Lots of patience, Even though it was cold during the shoot, you would never of thought so, due to Melissa's profesionalism.

kaspont

Mel put out a late casting call to shoot some fashion/casual shots on location, and I have to say it was a real pleasure to work with such a professional. Her comms were great, and she was so relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera.

Within minutes of starting it was like working with someone I had known for a very long time, and the next three hours seemed to glide past, with ideas just flowing between us. Mel is responsive to direction, yet takes to a pose without effort. It was almost poetic watching her move from one pose to another. It was the perfect shoot, and without question we will be working together again. Highly recommended!

DavidBallard

I had a short but excellent shoot with Mel yesterday. She is a professional model in every sense and an absolute natural in front of the camera. Given a brief she can pose with little direction. We have already arranged our next shoot. My only regret is I haven't photographed her before! Thanks again Mel x

Sacredo said...

For me, Mel is the prefect model to collaborate with ... great personality, easy to talk to, great to discuss ideas with ... *and* she photographs really well!

Perfect :)

Thunder Pix said...

Organised and participated in a group shoot with Mel & her partner PJ. I was worried whether the 3 hour shoot I had booked was too long but I had no need to worry. She and PJ had a great number of poses and the 3 hours flew by. I had worked with Mel on her own before and it was a great experience & now highly recommend PJ and Mel as a couple too

Artistic Glamour

Had an excellent shoot with Melissa and her partner PJ yesterday. They are friendly and professional, especially Melissa managed to create lots of creative and artistic poses for both herself and PJ. Time flew by and we got some great pictures from the session. Looking forward to work with them again soon!

Brian Southam Photography

I had a excellent shoot again with the stunning Melissa today! Give 200% on the shoot! Looking forward to the next shoot with Melissa Book her!!

Ant Snyman

Had a very good shoot with Mel and her partner, PJ, today. The shoot went very well and I was very pleased with the ease with which they interpreted my vision. Mel and PJ work so well together and make it so easy to nail down wonderful images. I initially set out to do four specific images but they delivered so much more.

Highly recommended!

Thunder Pix said...

Had a 4 hour shoot with Mel today - and the time just flew by. Great communications & though she had car problems arrived on time and ready to work. Thoroughly professional, instinctive realisation of what I wanted to achieve, great poses and above all a joy to work with. Friendly ,chatty, patient.

I've already arranged 2 further shoots with her I'm looking forward to.

Thoroughly recommended

Russb

I had my fifth shoot in less than a year with Mel yesterday: that in itself is a wholly deserved recommendation.Mel is simply superb: lithe, knows oodles of poses that suit her long limbs, has some interesting props and beautiful clothes and jewellry, is a delight to chat with and shoot. Brilliant results guaranteed. I cannot recommend her highly enough, actually I think I'd better not recommend her at all because that will restrict the number of future shoots that we can do: though we have pencilled in another three shoots.

Lightbox Productions

Had the pleasure to work with Mel on a lingerie shoot in a boutique hotel and she excelled in every dept...professoinal, able to both take direction and self direct, great energy, enthusiasm, grace and artistic nous. Mel has a great figure and varied wardrobe. i'm looking forward to working with her again and encourage everyone to book her...you won't be disappointed!

Sensual Art

Macro photography demands patience - holding a position for half an hour at a time is no mean feat - so Mel was the ideal choice when I wanted to do some macro bodyscapes!

That she has a great sense of humour adds to the joy of the shoot, but special credit to Mel for today as she refused to allow a twisted shoulder be a "problem", let alone an excuse to cancel, but brought it to my attention as soon as she was aware of it and allowed me to work around it.

Note to other models: this is how is should be done!

[Edit: Would I recommend her? Shoot #3 is booked and in the planning!]

JimNemer

Mel is a delightful and sociable woman full of fun. Considerate as well. She effectively helped me put my studio gear away before I gave her a lift to the station. Above all, she is an amazing model. Self-assured, assertive stances with power and dynamism. Yes, I love her work. Will not hesitate to recommend her.

CallmeKev

I worked with Mel in January 2013 and here is the feedback that I posted on purestorm;

Having finally worked with Mel I now realise what every model needs to aspire to! Her pre-shoot comms were excellent and she arrived at the studio with hair, make up and clothes ready to hit the ground running. And didn't she just!

So relaxed and chatty around the studio but a true professional as soon as I pointed my camera at her. I could have let her pose for 4 hours without uttering a word, and each image would have been unique and perfect. Only my interuptions spoilt the graceful flow of the shoot and we achieved some remarkable images that I would find diffult to recreate with any other model.

Mel is unique, an excellent model and a lovely person to work with. Can I recommend her? If you need to ask, sell your camera... now!