Oh here we go I’m finally getting around to writing my reference for this guy Roy, of whom I was working with on my duo trip arranged and ran by Artemis Fauna on her Luxury All Inclusive Photographic Fuerteventura trip abroad assisted by IainT.
Now the truth shall come out! I had been warned of Roy’s grumpy and facetious nature, and the truth is… He’s an absolute pussy cat :)
I love how blunt and honest Roy can be, there is no sitting on the fence with him, and I thought that was brilliant! Roy’s humour had me sniggering or in stitches for the majority of the trip, and he very kindly produced a very useful gift for Artemis and I T-shirts with ‘Model Off Duty’ written across them, I took mine to heart naturally! When it came to being out on location shooting Roy worked very quickly and efficiently throughout the day, and the shots had me in utter awe, everything from angles to lighting was perfect. It was like being on a trip with Morrissey, he didn’t look excited but you soon picked up on the tell-tale signs such as “Oi do you wanna pose here?” haha :)
Roy was very respectful at all times, whilst also keeping up the banter and even more impressively he kept up/put up with mine. And I must say he worked like a proper photographer and by that I mean he also worked hard to get that perfect shot, he crawled in the dirt and the dust, clambered up steep rocks, on to ledges, got in the water, went for a swim, I will not let it go unsaid that this man will make sacrifices on his own part to suffer for his art and do it with a smile!
He was an absolute gem to have on the trip, funny, mad, but he is a very caring soul whether it be for the models safety or comfort or just being a nice human in general. Already seeing some insanely awesome images, but I think its high time that I get my arse over to Scotland to see what this guy can really do.
Highly and very easily recommended by me, and I bloody can’t wait to be shooting with him again, thanks so much Roy for a great adventure.
Scarlett x