Fidster • 24/06/2015 • Rating: Positive • View photoshoot
Wowed by her portfolio on here and other sites, I took the plunge to contact Arabella at the end of last year about organising a shoot in 2015 - which happened on Wednesday this week. Communication was great pre shoot, discussing ideas and options available to us. As this was a home studio shoot, yes Arabella showed up (as did her house!) and both had arrived well before I did...
Arabella was the perfect hostess; we started the day with a relaxed, friendly chat, talking through ideas and putting the world to rights over a brew. Then the serious stuff started - well actually, that would be a lie as it's difficult to just be serious with such a friendly person as Arabella is and also when both our sometimes random senses of humour collided into one (she does manage to control her giggles before the shutter clicks very well!). As always, I like to collaborate with a model on a shoot and Arabella gave great feedback, suggestions and was happy to re-run through a few poses and ideas to get it nearer to perfection the second time round. Time flew by through the day but we still managed to get through a good number of sets without rushing the latter ideas.
Arabella works at ease without needing direction but takes on board little tweak suggestions to adapt a pose or idea very well. She is an amazing model, a true professional and a major credit to her industry and I feel honoured and privileged to have had the opportunity to work with Arabella and learn from her experience and knowledge.
A tremendous full day's work together, thoroughly worth getting up early for, to make the most of the time shooting and we both went through the images together afterwards to choose our favourites from the day and I'm glad to say that there were positive noises made well into double figures, not just by me Smile
As by her previous references, 100% recommended and I hope our paths cross again soon or in future (who knows how far in advance I'll be arranging our next shoot together!)
Arabella was the perfect hostess; we started the day with a relaxed, friendly chat, talking through ideas and putting the world to rights over a brew. Then the serious stuff started - well actually, that would be a lie as it's difficult to just be serious with such a friendly person as Arabella is and also when both our sometimes random senses of humour collided into one (she does manage to control her giggles before the shutter clicks very well!). As always, I like to collaborate with a model on a shoot and Arabella gave great feedback, suggestions and was happy to re-run through a few poses and ideas to get it nearer to perfection the second time round. Time flew by through the day but we still managed to get through a good number of sets without rushing the latter ideas.
Arabella works at ease without needing direction but takes on board little tweak suggestions to adapt a pose or idea very well. She is an amazing model, a true professional and a major credit to her industry and I feel honoured and privileged to have had the opportunity to work with Arabella and learn from her experience and knowledge.
A tremendous full day's work together, thoroughly worth getting up early for, to make the most of the time shooting and we both went through the images together afterwards to choose our favourites from the day and I'm glad to say that there were positive noises made well into double figures, not just by me Smile
As by her previous references, 100% recommended and I hope our paths cross again soon or in future (who knows how far in advance I'll be arranging our next shoot together!)
