References for Arvee

Jay Bee

Have worked with Rich many times now I have really lost count. He really is an awesome person and I LOVE working with him. You can tell his passion and talent for photography when working with him. The shoots are always super chilled and relaxed and so much fun.

He has a very creative mind and any of your weird and wonderful ideas he will put to life and then add extra awesomeness to them!

I will definitely be going back to work with him again and again.

Wouldn't recommend anyone more.

Steve Hawkins

I have now shot with Rich on numerous occasions and felt the need to leave a reference.

Always on time, a great host and always takes very good care of the model.

He puts his heart and soul into into planning shoots, from the location, props and to the outfits. There is much to learn from such a creative individual and I always enjoy shooting with him.

Seriously, if you have the chance, you should shoot with this chap! Crazy not to, as you will end up with something uniquely briliant!

Scarlett Fox

Despite the weather being totally against us, we still got to shoot an awesome couple of sets. So Rich, JayBee, and I started arranging months ago that we would get an Alice in Wonderland inspired shoot done with Stephen Hawkins as our reflector holder (haha!), Rich had sorted the location but alas it we ended up moving the shoot to Rich's scenic garden instead which still worked wonders as it meant as soon as it started raining we could just run inside to wait it out and then run back out to shoot when the sun popped back out.

It was also quite a experimental day as Rich shot Alice with a fish eye lense which really added to the madness! :)

We then had a set and outfit change and head out to one of Rich's insane locations to work with his awesome ice light for some painting with light shots in the dark, I loved the effect, totally different to anything I've done before and was so much fun prancing like an idiot :P

So many others have hit the nail on the head about how brilliant Rich is without me repeating it. But he is an incredible photographer, weather never bothers him, he's super chilled out, one of the most genuinely nice hoomans I've ever met, and so long as he remains patient with me and my ideas I will always be shooting with him!

See you next month,

Scarlett x

India Booker

Had my first shoot with Rich yesterday and it was great! We went to several different interesting locations and shot with some cool very different styles.

It's a shame Rich doesn't live closer or I would be wanting to shoot with him all the time!

I will definetly be wanting to shoot with Rich again very soon!

Thank you for a great day!

India

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Scarlett Fox

This man surpasses every shoot we do! Rich was travelling up to the North and so we arranged the date aaaand Rich trusted me to arrange anything. So I got the wonderful Miss India Booker involved, made a dress, a harness and arranged a couple of locations and we got the madness started!

Rich is amazing, the day was full of challenges such as meeting someone purely off of my recommendation, shooting duo's, no moodboards or proper preparation, all natural light, and new locations, did anything phase him? Of course not! Rich takes everything in his stride, including listening to a bossy stylist (yeah me) and wow the shots are incredible!

I can throw anything at Rich and he never disappoints, whatever you want whether it's fashion, beauty, creepy, cinematic, grungy it's always brilliant and the best part for me? Rich never just takes a shot, he tells a story, there's always that little extra something special.

Funny, caring, considerate, truly mad, and always inspiring!

Super excited for our next meltdown madness in just a few weeks, and even a road trip in the summer time :) looking forward to the next step up and of course highly recommended!

See you soon,

Scarlett x

Jay Bee

So, seems I can't stop wanting to shoot with Rich!

Once again an amazing shoot with super cool results.

Love working with Rich, and have many more shoots booked!

Very very highly recommended :D

Tara Drake

Absolutely loved working with Rich yesterday! Not only is his photography amazing but he is great to shoot with too. Can't wait to work with him again in the future :) would highly recommend!!

Jay Bee

What can I say about Rich that I haven't already said. I love working with him, and will continue to do so until he gets bored of my face :P

On a serious note, if you ask... he will fuel you with Jellytots so you're ready to take on the world ;)

Scarlett Fox

This guy right here is my hero! Due to bloody storm Doris I should have arrived at my shoot with Rich and JessBell before 11am, and yet I arrived a little after 4pm, I kept in touch on my journey panicking and close to tears because I was so excited for our mad and crazy shoot, did he say "oh never mind, see you another time" nope he said "just chill, you'll get here, there's plenty of time!" With light fading fast, did Rich rush around, nope "there's plenty of time, have a coffee", in an hour we had shot two seriously awesome creepy sets, edited them and up they went! :P

Had a bit more chill time and popped out to Sainsbury's in ballgowns and shot in the car park, so of course I needed to do a spot of shopping (in the ballgowns) and took some sneaky shots and grabbed dinner!

Freaking brilliant night, but the fun didn't stop there, got up in the morning and headed back out on location to do some of what must be our darkest work to date as well as some pretty shots out by a lake, again didn't take more than hour before we had shot all we had set out to do and popped back home to shoot with Stephen Hawkins!

We swapped back and fourth throughout the day and we got some very pretty pretty shots, but we're creatures of habit and had to do some more creepy stuff haha! Half way through the day Rich treated us all to a lovely lunch.

I love, love, love working with Rich as he thinks the same way as me, dark, gritty, grungy, dirty, bordering on the line of psychotic, just perfect :D which I feel is an art form, we collaborate and create images that we get and like and that's all that matters! Never faffing with lights, no fancy business, no fiddling all over Photoshop just pure/raw shots. Gonna get these babies printed and put about the new house me thinks :D

Best get yourselves booked in before I keep him busy the rest of the year!

Thanks so much Rich, see you next month!

Scarlett x

Jay Bee

Starting to lose count of how many times I have shot with Rich. Can't get enough of his work! This time was more of a preperation shoot for a bigger concept we are working on. Rich was super chilled out as usual and helped me to use my new camera too :P

If you want some super fun conceptual shots with a passionate photographer, Rich is your guy!

Isobela Lugosi

Second shoot with Rich!

I asked if he would come to my work (the gym) to have some fitness photos done! I wanted them in his own style though and he has done such a great job!

Really chilled out and so easy to be around!

Would happily work with again and again 😃

Jay Bee

Rich messaged me as he was in my area about a last minute shoot, of course I was not going to turn this down. Rich picked me up and dropped me off home, we had great laughs and chats as usual. Always great fun shooting with Rich! 1 million times over I would recommend working with this great photographer! :D

♥ Chiara Elisabetta

Oh my God.. what a wicked character Rich is! Blimey, he turned up at my place in Angmering and we shot for a couple of hours round Angmering.. wandering around, stopping when we saw somewhere interesting and useable.

Rich is super laid back, super chill.. he is very much the type of photographer who is able to make something from nothing, finding interesting pieces of light and unique corners to shoot as he goes along. This takes genuine skill and confidence, which is always appealing in a photographer.

The images speak for themselves; I think they look beautiful.

Add to that, Rich is ridiculously easy to get on with and build a rapport. This also helps create wonderful imagery.. he is generous, cheeky, (in a good way!) chatty and hilarious, and is as bonkers as me. Super highly recommended and it would be an absolute pleasure to work with him again :) x

AKASHA ASYLUM

There is far too much to say about the epic photographer Rich for one little reference. However, I got the chance to work with this guy on Thursday last week for a first shoot and we were lucky as I was finally off work for Christmas break. Out of my eleven years modeling this guy has made me feel the most welcome, relaxed and happy whilst shooting. I have never felt so comfortable in my life on a photo shoot and I must state that I am so very pleased that we have now booked in another date and chance to work together next month. I never thought for a moment that I would be asking for another shoot so quick as these days great photographers are hard to come by but Rich deserves more models to go visit him and give him more likes, loves, comments and shoots. You will not be at all disappointed, he has so much to give, so many locations and he makes the most of what he has on offer. Not only can he do location but he can do studio to a high standard also. What more could any of you want? The other references speak highly of him but you must meet him and work with him to feel the real essence of his bubbly and happy go lucky attitude, it is a shoot that I will never forget, the moment I met Rich :) Now we are well acquainted I feel he won't get rid of Akasha from the Asylum :)

Jay Bee

This should really be three references after staying with Rich for three days!

Rich is always great fun to shoot with... always has great concepts and executes them perfectly. Having stayed for a few days gave us a great chance to really experiment and try new things (including high key!) Not only is Rich a very talented photographer (as evidenced by his portfolio) but is also a great person to work with. Never any pressure, always super relaxed and feeds you delicious homemade cheesecake ♥

Worked with Rich many times and couldn't recommend anyone more :)

Soria

I had another fantastic shoot with Arvee last week, and as always we had lots of fun, took amazing pictures and it was a very productive shoot even though we spent most of it making a cheesecake! As always, highly recommended :)

Scarlett Fox

Dear ole Rich has to be one of the most creative people I've ever met, he's truly mad but his creatively is genius! You can not do the same thing twice with him, each idea is unique and this last shoot was brilliant, absolutely nothing like anything else I've had in my portfolio in the six years I've been doing this.

It goes without saying (as I have already said it in previous references :P ) that he is so much fun to work with and he is one of my best friends outside of the industry, but what I will say is that Rich always puts his all into a shoot, for our latest shoot he got tons of tattoos, jewellery, clothes to rip and ruin, and created the set from scratch, THAT is the difference between a standard photographer and a true artist.

Be warned though, he is hilarious which means at least three times an hour you will have to stop shooting to catch your breath!

Another successful and edgy shoot done, what will next months shoot bring!

Scarlett x

Amber Tutton

My third shoot with Arvee, each time just gets better..

He is full of wonderful personality, always enthusiastic yet easy going!

Great to have a giggle with, completely trustworthy & yes.. As a person unfaulted!

His photography is pure emotion, even if you stick a model on a white wall he makes it arty!

He gets it right in camera and all post pro (his amazing toning) if just a bonus to the mood and fell of the image !

Knows his light, doesn't big himself up enough!

If you want a fun packed shoot with a genuinely driven photographer.

I vote Arvee!

Highly recommended

Can't wait to do it all again in future.

Hopefully next time at the beachhhhhh 👏🏻 wohoooooo! Thank you!

Stephanie Dubois

I had the pleasure of working with Rich for the first time a few months ago (I'm so sorry for the lateness of this reference).

Rich is such a welcoming and lovely person. He makes a cracking cup of tea and he has a really chilled out way of shooting. Shooting with Rich is a pleasure and I really enjoyed out time. We focussed on portraits and I even got rich to shoot something a little lighter - eep! We got some fab images.

I can highly recommend Rich and I do hope we will get to work together again some time.

Jay Bee

Lost count of what number shoot this is with Rich ... and its definitely not the last! Rich is like a big cuddly santa claus :D haha (no cuddles allowed). But seriously, Rich is great fun to shoot with and you're guarenteed GREAT images too (even though he will disagree). If you get the chance to shoot... take it! You will not be dissapointed! Have some crazy idea that involves you flying in trees, swimming with ducks or in a bath tub in woods with bubbles... Rich is the photographer for you! Always highly recommended :D Can't wait for our next shoot!