References for Helen Stephens

Andy Matthews

I had my first shoot with Helen at Studland last weekend. We discussed outfits and the styling for the shoot in advance and the clothes she brought along with her on the day were exactly what I had asked for. I really enjoyed working with Helen, she was very friendly, easy to get on with, and worked really hard to make sure I got the shots I was after. The time we had together flew by too quickly, so I will need to arrange another shoot with her in the future. Helen is highly recommended, very versatile, and a pleasure to work with. As a bonus she is also a very talented photographer so can help you get the best shot if needed too.

John Forest

Another shoot with the gorgeous Helen, this time a duo shoot with Violet Orchid to portray a scene from a favourite poem. As always Helen was excellent, this time playing two 18th Century soldiers. It is amazing how Helen can change her look to suit what is needed for the shot. This woman is brilliant. It is always fun having Helen visit and we had lots of laughs throughout the session. No idea where the four hours went. Highly recommended to other photographers. I look forward to our next shoot. Thank you Helen.

Loz.

Had a great shoot with Helen a little while back. She was keen to try out new ideas and being a photographer herself she gave some valuable advice on how to adjust lighting to get the best out of her poses.

Thoroughly recommended - would love to work with her again!

Nigel68

Another great shoot with Helen. not shot for a while so needed a good, patient understanding model...and Helen is exactly that. arrived on time, well prepared and worked hard.

Couldn't ask for more, highly recommended

John Forest

Another great shoot with the lovely Helen. It is always a privilege to spend time with her. While getting all the shots I wanted we had lots of laughs along the way. Totally professional in her modelling I have no hesitation in recommending her to other photographers. I am already looking forward to our next session. Thank you Helen.

COLFET

My first shoot with Helen and she is amazing. Very knowledgeable and supportive in the studio and fantastic in front of the camera.

Helen is one of those models that fully engages, is very keen to get involved in your creative process and makes sure you will come away with some great content.

We shot both stills and a short fetish inspired video and I found her commitment, engagement and help through the day invaluable.

She is also very engaging and very good company in the studio.

I will definitely be shooting with Helen again and suggest you book her before she stops touring later this year, you won't be disappointed.

Amazilia Photography

I worked with Helen for four days on a recent trip to Fuerteventura. I particularly like Helen's location art nude work, and this was the focus for our work together in the Canary Islands.

Helen is a very hard working, talented and experienced model who produces wonderful poses that are empathetic with the natural environment. One of the aspects of Helen's work that struck me was the speed with which she can sense what is desired in an image and produce the perfect pose for achieving this in rapid time.

Quite apart from being a wonderful art nude model, Helen is also very easy to work with. Not only is she talented and experienced, but she is also confident and professional. I am delighted with the images that we created.

Helen is also very personable with a great sense of humour!

I have no hesitation at all in highly recommending Helen to other photographers. While our work focused exclusively on location art nude images, a look at Helen's marvellous portfolio highlights what a marvellous model she is.

Many thanks Helen for all your hard work; it was much appreciated.

Paul Allen

I had the pleasure to work with Helen at a small group shoot at the Map studio.

She had some great poses and so interested to see the images on the back of the camera so to improve the image with her posing and lighting, which to me was such a great help.

She puts you so at ease when shooting.

I would recommend shooting with Helen and would be pleased to work again in the future.

KatyB (Katex)

I had the pleasure to stay and work with Helen again Monday and Tuesday!

She was kind enough to offer for me to stay at her house whilst I came down south to do a shoot in Bournemouth, then to travel to her and do a duo in her beautiful home on Tuesday.

She was really accommodating, had a insanely comfortable bed made up for me, made me tea before I left and was really kind or obviously full of her usually witty humour and great interesting conversations.

Her modelling, as always, is perfectly on point, she works so well in front of the camera, was great to see you again!!

Untill next time :D

KatyB

Arkady001 said...

This was a homeshooting at Helen's flat organised to coincide with one of my infrequent UK visits and only only went forward due to her generosity and understanding after a slight planning mishap on my part. Extra Brownie Points earned.

Helen has been on my WTWW lists on various sites for quite a long time and we finally managed to find a window where our schedules coincided.

Helen's pre-shoot comms are excellent, with prompt responses to all messages and we finalised details with a minimum of PM ping-pong.

When shooting, Helen's experience really shows as she managed to find the poses I wanted with minimal direction and 'hit her mark' with a minimum of fine-tuning - this made the shoot as seamless as could have been hoped for and pretty much every set-up we tried worked perfectly and yielded a higher than usual bag of usable images, even though I found out afterwards I'd shot about half my usual number for a four hour shoot.

Helen is also one of the nicest and friendliest people I've had the pleasure to meet...Honestly I could have put the cameras away and just drank tea and chatted all afternoon and still come away happy. She's that kind of person.

However... She does have a dark and sinister side...

Unexpectedly and quite bizarrely, Helen somehow sabotaged my baby-oil with some voodoo witchcraft so that my water-spray didn't bead (I'd used it the previous week with no problems and it's been fine on every other shoot, so obviously Helen hexed it - or possibly she's a cyborg and baby oil reacts differently with replicant skin tissue - this would also account for her still looking like an 18 year old...). Although mildly disappointing, this gives me an ideal excuse to book another shooting to try some different formulas. I now have a 5 litre drum of glycerine sourced off Ebay...

Helen also has a slightly alarming habit of putting the milk in first with the Tea-Bags, but I'm assured by some former colleagues that this is just a regional eccentricity and I shouldn't be so judgemental...

Seriously though, Helen is as good as it gets with a fabulous face and a killer figure that you'll find impossible to get a bad angle of in any light and it was a privilege and a delight to finally get some shutter time with her.

Highly recommended and I hope this will be the first of many shoots together.

*edit* Pay no attention to her notes - her bum isn't saggy in the slightest!

MeerkatAisha said...

Worked together with Helen on a group shoot! Was pleasure to model together, very friendly and professional and our images together look great! Looking forward to work with you again :)

Jon Downs

wow - 30 minutes - loads of awesome shots

just wow

frankinsella

Finally had my first shoot with Helen on Friday, which is crazy given we are in the same area, and wish I had shot with her way sooner! :-) I had wanted to work with Helen for a while and when a last minute casting for Friday afternoon i jumped at the chance to work with her, and I am soooo glad I did :-) Initially shooting a theme we discussed briefly in advance, we quickly ended up adapting the shoot to the light in her flat and shooting some completely different styles to what we had initially planned :-) Our shoot really showcased Helen's adaptability, professionalism and experience as a model, able to switch in an instant to different styles and totally rock all of them! :-) On top of her amazing modelling skills Helen is awesome fun to work with! :-) had a fantastic time shooting and came away with some incredible images! :-) totally recommend Helen and can't wait to work with her again V soon! :-)

Deuces Wild

My first shoot with Helen was simply superb. She was very easy to work with and very professional to deal with. First class communications at all times. We discussed different "looks" and "themes" and Helen was a joy to work with. I will be booking her again. Highly recommended.

Mikamatto

I had a brilliant and very easy first shoot with Helen, who turned out to be a skilled, friendly and reliable person, very easy to work with. We got the results with no effort and had an early finish thanks to that. It was definitely a good day, and I totally recommend her!

macrotopic

Helen is an absolutely outstanding model, professional, super-confident in front of the camera and the most beautiful and photogenic girl. She visited our studios with a crew of 3 models and a professional photographer, I have never experienced such a great atmosphere in a photoshoot. Not only the studios were left in an immaculate state, we had fun and we lunched in the garden like a family. I was lucky enough to be asked to be the back-stage photographer and get involved with such a talented model. I would highly recommend Helen, she knows what she is doing and the results of any photographer of any level would be certainly great with such a gem.

The Camera Monkey!

Second time working with Helen, she's awesome.

There was a snaffu (total cluster f#ck) with the studio not being open for us, but we all tottled down the road and did some outdoor stuff to make up for the planned project going up in flames.

I highly recommend this lady, for the giggles alone 😁

PhotoClassic

Helen is an awesome model.

I don't need to say more really because that's all you need to know, but as you asked...

Helen has modelled on loads of my workshops and this time it was her fifth time modelling on my Art Nude in the Landscape Workshop. This is a three day workshop in the North Highlands of Scotland and it takes a lot out of the models but Helen keeps coming back, doing and amazing job and all the while helping keep the atmosphere positive with her wicked sense of humour.

I couldn't recommend Helen more if I tried.

StormBringer

A weekend workshop in the Scottish Highlands with Helen as one of a trio of models. The second time I’ve worked with Helen and both have been on PhotoClassics Art Nude in the Landscape workshop.

An awesome model, that gives her all, and often in challenging conditions. Nothing phased Helen - except the pre dawn starts.

A very different dynamic to the other models which allowed for some beautiful contrasts of style at the various locations. Helens ability to be ‘at one’ with the landscape allowed us all to capture some fantastic images.

I’d wholeheartedly recommend Helen to photographers who are looking to achieve some truly great images. I’ve promised myself that I’ll be working with Helen some time this year - hopefully sooner rather than later

Mark Abel

I had the pleasure of working with Helen for the first time recently on the PhotoClassics Art Nude in the Landscape workshop in the Scottish Highlands.

Given the locations and the weather conditions this is not a workshop for the fainthearted but Helen was amazing and helped us all capture some amazing images. Totally recommended. Thank you Helen.