References for Helen Stephens

simonpshaw

I recently had the pleasure of shooting with Helen when she was touring Scotland.

Helen was really easy and fun to work with, she posed without direction and quickly picked up on what I wanted when I was directing. She also brought a good selections of clothes.

Helen is a very versatile model who was able to adapt to a series of different looks.

I would strongly recommend Helen and I hope to shoot with her again in the future.

Boudoirex

I knew of Helen through mutual friends, had also spoke online(plus here on PP) before but got round to shooting with her yesterday in Edinburgh. Instead of a hostel, Helen had booked a lovely modern apartment for her city trip. This allowed us to try something a bit different.

Everyone i know had spoken very highly of Helen and now i know for myself why. Pre-shoot comms were fab, she understood my ideas for the shoot and also contributed greatly to them too. Despite having a cold(and i an ear infection), she was always enthusiastic and professional during the actual shoot.

It was a really lovely, relaxed atmosphere, almost like working with a cool creative friend(who is funny too). From reading the other references i can see her warm personality rubs off on everyone that works with her. Plus, she is a great beautiful model.

Delighted with the pics i got :)

Can't recommend highly enough, see you soon again Helen :) x

Derek.

Had a great indoor shoot with Helen during her tour up north. Poor lass has a terrible cold when she visited but I showed no mercy and flogged her to work extra hard; she's a real trooper and professional and didn't let her illness get in the way of her work! She is very chatty and friendly, easy to get on with and is an excellent model knowing her angles and lighting well. We got many great images, I have no hesitation recommending Helen and hope to get the chance to work with her again in the future!

scarborian

Had a great shoot with Helen. A lovely girl who is open and friendly and didn't mind shooting in the all-together on a cool autumn day. Easy to direct, but is fully capable of doing her own poses without anyt guidance from me. If she's in your area then try to get hold of her, you won't be disappointed.

Mr Solo

I've just returned from a weeks shooting in Moraira, Helen was one of the models on our trip.

She's an accomplished model, very confident, good fun and lovely to chat to.

I'm more than happy to work with her again, an easy recommendation to others. :)

ivanrakk

Shot with Helen and a bunch of other beauties in Spain in October.

A lovely model and a pleasure to work with.

davidbailey

I met with Helen today for the first time.

She was a complete joy to work with.

She was fun and knows how to model.

We got some great pictures.

I would easily work with her again and would recommend her to anyone who wants a professional model.

Lightyear

This is the first time I really met and worked with Helen on a shoot with Annie Moya and I'm so glad we had the chance to work together. She has an awesome look, and is very creative. I think we got on pretty well together, any the pictures we got together were great . Would 100% recommend Helen to anyone , she will get you that extraordinary picture that you just weren't expecting

The little chelsea gallery said...

I have been wondering on how to word this reference for a little while, without getting over gushy !! You see, i've worked with Helen on several occasions as a photographer, and i've now had the pleasure of hosting her on a wonderful 2 day studio event at The Gallery. So i can tell you that Helen is the most fun, professional and creative model that i know, and i can tell you that she is wonderfully wacky, excitingly weird and always open to explore new and intriguing shoots and styles, and always with total enthusiasm...but there is so so so so much more to Helen . She is such a thoughtful, caring and warm lady; She is passionate and honest , she took the time to come and say hello when she was in Eastbourne, even when we didnt have a shoot arranged.

It is the warmth and passion within her that makes her so special to me. the trust and the friendship that just creates a deeper bond, and makes her company a total and utter pleasure.

recommend her ? more than anything in the world ! there.. not gushy at all ! Tim x

did i mention she is awesome ?

John K

I arranged to photograph Helen two years after my first session, and this was to be in her bedroom.

Our meeting was as if we had only seen each other the previous week, as Helen remembered everything about our first shoot

Helen is everything you want in a model, she is friendly, chatty and of course a great model. Oh by the way did I mention that she is beautiful with a lovely figure. The three hours that I booked flew past and I must make sure it is not so long before our next session. Highly recommended.

Bournemouth Photography

I finally got to shoot with the lovely Helen at her house in Southampton. Wow, what can I say, Helen is a fantastic model, very professional and versatile as well as being lively, friendly and good fun. She’s very creative with a unique style, great for portraiture and beauty as well as some of the more quirky fun stuff. We managed to get through an amazing amount of work and the time just flew by. I loved working with her and have already booked another shoot with her soon. Highly recommended - book her!

Simone Orsini

Wow love Helen, great model to work with..

Helen came down to the beach house and we shot in the Teepee and had the best time.

Fabulous to shoot, lovely to look at, and delightful company..

Totally recommended..

chas bell photography

Had a Duo shoot with Helen and Lucy Lu at the Little Chelsea Gallery & Studio in Eastbourne, both models are fantastic to work with and are highly recommended, to have Helen dressed as a boy and Lucy wearing a floaty dress was an absolute pleasure to shoot . Helen is very versatile in approach to her modelling and put 100% effort into the shoot. I look forward to working with Helen either singly or with Lucy again.

AndyWilson

I had a fantastic shoot with Helen at the Little Chelsea Gallery in Eastbourne. We got an amazing amount done in an hour and she managed to understand the garbled ideas that come out of my brain via my mouth :)

Very highly recommended and I hope we can work together again sometime :)

Nancy Jean

I have been wanting to work with the gorgeous Helen ever since seeing my favourite shot EVER (in the world) of her lying on a leopard print rug.....She did not disappoint and she's oooooodles of fun and creativity, highly recommended and look forward to working with her again... xx :) xx

chas bell photography

Had a shoot with Helen and Lucy at Little Chelsea Gallery. Really enjoyed working with both of them, I have worked with Helen before and she is a fantastic model to work and I highly recommend her to anybody thinking of working with her

ACHUKAphoto

Had a very quick shoot with Helen back in June during her studio days at Little Chelsea Gallery - was good to meet her after hearing and seeing and reading all the good things about her, being a friend on Facebook etc. - and, it goes without saying, not to be disappointed in her or her modelling

RayRapkerg

Hey, Helen is fab! Talented and motivated and supportive and interesting and quirky and funny ... Helen has something special going on that you can't quite put into words, but it means you will have a whale of a time and get great shots!

Flick

I had booked Helen for a workshop I was giving. It was on the third floor of a building which some would describe as quite old, but compared to structures like the Pyramids and Stone Henge it seemed rather modern.

It was a hot day. It was possibly the hottest on record, providing the records started the day before this day and ended the following day. I think the Tuesday afterwards was also quite warm but as records had stopped, I have no idea if this is the case. I opened a window as a precaution.

My workshop with filled with up to several people who may or may not have been there to learn something. They were chanting for the model. "Model! Model! Model!' they shouted as one. They were chanting so loudly I could barely hear myself eating crisps. Suddenly, the level of light dropped in the room and I hit the deck fearing another NATO air strike. I haven't been in any kind of war situation before, but I have seen on the news how they are often a surprise and I know that if shit went down in Bristol they would have no issues with sending a nuke or two in that direction knowing that if it missed it would only take-out Wales and no real harm would be done as a result.

The minutes passed and I slowly peeled myself from the floor. I looked towards the window. There was a basket slowly descending from the sky. It wasn't the kind of basket you get on the front of a vicar's bike, or even the kind you sometimes get chips in at a country pub. It was a similar basket to the ones used by hot air balloonists to prevent them being left on the floor looking sheepish when their balloon rises. What puzzled me was there was none of the roaring sound of the fire-making bit, but the loud shrill of a squark. I ran to the window. I ran so fast I almost tripped on the flip flops I was wearing. I was also wearing other clothes, but they are not integral to the reference so I doubt they will get a mention.

I looked-up and the basket was being carried by 120 or even as many as 123 white birds. There was a serene ginger-haired woman inside the basket. Helen pointed at me and I took her ice-cold hand. I thought she was going to rip my arm off, but instead she simply hopped through the open window and into the studio. "I've never seen a basket being carried by seagulls before," I quipped. Helen looked me in the eye. I could see she was seething. I could feel the acidic burn of her saliva as she spat the reply. "There are herring gulls, black-headed gulls, little gulls, common gulls, but no 'seagulls'. Why do you keep disappointing me?" I knew I was stupid. I should have checked my question using Google or another search engine before I opened my mouth, but I didn't. Helen had every reason to hate me. The workshop attendees started chucking. It was quiet at first, but a steady crescendo of tittering followed until one predictably wet himself. Helen must have predicted this as she had a spare pair of silk trousers which fitted I'm perfectly.

It's unusual for a third-floor studio above a camera shop to have a hot tub, which is probably why this one didn't have one either. What it did have was a floor, which was very convenient as almost none of us knew how to hover in thin air and we would have fallen into the space below, which was probably like a volcano or snake pit.

I took a photo of Helen. Then I took another picture. Then another and one after that. Afterwards I took another picture, a slightly different one and then some more. I think there were several in total. Some other people took pictures too, but not as many as me. Ha! I'm the picture taking king. Worship me because I filled my memory card more than you*

*unless you had one of a smaller capacity in which case you probably filled a greater percentage of available space and therefore have every right to my throne. Please apply officially if you would like me to abdicate with proof of memory card usage and the relevant forms filled, signed and witnessed.

It was time to replace my lens cap as I was done for the day. I told Helen she could go home but she was too busy humming a jaunty tune about goldfish. I waited until she had finished and told her again. She looked upwards and a light fitting loosened from the ceiling. It fell onto my head and this made her laugh. I was in pain, but I laughed too. I thought it was only polite. Helen didn't leave the building using stairs like the rest of us. First she turned into a liquid. The liquid boiled and in turn turned into a gas. A cloud rose from the puddle of the floor, made a few shapes which we all tried to guess then flew out of the window. What a great day!

Slight Exposure

Helen very kindly fitted In a last minute shoot, had a great couple of hours shooting at her home,

She is a very talented Model and a very nice person. Really enjoyed our shoot, and can't wait to shoot again.

Kind regards Paul