References for random

Eowyn Luna

Suuper late with this reference, but had my second shoot with Michael recently and it was a joy once again!

He's so easy going and lovely to work with. His wonderful ideas seem to be never ending and I very much enjoyed working through them and seeing what exciting stuff we would create. It felt very collaborative and creative.

Thank you, it was great to work together again!

Cat Mida Lee

I got to work with Michael in a Redheaded event organised and styled by Tabitha Boydell. We had 2 x 20 minute sessions each in a different outfit. Michael was professional and very calming. He definitely had ideas and visions on what he wanted to achieve. A pleasure to work with!

Zoë Birtwhistle

It was a real pleasure working with Michael, albeit all too briefly, at a styled workshop even last month. He's got great ideas and an fluent, friendly approach to achieving them. I really look forward to seeing what comes from his photographic imagination next. Thank you for photographing me Michael 😊

Eowyn Luna

I had a lovely first shoot with Michael at Pathway Studios.

He came brimming with wonderful ideas that we flew through. The shoot was relaxed but productive, and he was also very patient with me for the first hour when I wasn't feeling 100%, for which I'm very grateful!

I felt completely comfortable in his presence and he was a great person to chat with throughout. I really loved looking at the back of the camera to see the wonderful images we were creating.

I'd definitely recommend working with Michael, and I hope to work together again in the future!

Thank you :)

Helen Diaz

I was heading "Up North" to attend a wedding and as fate had allowed Michael got in touch with me to ask if I was planning a tour up North (before I had a chance to post a casting)!

And BOOM two worlds collided! :) We both drew lucky straws and a date was set!

I had a thoroughly enjoyable 4 hours/half a day with Michael at the wonderful Pathway studios which he kindly suggested during my trip.

It was our first time working together and I am always a little nervous but from the start Michael was professional, respectful and great company!

I believe it was my first time working at Pathways also and it was such a lovely, welcoming studio and the owner Colin was super fun to talk to!

Michael had so many wonderful ideas and to be honest we could have worked together all day! I really hope our paths cross again (I am actually heading back in August to see a friend!) so fingers crossed!

Highly recommended to all and thank you for making my Northern trip very enjoyable :) Helen x

Bobbi Castle

I had so much fun shooting with Random. Its so funny how his profile name perfectly matches how we ended up shooting it was totally random. I had a tour booked to Chester for months and the day before i come i get a message form random saying in im ever in the Cheshire area to let him know. I was coming the next day haha! So glad we managed to get together to shoot because it was good fun. We shot a load of different things that random had planned before the shoot. We had chatted beforehand about what we where looking to shoot and he also brought some reference images which is always helpful. I would definitely recommend him as he is a nice person and a great photographer.

Silk

I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Michael recently on one of Tabitha Boydell’s events!

Even though our time spent together was fairly swift, Michael is a well mannered man, interesting and respectful. I enjoyed his experimental approach to photography and the images so far look great!

Thank you for a lovely morning and hopefully we get to work together another time.

Happily recommended by me to all models and creatives alike.

Silk x

NCGModel

Really wonderful to meet Michael at one of Tabithas group shoots. He instantly put me at ease, so easy to work with and bounce creative ideas off. Really was such a pleasure to work with him and I hope I get the opportunity to do so again!

Bexh said...

I had a wonderful photoshoot with Micheal , his communication was spot on allowing me to know exactly what to bring to the shoot , mainly just myself hahahaha , fabulous direction to the venue and pre communication on the day . Micheal was friendly and fabulous and guided me through each pose with ease and made me feel super relaxed and confident

Thanks for a woundeful shoot

Misuzu

I had another shoot with Michael recently which was lovely as it had been a long time since we last worked together!

Pre shoot communication was perfect. I knew exactly what we were going to be working on before I got to the studio. We spent four hours together: some of that was on portraiture and some on projections.

It's always fun working on projecting images on the body, as you have to work together... which means you have to get on well with the person you're working with. Luckily, me and Michael have worked together a few times now and definitely get along well.

It was good to catch up as well as trying to improve upon a theme we attempted before. Thanks for a wonderful shoot and I hope the images came out the way we'd hoped!!

I definitely recommend Michael to any model!

Misuzu

I had my second shoot with Michael yesterday... So I'll keep this reference short to avoid repeating myself too much!

This time, we worked in a studio. We experimented with several different creative lighting techniques and the time flew by. Michael works hard to get the shots right and makes sure to continue to show me the results we are getting as we went through.

I would definitely recommend Michael and would work with him again :)

Misuzu

I had a lovely location shoot with Michael on Sunday. Great pre shoot communication before the shoot.

We went to one location that I use often and one that Michael had found himself. He was very well prepared and knew exactly where we were going, despite not having been to the location before.

Michael knows what shots he wants to get and doesn't just click away for the sake of it. He spends time getting the shots right in terms of exposure and composition. We worked on some slow shutter speeds and some shots were taken from quite far away. Both required us to work together to make the shots work (and I'm sure they came out great!)

I would definitely recommend Michael and I would definitely work with him again in the future.

Jezebelle

I got to shoot with this lovely photographer recently at my sold out studio day at Pathways Studio in Chester - what a fun shoot it was!

He came with awesome ideas which were fun to put into practice, using his camera beautifully and proved himself to be super professional, with so much respect!

Michael is a fantastic and polite photographer who I cannot recommend enough, I look forward to working with you again :)

Em

A Savage

Had a portrait shoot with Michael yesterday.

He was very professional and thoughtful, covering my travel costs and making surely I got to and from the train station safely.

I would highly recommend working with Michael, he is a very skilled photographer and offers great direction when shooting.

Velvet Fox

Just finished shooting with Micheal and he has been an absolute pleasure to work with. His pre-communications where great and he kindly picked me up from the station and is very approachable and friendly to work with and knows exactly what he wants out of an image and how to tweak and give direction when needed. Overall, I would highly recommend working with him and hope to work again with him in the future :)

Alexandra A

I have recently worked with Michael and he is a pleasure to work with.

He has great ideas, is friendly and professional.

Got some great images too

Highly recommended

Zoe Harlotta

I shot with Michael at Ian's studio at a workshop the other day. He was very polite and talkative during ths shoot. He worked well, communicated his ideas well and was an overall pleasure to work with. I would recomment Michael.

Laura Jayne Checketts

i worked with michael aka random on my first ever networking day he was very helpful and was very helpful with guiding me on my posture and standing made me feel at ease and was very polite and well mannered towards me would gladly work with him again some time :)