References for Shaun Solent

JasmineJoLouise

Had a fantastic shoot with Carl last week , this time at his beautiful home which is set in private grounds with a big indoor heated swimming pool!

I have shot with Carl many times since I started modelling and he is a great Photographer and lovely person, always very respectful and professional , his love and passion is art nude but we did some fashion type images making the most of the amazing weather in his beautiful garden and I was lucky enough to shoot with one of his old classic cars!!

We then shot around the garden and then in the swimming pool where I was really impressed with the planning Carl had gone to to set everything up, it was a little trial and error being the first time he had attempted an underwater shoot at his home but we got some stunning results!!

I have no hesitation in recommending Carl to other Models, he is a great host and always ensures your warm enough and of course have plenty of tea breaks and offered me something to eat also.

Thank you again for a great shoot and I look forward to planning our next!

Thanks Carl :)

Violetta

I had my first shoot with Carl today at Cottage studios and i must say, he is an absolute pleasure to work with, very fun and he gives very good direction, paying attention to detail until he gets the perfect shots.

He was very well organised for the shoot, pre-communications were great and he arrived with several props for the shoot.

Carl is lovely to work with, he made me feel very comfortable for the entire duration of the shoot.

I highly recommend this photographer to anyone who wants fantastic images.

Thank you very much for a fun shoot and i hope we will work together again! x

freespirit

Carl is such a great photographer, in every possible respect, and is always ever so lovely to work with. :) You can see from his portfolio that his handling of light is superb, but he's also exceptionally good at communicating, directing, and treating models with utmost consideration.

We worked together for the third time at the Cottage Studio, along with the amazing Bendylady. I'm something of a novice to doing duo art nude with another female model, but Carl gave excellent direction. You can see from his portfolio that he has a particular talent for duo shoots with models, in building a creative rapport based on trust, so I feel I was very fortunate to do my first duo nude shoot with erotic/fetish undertones with him (and also with Bendylady- we had fun!). :) Carl possesses a great erotic imagination for creating original narrative scenarios, for storytelling in art nude/fetish genres...it reminds me of Helmut Newton, which is, I think, high praise, as it's such a high level of photography.

I very much look forward to working with Carl again. Highly recommended. :) xox

tigerbelle

Well, had a day shoot here on the Isle of Wight with Carl today, what a lovely, chatty guy!

Carl is methodical about his photography and hugely enthusiastic which emanates from him throughout the shoot :)

He is great company, has a lovely wicked sense of humour and has great ideas.

Pre-shoot communications were perfect and I thoroughly enjoyed our shoot, I believe we'll both sleep well tonight after all that exercise!! Can't wait to see the images from today and really hope we work together again in the future.

Oh yeah, he's great at rescuing you if you're stuck up a tree too!! Thank-you Carl :D

Natasha Felix

What to say about Carl...

He is an absolute star, he gets so excited about the awsome pictures we take!

He knows what he wants and he helps you achieve it, he wont rest till we have it exactly like he imagined which is great!

Hahaha he is also very forgetful, he lost his camra a few times but that is just part of his charming personilty. I honestly couldnt stop laughing during the shoot, and it was great trying new things i never did before! :D

I hope to work with him again

100% recommend him....the man is a geius and he definitely wont disappoint

Ps: he makes one hell of a cheese sandwich ;)

Ayla

Im still buzzing from my shoot with Carl! Pre comms were excellent, we worked together for a day at a studio in Duxford. Carl was so easy to get on with and allowed me to do my thing, while encouraging and adding direction to make the pose perfect! Friendly, professional, warm and funny, I was in stitches the whole time, carls enthusiasm is infectious and very endearing.

The lighting was excellent and Carl made sure to give me feedback, showing me the images along the way.

I had a whale of time with Carl and I can't wait to shoot with him again :)

Highly recommended.

Thanks again,

Ayla x

Angel price

WOW. WOW WOW !!!!!! I have just had my first shoot with this highly talented gentleman, he is just in a complete league of his own and most definitely one of the most passionate and artistically creative individuals I have had the honour to work with...... and I can truly say I am honoured ... we worked hard (as he is a total perfectionist ) all day today at my home to capture what looked like some fantastic images ..... not only is he a complete professional and an expert with lighting he such a joy to be around and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute...:) :) I cant wait to see the images and I very much hope we get to work together again on some wonderful ideas. thanku so much again for today carl it was an absolute privilege . xxx angel p xxx

Elle Beth

What an amazing day I had with Carl.

Carl is a passionate, creative, talented professional, and i enjoyed every minute of it! I was inspired by Carl's ideas and he made me comfortable to move around and add my own ideas to the shoot, I do love working with perfectionists and you can really see this in the photos.

theres not a lot more i can say other than all the 100 photos i have been sent are just wow!

Highly recommended!

looking forward to our future shoots.

Elle x

freespirit

Had an awesome first shoot with Carl yesterday. I’d been looking forward to it, and I just knew, from previously admiring his work and our pre-shoot communications, that it was going to be good. It was wonderful, he was brilliant- I love working with a fellow perfectionist. From our time together, I learned more about precision lighting, and crucial specific details about modelling, and I got to try some new challenges with suspensions- I always love to learn. He even let me try some of my own ideas- and I got to be Red Riding Hood! It was a highly creative and productive session, and I’m very much looking forward to our next one. :) x

Highly recommended, of course.

Rosa Brighid

Carl came along to The Studland Weekender! We had a productive three hour shoot in the morning. Carl turned up eager to get some great images. I braved the cold, and I'm loving the outdoor shots that were achieved, very excited to see the rest! No hurry there Carl.... anyway, Carl is very precise, which helps get the best images! Lighting is always measured accurately and I admire him for that. Thanks for a cool shoot.

Natasha J Bella

What an honour it is to work with Carl. A passionate photographer with excellent eye for detail and great direction, dedicated and hard working. Carl has loads of ideas, very creative, he drives the shoot hard and it's worth it. The proof is in his portfolio. We had a great shoot at Hallam Mill, I enjoyed the whole day, he exhausted me but I trusted Carl to get great results, a very productive shoot. I would welcome any opportunity to work with Carl again and highly recommend him to others.

Thanks loads, Carl.

:-)

Rebecca Tun

Carl recently booked me at a studio day at The Cottage Studio and we had a very good shoot. Carl is full of enthusiasm and positive feedback, continuously gives good directions, clearly knows what he's doing and how to achieve the shots he wants. He came equipped with good ideas and all the relevant props, and took excellent photos. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of our fantastic shoot! Definitely highly recommended.

Lina Luxe

WHAT A SHOOT!! .... I love this man to bits :)

Carl is extremely professional, I highly recommended this gentleman who is such a good laugh and is an ultimate joy to be around.

From start to finish, I was looked after, worked hard and was taught more in 8 hours than I have been in 2 years.

I very much highly recommend Carl, it was an honour to have the opportunity to work with him and I'm so looking forward to our next shoot together in the new year.

I'm over the moon with the results of our shoot and can promise that our 2nd shoot will be out of this world Carl.... Thankyou so much my lovey.. Angelina X :)

Rose Magdalene Child

I am not sure how many times I have worked with Carl now but it's quite a few. This time we shot soft erotic girl/girl at Hallam Mill with model Keira Lavelle. I always love working with Carl and this time was even more fun, creative, exciting and delightful then normal because shooting with Keira was amazing too. Working together as we all did was such a creative and dynamic collaboration and the day just flowed from idea to idea and the images are just mind-blowing.

This was a comment I sent to Carl after I received the images -

WOW WOW WOW and more WOW my favourite pics ever!! Oh my god!

We did spectacular....these images are hot as hell.

Thank you so much, I'll let you know my favourites ASAP x

So as you can tell I loved them, Carl is amazing and we work so well together!

Until the next time, Thank you again :)

Tillie x

Rachelle Summers

I had another spectacular shoot with Carl earlier this month!

As usual it was full to the brim of exciting, fresh ideas! I don't think I've ever shot with Carl and not been inspired and achieved fantastic results :)

This time we shot in a beautiful hotel in Chester before hitting the streets for a spot of night time shooting, we had it planned well in advance and he made sure he looked after me at all times (it was blooming cold! - but so worth it :D) From what I saw on the back of the camera they look amazing!

It's an absolute pleasure working with him and I only look forward to more shoots in the future :D

Faith Starr Model

Second time working with Carl but this time on a one 2 one at the cottage studio. Carl......Carl is just something else, he is definitely one of a kind. He has an amazing way of challenging a model, bringing out the very best in them still respecting and working within the models level. He's just absolutely amazing, very laid back and one of the loveliest person you'll ever get to work with.

Already scheduled our next shoot and looking forward to working with him again.

I will wholeheartedly recommend him to all!

Keira Lavelle

Just where can one start? Carl absolutely tops the scales with his exquisite eye for the beautiful images he creates not to mention his ingenious knowledge and ability with lighting; but my goodness, what an utterly delightful gentleman. Guaranteed bring a smile to any models face with the sheer passion and enjoyable rapport he brings to a session.

We had our first ever shoot together recently, and I am already feeling the excitement for our follow-up ventures next month. From the very beginning Carl bestowed first-rate communications and we were bouncing off one another with creative possibilities before we had even met! He expresses exactly what he wants to create perfectly and visualises the moment with exceptional results to come; we worked through some beautiful variety in styles and Carl just takes each look in his stride effortlessly nailing the composition.

When shooting with him I felt comfortable, relaxed and generally had a whale of a time joyfully exploring the various avenues we covered in the studio. Carl is polite, caring and thinks tremendously highly of his models - you will not find a nicer and more fun character than Carl! :) Words alone cannot depict how highly I recommend him.

Keira

Rachelle Summers

Another incredible day spent with this awesome photographer!

He is literally in a league of his own, he has such a passion and enthusiasm for photography that the creativity on shoots with him is insanely good! The images he takes are amazing. I'm always in love with them and find it not only hard but virtually impossible to choose my favourites when he sends them to me.

Not only is he a great photographer he is also great fun to be around and looks after you extremely well.

I already have my next shoot booked with him, and a boating trip too!

Without a doubt recommend him :)

Ella Rose Muse

After a massive gap since our last shoot, I just did a three-day trip with Carl in the Algarve (along with another photographer and model). I can happily recommend him so fully; his energy is just astounding. His enthusiasm for light and photography is off the richter scale and this creates such an exciting atmosphere with outbursts of delight after almost every frame! :-) I think he is one of the most positive people I've ever met! He knows what he wants but is also very open to any ideas. I'll be shooting with Carl again definitely and will endeavour to keep the gap between shoots a lot shorter. :-)

Rosa Brighid

I had the pleasure of working with Carl at Paul's event at the manor house. I could tell by Carl's attitude when we were introduced that he had talent and a natural flare for his photography. We didn't have long to shoot but we created some fantastic images using natural light, carl knows exactly what hes doing when it comes to light so it didn't take long to set everything up. I love carl's professionalism, sense of humor and he is extremely friendly and just an all round cool person. Thanks for an awesome shoot, so glad we got to work together :) CARL IS MAGIC!