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tyke

As we approach the Summer break in the life drawing season Tierbelle shows how much we will miss with an evening of classical poses. Still, September will see a new season and more tiger challenges...can't wait!

rointhos

I owe Melissa a huge debt of gratitude. It’s trying enough having to work with me under normal circumstances, but unfortunately, whilst Melissa was en route to the shoot, I received news that my elderly mother was very poorly and had been rushed to hospital. Melissa kindly offered to postpone the shoot, but a decision was made to go ahead – with the proviso that I may have to dash off at any given moment. Obviously, our plans for the shoot had to be completely changed.

Despite the difficult and awkward circumstances we found ourselves in, Melissa was incredibly calm, efficient, professional and pragmatic. Her kindness and sense of humour really shone through – so much so in fact that although I was still very worried, I was able to relax and concentrate on the shoot a bit – although due to my general levels of incompetency it may not have looked that way 😊.

To call Melissa an outstanding model after what happened both before and during the shoot would be a disservice to her. Melissa really went above and beyond what one would expect from one of the best models on here, and showed that in addition to being an outstanding model, she is also a truly outstanding person too.

I sincerely hope I have more opportunities to work with Melissa again, and more opportunities to quiz her about the headless Brontosaurus at Blackgang Chine - and to finally find out whether eating corned beef sandwiches on the Isle of Wight ferry is a good idea or not?

tyke

our gallery studio with views of the evening sea on a warm May evening, the incredible Tigerbelle holdiing challenging poses, dedicated artists enjoying the moment, gentle music and a cuppa halfway through the session. Monday evening bliss on the "Isle of Art" Thank you Tigerbelle for your part.

Canonphoto

Had the most fantastic location shoot on the Isle of Wight with Tigerbelle yesterday. It is our 4th shoot together.

As always, pre-coms were superb and all went to plan. It wasn’t the best of days weatherwise, but Tigerbelle was determined that I came away with an excellent set of photos and went through the pain barrier to ensure that I did. She again was so professional throughout and is a real pleasure to work with, so friendly and chatty.

I did come away with fantastic photos and the day was great fun.

Tigerbelle is an absolute pleasure to work with - many thanks for all.

Totally recommended

photoimages

I shot with Tigerbelle today for the fifth time and as always found her totally professional with great communications. Tigerbelle always displays total commitment to her work and can pull off some amazing poses. Tigerbelle is a pleasure to work with and I simply cannot recommend her highly enough. Thanks for a great morning:)

cjpimages

I had a lovely morning studio shoot with Tigerbelle today. Communication pre-shoot was excellent, and she is very good company. She needed no direction and was very graceful in her poses. It was a great help to me as a relative newbie in studio work, she was very patient and helped get my lighting right.

We had some fun using props and masks, the time flew by.

Thoroughly recommended and I would love to photograph her again when she is in this part of the world

WaveyDavey

Perfect!

I can't recommend Tigerbelle highly enough.

Apart from the fluid grace and style that she brings to any shoot, she thinks very visually and is very aware of the poses she creates. I have to admit that she was usually three steps ahead of me on our shoot - creating a pose before I'd even thought of it!

Any relative newcomer to model photography should consider booking this amazing woman. Body-confident and not needing a ton of direction, I am definitely working with her again when possible. THANK YOU for some amazing images!

PaulW58

Had my first shoot with tigerbelle and and wow, so gracefull in everyway.

Communication was excellent from start to finish, arriving on time with an array of outfits to use if we needed them.

Tigerbelle is a wonderfull model to work with, she gives 100% into every pose that she creates, not only that is a lovely lady to chatty, witty,and a very good model.

We created so many great images and I hope to work with her again.

Would I recommend tigerbelle, oh yes 100%. Thank you for some wonderfull images

David van Oost

I had my first shoot with Tigerbelle a couple of days ago and would unreservedly recommender her , we had been trying to arrange shoot for some time , but life just seemed to conspire against it but through the time communications from Tigerbelle were excellent , clear and precise ,

Tigerbelle exactly on time with good range of outfits ,and ready to start work strait away , and she came up with some very good ideas of her own and was happy to try some of mine , and posed with great elegance and grace , the shoot went very smoothly ,she worked really hard for the whole shoot , great personality and sense of humour , and brave too , I would highly recommender her ,

thank you Tigerbelle for great shoot .

Symagery

Well what can I say about Tigerbelle which hasn't already been said. I answered a casting call a few years ago when Tigerbelle was first touring my area and looking for a place to stay, and ever since then she has been staying when in the area. She is a joy to work with, we have a good laugh while shooting, and we get some awesome shots when we shoot the crazy ideas we come up with. If you get change to work together go for it :) Totally recommended, you'll get along swimmingly I know I do.

tyke

Some different challenges for the artists with Tigerbelle doing a short routine over and over while they attempted to capture it on paper! Beautiful movement and shapes made, then some static poses. She is so good, we treasure her and make every effort to make her time with us enjoyable.

tyke

Talk about stamina! Tigerbelle worked through over four hours of strenuous life drawing poses, holding still as a rock and thinking up the most agile of positions. The course members were worn out but happy to have been given such challenges. As course leader I was very glad to have her sharing the load. Great company, great model.

tyke

tigerbelle stood in at short notice and gave us three super poses held for longer than anyone should be able to ! It is always amazing the grace and control she brings to the job, truly an inspiring model who gives so much to the creative process.

Petra Lunenburg

Thanks so much for doing an absolutely great job in quite harsh conditions..

Loved your poses as always- very inspiring and graceful.

Would you be up for posing again?

Hope to work with you soon!

Petra Lunenburg

Artist/ Ventnor

Life drawing

tyke

So pleased Tigerbelle could fit us in for a life drawing session among her photogrphic work. Her ability to hold a pose for some time makes her an ideal model for the rather slow process of being drawn. Her vast range of poses is just incredible. We are so lucky to have her on the Island!

iphonelover

When I heard tigerbelle was coming to Dorset I just knew I would love to shoot with her. She really is great to work with all though we didn’t have long we achieved quite a lot in a short time and she has a great range of poses I would definitely recommend her 100% and hope to work with her again in the future.

KP photography

WOW what can i say about Melissa she really is awesome she told me a couple of months ago she was planning another tour down my way so we quickly arranged another shoot I have shot with Melissa on 6 occasions know and every one has been epic. We had hoped to work on location but unfortunatly the lovly weather we experienced in February compleatly dissapeared so we changed our plans and shot in my local studio instead. The shoot just flew by and as usual we got some great images. Tiger is always full of different ideas ans I can honestly say I could never tire of shooting with her. So heres to many many more in the future XXXX

PsycheFineArt

Tigerbelle is a professional model and not surprisingly what she offers is

professionalism. Pre-shoot communications were fully detailed but at the same time succinct and to the point. For the shoot itself she had a suitcase of props at the ready, including a pair of ballet shoes, and her experience as a model was evident in the fact that she was able to move effortlessly from one pose to another. Somebody who makes something look easy which is actually far from easy is delivering all that a photographer can require, and she is therefore strongly to be recommended.

Andy White

An excellent shoot with Tigerbelle at her studio day at Art Asylum Reloaded in Weymouth.

This was my second shoot with her. And what a great shoot it was. She came very well prepared, posed extremely well and was fun to work with. She follows direction very well and also free poses when required.

A lovely person who is very easy to work with. Very highly recommended. Thanks for another brilliant shoot.

Robin Tapp

I booked a two hour slot with Tigerbelle during her studio day (and Tour) at Art Asylum Reloaded in Weymouth. She was ready as soon as I arrived. She brought with her a great selection of outfits. I chose a Shiny Tiger pattern dress for her to model as it went well for the fashion shoot I had in mind. I used a new technique for me in the form a coloured lighting with gels. Which worked brilliantly and produced some great images from the shoot. It was lovely catching up with Tigerbelle as this would be the third time I have worked with her. She and take direction well and is open to a photographers ideas, as well as having a few ideas of her own that would work well.