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I have a long career with an extensive history of professionalism, creativity and 100% reliability and track record.
Please find a selection of references and testimonials from my freelance and commercial work below.
Tina Spratt- (Artist)
This was my first time working with Helen, and she was a fantastic model. She was hard working, had loads of ideas which worked really well alongside my own. She also has an extensive wardrobe of lovely dresses and jewellery which were fun to try. She is very relaxed and easy going and fun to chat to between shots. We created some stunning images together which I plan to develop into paintings, I thoroughly recommend working with her!
Marcus-Photography (Photographer)
I am just back from a six-day photographic trip to Iceland arranged by the lovely Helen and her husband, Roger, and what a fantastic experience it was!
The Models were Helen and Pippa doll, and in a group of 5 photographers, with Roger taking care of the driving, we shot against a background of stunning waterfalls, hot springs, moss-covered lava rocks, glaciers, and volcanic beaches. To be honest, it would be hard not to get amazing shots with this combination of models and locations.
The cherry on the top was seeing the Northern Lights three nights in a row!
Superbly organised, with plenty of time for landscape photography too, I highly recommend booking on any future Iceland trips they organise.
Thank you, Helen, I look forward to the chance to shoot with you again!
Photofrenetic (Photographer)
https://www.mikecrawley.co.uk/
I worked with Helen on her latest Iceland trip, which she organised along with her partner, Pippa Doll and 4 other photographers. It was a great experience and Helen showed amazing resilience to the ice cold weather, modelling in sub zero temperatures in front of waterfalls, icebergs and clambering over random lava boulder strewn locations. Art nude aesthetic poses and showy designer dresses were the order of the day and she gave us all a fabulous opportunity to create some awesome images amongst the amazing Icelandic scenery. She also arranged some lovely surprises for us, including a day with the beautiful Icelandic model Jóhannsdóttir and a shoot with some Icelandic horses!
Helen is also a totally wonderfully mad person to be around and kept us entertained on many occasions. Generous to a fault, with a warm heart and charming personality.
Thank you Helen for a great experience. I’ll be editing images for many months to come. Hope to work with you again sometime soon.
Of course, highly recommended.
Sindy Bloom (Designer)
https://www.instagram.com/sindy.bloom
Helen took me on board as part of the crew for her Icelandic Tour and I was very grateful to be one of the designers chosen. One of my dreams as a designer was to do a photo shoot in the stunning landscapes of Iceland so this was a great chance! I designed and made 3 outfits specially for the occasion. One red organza ball gown dress, a elven wedding dress and a black and blue fantasy tulle skirt and top. I posted everything to Helen and she took great care of the garments through the whole trip, in fact they were returned to me in great condition, even after having been used in all kinds of surfaces outdoors.
I couldn’t be more happy with the results of this photo shoot, the 6 photographers on board did an amazing job and gave birth to a great collection of shots. Helen was amazing all through the 2-3 weeks that she had the outfits with her, her communication was excellent and listened to my ideas and was always happy to help.
On the other hand, she is an amazing model, not afraid to shoot in the freezing cold temperatures of Iceland, always looking relaxed and comfortable no matter the circumstances. Her facial expressions are always spot on. I personally loved the variety of poses and the way she made the dresses flow in the wind. She looked like some kind of mythological goddess.
Thank you so much for everything Helen, I´d definitely recommend her and would love to work with her again.
Richard Winn (Photographer)
I recently went on another of Helen’s trips to Iceland. After the success of the first one and the earlier one we organised together, it had much to live up to.
This time we were staying in a beautiful villa in Reykjavik, so it was a slightly different dynamic, than the previous trips, which were more in the wilds. The villa was perfect for the group, allowing a more homely feel and a sense of luxury. It also allowed us to explore the area closer to the capital, while still having some accessibility to the spectacular Jökulsárlón.
Helen produced an itinerary for two of the shoot days, but the third was left as a “surprise”. This turned out to be a day with a third, local model and a visit at dinner by a local photographer. The locations were also pretty special.
It was certainly a trip to remember and I can recommend future trips as well as working with Helen more generally.
Celestial Diamond Couture (Designer)
This is my first time working with Helen and I am absolutely delighted I got the chance to work with her on her recent trip to Iceland. She had asked for two new designs as part of a collaboration, and immediately she told me what she was after and I was happy to oblige.
Helen’s communications both before the shoot, during the making process and after has been absolutely stellar. There isn’t much else to say that hasn’t already been said. Helen is a true gem of a model, and I can’t praise her or recommend her highly enough. I would love to work with her again sometime.
Kris Karl (Photographer)
Helen was kind enough to participate in a recording for my podcast. She was full of enthusiasm and experiences to discuss. I really appreciate Helen taking the time to travel over and chat for a couple of hours! Thank you!
EdwardKaye (Photographer)
Myself and Helen’s first shoot in a studio and as always the shoots went by in the blink of an eye. As Helen and I have shot together a few times we seem to have gotten our own rhythm and way of shooting down and the images keep getting better.
I’m not sure a recommendation is needed from this review or lots of hyperbolic words. What I think is needed is to point out that Helen is a creative mind and a very adaptive model who will work with you in the truly collaborative way that will get the type of image you wouldn’t have got without her.
TwistedPix (Photographer)
Helen had been on my radar for a good while but as I’m a bit rubbish at approaching people to shoot, that was as far as I got. Thankfully Helen gave me a nudge that she was going to be in the area and would I like to get together for a mess about in the studio, which of course I did!
So we did.
It was chaotic, hilarious, productive and absolutely wonderful! Exactly how I like my shoots to be… Helen is so easy to work with and it felt like we had worked together many times in the past as we just flowed from the first shot, she had brought some fantastic outfits and a myriad of options to work with, so we were spoiled for choice!
I’ll work with Helen again in a heartbeat and I can’t wait to be able to post the images once they’re published; get shooting with this lady, ASAP. You really won’t regret it!
Angel Black UK (Model)
Helen and I shot together for the first time today as part of a 2 photographer and 2 model deal with Ramees and John. She is a stunning young lady with an infectious smile and laugh, everything about her is fun. The way she effortlessly moves through poses, to the way she can break character to have a joke with you almost stuns me. Helen is a really lovely, down to earth person who I would be happy to work with again. All pre shoot communication was spot on. Her work ethic is flawless, as is her delivery of moods and atmosphere through not only her body but her eyes. Helen even offered to supply us with food and there was a constant flow of beverages, which I for one, was very grateful for! We shot in her home which is very lovely! There’s plenty of space to move and work as well as having lots of available natural light. I thoroughly enjoyed our shoot and would look towards another. Thankyou for being such a lovely host and thankyou for a truly enjoyable shoot.
Angel x
Chris Burfoot ABIPP ARPS (Photographer for the Royal Photographic Society)
https://www.clw.photography/chris-burfoot
I booked Helen for my RPS Art Nude Course. Her communication was fantastic and turned up on time. She is a joy to photograph, very professional and great fun!
The delegates loved her and they all got some great shots. I would wholeheartedly recommend her – you will have a great shoot.
John McNairn (Photographer)
Helen is a fabulous model and lovely person. Great comms, made arranging things easy and straightforward. Extremely lucky to be given the opportunity to shoot with an individual of such high calibre and talent.
Brilliant to work with, amazingly photogenic and expressive, both in figure and face, confident and bold. We had some ideas but much being largely improvised, the shoot just flowed smoothly with much fun and hilarity. Helen managing to bring to life my only vaguely articulated ideas, as well as adding her own invaluable creativity and direction. Thoroughly professional and committed, hard-working, patient and good humoured, with a wonderful appreciation for available light.
Highly recommended, get the Diaz experience!
Carl Grim (Photographer)
https://www.carlgrimphoto.com/
Helen Diaz arrived at my studio the night before our shoot. As I was at the theatre with my wife, I had arranged for her to let herself in. When I opened the studio door the next morning, I was totally unprepared for what I saw – a slim yet shapely goddess in a black jump suit. I had worked briefly with Helen before but this was not the lady I remembered . . .
Helen is beautifully slim and simply stunning – and is, as I did remember, a laugh a minute.
When she took off that jumpsuit she revealed the most flawless skin you could imagine. I am now in the process of working our shoot – practically no skin clean up required – what a bonus !
But this lady is much more than just slim, shapely and skin – there is another s – she is skilled. Helen is an experienced and accomplished art-nude model able to get real emotion into her body language – a rare accomplishment.
Our final set was shooting in the studio rain storm. For part of this set I gave her some scraps of clothing to put on and out came that final s – sensuality – WOW – our images started to smoulder !
Of course you must book Helen – you would be missing out big time if you did not.
Our next shoot – this time a M/F duo – is already emblazoned in our diaries.
Julian M Kilsby (Photographer)
Recently shot with Helen for the first time (what took us so long to finally shoot together!). And what can I say that hasn’t been said in over a thousand glowing references! Helen is an absolute pleasure to work with, professional, enthusiastic and flows through poses effortlessly.
We shot seven very different looks in next to no time and got some fantastic results. So would I shoot with her again? Absolutely!
Very highly recommended.
English Photoworks (Photographer)
https://www.englishphotoworks.com/
Helen was modelling at a fine art photography workshop at my studio today. As usual, she hit it out of the park. She is creative, energetic and full of life. The session was very successful and Helen was a big part of that. I love working with her and the workshop attendees had a fantastic experience shooting her. The images were amazing and she is very highly recommended! Thanks Helen!
Jim Paterson (Photographer)
https://www.patersonphotos.com/
Helen responded to a last-minute casting call I had put out for a shoot for a magazine article to appear in PhotoPlus and NPhoto magazines. She’s a real pro, both in terms of her ease and poise in front of the camera, and her work behind the scenes with makeup and clothing. Shooting on a windswept beach wrapped in a 10-metre piece of red floaty material, she performed brilliantly, and we got what we needed for the article plus much more besides. She’s also a great character and kept me entertained on the 2 hour drive to and from the beach!
Terry King (Photographer)
https://www.instagram.com/terrykingphotography/
She’s just what I’d look for in a great model, very easy to talk to and fun off camera and then as soon as the camera is ready she flicks a switch and churns out pose after pose. I was very flattered that Helen was willing to push herself on our shoot and try something different and she threw herself into it and I’m very happy that we got something that is a little different from Helen. She’s madder than Harley Quinn and the Jokers love child but in the nicest way Look forward to working with Helen again. Definitely recommended.
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