CARS & LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY May 2011

Craig Easton is a UK-based advertising photographer shooting landscape, location and people images worldwide. Recognised for his award-winning landscapes and ability to work with people, he has a reputation for leaving no stone unturned in pursuit of compelling images for his clients.

Recent work includes the flagship tourism campaign for VisitBritain and the 2012 Olympic Games.

"Craig is an awesome photographer, an inspiration to work with. He is proactive, resourceful and a quick thinker. He never fails to visualise ideas and translate them into stunning images. I love working with Craig." Terry Thomas, Art Director, VisitBritain.

Personal work includes the 2009 book ’52 Weekends by the Sea’ - one of the top-five illustrated books at the 2010 British Book Awards.

"Craig’s work seems to me to constitute one of the finest collections of photography as art; all of his pictures have a sort of mesmerising quality." Rick Stein.

Darren Capp studied fine art photography and has been shooting since 1990. His art-based study guides his work with a depth of vision and sense of style across both his advertising and personal work.

Darren’s work has taken him across the globe from Australia and New Zealand to Asia and the US. His style is heroic, where he uses the combination and balance of available and artificial light, together expanding on the visual clues within each location. The brief is merely the starting point for Darren to impart his knowledge and sense of fun over the course of each and every shoot.

Based in the heart of New Zealand’s beautiful South Island, Diederik and his team have earned an enviable world-class reputation for stunning imagery, outstanding production and client service. The company specialises in creating CGI environments for the automotive industry.

Over the last 20 years, Diederik has amassed a vast body of work, each project comprising a unique style that reflects the collaborative approach he takes with each and every client. Diederik and his team pride themselves on relentless attention to detail, a strong sense of aesthetic, stunning lighting techniques, efficient production and an exceptional level of execution - a work ethic that has seen them win numerous awards, including New Zealand Professional Photographer of the year and New Zealand Advertising Photographer of the year.

With in-house production, photographers, assistants and retouchers, Diederik retains tight creative control on every job and can mobilise at a moment's notice. As a result, he is able to take on the most demanding and complicated shoots with his signature calm, methodical and under control presence.

Based in Australia, automotive photographer Easton Chang prides himself on his complete involvement in the automotive photography workflow - from conception through visualisation, to the final digital image.

Easton shoots only cars, and for almost a decade has photographically dominated the automotive editorial industry both locally and abroad. He now brings his vision and personal lighting and production techniques to his advertising clients. Providing highly dynamic images with a fresh and unique style. Easton is constantly developing and introducing further ideas and techniques through his work.

Frank Kayser produced elaborate CGI motifs for the Porsche Motor Sports global image campaign. The images were shot across different continents and feature the world's most beautiful racetracks in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, as well as the new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. Mechanics from the Porsche Hybrid Team were specially flown-in to boost the profile of models from Paris, Hamburg and Dubai.

Frank created an image campaign for Ferrari World, the largest theme park in the Arab world, for agency TBWA Dubai. This was a particularly technical and ambitious advertising campaign, with production-related individual picture elements photographed on different continents. The town scenes are a mixture of historical sites in Florence and Tuscany combined with fully computer-designed elements.

The second part of the production led the team to Milan, the capital of fashion, where the models slipped into period clothing from the early 40s. The third section of the shoot was produced in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where the new theme park and adjacent Formula 1 circuit are located.

Garry has worked in London as an Advertising Photographer shooting cars, landscapes and people for over 20 years. He recently set up a base in Sydney and now splits his time between the two cities.

Garry has a broad client base shooting cars people and landscapes, and has recently been shooting for Chevrolet Europe and Mitsubishi Australia.

The new Chevy Orlando campaign was shot in Spain and in a London Studio, for the Ignition Group. The new Captiva was shot on location in and around Barcelona and the Pyrénées, together with a spell in the studio in Germany. Garry also spent some time in Switzerland shooting a brochure for Cruze. The Captiva and Cruze commissions were for GYRO HSR in London.

Mitsubishi was shot on location in Sydney with local Production by LOOK.

With 23 years shooting advertising photography in India, Hardesh Dhingra likes shooting in a controlled studio environment.

From his fully equipped 16 000 sq. ft. studio in Manesar his company can handle any project, from small still life set ups to large automobile SUVs. Over the years, Hardesh has worked with top Indian advertising agencies and shot for brands including Coke, Pepsi, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Honda, Suzuki, GM, Hyundai and Kingfisher, to name but a few.

The company offers complete in-house workflow from capture to post production, with a dedicated team of production and photography assistants and digital retouchers ensuring the best quality and fastest completion of projects.

"What we enjoy most are the conceptual photo projects which challenge us to combine our photography and digital post production skills to create a powerful final image."

Hubertus Hamm is one of the most experienced photographers in Germany. Based in Munich, he works mainly in the fields of architecture, landscape, people, still life and car photography. His clients include Audi, Bugatti, BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes and Volkswagen.

Hubertus realises international campaigns and editorials with the same amount of creativity and conceptual approach as he dedicates to his artwork and exhibitions, the most recent of which were held at the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.

Visit his website for more information.

Los Angeles-based John Early has been at the forefront of automotive photography for more than a decade. Setting interactive benchmarks in the 1990s and surpassing them in the new millennium, he continues to expand the boundaries of interactivity, style, and visual communication using all media available - digital stills, digital video, animations, VR, HDRI and CGI.

John's artistic vision and years of experience, combined with his "hands-on" approach to post production, are some of the reasons clients return year after year.

Clients include Audi, Acura, GMC, Honda, Infiniti, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Proctor & Gamble, Toyota and Volkswagen.

Manu Agah is a Hamburg-based car and people photographer who is commissioned to shoot around the world for agencies and individual clients alike.

He started in the early 90s as a people photographer for several international magazine and advertising clients, soon moving into car and landscape work. He says that he likes to combine all categories in one picture.

Recent clients have included Mercedes, VW, Porsche, Seat, Deutsche Post, LBS and Toyota.

Contact Manu's office for more information, or get in touch with his agent Tinker Street for US-based enquiries.

Amsterdam-based advertising photographer Peter Boudestein has been working for over 25 years in automotive, jewellery, product and location shooting. After finishing his studies at the Academy in The Hague he immediately started to work in the automotive sector.

Peter works for major advertising agencies in the Netherlands and across Europe.

Being a perfectionist, he prefers not only to take care of post production but also loves to pull the strings throughout the pre production phase.

Visit his website for more information.

Peter Otto was born and raised near Stuttgart. His interest for photography started in 1999 while he was assisting in a studio in Berlin. Inspired by the work and what he learned, he decided to move to New York where he assisted several photographers.

Returning to Germany, Peter went on to study photography at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, where he graduated in 2007. Ever since, he lives and works in London where he focuses on car and architecture photography.

Peter's client list include Alfa, Fiat and Maserati. The work ranges from backplates or CGI productions to whole campaigns such as the one for the Fiat 500C.

René Staud and his team represent the quality of over 25 years of experience in professional car and landscape photography. Located in Leonberg near Stuttgart, the studio is at the pulse of German automotive engineering centres.
 
Recent work includes:

• Introduction campaign with Audi China for the new A8L model with spectacular combinations of CGI technology and digital photography.
• Campaign imagery and headline motifs for the 2011 Auto Shanghai Motor Show 125-year anniversary with Mercedes-Benz China.
• Aston Martin V8 Vantage S, Virage and Rapide models shot in the Leonberg studio and on location in Andalusia, Barcelona and Salzburg.
• Ford B-Max shoot in Turin for the Geneva Motor Show.
• The 'White Desert Series' as personal work.

Visit the website to check out his latest projects.

Richard Parsons is a London-based photographer specialising in automotive and lifestyle work mainly on location, working for both editorial and advertising clients.

He works with great locations and combines creative photography with both naturally available and man-made lighting. Possessing a solid grounding in traditional film techniques, Richard is also fully aware of new technology and embraces the use of high-end retouching to enhance the creative process.

Richard still gets the adrenaline rush even after over 18 years working in the industry when, as he describes, “you know the shoot is working well and the final result is going to be just what you had in your mind”.

German-Italian photographer Stefano Morini is based in Barcelona and specialises in transportation and landscapes.

Latest projects include:

• A commission by Shanghai GM to capture night motifs for the new GM Regal GS Chinese campaign in Shanghai.
• Last winter, he travelled to Patagonia to shot a personal project, trying to match the new Porsche Cayenne to impressive landscapes.
• 'Coloured trees' is a collection he shot last year in Patagonia and India.

Visit his website for more information.

A resident of Los Angeles for over 25 years, Tim Damon’s love affair with film and photography began at the age of 16. After graduating from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, he worked his way up the photography ranks before relocating to the West Coast in 1990.

Tim’s uncanny eye and visual expertise is equally effective whether shooting people, action, or products for ad campaigns all over the world. He has become one of the world’s premier photographers, recognised for his groundbreaking work for Porsche, Mercedes, Lexus, Land Rover, Toyota, Chevy and Honda.

Tim recently completed jobs with Cadillac, Toyota, Goodyear, Acura, Subaru and Lincoln.