Production Paradise

Anton Watts

Recent location shoots by Anton Watts include:

• Costa Rica for OneLife.
• Australia for BMW.
• Tokyo for Nissan.
• London for VW via DDB.
• Rio de Janeiro for Land Rover.
• Studio shoots for Jaguar and Lexus.
• The US for Infiniti.
• France for Bentley.
• Studio and location shoots for Mazda in the UK.
• India for Top Gear.
• France for Range Rover Sport. 

Also see Anton's website for new Mappin & Webb fashion shots.

Anton is represented by Catherine Collins.

website anton watts

Carl Lyttle

Belfast-born Carl Lyttle spends more than half his year travelling the globe shooting major automotive campaigns and projects, in addition to other major advertising commissions.

He also shoots a large amount of personal work which he feels is 'essential for any photographer to maintain their passion and be fresh when commissioned on new projects'.

Carl has recently shot in Cape Town, Dubai, California, Nevada, Arizona, Wales, Paris and London on various campaigns for the likes of Nissan, Chevrolet, Landrover, Barclays and Ebay, among others.

website carl lyttle

Chris Myhill

Chris Myhill has worked with most of the major car manufactures over the past 18 years and considers himself 'lucky to have travelled to amazing places and worked with some very talented people to produce some fantastic campaigns and brochures'.

He says he enjoys the challenge and organisation of a location shoot just as much as creating a lighting style in the studio.

Chris has followed the industry's recent transition to digital technology, taking advantage of the new possibilities for creative image-making and he is now exploring CGI together with his retoucher.

website chris myhill

Conrad Piepenburg

Conrad Piepenburg's pictures are simple and direct. His work has been described as 'a dialogue between speed, movement, beauty and aesthetics'.

As an advertising photographer, he has worked for most major software and car companies with travel all over the world for internationally-renowned travel magazines.

He has won prizes including:

• 2003 London International Advertising Awards
• 2003 International Automotive Advertising Awards
• 2004 Photo District News Photo Annual
• 2005 Photo District News Photo Annual 

CGI technology has brought Conrad's work a new dimension and he says that he 'is testing the frontiers' of the new technology. Can you tell which are the Computer Generated Images?

website conrad piepenburg

Douglas Fisher

Douglas Fisher shoots cars both 'virtually' and photographically. Using the latest 3D rendering technology, he can produce complete CGI shoots both on location and in the virtual studio.

By doing all this in-house, he maintains complete control over the creative process. This integrates seamlessly with his photographic work and can extend into creating complex digital sets and props that would otherwise be too expensive to make.

His speciality is bringing a vision to life with his unique style and says he can create whatever his clients can imagine.

Clients Renault, VW, Land Rover, Shell and Honda have all recently benefited from his photographic and digital production skills.

website douglas fisher

Edo Kars

Dutch photographer Edo Kars studied Photography and Audiovisuals at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Now based in Amsterdam, he works around the world with representation by agents in the US, Germany, Italy and France. His curiosity and open mind means that he works in a wide variety of fields, including people, portraits, landscapes, cars, locations, interiors and lifestyle.

website edo kars

Garry Owens

Garry Owens has 18 years' experience of shooting landscapes and cars on location.

He says the right landscape and lighting create a greater sense of emotion, feeling and mood, which improve a car's appeal and marketability. Recent automotive clients include Nissan, Ford Europe and Mercedes Benz.

His personal projects last year include a trip to Queensland Australia on a stock road train, as part of an ongoing personal project, and a CGI project in LA.

Garry has recently changed agents in the US and is now represented by Tim Mitchell 
- (781) 631-5235.

website garry owens

George Kavanagh

website george kavanagh

John DK

Californian photographer John DK is based in Barcelona and over the past 7 years has worked on projects for clients such as Mercedes, Ford, Honda, Peugeot, Citroën, Nissan, Toyota and Seat in Europe and North America.

He is known for taking a hands-on approach to the photographic process - from going on location scouting and casting to overseeing the retouching.

'Photographing cars is really about two important dynamics; first, it's critical to represent the shapes, volumes and aspects of the car as best as possible. Secondly, it's about communicating emotion, feeling or a concept through location and props or talent and lighting', says John describing his image-making philosophy.

website john dk

Lorentz Gullachsen

Recent projects by Lorentz Gullachsen include:

• Skoda for Archibald Ingall Stretton - shot in Wales, the Malverns, Warwickshire and Birmingham, over four days in November. The shoot required three days of sun and a final day of rain. Lorentz says, 'Lack of rain on the final damp day meant we needed a little help from a fire truck'.
• Shooting Land Rover for PHWT.
• Shooting Subaru for Focus, Tokyo.
• Recent location shoots include South Africa, USA, France, Italy, Wales and England.

website lorentz gullachsen

Manu Agah

Hamburg-based Manu Agah specialises in car, people and landscape photography.

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.

His mission is 'to find the best locations in the world and use them in my work', a mission that has led to recent work for Jung von Matt and BMW in Spain, MKK and VW in Miami and McCann Erickson and Opel in Berlin.

Manu is represented internationally by Corbis/reps.

website manu agah

Mario Toscani

Mario Toscani and his team have been operating from Amsterdam since 1987, working with a range of international clients.

Being 'determined to make the best possible shot every single time', he has travelled widely for some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. The studio includes in-house postproduction.

Clients include Seat, BMW, Rover, Land Rover, MG, Mercedes, Iveco, Hyundai, Toyota and VW.

Mario is now moving into filming - as D.O.P.

website mario toscani

Morgan Silk

Morgan Silk specialises in landscape and location work. His atmospheric and often haunting style is well regarded in the creative world, and his 'Zoo' series picked up a Gold at the AOP awards.

He recently returned from LA where he was shooting a Land Rover campaign for RKCR Y&R London, his third commission for the car company. Other recent commissions include Marie Curie Cancer Care.

He is represented by Vue in the UK.

website morgan silk

Nigel Harniman

Over the last few months, Nigel Harniman has been working on CGI and conventional photographic imagery. Last summer saw him shooting in Spain: Hilux ads for Toyota followed by lifestyle images with the Jaguar XKR. 

Then off to New York for a photography and CGI project for Ford US. This is a two image campaign for the nationwide launch of the new 'Edge' model in the USA.

He has also worked on a set of studio and location launch images for the new Jaguar C-XF, revealed at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2007 and a combined CGI/photographic project for Volvo Sweden, for a European print campaign for Spring 2007 launching the new XC70.

website nigel harniman

Oscar van de Beek

Amsterdam-based specialist automobile and landscape photographer Oscar van de Beek travels extensively for international clients.

He finds inspiration through the work of the old 'Dutch Masters', but his work is highly contemporary with an emphasis on composition and lighting. He describes himself as 'an inventive problem solver, very flexible and easy to work with'

He is represented by Claudia Bitzer in Germany and Pinkorange in Spain.

website oscar van de beek

Richard Seymour

Richard Seymour recently worked on the launch of the new Mercedes Benz R Class Estate and GL Class 4WD, both shoots requiring UK locations with large scale impact to match the nature of the cars themselves. This involved multi-million pound houses in Surrey and a power station in Snowdonia.

Other recent automotive clients have included Citroen, Mitsubishi and BMW.

website richard seymour

Simon Mills

Simon prefers shooting landscapes whenever possible because of the scope they offer him in composition and lighting.

He prefers to use large-format cameras as they offer improved quality and flexibility as well as enabling him to play with a particular landscape's perspective.

O2 have handed Simon masses of work through agency VCCP in the last few years, with his most recent project being completed late last year. He has since then shot a series of cityscapes for Transport for London through M&C Saatchi which help keep cyclists safe.

His own mode of transport, a beast of a motorbike, has taken him to pastures far and wide meaning lots of new shots to keep his agent happy...

website simon mills

Thierry Delsart

In car advertising, the big dilemma usually comes when the idea has to be mixed with the product enhancement. How can breathtaking cars and good-looking people have the same level of impact? How can stunning landscapes and images work well together with a great concept? Speeding sports cars and convincing acting at the same time?

Thierry Delsart's aim is to make the best possible combination.

He has a background as an advertising art director, and a love of cars and good concepts. He says that he enjoys directing actors and has a passion for composition.

Thierry is based in Madrid and Tarifa. You can contact him through his agent Candela Image or via his website.

website thierry delsart