cars, transportation & landscape photography + motion May 2015

"I shoot stills and motion. I am a creative thinker with an enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit. I excel when things seem chaotic and have a knack for bringing order and focus to the set.

My photographic career is centered on the automotive industry, and my clients include Mercedes Benz USA, Pagani, Ferrari North America, Cadillac, Infiniti and Michelin. I search for and create scenes that speak to form, light, shape, and beauty. I will not stop until these elements converge.

My studio is in New York’s Hudson Valley within an hour of the city, and was custom built for sizable productions."

Andy Wee is an award-winning automotive photographer based in Shanghai. His commercial clients include Daimler-Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet, Aston Martin, McLaren and BYD, to name a few.

Outside of commercial work, his editorial work frequently graces the covers of car magazines like Top Gear China.

Visit his website for more information.

In this Spotlight, Anton Watts features the launch photography for BMW M6 shot at the Yas Marina F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi. "It was challenging in temperatures of 40+ degrees, but a great collaboration with client and creative, Eve Scheermesser, and art director Stebastian Stabenau, Serviceplan."

He is also thrilled to continue his association with Lexus both in Europe and the US, with shoots for Tag:Belgium and Team One, as well as VW for Deutsch, Chevrolet for Spike DDB, Infiniti for Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Hyundai for Innocean, Lincoln for Hudson Rouge, and Land Rover for Onelife Magazine.

A highlight has been adding Tesla Motors as a client, with Anton shooting the Model S in Southern California. Be sure to check out his promo video for Acura for the NSX Supercar.

Follow Anton on instagram and Facebook for behind the scenes entertainment.

Award-winning Carl Lyttle fell in love with photography in his native Belfast in the late 1970s. Since then he has received many high profile industry awards for his CGI automotive and landscape photography.

His car photography has taken him around the world, chasing the light and landscapes to capture the effect they require. His clientele includes global automotive manufacturers such as Nissan, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Land Rover and Lexus.

Carl has also photographed numerous major global advertising campaigns, with brand names such as Barclays, BAT, and Microsoft under his belt.

It has been a busy year for photographer and director Chris Sisarich. He has been spending a lot of time on the road, shooting stills campaigns and directing TV commercials in Russia, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Sydney, and back home in New Zealand.

Chris has just wrapped an exhibition entitled ‘I AM HERE’ at Black Eye Gallery in Sydney, a multi-media, multi-sensory show in collaboration with New Zealand composer and sound artist, Peter Hobbs.

Having just signed with indie agency IMI Artists in LA and Red+Plus in Shanghai, the year ahead is looking like it will be an exciting one full of many more adventures.

Darren Capp is one of the top car shooters in Australia, China and India.

2014 saw Darren take assignments in steamy New Delhi for the launch images of the updated Renault Scala for L&K Saatchi, and in an extremely cold but beautifully sunny Beijing to shoot the range of Mercedes E400-Long through BBDO Beijing. The Renault job was through his agent/producer Sunny S. Alex and the team at DEU - Creative. In China it was T&W International. Locally, Darren shot a campaign for Mercedes-Benz B-Class 250 4matic.

He is looking forward to continuing the year with a busy local and international schedule.

David Bush is a San Francisco-based car photographer who draws inspiration from the Bay Area's beautifully diverse landscapes and eclectic car culture. Constantly on the move, David serves a variety of clients with many project needs, from editorial and PR, to advertising and social media.

Recent projects with Mercedes-Benz USA include a lifestyle driven shoot of the new SL-Class in Napa Valley, and the world debut of the B-Class Electric Drive. David brought his vision to up-and-coming EV manufacturer Renovo Motors for the successful launch of their electric supercar, the Renovo Coupe, at Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance, and its relaunch at CES 2015.

A life-long car enthusiast, David is always excited to photograph exotic machinery, and his recent shoot of Ferrari's track-focused 458 Speciale graces the cover of the June 2015 edition of Forza Magazine.

Davor Manojlovic is an award-winning car photographer from Croatia. He has a highly recognisable, dramatic and clean style which has made him the most sought-after automotive photographer in the area.

Davor honed his skills working as the main staff photographer for the main car magazines in Croatia, including Top Gear Magazine, EVO Magazine and Auto Bild. He has also been featured in the UK's Total 911 Magazine, among others.

Continuously progressing, Davor is always on the look-out for new challenges, opportunities and engagements.

Erik Chmil is one of Germany's leading high-end advertising photographers and works for the automobile industry in various countries around the globe. His recent projects include BMW, Porsche Panamera, Lexus, Mini, Skoda, Volkswagen and personal work across people, automotive and landscape genres.

He also offers in-house post-production that has been awarded in Lürzer's Archive '200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide'.

Clients include BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Mini, Lexus, Opel, Chevrolet, Fiat, Suzuki and Volkswagen.

Erik is represented in Germany, Switzerland and Austria by PAM-Mirjam Böhm.

Having been a professional car photographer for over 30 years, James Callaghan is one of the most experienced people in his field of work.

With a down-to-earth attitude he is unflappable, brings a sense of humour to every shoot, and importantly, is easy to work with.

He has worked for most of the major car manufacturers and recently shot Bentley’s new EXP 10 Speed Concept.

Combining his passion for image making with an unrelenting obsession with all things mechanical, James Lipman’s unique photographic style has quickly become a favourite of prestigious brands such as Bentley, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Rolls-Royce.

In his enduring pursuit for realism and spontaneity in his images, James favours small, specialised crews and lightweight, modern equipment to ensure his productions remain energetic and always adaptive to the variable nature of working on location.

Julian Calverley is a landscape and advertising photographer. His cinematic style, mixed with a resourceful and passionate nature, have gained him a solid and trusted reputation with clients worldwide.

Recent clients include Land Rover, Aston Martin, VW and GM.

Julian is the author of the photo book #IPHONEONLY, a collection of landscape photographs made entirely on an iPhone.

He is represented in the UK by the Lisa Pritchard Agency, London, in the US by Greenhouse Reps, New York, and in Asia by Alphaville, Hong Kong.

Lee Brimble has a serious love of cars. He works both in the studio and out on location to capture vehicles in a fresh and exciting way. Lee combines his knowledge and skills to shoot both moving image and direct motion for clients.

He has photographed advertising campaigns for BMW, Lexus, Suzuki, Range Rover and Chevrolet, as well as shoots for supercar brands McLaren and Ferrari.

Maks Richter is a professional and passionate car photographer based in Stuttgart. His dynamic car-to-car images are outstanding and are all done without relying on CGI. Maks has a great sense for lighting and choosing the right moments that make his photos that extra bit special.

He has completed numerous projects for large companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Fiat, Lancia and Ford.

Visit his website for more information.

Nathan Duff is commercial photographer based in Brisbane and specialises in all facets of automotive and transportation photography.

Recent assignments have seen Nathan capture an array of vehicles including, sports cars, passenger vehicles, SUVs, 4WDs and off road vehicles, buses, semi trailers, trucks, delivery vans, garbage trucks, motorhomes, caravans, campervans, trailers and much, much more. If it’s on wheels, chances are Nathan has been there to shoot it!

Nathan's commercial clients include Mazda, Porsche, Audi, BMW, Isuzu Ute, Chrysler/Jeep and Penske Trucks, to name just a few.

Nathan's ability to capture action in camera and produce emotive and atmospheric photographs on location has also seen him commissioned by a large list of local and international editorial clients including Top Gear (UK & AUS) Wheels Magazine, Redwood (UK) Car (UK) MOTOR, and many more.

OliverStefan are Oliver Paffrath and Stefan Grutter; two fully-fledged photographers combining their different abilities to tap into a new reservoir of visual creativity.

In their last three production years, "One is not enough" has been the key realisation to adapt with a rapidly changing market. As a team they can meet a clients' three main restraints - timing, budget and quality on every production.

Automotive clients include Allianz, Adidas, ABN Amro, Audi, ATU, BMW Automobil, BMW Motorrad, Chevrolet, Credit Suisse, ENBW, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, KIA, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, McLaren, Mazda, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Skoda, Seat, Toyota, Volkswagen and West.

"In an effort to find new styles and approaches, Chromedia, the in-house Porsche marketing studio, recently approached a number of photographers who were not noted for car work and ask that they provide proposals and themes for a series of images of the new Porsche Macan for a “coffee table" book.

I was lucky enough to be furnished with one of the few existing prototypes which I spent a few enjoyable days shooting in a car studio in London, and then on location in Cornwall. Bright sunshine, sunsets and photoshopped blurry roads were not on my agenda, so I went for a very 'organic' wet and wild,  black-on-black with lots of water thrown in!

Porsche loved the shots and came back and asked me to shoot the latest GT2 Cayenne for an advertising brief celebrating 50 years' racing, on a road trip from Stuttgart to the Porsche Design studio in Zel Am See, through the Austrian Tyrol and down to the historic Targa Florio race circuit in the Sicilian mountains where Porsche first cut its teeth as a successful racing marque 50 years ago."

"As a professional photographer, I’ve been taking pictures for a very long time now, (over 20 years in fact), and have split a large chunk of those years living and working in Canada, the USA and Australia. As a result, I have come to know a thing or two about this industry and can offer a uniquely global perspective. And some pretty cool accounts have used my images along the way, including Mercedes-Benz Canada, Mercedes-Benz USA, Volkswagen USA, Lexus, General Motors, Volvo, Subaru, Peugeot and Peterbilt Trucks.

The global village allows me to collaborate with amazingly talented colleagues and digital artisans from around the globe, with whom I have met and come to know. Together we can bring just about anything you can imagine to life.

We do our very best to create outstanding visual content and achieve results that are sensitive and responsive to the needs of our clients. We strive to provide them with outstanding quality and value. These aren’t just words we put here to impress prospects, but an ethic we live by - because first and foremost we are all artists, and as artists, we are always seeking opportunities to make outrageously good work. Just because..."

Once more, Stephan Romer and his team were in charge of a shoot with the top of the line Porsche 911 GT3 RS. 22 shots of the outstanding car were realised on the traditional Jerez de la Frontera racetrack in Andalucia. Agency: Keko Frankfurt, with Tim Buchmüller on set. Post-production: NPixo/Frankfurt.

Seattle and New York provided the perfect locations for the Cayenne GTS and TurboS shoot mid 2014. 34 full CGI shots were brilliantly rendered and finalised on set by Circle Media London. Production support came from Found Production New York. Creative: Julia Fuhl from Keko Frankfurt.

A little teaser for a project in progress - as usual top secret! This journey sent Stephan and the team to places including Norway, the USA, Chile and New Zealand.

Visit his website to see more great work.

Seagram Pearce has carved a respectable brand awareness in South Africa throughout the automotive sector. Shifting focus to international brands has successfully taken Seagram to Los Angeles, New York, Dubai, Lisbon, Madrid, Moscow and Amsterdam, to name a few. Working on location around the world with agencies and creatives is one of the biggest driving forces in Seagram’s sails.

Intensely enjoying the personal connection when photographing people across intimate or environmental portraiture, Seagram loves combining his two greatest skill sets by doing automotive lifestyle. Bringing this to life with KIA Europe for the past few years has been a highlight.

Clients both local and international include KIA, Chevrolet, Isuzu, Ferrari, Opel, Renault, Citroen, Scania, BMW and Suzuki.

Shooting extensively for car manufacturers, Sébastien Mauroy has been working as a freelance automotive photographer for more than 17 years - and he is still very, very excited about it!

Check out his latest work with the new Lexus RCF and Lexus NX 200t. Early this year, he shot the very first photos of the new Toyota Avensis revealed at the 2015 Geneva motor show.

It has been almost a year since Sébastien moved from Belgium to the sunny Costa del Sol. Beaches, coastal roads, lakes, tracks, valleys, mountains, deserts and fancy architecture - It’s just a car photographer's paradise!

He continues to work hard, learning Spanish and enjoying his new life.

Born in 1975 near Honeyville, Utah, Skylar Nielsen learned how to work hard and conjure up stories to tell his grandmother while herding sheep. After an epiphany in the sheep corral he decided to move away from the family farm to seek big city opportunity. By chance and finding his true talent, photography turned out to be his passion.

As he took the quantum leap into his chosen field, those calloused lessons from his upbringing helped inform his prolific drive and 'outlaw' creativity, forging an artistic path that has led him everywhere from the harsh deserts of Zion to the bustling streets of India. With one foot planted in austere professionalism and another firmly in gonzo territory, Skylar strikes a balance between the kinetic and serene, producing work that is both visceral and reflective with a stable of clients that have included almost every automotive and transportation client imaginable, from the United States to Australia and beyond.

Skylar has furthered his career as a director, founding VitaBrevisFilms in 2008. The company has since become an internationally awarded and accredited film studio for its film-making talent.

Hamburg-based transportation photographer Thomas Motta just recently worked on a campaign for Volvo Germany with agency Fuel Munich.

Earlier this year, Thomas shot catalogue images in Monaco for his client Skoda. CGI was handled by Stefan Lampe Studios. He is currently on his way to Prague to shoot the corresponding campaign images for the Skoda Monte Carlo Edition.

Recent clients include Volvo, Skoda, Ferrari and Blohm+Voss.

Visit his website to see more of his work.