cars & landscape photography Oct 2009

AIR-CGI / Harniman are UK-based, working globally with premier ad agencies and clients to create innovative images utilising CGI and photography.

Recent projects included work for Volvo cars that involved the Harniman photography and AIR-CGI teams travelling around the world to capture iconic backplates, along with HDRIs and working on location producing CGI pre-visualisations. The photographic and CG team along with the production team, agency and client, shot in Rio De Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, Chicago and Hong Kong to give a truly global feel to the final images, which incorporated lifestyle shots along with around 20 CGI vehicles.

The team also worked on Mars Ice Cream and Snickers Ice Cream press ads, commissioned by AMV BBDO London. The ice cream 'vans' were modelled and rendered in CGI by the Air-CGI team, who then composited the elements with the location shoot backplates and models shot by Nigel Harniman into typical British summertime scenes for the 2009 range of ads.

AIR-CGI and Nigel Harniman provide CGI stills and animations, modelling, rendering, on location shoot pre-visualisation compositing and retouching.

Alan McFetridge's developed eye and vision form an essential part of his expansive and detailed style of photography, with a strong sense of composition and colour. He has consistently featured in the Association of Photographers Awards, The John Kobal Portrait Prize, The Royal Photographic Society Annual, Communication Photo Annual, Luerzer's  Archive, Luerzer's 200 Best Ad Photographers worldwide, Creative Review, Cannes Lion, Axis Awards and the PDN Photography Annual since 2001.

2009 has been a year of constant travel for Alan, with an array of clients spanning NYC to Australia. Commissioned for car and ad campaigns, he has succeeded in producing stunning imagery for VW Golf for DDB, Subaru for Leo Burnett, Ford Mondeo, Ford Territory, Ford Focus for JWT, Lexus ISF for Team One, Daffy's Apartment for JohannesLeonardo New York, and featured in Time Out's first photo edition, the 'TONY 100'.

In a collaboration with artist Gretchen Geraets, issue one of g&A Magazine is due for release shortly. Check the website for details.

Alan has representation and production bases in New York, LA, London, Sydney and Auckland, New Zealand. Email him directly for more information.

Alexandre Salgado has been working in the advertising business for 25 years, and is regularly commissioned by major agencies across Brazil and the USA.

His latest jobs include 'Palio 2008' for Fiat, a campaign for Ducati which was shortlisted at Cannes, and Petrobras Energy for the PAN 2007.

Salgado and his team are renowned for their professional photographic post production standards and constantly update their techniques according to the latest industry developments.

David Prior is one of South Africa's top advertising photographers and is soon to be based out of Cape Town.

Having shot his fair share of cars over the years, David prides himself in the art of studio lighting "the way it used to be", before the art of Photoshop took over. A car lit in one shot is somewhat more challenging.

David enjoys shooting landscapes more for the sheer beauty of them than their commercial value and feels spoilt for choice in this country.

Des Kleineibst is an automotive location and studio photographer with 28 years of experience. His passion for landscapes has taken him into the virtual world of CGI, leading him to invest in Spheron HDR and Panoscan camera systems and to open his own in-house CGI studio.

Des has been shooting on high-end PhaseOne and Hasselblad digital systems for nine years and owns his co-built 10m carbon fibre rig. He lives in Cape Town and has shot for all the major car ad agencies in South Africa. He maintains car studios in Cape Town and Johannesburg, but a European passport means minimum hassle when it comes to travelling to European assignments.

Des is currently seeking worldwide representation by photographic agents with automotive experience.

Hard Drive Production is one of the few production companies in the world that offers still photo production coordination exclusively for automotive advertising photographers.

As an automotive shoot requires highly specialised knowledge, the company provides the full range of services necessary to successfully manage an entire project from start to finish, including project estimating, budgeting, location scouting, casting, crew management, location management, equipment rental and post production services.

Based in the Los Angeles area and with more than twelve years of experience, Hard Drive Production has produced both large scale productions as well as small scale CGI projects in North, Central, and South America for photographers from around the world.

Holger Wild has been working in Hamburg as a freelance photographer since 1996. He is specialised in transportation, landscape and architecture photography.

Among his clients are agencies including JungVonMatt, Philipp & Keuntje, Publicis, Grabartz & Partner, Saatchi, BBDO, H-Paris and others, as well as design studios such as Mutabor HH.

He enjoys both location and studio productions with advanced technology and is a member of Bund Freischaffender Foto-Designer (BFF). He has received numerous awards.

Holger is represented by Studio Wild in Europe (+49 172 8660069) and Tim Mitchell in the US (+1 617 9019359).

John J. Breen has over 25 years professional experience working around the world as a freelance car photographer. He offers a broad range of photographic skills, from complex studio work to worldwide location shoots and is fully experienced and equipped with all photographic formats and lighting techniques, using creative digital technology, retouching and image manipulation software.

Editorial clients: Formula One Magazine, Business F1, Eurobusiness, Performance Ford, Max Power, Autocar, 911 Porsche World, Auto Express, Classic American, Classic & Sportscar, Fastlane.

Agency clients: Porsche, Mitsubishi, Renault, Honda.

Promotional clients include Simply Red, David Knopfler, Joe Jackson, Roger Daltrey, Berlin, Mud, Peter Sarstead and Boy George, to name but a few.

In the 21st century shiny sheet metal has been elevated to rock star status: understanding exactly how much of a lifestyle accessory the modern automobile has become is something photographer Mark Lanning does best.

Capable of shooting static in studio or out on the irresistible allure of the open road, Mark identifies the importance of illustrating the distinct style, engineering and power that helps define each and every new vehicle that rolls off the world's production lines.

Whether fast and powerful, rugged and manly, or thrifty and chic, he understands the car's rock 'n' roll design aesthetic and is able to create photographic imagery that captures every last facet of its inescapable appeal.

After being the first photographer to inaugurate the brand new Autódromo Internacional do Algarve racetrack with a GT3 shoot for Porsche AG in October 2008, Stephan Romer returned to the circuit in 2009 for two further photo productions.

His first shoot was for the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS catalogue and worldwide ads. The rollercoaster-like racetrack, with sharp blind bends and amazing up and downhill sections, fitted perfectly with the challenging attributes of the 450 bhp race car.

In cooperation with 1000-roads.com and Quickrig GmbH, Stephan also shot the campaign for the AIA racetrack and its race cars, introduced by an international press conference mid 2009. One of the highlights of this production was an original high speed rig-shot of a drifting BMW M3. Both photographer and technique survived the experiment undamaged and with big smiles all round.

Born and raised in England, Terry Collier's passion for images led him initially into the film industry and then into the commercial world of advertising, which he pursued in Canada. His work has been gracing billboards, magazines and posters for the past 25 years and he has shot in most major North American locations and in Europe, with access to all the required production support.

To say Terry brings clarity and the caressing quality of light to the automotive arena is an understatement. His portfolio includes virtually every automobile manufacturer known, resulting in over 100 international awards. For the past seven years he has used the Phase One digital capture system with on-site, top-notch imaging artists.

Terry's latest work includes a location campaign for the new Toyota Prius, and studio and location work for the Lexus IS group and the entire Lexus model range. Whether on location or in the studio, his stringently high standards are balanced by his calming force and sense of humour. With his crew of highly trained assistants and digital technicians, the most ambitious of projects are executed with unlimited creative potential.

Established in the advertising photography market for the last 27 years, Fernando Zuffo has developed a unique style thanks to various techniques for treating images: turning the image, chromatic fusions and colouration, resources that preceded Photoshop, are techniques he has been using for the last 15 years. Such practices make effective his determination to work on all aspects of the image within his own studio.

The studio has sufficient installations to make large productions possible, and latest generation technology and a well-organised team place it in an industry-leading position. As a result, Zuffo Photography can undertake ever-larger projects of greater complexity for a market with extremely high standards that demands results.