Mark Lapwood ACS has over 25 years’ experience filming TV commercials, music videos, documentaries and feature films around the globe. He’s highly skilled in studio and location shoots, often collaborating in many languages and cultures, with both large and small crews.

Mark particularly has a strong eye for natural beauty in landscapes, architecture and people. His clients include Adidas, Toyota, Lexus, AMP and Yamaha and he’s been trusted with tourism campaigns for China, South Korea, India and New Zealand.

Mark’s work covers a range of styles and disciplines from bright, aspirational lifestyle pieces, to compelling, moody and dramatic scenes. He is represented by Angela Hovey at Dusty Road, Auckland and is available to international clients ex Auckland for work in New Zealand and around the world.

Robin Smith is a dynamic and precision styled photographer from New Zealand. Always experimenting in his Auckland-based studio, he's constantly pushing the boundaries of imagination and machine to their limits through his work. He believes there is no visual concept that can't be solved!

His approach to image creating draws from his love of DIY from building sets to outdoor environments that capture the movement of his subjects with moody dramatic impactfulness. 

Robin is highly creative and passionate about what he does with just a touch of madness, lightly sprinkled with constant curiosity. His charismatic charm and ability to see from the big picture to the details is an asset to any project, using his unconventional problem solving has given him the nickname MacGyver.

He is grateful to have worked directly for some of the iconic brands such as Tourism Auckland, 2Degrees, Vodafone, Les Mills, Horleys, Isuzu NZ, Hyundai, Sony Music, and many others.

Graeme Murray loves creating, his whole career has been in the image industry. After training in professional photography his early days saw him working at one of New Zealand’s top audio/visual production companies. He was responsible for creating, developing and producing product launches for New Zealand’s largest corporations, using various types of multimedia from theatrical lighting, to video slide projection and interactive graphics, to set design and - the most fun - pyrotechnics!

The desire to be shooting led him into running his own successful photography business. Graeme now works with clients and agencies on projects that include portraiture, people, lifestyle and sport related to advertising. He takes all his knowledge and experience from previous work in the AV and TV industries into his photography, so dealing with any situation is effortless.

He has a great rapport with clients and the production crew on jobs and goes beyond the norm to make sure the shoot meets and exceeds expectations.

Clients include Red Bull, Adidas, Specialized Bikes USA, Samsung, VW, John Deere, AIG, Ford, Bendon, Ozone, Atomic, Tourism New Zealand and Mac Pac Outdoor Clothing, among others.

Graeme can be found in the studio or shooting outdoors and is also an official Red Bull International Photographer.

Robin Smith is a dynamic and precision styled photographer from New Zealand. Always experimenting in his Auckland-based studio, he's constantly pushing the boundaries of imagination and machine to their limits through his work. He believes there is no visual concept that can’t be solved.

His approach to image creating draws from his love of DIY from building sets to outdoor environments that captures the movement in his subjects with moody dramatic impactfulness. 

Robin is highly creative and passionate about what he does with just a touch of mad, lightly sprinkled with constant curiosity. His charismatic charm and ability to see from the big picture to the details is an asset to any project, using his unconventional problem solving has given him the nickname MacGyver.

He is grateful to have worked directly for some of iconic brands such as Tourism Auckland, 2Degrees, Vodafone, Les Mills, Horleys, Isuzu NZ, Hyundai, Sony Music and many others.

Graeme Murray loves creating, his whole career has been in the image industry. After training in professional photography his early days saw him working at one of New Zealand’s top audio/visual production companies. He was responsible for creating, developing and producing product launches for New Zealand’s largest corporations, using various types of multi-media from theatrical lighting, to video/slide projection and interactive graphics, to set design and - the most fun - pyrotechnics!

The desire to be shooting led him into running his own successful photography business. Graeme now works with clients and agencies on projects that include portraiture, people, lifestyle and sport related to advertising. He takes all his knowledge and experience from previous work in the AV and TV industries into his photography, so dealing with any situation is effortless.

He has a great rapport with clients and the production crew on jobs and goes beyond the norm to make sure the shoot meets and exceeds expectations.

Clients include Red Bull, Adidas, Samsung, VW, John Deere, AIG, Ford, Bendon, Ozone, Atomic, Tourism New Zealand and Mac Pac Outdoor Clothing, among others.

Graeme can be found in the studio or shooting outdoors and is also an official Red Bull International Photographer.

British-born New Zealander, Shaun Cato-Symonds has two great passions, food and photography. Once a chef, but spending all of his spare time behind the camera, he decided to study professional photography full time.

Shaun has now been a specialist food and drink photographer for the past 25 years and considers this “the perfect occupation” for him.

Shaun’s passion for food and his previous experience as a chef, combined with his experience as a food photographer has been invaluable both in terms of planning a shoot with food stylists and clients, and producing an image that will often exceed expectations.

Known for his patience, uncompromising attention to detail and easy-going nature, Shaun has worked with many clients and agencies on advertising and packaging projects for brands including Burger King, Kraft Heinz, Watties, Whittakers, Tegel, TipTop, Farrahs, Ernest Adams, Puhoi, Huntley and Palmers, Just Juice among many others.

Daniel Sian is a Brazilian CG artist and creative retoucher, and has been working in the advertising industry for over 10 years, with clients in Brazil, Peru, USA, Dubai and New Zealand.

In this period he has been improving techniques for creating, manipulating and composing images of the most varied levels of complexity, with an artistic look and attention to the smallest details. 

As advertising has no limits in the creative field, the artist is invariably pushed to its technical and artistic limits, since each new work is always based on a new idea, which can be anything and therefore quite challenging. Because of this he developed skills at all stages of CGI/ retouching production, from concept to post-production.

Visit his website to see more of his work.

Pacey Production Company delivers full production services for stills and motion shoots throughout New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific.

“Aotearoa and Australasia offers unique locations for your project and world-class talent to help you bring it to life,” says executive producer Briar Pacey.

With over 20 years’ experience, PPC can scale to every requirement and budget.

Recent collaborations include campaigns for Standard Chartered Bank, shot with Sacha Stejko at IDC for TBWA Singapore; rebrand retail campaign for Postie Plus in New Zealand for director Benn Jae and the talented team at LoserKid; NZ Stills Producer for Lightfarm Studios and Area 23, all part of a deft TVC shoot by Batch Films for Lilly; local still life fun with Fraser Chatham at Loupe Agency for Smeg; and adventure for Torpedo 7 with Maxy at IDC.

Contact the PPC and let Briar introduce you to outstanding shoot possibilities in Oceania.

At 14 years old, Amanda Aitken was working in a photo lab in the days of film. After eight years, she moved to London and began her career as a professional photographer. Her role as Head Photographer had her in charge of a large team, responsible for their creative performance and looking after high profile clients for a marketing firm.

Fast-forward to today, Amanda is back home in New Zealand living her dream shooting architecture, interiors and a range of advertising work - including industrial, corporate and lifestyle. She offers drone and video services alongside still photography.

With 17 years experience as a professional photographer, Amanda has the same passion and drive to interpret her subject in the most creative and inspirational way. Her warm personality and calm manner compliment the efficiency and professionalism of her work.

Whether in collaboration or on her own accord, Amanda is focused on detail, perfection and achieving a result that is unsurpassed and exceeds expectations.

Mark Lapwood ACS has over 25 years’ experience filming tv commercials, music videos, documentaries and feature films around the globe. He’s highly skilled in studio and location shoots, often collaborating in many languages and cultures, with both large and small crews. 

Mark particularly has a strong eye for natural beauty in landscapes, architecture and people. His clients include Adidas, Toyota, Lexus, Yamaha, AMP and he has been trusted with tourism campaigns for China, South Korea, India and New Zealand.

Mark’s work covers a range of styles and disciplines from bright, aspirational lifestyle pieces, to compelling, moody and dramatic scenes. He is represented by Angela Hovey at Dusty Road, Auckland and is available internationally, ex-New Zealand.