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Spotlight Magazine
63 Sun Studio
London
63 Sun Studios' two 110m² photographic studios have amazing daylight (blackout is also available). The historic warehouse building is located in the thriving, creative hub of De Beauvoir Road.
"We offer a quiet, leafy location just minutes’ walk from vibrant Dalston. Clients book in to shoot a variety of commercial and editorial content or to host castings and workshops.
The studios are full of character - with wide skylights, original warehouse windows and wooden floors throughout. Both spaces have a model prep area, a kitchenette, fast Wi-Fi and a bathroom.
We have great contacts with local caterers and equipment hire companies, which we are happy to facilitate."
Recent clients include Jil Sander, Marks & Spencer, Matches, River Island, Jaquemus, Vogue, and GQ Magazine.
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Spotlight Magazine
Horton-Stephens Photographers Agents
London
Horton-Stephens, London's leading photographers' agents for over 25 years, have been busy as usual shooting stills and moving image from online content to TVC. Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of new work, but be sure to visit the site for a full run-down.
Horton-Stephens is well-known for representing a world-class group of photographers, but moving image has become a bigger and bigger part of what the team do. Great production remains key to the success of all their shoots.
They are friendly and approachable, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of lighting, casting, locations (in the UK and worldwide), set building, timings, post-production, cgi and moving image - whether shooting TVCs or on the back of TVCs (a very particular challenge that they deal with often, where they only have moments to get the shot), they have done it all!
Head over to their Latest News section of the website to see recent projects and more.
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Spotlight Magazine
Process
London
"Photographer & director Will Hartley had the pleasure of shooting a series of stills and videos for the launch of Virgin Atlantic’s new Airbus A339 Neo. Shot over an epic four days in VA's hangar at Heathrow, Will worked alongside DOP Daniel Lillie and a fantastic crew to capture a standout series of assets in one of our busiest productions to date.
Creating striking work with a strong focus on lifestyle and youth culture, Will shoots contemporary documentary-style imagery with an effortlessly cool edge.
Collaborating with leading brands and creative agencies, we are super proud that Will’s portfolio continues to go from strength to strength, and some of his most recent work includes campaigns for British Airways, The Gym Group, Gap, and Emirates."
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Spotlight Magazine
JSR
London
JSR Agency is one of the world's most successful creative management agencies, managing over 50 photographers, illustrators and content makers, offering creative solutions for the world's biggest brands and agencies.
This Spotlight includes new work from 'iconographer' PEROU who captured an incredible series of images for Frantic Assembly’s theatre production of Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Director and photographer Amy Currell shot the campaign (stills and film) for JoLoves new gorgeous fragrance Ebony & Cassis. Car photographer Oliver Paffrath was on location shooting the futuristic, all electric Hyundai Ioniq6. Arnhel de Serra shot for Nintendo UK Switch ‘Treasure Moments Together' campaign.
New signing Dominic Marley is a sports and people photographer based in London. Dominic started shooting editorially at a young age and his experience shaped by being a lifelong skateboarder has led to him being incredibly versatile. Clients include Peloton, featured here, Palace Skateboards, Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Puma, Canon, Bvlgari, The North Face, Mercedes, Cannondale, 20th Century Fox.
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Spotlight Magazine
Agent-At-Large
London
Agent-At-Large is a talent led production company that works with some of the world's most recognised brands and advertising agencies creating integrated campaigns for print, digital and TV.
At their core, AAL relishes finding the talent to fit a client brief and giving them the best resources to create visual stories that go above and beyond.
Founded by Pete Gearing, former stills retoucher and sales executive and joined by film producer Andy Gordon, AAL offers a unique blend of expertise in client services, creation oversight and delivery of stills, films and social content.
AAL is committed in its support of female and diverse talent from photographers, technicians to production crew, and working towards a greener sustainable future.
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Harniman
London
"What a way to mark 10 years of shooting with Rolls-Royce - an epic ride working with some great client and agency teams.
Very cool to be up close and personal shooting the last ever V12 coupé to be made as Rolls-Royce head toward electrification. Black Arrow, the final V12 engine Wraith.
Behind the scenes: ‘Dark X Light’ - an exploration of the interplay of light between the physical and digital world filmed at the mind-bending premier UK Volume LED stage – a collaboration with Arri London, CT Technology and Lux Machina.
Get an insight behind the scenes on the regular blog, and our latest interview with Production Paradise."
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Spotlight Magazine
Anton Watts
Los Angeles
Australian born, Los Angeles based Director/Photographer and content creator Anton Watts was recently commissioned by Ferrari to shoot the new Purosange on the epic Atlantic road in Norway.
After wrapping Ferrari, Anton travelled to Barcelona to spend a week shooting the Toyota Corolla GR Sport Hybrid campaign which incorporated lifestyle as well.
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Spotlight Magazine
Simon Stock
London
Simon is an award-winning advertising photographer and director based in London, whose work takes him all over the world, photographing some of the most iconic brands. He is also an established commercials director and has directed commercials for Bentley, Discovery Channel, Mercedes, Toyota, Volvo, Wild Aid, Norfolk Southern Railway, ITV, the ‘Bleed for England’ spot for the Rugby World Cup.
He has combined NASA-inspired technology with traditional photography to create Gigapixel images. He shot two of the world’s largest automotive images, a 57 billion pixel image of the Dubai marina featuring a W12 Flying Spur and previously an incredible 53 billion pixel shot of a Mulsanne in San Francisco on the Golden Gate Bridge for Bentley.
Commercial clients include Rolls-Royce, Alfa Romeo, Audi, American Airlines, Bentley, BMW, BP, British Airways, Castrol, Deutsche Telekom, Discovery Channel, Disney, Dodge, Emirates Airlines, Fairy, Ford, HSBC, Hummer, Hyundai, ITV, Jaguar, Jeep, London Transport, Lucozade, Lufthansa, Mercedes, Microsoft, Milka, Nestlé, O2, Plusnet, P&O Cruises, Porsche, RBS, Range Rover, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Vodafone.
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Carioca Studio
London
Currently ranked #2 in the world for photography by Lürzer’s Archive, the award-winning Carioca Studio is a renowned image concept house highly acclaimed for their work, specialising in advertising imagery.
Carioca was founded in 2005 by three artists (Dragos Coman, Andrei Stoleru and Dragos Traistaru), all photographers with fine art and advertising backgrounds, along with production expertise. Having always a strong vision about each new project they are involved in, Carioca starts with a big idea, and bring their complete vision and perfect execution from production and shooting to post-production.
Carioca offers integrated visual services, from production to photography, Illustration, CGI and motion. Clients include Dalwhinnie, McDonald’s, Pepsi, Europcar, Mercedes-Benz, Sony Ericsson, VW and WWF. Carioca Studio have won awards at Cannes Lions, Epica, Cresta to name a few.
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Spotlight Magazine
Oliver Paffrath
London
Car and lifestyle photographer Oliver Paffrath began his career shooting fashion; he has used this skill honed from fashion campaigns to bring his unique style and lighting techniques to his car and automotive photography. Oliver also combines these techniques to create eye-catching and appealing motion and CGI content.
He shoots for the world’s biggest car manufacturers on global advertising campaigns and car lifestyle brochures. Germany based, Oliver’s focus is on the ability to meet client’s main restraints – timing, budget and quality in every production.
His extensive client list includes: Allianz, Adidas, ABN Amro, Audi, ATU, BMW, Chevrolet, Credit Suisse, Honda, Hyundai, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, McLaren, Mazda, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Škoda, Seat, Toyota and Volkswagen.
Oliver is represented by JSR; see more of Oliver's work here and follow the agency on Instagram.