2017 has been another busy year for Barry Willis. His diverse and ever-widening client base has included Abbeyfield Care Homes, Clic Sargent, British Land, Datashred, Morgan Sindall, Royal London, Southern Dental and the Wellcome Trust, to name just a few.

For this London Spotlight, Barry has chosen to feature a selection of work that formed part of a recent three-day shoot. The brief was to produce a set of portraits that reflected the individuality of the company’s employees and to reflect the personality of the organisation. The idea was to create a snapshot of the working day with a strong editorial, rather than a corporate, feel.

"This was quite the production, with up to three different sets ready to go at any one time”, said Barry. “In between setting up and shooting the teams' individual portraits, we had to be ready to drop everything to shoot the board members, in two different styles, as they became available throughout the day”. Once again, Barry’s meticulous planning, calm flexible manner and the focused input from his experienced crew proved pivotal to another satisfied client.

For his next project, which is currently in the production phase, Barry will be directing a Legacy DRTV ad for Abbeyfield Care Homes.

Andrew Molyneux has over 30 years' experience shooting stills and, more recently, moving images for an extensive list of corporate clients worldwide, working on annual reports, corporate social responsibility reports, corporate brochures, websites and shooting image libraries for companies.

Moving image is an increasing part of Andrew's portfolio for his clients. His friendly, easy-going approach helps to get the best out any situation - which may be why he works for his clients again and again.

Some recent clients include Arriva, GE Aviation, TriTrax, Cargill, Coats, Kier Group, Showlite, Welsh Government, Kilkklok, Brightstar, Impact Health Partners, Ince Ltd and Northern Power Grid.

For more information contact the studio on +44(0)1594 845561 or Andrew on +44(0)7836 661460.

Welcome to the latest issue of Showcase London, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the Capital's leading creatives, rental studios, photographers and directors, photographers' and illustrators' agents, full service production companies, and retouching & CGI studios.

More information is available in our online Photo and Film directories.

Companies such as Marsh & Parsons, Volvo, Men's Health, Clairol, Vogue, Bulmers, Nespresso, Shell, GQ, Topman, Philips, Ford and BOSS, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• Instant Stories, Wim Wenders' Polaroids - a rare opportunity to see the personal and previously unseen Polaroid work of the Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Until 11th February at The Photographers' Gallery.
• Underwire Festival, the UK’s largest film festival celebrating female talent across the crafts, from 22nd to 26th November in venues across London.
• The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 exhibition will run at the Gallery from 16 November 2017 to 8 February 2018 before touring to venues around the UK.
• Last month the 2017 AOP Awards were announced - you can see a selection of the winning images in our London's One to Watch.

Our cover was shot by Nik Hartley for Essential Homme, and features Brandon Flowers from The Killers.

“I am Digital” - Stills and moving image portraits. European advertising campaign for PwC. Client: LukeCharles.

"I have always loved the precision of the work that design studio LukeCharles produce. And we have discussed collaborating in the past. Therefore, when Luke Gifford and Charles Taylor called me in early January to discuss shooting portraits, both still and moving, for an extensive European campaign for PwC, I was very excited to be finally working with the guys."

You can see the whole campaign on the portraits section on Philip's website.

Gerrit Buntrock has over 20 years of experience as a food and still life photographer. He always takes a relaxed and collaborative approach with clients and art directors and loves the diversity of shooting at his two comfortable kitchen studios in West London or on location anywhere.

Recent projects include amongst others Christmas and Indian ranges for Waitrose, a redesigned frozen foods range for Albert Bartlett, and interesting cake projects for an Egyptian design agency.

A full client list can be found on his website.

The highlights for this Showcase include the campaign for the Jaguar Formula E team celebrating the arrival of Nelson Piquet Jr, full environment CGI Bentley Continental, an epic Uncharted 5 promo for PlayStation, a series of beautiful still life images showing bespoke Crocs designed by Christopher Kane in a woodland habitat, Toyota CH-R CGI, and finally a campaign for the Jaguar F-Pace.

The Bunker is a high-end creative retouching and CGI studio based in the heart of London’s East End. Its subterranean studio creates exceptional creative imagery for some of the world’s biggest brands, leading agencies and most talented photographers.

Based in the North of England, Steve Morgan is a corporate and industrial photographer and has been shooting images for clients around the UK and internationally for over 25 years.

Specialising in workplace and location portrait photography, Steve utilises his vast reportage experience to produce bright, fresh and vibrant images of people at work as well as graphic and striking landscapes in industrial locations.

Steve can find strong images even in sometimes the most unpromising situations. His easy-going nature but tenacious attitude to ‘finding the picture‘ mean his clients return again and again.

Clients include Tata Steel, UK Mail, British Steel, Liberty Group, Suez, Financial Times, Sunday Times Magazine, Atkins Global and BP.

Leo Acker's bold and imaginative work makes him one of London's most sought-after still life photographers.

Over the last 15 years, Leo has developed a unique creative photographic style combined with precise digital skills. From his studio in Shoreditch and on location, Leo shoots for a very wide range of clients.

Recent commissions include work for Liberty, Marks & Spencer, Russell & Bromley, John Lewis, Fenwick, The Financial Times, The Sunday Telegraph and Glamour Magazine.

"We are a London-based creative production agency delivering professional content for leading brands. From concept through to output, we immerse ourselves in the production process, covering all aspects of a shoot and offering clients a second-to-none creative service that is globally recognised.

This past year we have been producing for long-term client GQ Style which includes stunning advertorials for Louis Vuitton, Armani, Paul Smith, Gucci and Coach. Shot with extremely talented teams and in some of the worlds most incredible locations.

Aside from editorial we have a reputable portfolio of clients. This season our work includes campaigns for Accessorize, River Island, Levi’s, Hackett, Topman, Jack Wills, Primark and Jigsaw.

Our dedicated team meet every project with passion and excitement, offering innovation, originality and forward thinking."

Street Studios is East London's most established hire studio complex covering over 8000 sq. ft. With the brand new Studio 5, the company now has six flexible spaces available.

"We provide everything to make your shoot successful in our tailor-made spaces alongside our friendly and welcoming service. You’ll be looked after by our professional team that has over 30 years' experience.

You can choose between both daylight and blackout studios, infinity coves and shoot walls, all benefitting from high-speed internet and fully equipped with styling and dining facilities and client seating areas. We also have two kitchens available for food shoots. Easily reached by public transport in the heart of East London, we also have free parking on site.

With a great range of in-house lighting, delicious catering options and set building, we can cater to all your needs to make sure your shoot runs smoothly from start to finish."