london Nov 2014

As well as producing for its own dynamic roster of talent, Ellison / Lee offers a freelance production service, which can be booked independently of its artists, providing flexible support for both editorial and commercial shoots tailored to a client's needs. Its experienced producers are efficient, honest and enthusiastic and all clients receive first class service no matter how big the project.

"With many years in the business we have successful and long-lasting relationships with a global network of clients and suppliers."

Services include:

• Art buying and art direction,
• budget management,
• behind-the-scenes filming,
• carnets and shoot insurance,
• digital camera / lighting / grip hire,
• stylist / hair, stylist / make-up artist options,
• location scouting / permits / location management,
• model / celebrity / street / kids casting (inc. child licensing),
• post production services (stills & film),
• set design / costume design / prop hire,
• technical / production crew options (stills & film),
• travel & hotel reservations, and vehicle hire (production & props).

LouLou Locations and Productions has over 15 years experience in production and location scouting.

Working with clients both locally and internationally, LouLou can provide a fully bespoke production service including location scouting, location management, organizing casting, transport, equipment rental, and budget management.

LouLou also work with a wide range of experienced crew helping each shoot to run smoothly and efficiently.

Recent clients include Telenor shot in Norway, McDonalds, Underarmour, TU Sainsburys, Lloyds, Santander, Shell and Ford.

Please visit the website for more information.

South Coast UK is the first and only location and full service production company specialising and covering the South Coast of the UK. Hosting the best climate and sunshine hours SC.UK can provide everything needed for advertising, fashion and lifestyle shoots.

This beautiful area of England is so visually rich and diverse that you could be anywhere in the world - yet only a stone's throw away from London. Offering such a variety of locations from Miami-style houses, romantic thatched cottages, castles and ruins, miles of sandy beaches and dunes, beach huts, jetties, yachts and an abundance of water sports.

From small scale projects to large international productions its recent campaigns include global Coca-Cola, Vodaphone, Subaru, Highland Spring, Tesco, Pretty Green, Yorkshire Building Society, and continuing campaigns for M&S Bank.

"Send us your brief and we'll put together a bespoke package tailored to your requirements."

Filming Scotland continues to be Scotland's premier production service company.

With unique and stunning locations, its amazingly creative and talented crew, as well as a fun can-do approach, they can deliver any brief on time and in budget.

Recent commercial work includes: the Guy Ritchie directed David Beckham Haig Club spot, Omega Watches, 2014 Ryder Cup, Clydesadale Bank, Electrolux and continuing work on the Starz/Sony Outlander TV series as well as still shoots for Barbour, Galeries Lafayette, Brooks Brothers and many more.

"We are a Creative Management Agency who put into each job the kind of heartfelt energy you would expect."

JSR represents its selected photographers, illustrators, CGI artists, animators and branded content creators because they excel at their craft. Put them together and you have a team capable of delivering across all platforms and formats.

"We flex to deliver full service solutions. Whether it’s photography, illustration, CGI or branded content - we’ve got a fresh take."

The Pure Agency is a London-based photography agency representing photographers, stylists, creative directors and moving image artists. Offering a wealth of experience and expertise, The Pure Agency prides itself in providing a comprehensive and friendly service tailored to each individual client’s needs.

Clients include Guinness, L’Oreal, Barbour, GHD, Condé Nast Publications, Barclays, Fabergé, Vertu and many more.

Levon Biss is a British photographer shooting sport and portraiture for commercial and editorial clients. Recent commissions include campaigns for Mercedez Benz, Ford, Powerade, US Army, Adidas and Pepsi. Editorial clients include TIME, The New York Times Magazine, ESPN and Wired.

With over 15 years' experience, Levon brings his distinctive style and calm approach to both large scale productions and smaller projects. Using his vast experience and keen eye for detail, Levon is able to produce outstanding images that always stand out from the crowd.

Levon is based in London but shoots all over the world. He is represented by Bonakdar Cleary in the UK and the Netherlands and by Bransch in the US and Europe.

Visit his website for further information.

Steve Baxter continues to work with major supermarkets producing packaging photography. This past year he has worked with Tesco and Parker Williams on developing a new photographic approach for the highly successful relaunch of 'Tesco Finest'.

He has also produced photography for several Waitrose food ranges from 'Fish to Bar-B-Q' to 'Love Life'. Steve also works for big brands such as Maggi and Weight Watchers. This year, he has created all photography for the launch of  the'So' range for Maggi.

While Steve continues to work with major supermarkets, he also shoots numerous advertising jobs, this year working with Peroni and Nestle.

Ian Boddy continues his outstanding year shooting lots of babies, toddlers and kids in the UK and abroad. He currently has new stories in Smallish, Harrods and Kikimora magazines, and has been busy shooting for Saatchi’s, BHS, Mothercare, ELC, Mini Boden, F&F, plus a national billboard campaign for Matalan.

Ian is represented in the UK by Zara Ronchi and in China and Southeast Asia by Justin Chan.

Visit his website for more information.

From his own studios in Shoreditch, highly accessible to the creative industries of London, Pedersen uses technical prowess as well as ingenuity to achieve the effects for which he is known.

Pedersen has plentiful darkroom experience, and takes a highly trained eye to digital production, always pushing the boundaries of the photographically possible – and his unerring ability to capture the essence of a product.

Matt is a London based Photographer specialising in food, travel, lifestyle and portraiture. He has a diverse client portfolio, including Jamie Oliver, Phaidon, Diageo, The Times and The River Cafe.

With a strong reputation for his natural style and ability to capture life, Matt has established himself internationally as a trusted, reputable photographer. He has an inherent ability to work closely with clients to achieve their vision for both editorial and advertising.

“I absolutely love my job and the places that it takes me, not to mention the amazingly talented and passionate people that I get to work with everyday. I feel incredibly privileged”.

Counting over 30 years' experience, James Callaghan specialises in car photography for national and international clients.

Offering retouching and post-production where required, his experience and unflappable nature mean he is skilled at finding solutions to problems as they arise. A good sense of humour also helps keep things running smoothly on set.

This year has seen Jim shoot a number of projects for the Redflag car company in China.

Visit his website for more information.

A location specialist but not averse to studio work, Cristian Barnett is a photographer with many years experience across all areas of food photography.

This year he has worked once more with two Michelin star chef Tom Kerridge on his latest book ‘Tom’s Best Ever Dishes ‘ and was commissioned by BBC2 to shoot a series of stop-frame animated films for an exciting new cookery show. He was also asked by renowned chef Tom Aikens to photograph some unconventional producer portraits to display in his latest restaurant.

September 2014 saw the publication of Cristian’s first book, ‘Life on the Line’, a collection of portraits from his long-term personal project celebrating the variety of existence along the Arctic Circle.

Photographer Russ Capps has had a passion for photography going back to an early age. Following in a long family tradition in image making, Russ has become a specialist food and lifestyle photographer, shooting for advertising, design and editorial clients across the country. With his hands on approach, together with his creative flare, makes him "a true pleasure to work with".

His understanding of commercial demands, combined with his creative vision produces something a little less ordinary. Russ specialises in food (including packaging, advertising & editorial) lifestyle and still life.

Russ has been very busy throughout the summer working with the sports and health industry to produce a range of images for new brands.

Harniman recently published advertising commissions from Mitsubishi's ASX ‘Adventure Advanced’ campaign, Shogun ‘Welcome to Shogun Territory’ and L200 on location, GMC US Sierra & Canyon shot in Utah and Dallas and the new electric SP:01 sports model launch images for Detroit Electric.

Clients include Bentley, Cadillac, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls-Royce, and Volvo to name a few.

"Check out the latest commissions – things that move & things that don’t! Cars, lifestyle, landscapes and sometimes all three."

Get an insight into Harniman’s work on the blog or follow on Instagram, twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

The images feautured in this Spotlight represent Ray's areas of expertise, which has enabled creatives to bring some of their most demanding concepts to life without sacrificing organic appeal.

Specialising in still life, liquids, drinks and automotive. Ray combines real life special effects with his in-house retouching and composing facility to bring to life within a pre-determined budget.

Working out of his 3500sq ft converted church hall studio in Camden London, he has over the last 25 years acquired an excellent production team round him to ensure that even the most difficult brief is executed to the highest of standards.

Visit Ray's Facebook, LinkedIn, tumblr and twitter for updates and news.

Born in the north of England, Gary Salter studied graphics and photography in Liverpool before moving to London, where he is currently based. He produces bold images with a distinctive and unique photographic style and quirky sense of humour. His work receives critical acclaim both in the UK and internationally.

More recently, Gary has been commissioned for several moving image projects for clients including Ikea, Incruse and ACare. He has also won award from PDN Faces and IPA Best of Health for Best in Photography.

Recent Clients include Sainsburys, Capital One, Ikea, Boots, Brooks Running, Not on the Highstreet, Incruse, Post Office, Penguin, Wired Magazine, Warner Brothers and ACare.

London Food & Drink Photographer Stephen Conroy's newly released new App - "Food Photo UK" is proving popular.

His recent work includes some delicious atmospheric cocktails and some indulgent ice cream love.

The app is available for free in the App Store and Google Play. Offering multiple ways to stay up-to-date with an established food photographer and his work with many of the world's leading brands, click here to download the app for free.

This year Douglas Fisher has been involved with many exciting sports projects, ranging from a TV spot for Standard Life Investments' Ryder Cup sponsorship, through to the launch of the new Under Armour Kit for Tottenham Hotspur.

Catch up with some of his latest work and check out some of the behind the scenes videos on Vimeo.

William Lingwood is one of London’s most established food photographers, and after nearly 20 years shooting food and drink he continues to lead the pack with his innovation and visual clarity.

His depth of experience means that he is confident working with any photographic discipline; digital or analogue capture, flash or daylight, studio or location, and commissions so far this year have put all these to the test.

This year, William has shot editorial features for House and Gardens, Sunday Times Magazine, and Sainsbury’s Magazine; illustrated books including Mighty Spice Express by John Gregory-Smith; and worked on campaigns for Birdseye, packaging for Marks and Spencer, and most recently shot Christmas for Sainsbury's print and internet media.

It's been a crazy busy year, with projects shot everywhere from Tokyo to Cape Town and from Barcelona to Australia. Carl Lyttle's team have produced some fantastic automotive images as well as landscapes.

"Recent projects for Nissan, Subaru, GM and Mercedes have produced great results and we are really excited by the new projects we're working at the moment."

"It’s been a fantastic year for the The Forge Photographic team. We continue to work with some of the industry’s great photographers and have launched a brand new hire studio to help shoots go smoothly and cost efficiently.

We are proud to offer the highest standard in pre-production, photography and post production to clients.  Here at the studio, we are dedicated to approaching every project however big or small with the same attention to detail and refinement.

Our skilled team are committed to working closely with photographers to produce immaculate images of the highest quality in an efficient, friendly environment."

It has been a very busy year for Karmer with a huge catwalk show, taking up the turbine hall at Tate Modern for Christopher Kane, and building a meteor crash site with smoking meteor in Madrid for the launch for CR7 boots.

Another two campaign images were shot for John Lewis where everything was either suspended or supported and no camera trickery involved.

For Hermès, Karmer hand turned large plinths for Gary Card's handmade animals sprayed in a beautiful bronze liquid.

Watch this space for more to come.

After a truly remarkable 2013 edition, Ciclope International Festival of Craft is coming back to Berlin on 6th and 7th November 2014, with an outstanding line up of speakers and jurors. In its 5th edition, Ciclope –the only international event fully dedicated to the “craft” in moving image– will continue honouring the art of execution in more than 20 categories including direction, visual effects, production design, 3D animation, sound design, music video, mobile app and live experience, among others.

Ciclope’s guest list of speakers and jurors gathers names such as Mark Bernath (W+K Amstedam), Carlos Bayala (Mother, UK), Georges Bermann (Partizan, France), Ben Davies (Droga5, US), Guido Heffels (Heimat, Germany), Davud Karbassioun (BBH London, UK), Johannes Ahlund (B-Reel, Sweden), Falk Eumann (Caviar Digital, US), Sarah Barclay (JWT NY, US) and Marisa Clifford (Pulse Films, UK), among many others.

Unlike advertising festivals, this event focuses on the art of execution, rather than the ideas. Annually held since 2010, it has become a platform for directors, creatives, artists, producers, digital creatives and clients to share knowledge, network, be inspired and celebrate the best work. 

For submission details and more information, please visit the website.

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