people & lifestyle photography + motion Jun 2015

Alexandra Tremaine is a graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Photography with a concentration in advertising. She lives in the mountains of Mexico in a 16th Century city, San Miguel de Allende, with her daughter and two dogs.

Whether it’s people, architecture or travel she is shooting, it is the connection with the subject, playing with the surroundings, and waiting for the perfect light that gives Alexandra’s images the energy they emote.

Loving the unexpected on a shoot and being flexible when something doesn’t go as planned is what sets Alexandra apart. She requires high-tech equipment, uses her intense education as her back-up, never sees a challenge she doesn’t embrace, and works until she has accomplished her goals.

Relying on her innate “feel for light”, an uncanny ability to discover novel and natural settings, and her childlike view of the world, her work has a fresh and unforgettable tone.

Annelore van Herwijnen's photography can be described as "feel-good lifestyle" with a focus on sports, food and drinks and spare time, all of which contribute to that "good feeling".

"To get the moments I have in mind, I create natural situations. It must look real and have that good vibe and fun. It’s about the right moment.  I have the pleasure to work with a great team, which adds to the atmosphere on the set."

Friends and family, music, food and drinks, blossom, longboards, the sun, Vans, Shazam app, sports, Buenos Aires, ShakeItPhoto app, and New York's Meat Packing District are among the things that inspire Annelore.

Clients include: Joolz (strollers), Promovendum (insurance), Novotel, Samsung, and Lipton.

This spotlight highlights a selection of campaign and personal work.

Annelore is based in Amsterdam.

2015 has been a fun year so far for Dennis Welsh, who has already traveled through Iceland, to the Bahamas, South Dakota, California, Chicago, New York, New Hampshire, and finally back to Maine where he calls home.

Recent clients include: Nissan, New Hampshire Tourism, Exclusive Resorts, Leica, ACLU, AMC, Omni Resorts and Red Hat.

Traveling light and fast, Dennis and his team bring stills and video to nearly every shoot, executing across all mediums to satisfy the multi-platform needs of his clients.

Dennis is represented worldwide by Doug Truppe Represents.

Felix Sanchez has a passion for the deeper story and emotion of his subjects. He crafts imagery that builds a provocative visual balance between setting, composition and lighting, while seamlessly integrating with the goals of his clients.

Felix's style is contemporary yet natural, allowing him to capture and enhance the story of his subjects.

Based out of Texas, Felix has over 20 years of experience shooting for national and international lifestyle and adverting clients, including VerizonFios, CenturyLink, Walmart and Reliant Energy.

Fisher Creative stemmed from Mark Fisher’s desire to create a world-class production house that is comprised of the best people in the industry who share a collective passion for creating the most compelling, story-driven, fresh and unique still and motion content.

Located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Fisher Creative team is incredibly solid, tight-knit, and able to channel this energy into every project creating results that exceed client expectations. Equally important, the Fisher Creative team has an intense work ethic, love what they do and have a good time doing it, and are laid back, super fun to be on a shoot with, and work tirelessly.

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.

John is a lifestyle photographer based in Miami Beach.

He landed his first assignment with an ad agency at the age of 15 and continued to shoot while also studying music, becoming a pilot and then getting a degree in Philosophy - although he soon realised that his true passion was photography.

Since then he's had the pleasure of collaborating with clients that include Kellogg's, Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, American Express, Humana, KFC, Leafly, Kentucky Tourism, Caribe Beer, Philips and Adobe.

Julia Bostock is a London based photographer. She specialises in lifestyle, fashion and kids photography.

Her relaxed but energetic style always puts people at ease with the camera, enabling her to convey a strikingly natural atmosphere in all her shoots, a quality which has very much become her own individual visual signature.

As video increasingly becomes a crucial element of marketing content, Julia and her team shoot moving image alongside stills and then edit short films to whatever brief is required.

Having been an art director, Julia is very much hands on with putting the whole shoot together including location, casting and assembling exactly the right team for every job.

Laura Barisonzi strives to create unique iconic imagery, which incorporates strong use of color and graphic elements. Her lifestyle and sports work are both based on the beauty of real active people and natural movement rather than stiff poses.

"What keeps me inspired to shoot is connecting with people and experiencing new places."

Laura studied at Brown University and RISD and now lives in New York. When she's managed to pry herself away from her camera she is probably biking, running, swimming, or traveling around trying to improve her foreign language skills.

Clients have included: Poland Spring, Dove, Heineken, Tyson, MSG Entertainment, NFL, Icebreakers, Outside Magazine, Runner's World, Vibram Five Fingers, Nationwide Insurance, Boston Magazine, Health Magazine, Bicycling, Sierra, Knorr, Fitness, Scholastic, Newsweek, and Forbes.

Native New Yorker Lee Page has been working in advertising, fashion and portrait photography since the 90s.

Living and working in New York's Tribeca neighbourhood, Lee captures the best of lifestyle, fashion and beauty with his photography. His long time dedicated team of assistants, stylists and producers consistently deliver exceptional results, on schedule and on budget, whether in the studio or on location.

Clients include Anheuser-Busch, Miller Beer, Coors Brewing Co, Bacardi, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever, Phillip Morris, RJ Reynolds, Mercedes-Benz, ESPN, AT&T, Verizon, The Seagram Company, Discovery Channel, Arts & Entertainment Network, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Cephalon, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, Hasbro, VF International, Kodak, Fuji Film, Canon USA, Sony USA, Goldman Sachs, United States Army, Clairol, Dove, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Guinness, Captain Morgan, Coca-Cola and The Walt Disney Company.

Visit his website to see more of Lee's work.

Based in Germany, Maik Floeder is an advertising photographer and director specialised in lifestyle and beauty. His photography is about honesty and is centered on specific, perfect moments, people, personalities and stories. It’s about fun, friendship and emotion.

2015 kicked off with an Instagram campaign for Volkswagen, followed by an advertising campaign shoot for Maxi Magazine from Bauer Verlag, and a campaign for Khujo fashion label.

Maik has worked for a range of international clients including Volkswagen, Samsung, Nivea, FitnessFirst, WeightWatchers, Maxi, and MayWay.

Visit his website and blog for more of his work.

Malcolm Fitt produces images that inspire and create emotion, real life situations that are frozen in time and images that have a distinct and awe-inspiring feel. The focus of his photographic passions has been nature and people and the interaction between them. His style relies heavily on realism - both thoughtful and strong.

A history in design and creative direction has led Malcolm to a place where ideas are the mainstay of his photography. Bases in both London and Cape Town allow him to have two sides to his personality, while worldwide travels give him a fresh perspective.

His technical ability has been honed over many years, working closely with animals and wildlife creating beautiful portraits and the advertising and editorial-based photography that suits his career background so well. As a fashion photographer, his work is natural and classic with a quirky side that truly captures the product and the person.

Marina Kloess is a Munich-based photographer specialising in lifestyle, kids and people.

Marina captures and communicates moments, feelings and people in a way that is both tangible and sincere.

She recently completed productions in Barcelona and Hamburg.

Clients include Allgaier, Beeline, Brunnen, Bosch, BZGA, Chaos Magazine, C-Heads Magazine, De Bug, Dinkelacker, Fraunhofer Uni, Fault Magazine, Garnier, Hohes C, LJM, Intersport, Kaltblut Magazine, Landlust, Marbet, NKD, Neuroversum, Qvest Magazine, Risiko, Schinacher, Takko, Trost, Weisses Kreuz, Wolfangel, World in Need and Öttinger among others.

Visit her website for more information.

Mark Carter is an internationally awarded photographer who loves being out in the elements capturing the raw drama of nature and bringing out the extraordinary in the ordinary. Known as a great collaborator, with his down to earth manner he puts people at ease and connects with them, bringing results that speak for themselves.

Mark’s specialties include lifestyle, landscape and conceptual advertising photography. He has a passion for diving and brings this to the mix with his underwater work. His work is rich with vibrant mood and texture, immersing himself and capturing real moments with lifestyle work that speaks to the viewer.

Mark’s clients include Mountain Dew, Samsung, Air New Zealand, Vodafone, Mazda and Pfizer. His work for Mountain Dew was featured in Communication Arts Photography annual 2014.

He is represented by IDC Photographers worldwide and in Australia by Hellstudios.

Matt Hind has a unique take on classic style that perfectly compliments high-end fashion. Matt has a skill for capturing filmic moments on location. His images have an elegant quality and he is experienced at working with natural light.

Matt seeks out an emotional authenticity in his photography with a strong emphasis on blending traditional, classic, heritage style with exciting narratives.

As the co-founder and editor-at-large of Men's File Magazine, he is well respected in the editorial world as well as within the fashion community.

After completing his photography degree while living in Manchester during its 90s heyday, Neil Fraser moved to London and gained professional experience fast by assisting well-known photographers in disciplines as diverse as fashion to food.

Launching Neil Fraser Photography in 2006, his own career grew rapidly with assignments in the UK, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Known for his ability to interpret a broad range of subject matter with style, flexibility and an unflappable disposition, Neil is widely recognised for his invigorating portraiture, sports and lifestyle photography.

Neil is constantly working between personal, editorial and commercial projects, and loves to travel.

Oliver Paffrath and Stefan Grutter; two fully-fledged photographers combining their different abilities to tap into a new reservoir of visual creativity form the duo OliverStefan.

Stating "One is not enough", as a team their focus is on meeting clients' main restraints - timing, budget and quality in every production.

Their clients include Allianz, Adidas, ABN Amro, Audi, ATU, BMW Automobil, BMW Motorrad, Chevrolet, Credit Suisse, ENBW, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, KIA, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, McLaren, Mazda, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Skoda, Seat, Toyota, Volkswagen and West.

Peter Baiamonte wants to tell a story, give a glimpse of a place, show some personality and reveal some meaning behind his images.

His strengths include clean storytelling, rigorous composition, vibrant colours, creative problem solving and an ability to connect with his subjects, setting them at ease and making their time in front of the camera comfortable. He also excels at assembling an excellent crew, working collaboratively with clients and creating a friendly, happy vibe on set.

Peter’s work includes many styles and disciplines: portraiture, lifestyle, landscape, travel, and sports, among others. He splits his time between New York City and the Massachusetts Berkshires, working regularly with clients in New York and Boston as well as the entirety of New England. He is available to travel worldwide.

His clients have included Ernst & Young, Con Edison, Panasonic, Bayer, Harrison and Star, Novartis and Teva Neuroscience.

Richard Wadey is a London-based photographer producing fresh and dynamic location lifestyle images.

2015 has already been a very busy year, after winning at this year's Association of Photographers awards in London Richard has had commissions that have taken him to Mexico, Spain, Italy and Cyprus for clients including Cunard, EuroStar, Tesco and TUI.

Richard is always available to discuss photographic briefs and projects. Contact him direct for more information.

Shooting fresh, colourful, seductive lifestyle, Simon creates honest pictures that have a natural energy.

His warm enthusiasm shines through in his vibrant work.

Recent clients include Canon, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Honda, LG, Microsoft, Nescafé, Panasonic, Purina, P&O, Sainsburys, Sony, and Vodafone.

Simon is represented by Process in London and Apostrophe in New York.

Visit his website for more information.

Photographer Steve Mason brings 25 years' experience delivering creative solutions to the world's largest advertising and branding agencies. Specialising in lifestyle and active lifestyle photography, Steve's authentic and emotional images capture life in a relaxed and enjoyable way. His varied background ranges from large scale lifsestyle productions on location to shooting active lifestyle hanging out of a helicopter.

Splitting his time between the US and Asia, Steve works in two of the largest and most dynamic advertising markets. He prides himself on creative collaboration and brings his extensive production and location experience in Asia and the US to bear on the execution of every project. He maintains an extensive library of location files and his production support from around the world is equally impressive.

Encompassing many genres of photography, projects with Steve have no drama, headaches, or raised voices. His sets are fun and creative environments that help bring concepts to reality.

Visit his website to see additional examples of his work or email Steve directly.

Steve Ryan is a food, documentary and portrait photographer from Kilkenny, Ireland.

He has shot reportage and profile features for The Financial Times, Selfridges, Lidl, Cook, Olive and Vice Magazine.

In 2013 he was ranked among the top 10 food photographers by Flavour First magazine and was nominated for photographer of the year at the Irish Magazine Awards.

Steve is a co-founder and co-editor of the London-based food magazine Root + Bone. He is based in East London.

Weston Fuller is an award-winning commercial, editorial, and advertising photographer who instinctively captures the spirit of his subject and artfully weaves together its story. This rare ability creates an immediate connection within the viewer and calls them to action.

Weston produces lifestyle, product, architecture, portrait, and fine art photography for clients around the world. Beyond artful skill behind the lens, he possesses an ability to expertly collaborate with people. His genuine and charismatic zest imparts life to the production of his art and makes working with him an intrinsically unique experience.

Weston’s passion and raw skill has been translated into notable works for clients including Soul Pose, Sundance Resort, Lolë Women, Harris Architects, Mrs. Calls Candies, Zermatt Resort & Spa, and Classic Aviation.