people & lifestyle photography Sep 2013

Armed with a calm demeanor and French-Canadian charisma, Carl Tremblay engages with real people in real-life environments, creating visual narratives that reveal authentic emotion, personality, and individuality.

Carl's compelling photographs are inspired by his tenacious dedication to creating the right image for himself and his clients - everytime.

Publishers of Carl's storytelling images include Boston Scientific, Harvard Business School, Travel + Leisure and Yankee Magazine.

Carl Tremblay is represented by the Gren Group.

Christoph Duepper loves theatre and and intense locations. His own preferred “stage” is the outdoors, the often surreal world of grand hotels, or coincidental sites while travelling. Always with a story in mind, his photographs look like short scenes from a play or a film.

“Even for commercial work, it is important to let your imagination run wild while shooting. This allows you to involve your own personal style in every campaign or editorial. That’s what brings pictures to life.”

Christoph lives in Hamburg and works in and beyond Germany.

One of Christoph Siegert's recent projects is featured in this Spotlight.

The Summer Open Air is the perfect chance to enjoy good music in a beautiful country setting - but something more important is going on backstage. Stiftung Mensch provide the opportunity for people with disabilities to work side-by-side with the roadies and bands to create a truly special event where music unites people of all ages and backgrounds. Christoph filmed and took photos behind the scenes to create this stunning insight into a celebration of life and music and the image motif "Culture + Event".

TEDxHamburg invited the movers and visionaries of this world to present their ideas and projects that are already, or will be soon, changing the future of our cities - like bridging the gap between rich and poor communities, reducing our carbon footprints, reintroducing nature into dense metropolises, reimagining education and urban design The 4th June 2013 brought a closer look at the future of urban living: the city 2.0.

For the City Night Line campaign, Christoph and his team took the sleeper train from Hamburg to Paris to shoot the highlights of these wonderful historic cities. And a range of moods were created in studio using different backdrops including a springtime look with daisies in a meadow.

Shooting since 1999, Derek started in the architectural field, photographing projects for Australian architects, designers and magazines, before moving into advertising and lifestyle work.

Over the past 13 years, his work has expanded out to international design firms, advertising agencies and many overseas magazines.

Derek has travelled with his work, shooting in Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

He has shot for many large agencies in Australia and abroad, with his work regularly appearing in various international books and magazines, whilst he continues to love working with great people and great ideas.

Capturing moments and putting together productions with ease, Eric Klein looks forward to collaborating with you on your next project.

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 Sky, Allergan, Honda, Absolute Radio, Giffgaff and the Bboy Championships, amongst many others.

Recent clients include MTV, Walkers Crisps, Channel 4, Observer Magazine, Heinz, GlaxoSmithKline, Yakult, Philips, Sony Ericsson, Frank, PG Tips, Finlandia, Windex, Ruffles, Nivea, Vodaphone, Airmiles and Fosters.

The Glassworks has a global reputation for creating in-depth photography commissions. Specialising in portrait and lifestyle images, the studio works as a fully integrated production and shoot specialist for advertising campaigns and high-end collaborative art projects.

The agency’s portrait work is particularly well known with commissions to photograph individuals as diverse as Queen Elizabeth II, Michael Gambon, Lloyd Grossman, Bill Nighy and David Cameron.

'Stickmen' is a series of portraits taken in the megacity of Chongqing, China, the fastest expanding urban mass on the planet. At the very foundation of its labour market are the estimated 100,000 Stickmen. Locally they are known as the “Army of Bang Bang” after their short, stout bamboo sticks. These human freight carriers are the backbone of the goods delivery systems of the 30 million plus city.

The Glasswork’s current commissions include large-scale art works for exhibition at ArtRio with Tempo, Brazil, and at Photovisa in Krasnodar, Russia, 18-23 October. All shoots are fully produced by the Glassworks team in central London run by Marcus Lyon and Nicki Drab.

For more information contact the Glassworks on + 44 (0)20 7735 9933.

Specialised in people, lifestyle and beauty, Jan Kocovski's style demonstrates great attention to detail.  It's all about love: Jan loves to transform the everyday into unseen images, using his intuition for discovering the true character of his models.

His signature styles include fresh, spontaneous lifestyle images and dramatically lit environmental portraits, forming the perfect composition of people in their own environment. Alongside his commercial work, Jan is currently shooting his "frankfurt.RAW" b/w portrait series in which he lit 99 men from his hometown Frankfurt.

Jan’s recent clients include Kia Motors, LSG SkyChefs, Etienne Aigner, Energetix, Boehringer Ingelheim, Basler Haarkosmetik, LCN, Monteil cosmetics, AXA, Windstar Medical and Pro7.

When not shooting Jan can be found out in nature with his dog, Mr. Newton.

Julian Love is a people and lifestyle photographer based in London and working internationally. He is known for his fresh, spontaneous lifestyle images and dramatically lit environmental portraits. His recent series "Handmade London", featuring artisans from around the city, is proving popular with art buyers and picture editors. Visit the Projects section on the website to see more.

Recent commissions include commercial assignments for Simple Skincare, Ziggurat Brands and Portland Design as well as editorial assignments for the Sunday Telegraph, Saga Magazine and Lonely Planet Traveller.

Julian is represented by the Lisa Pritchard Agency in London and is a member of the Association of Photographers.

Jürgen Altmann shoots for advertising agencies and international brands both on location and in the studio. He has shot board members, politicians, athletes and musicians for numerous corporate clients and magazines, while his personal projects have been shown Europe-wide in exhibitions and art fairs.

Latest jobs include an editorial for Sportslife Magazine, an advertising campaign for Mundipharma, a Kärcher garden brochure, advertising for Tyrol Country Government and staff members as testimonials for a Volksbank advertising campaign.

Karan Kapoor, based in London and New York, is an award-winning advertising photographer shooting campaigns all over the globe. As well as being awarded in American Photography 29 and PDN ANNUAL 2013, Karan has also been included in Luezer's Archives '200 World Best Advertising Photographers' to be launched in November 2013.

View Karan's work at his website and follow his blog.

Karsten Koch recently worked with his team on a selection of great campaigns for Krombacher (Discodöner), Wernesgrüner (Heye and Partner), JPS GOLD (DeepBlue) and Kaufland (Grabarz and partners).

The Free Range "-12 degrees" lived up to its name, shot in freezing temperatures towards the start of the year. For TUI CARS, Karsten and his team produced two moving image B2B films over two days of shooting.

Karsten is now represented by Kelly Kellerhoff.

Maik Scharfscheer is a Frankfurt-based photographer. Before settling in Frankfurt he spent several years in Paris.

Increasingly more clients appreciate his combination of still photographer and film director in one project .Visit his website to see more of his photo and film portfolio.

He has won national and international awards for his advertising photography and film work, including European Design Award, Red Dot, DDC, Annual Multimedia Film Design Award, and others.

Clients include Leica Camera, Davidoff, Sony, Nike, Canton, Bogner, Otto, Kern, Tui, Siemens and Bosch.

Known for his dynamic photography and an ability to communicate atmosphere, soul and emotion, Marc Oeder is able to motivate and focus on the essentials. His functional brilliance combined with long experience complete the picture and allow for high quality results.

Maintaining a studio and base in Munich, Marc mostly works on location. His focus is on people, lifestyle and sports photography for clients including Allgäu, Allianz, Audi Magazine, Commerzbank, Das Örtliche, Deutsche Telekom, Footlocker, Gerolsteiner, Intel, Kaufhof, König Pilsener, Lavazza, Mercedes-Benz Bank, Microsoft, Rodenstock, Salomon-Adidas, Sennheiser, Siemens, Tele 5, WeightWatchers and Wrigley.

Advertising agencies with which he has collaborated include argonauten G2 München, Atletico Berlin, BUTTER Werbeagentur Düsseldorf, F&H Public Relation München, Fischer Appelt München, Havas Worldwide München, Heye München, kl,ondike München, McCann Erickson Düsseldorf, PERGER & BERGER München, Publicis Erlangen, Publicis München, Selby & Co. Hamburg, Serviceplan München and Wächter & Wächter München.

Nick Daly was asked by Conran Design to photograph two documents for Cancer Research UK - the Annual Report (portraits of senior management), and the Annual Review, a series of portraits of patients in remission and clinical staff working around the UK.

The shoot covered almost four weeks of travel from Southampton to Inverness, via Oxford and Cambridge. The locations: hospitals, laboratories and homes.

It is surprising that children featured so prominently among the patients, some under the age of five; some with no trauma or even physical scars. All were wonderful examples of recuperation, clinical care, optimism and a stoic good humour. All clinicians and patients were a pleasure to work with.

Nick Dawe predominantly works on location, either inside or out in the big outdoors.

The images featured in this Spotlight were produced for the EELGA as part of a campaign to encourage more people to 'Be a Councillor', Hewitsons LLP, which sought to concentrate on the law firm's relationship with its clients, and finally a celebration of manufacturing in Britain, with a series of portraits featuring workers at Griffon Hoverwork on Southampton Water.

Nick often tries to introduce an element of fun into his imagery, but never at the subject's expense.

When not working on assignment he is regularly pursuing personal projects of interest, adopting a similar approach of celebrating different aspects of life.

Visit Nick's website to get a better sense of his work.

Nick Dolding has been busy shooting people both in the studio and on location. His style manages to capture high energy and real expressions which make ‘that’ connection. The hottest day of the year was spent in and out of a beautiful pool on a big lifestyle shoot.

The sporty theme continued with 12 models chasing a massive inflatable around a park, girls on roller skates, hikers in Chamonix and culminated with the flying sports shots.

Recent clients have included Barclaycard, McDonalds, HSBC, Colgate, Shell, Phillips, Vodafone and many more.

Oliver Haupt is a Madrid-based photographer and retoucher working for clients from Europe. Oliver's work was recently selected and awarded at the AOP London Photographers' Awards and at PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris.

Other awards include Luerzers' Archive '200 Best International Ad Photographers', Luerzers' Archive '200 Best International Digital Artists', AFP Barcelone, Cannes, El Sol and Anuncios. His photos were also exhibited alongside Les Recontres d'Arles.

The strong mood in Oliver's work is very slick, considered and atmospheric. His highly varied and original body of work covers a range of themes and subjects, from natural works to highly stylised and aesthetically complex pieces. A common thread unites Oliver's work - a desire to record life. His graphic and bold style permeates throughout his work, as does his celebration of everyday beauty.

Before becoming a photographer, Oliver studied art and advertising and worked in various agencies as an art director. He then founded the Unknown Artist, a studio which specialises in photography and retouching.

He is represented in the UK by the Lisa Pritchard Agency, London.

Born to an Italian musician in Wiesbaden, Oliver Rossi has been travelling the world since childhood. After finishing his studies, he took a 35mm camera to explore India where he discovered his love for photography. After gaining invaluable experience assisting a number of photographers, Oliver now produces his own powerful imagery as a freelance photographer. His photographs act as a medium in the truest sense of the word, as they establish a silent relationship between the model and the viewer.

He has been nominated for the Canon Pro Fashion Award and the International Master Color Awards for Photography, as well as receiving third place in the Public Choice Awards and an Honorable Mention at PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris.

Oliver's talent for capturing emotions is valued by all his clients, including Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bahn, Mustang Jeans, Samsung, Siemens and Vodafone.

This summer saw the first Ride London weekend-long cycling festival to hit the streets of the capital and Patrick Harrison was commissioned by the main sponsor Prudential to cover it. An open brief gave Patrick the opportunity to capture some wonderful moments. Design Director Ross Shaw said Patrick 'captured the day fantastically'! Together with the commissions from Genesis Bikes he now has a great portfolio of cycling lifestyle images.

Currently working on shoots for Google and British Gas, Patrick continues to be in demand for his warm, natural and honest photography.

Patrick is represented by Lisa Pritchard Agency (LPA).

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

2013 has been a very busy year so far with commissions taking him to 11 different countries. The final few months of the year are already booked out with shoots in Ibiza, Tunisia, Portugal and Mexico. Locations this year have been as diverse as the cockpit of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner to a Tornado fighter jet at a secret French military base.

His client list includes Virgin Atlantic, Bell & Ross Watches, Royal Bank Of Scotland, Barclays, Thomson Holidays and The Royal Opera House London.

Richard is always available to discuss photographic briefs and projects so get in touch if you are producing a shoot and are in need of a creative photographer.

Spiros Politis loves shooting people. Based in London, he has been shooting advertising and lifestyle in the studio and on location worldwide for more than a decade.

His problem solving abilities and joyous approach to briefs has landed him clients across a whole spectrum of work. During this time he has won numerous awards, both for campaigns and personal work.

His clients include VISA, Citroen, Fiat, VW, Samsung, British Telecom, France Telecom, Beauty Innovator, Intel, Orange and Kellogg's, to name but a few.

He is represented in the UK by Sue Allatt and in Italy by Michele at L-Artist.

Urban life, people and landscape photographer Tim Müller lives in Berlin and New York and travels constantly, shooting stills and motion around the world.

Tim recently shot national and global campaigns for consumer, pharmaceutical and corporate clients such as Omega Pharma, IO, McDonald's, Nescafé, ZF Friedrichshafen, IFA, Schiphol Airport, Staatsloterij and many more.

Tim also just released his first show reel "Urban Life". Visit his website for more updates or get in touch on +49 176 22033818.

For over 20 years, Tim Pannell has breathed life through the lens into commercial photography for the advertising industry. His innovative thinking connects classic concepts to a modern narrative told through his vibrant, colourful style. He brings to the set an infectious enthusiasm and warmth that moves through his crew right into every image, making the complexity of a shoot seem effortless.

Specialising in people, lifestyle and sports imagery, Tim holds a portfolio with clients including Aetna, Apple, AT&T, Champion Sportswear, Citibank, Coca-Cola, Costco, Dupont, Forbes, Hewlett Packard, Liberty Mutual, McDonald’s, Proctor & Gamble and Sprint.