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Rebecca Peloquin Los Angeles advertising photographers

Rebecca Peloquin is a Los Angeles-based commercial photographer specialising in food, beverage and product imagery. She collaborates with brands and agencies of all sizes to create a unique vision perfectly tailored to each project, often shooting, styling and set designing to ensure that vision is met. When in control of styling, Rebecca strives to avoid any harmful food styling tricks if possible, to reduce food waste. Food from her sets is typically eaten, shared, donated or composted.

Recently relocated to East LA, Rebecca has just completed renovations on a personal, private photography studio to manage her client’s needs for both in-person and remote shoots, complete with access to her prop library. She hopes you will come to visit for a shoot soon.

Kip Dawkins Los Angeles interiors & exteriors photographers

Kip walked into a photo studio while studying at Ringling College of Art and Design and knew he has found his calling. He spent the next decade working in darkrooms and assisting top-level photographers. His first paid gig was photographing punk rock bands. He liked the chaos, lack of control and capturing the instance it came together.

For the last 20+ years Kip has refined his craft in the controlled chaos of the photo set. He is inspired by light, angles, styling and the latest technology. There’s no situation Kip can’t handle. His confident and collaborative approach has earned him the loyalty of his clients among which are luxury textile and furniture brands, hotels, resorts, top designers, architects and builders. He is also a Hyatt approved photographer.

His work can be seen in Architectural Digest, Milieu, House Beautiful and Traditional Home. He still devotes personal projects to the rock scene.

Cherry Li Los Angeles - Boulder food & drink photographers

Cherry Li is a food photographer and director who has been specialising in food and drink for over 10 years. After a decade of having had home bases in Hong Kong, Beijing, Paris, and Los Angeles, while Cherry is delighted to travel anywhere on assignment, she is excited to create delicious imagery for new and existing clients from Boulder, Colorado, where she has just started her new studio, surrounded by the Rockies and local farms where the freshest ingredients can be sourced. 

Cherry's unique visual sensitivity and a keen eye for detail has won her multiple professional awards and gained her clients such as Anchor New Zealand, Lady M, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Travel+Leisure, Condé Nast Traveller, GQ, Malaysia Airlines, Dragonair, Wall Street Journal, Theme, Wallpaper, The Cleaver Quarterly, Qatar Airways, British Airways and Australian Gourmet Traveller.

Anton Watts Los Angeles - London car & transportation photographers

Anton has been extremely busy through 2021 with multiple projects commercially and personal.

In this Showcase you can see some of the latest work: Saatchi & Saatchi for Toyota Tundra TRD and MullenLowe with the new Acura NSX type S.

Sarah Tirzah Los Angeles still life photographers

Sarah Tirzah is a liquid and product photographer based out of Los Angeles. Quite literally born with a camera in her hand (she swears theres a picture of her in diapers with a Kodak Instamatic camera in hand). She went on to serve in the United States Marine Corps for eight years where she deployed four times to Iraq and Afghanistan. 

In 2014, she decided to chase her dreams and dove head first into the world of commercial photography and has worked with clients in fashion, food and beverage, cosmetics, and medicinal alternative medicine among other industries.

She loves conceptualising the innovation and performance connected to liquids, beverages, and products. From graphic splashes to delightful cocktails, Sarah combines her lighting expertise and technical knowledge with her love of colour and movement to create stunning graphic imagery.

Charles Grauke Los Angeles fashion photographers & directors

Charles is a commercial advertising and editorial photographer specialising in fashion, beauty, action sports and underwater photography.

Chasing those in between moments just before and after the peak of action is where the true story lies. With a strong technical knowledge of lighting and cinematic techniques, Charles creates unique story telling imagery for agencies and direct clients.

Charles has a demonstrated ability to lead teams and effectively communicate between subject, clients, and creatives. Team collaboration is a key component to creating a shared experience that results in remarkable photos.

car winner - spotlight awards MP Curtet Los Angeles advertising photographers

MP Curtet is a husband and wife, photography and director team based in Los Angeles. Marlyne and Patrick work in a symbiotic relationship and their combined talents add a unique depth and quality to their images. The emotive resonance of their partnership allows them to excel as storymakers with a cinematographic vision. 

Patrick Curtet’s career has spanned more than 30 years and 76 different countries. For a time he concentrated on sports and reportage photography, before becoming best known for automotive and lifestyle work. Patrik's focus on proper technique, expertise in controlling lighting, and effects lend his worth an acute cinematographic quality.

Marlyne graduated from Peninghen Art School in Paris where she studied art and graphic design. She has her own graphic design studio, L.A. Creative Team, and has worked as an Art Director. Her graphic vision has played a crucial part in elevating the duo’s work to where it is today. Additionally, she also operates as the creative coordinator, ensuring the styling, wardrobe, set design — every imaginable element of the scene — remains in line with their collective creative vision. Marlyne also serves as second photographer.

BEAUTY WINNER - SPOTLIGHT AWARDS Donald Graham Photography Los Angeles portrait photographers

Donald Graham is an internationally recognised portrait, fashion and fine art photographer who works in the worlds of fashion, movies, music, magazines and advertising. 

His photographs have appeared in over 400 publications, including Vogue and Vanity Fair, and he has done advertising campaigns for many Fortune 500 companies, including American Express, Visa and Levi’s.

In 2021, Hatje Cantz published an award winning book of his black and white portraits entitled, “ONE OF A KIND.” Also, in 2021 his photography received awards from the International Book Awards, Monovision Awards, Spotlight Awards, and American Photographic Artists, Los Angeles. After 25 years in New York City, Donald is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

David Masemore Los Angeles car & transportation photographers

Recent work of David’s includes automotive-lifestyle work shot in Malibu, CA, featuring the Porsche RS America. Contrasting light conveyed elements of story and emotion between the car and the talent while the reflections of sunset accented the red of the car. 

Additionally featured is the Audi R8 V10+ photographed at Sebring International Raceway. David captured the car in heroic stature, using surrealism and retro-modern post-production techniques to produce a final series highlighting the bold and beautiful nature of the exotic supercar. 

David continues to capture the true essence, design, and style of automobiles. His kind and approachable nature combined with his strong scalable production background highlight the design elements of the brands he works with. To view more of David’s work, please feel free to visit his website here or check out his Instagram.

Hans J. Paul Los Angeles fashion photographers

Hans J. Paul is a renowned published fashion and lifestyle photographer, director and executive producer based in Los Angeles, New York and Europe.

Photography is his passion since his father gave him his first camera at age 15. With his European aesthetic and upbringing, he creates storytelling images and videos with high impact.

Cinava Photography San Francisco fashion photographers

The duo of creatives behind CiNava, Angel Cintron and Stephen Nava, have been prized for their highly produced editorial images that are creative, edgy, artistic, fresh, and often drawn from their own environment. Taking concept to final imagery that not only tells the story, but demands your attention, they collaborate beside incredible talents in their field to capture the true interpretation of unique vision and to inspire their message. 

Cinava specialises in capturing fashion, editorial and celebrities in high-end print fashion magazines and webitorials; they stretch their limits and incorporate new ideas. By exploring the sexy, raw, and edgy side of fashion they generalise their conceptual connotation of the theme.

CiNava is compelled to translate their own true feelings while behind the camera. Both from the Mid West, they bring their own creative vision and deep understanding of today’s fashion.

Russell Rutherford Los Angeles - London advertising photographers

James Russell is a commercial photographer and director based in Los Angeles and London. Working with advertising and corporate clients in lifestyle, sports, government, branding for entrepreneurs, retail fashion and bespoke image libraries in still and motion.

James' team thrive on challenge and are experts at producing complex still imagery and 4k motion footage productions.

Russell Rutherford is full production; including: budget management, location, experienced crew, equipment hire, accommodation, transport, catering, props, wardrobe, sets, carnets and casting, in city or remote.

Mike Miller Los Angeles directors/ advertising / commercials

An award-winning freelance director/DP, Los Angeles-based Mike Miller is passionate about his craft.

“I love to make beautiful images to take the audience on a storytelling journey. I see the DP’s role as an extension of the director and a vital part of the process of bringing a script to life. It’s why I began shooting my own stuff”.

Mike’s commercials can best be described as mini-movies. From subtle humor to drama and action, with a talent for casting, Mike is a director/DP able to deliver a rare combination of beautiful images, visual storytelling and great performances.

He plans meticulously, does detailed storyboards, and workshops the actors during pre-production. “With the goal post clear to everyone, being totally buttoned-up gives you the freedom on the day to find the magic.”

Winning awards at a long list of the world’s major award shows is a constant in Mike's career, including a Gold Lion at The Cannes Film Festival, Silver World Medals at The New York Festivals, Gold at The Australian Cinematographers Society (NSW) and ‘Official Selection’ at The Sundance Film Festival.

He is available to work anywhere in the world you happen to be, or where you’d like to shoot.

Shoot It Productions & Casting Los Angeles Photo and Video Production

''Your photo & video production company covering the west coast, USA.   

Shoot it Productions partners with brand creatives helping realize all seasonal print and video media in unison with our extensive list of high-level creative artists, photographers, film makers and editors.  

We produce photo campaign, commercial video and episodic content for all your marketing channels, making creative recommendations based on your creative direction and budget parameters.   

Shoot it Productions & Casting manages all aspects of your projects pre and postproduction needs with casting, location scouting, permitting, and EQ rentals including all contract negotiations from the creative ideation to final vendor payroll and everything in between, flawlessly and with a smile.   

Because production is fun!''

Recent clients include: Oros Apparel, HBOmax, Conde Nast Entertainment, Real Self–House of Modern Beauty, CROCS, Blue Nile Diamonds and ESPY Collection.

Mr. Location Scout Los Angeles location service & scouts

Mr. Location Scout provides premium location services throughout California. With offices serving the Big Sur / Monterey, San Francisco, and greater Los Angeles areas. Providing over 25 years of experience specialising in location scouting, film locations, and film permitting services.

"Our location professionals offer a broad range of location production services for commercials, television, features, documentaries, fashion photoshoots, web content, and events. Our vast location library includes a diverse makeup of luxury estates, ranches, commercial properties, and the best scenery California has to offer. Our seasoned experts hold over 1,000 production credits in more than 50 countries worldwide."

Mr. Location Scout is a member of Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) and the company’s owner, Jeff Clark, has served as both president and chairman of the Monterey County Film Commission and has remained active on their board of directors for over 12 years.

Mr. Location Scout's clients list includes: Food Network, Mercedes, Porsche, Amazon Studios, Google, eBay, Nissan Titan, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Sony Playstation, American Express, Unilever, Nissan Cube, Toyota, L'Oréal, Nescafé, Sony, T-Mobile and many more.

Modelmanagement Worldwide PEOPLE & FASHION MODELS

ModelManagement.com is a digital platform that connects models and creative industry professionals worldwide. Models can find jobs, while creatives can find models for their projects and connect with other professionals. 

The company, founded by Andreas von Estorff, is on a mission to create a digital-driven modelling industry that is diverse, accessible and safe for everyone. 

Photographers, brands, casting directors, agencies, small businesses and production companies can post paid jobs, collaboration shoots, or other collaborations and source diverse models and talent in a direct way, from the best selection on the planet.

The platform has more than one million registered models worldwide and brands such as NikeDesigual and Oysho have used it for their projects.