australia May 2013

The Names Agency represents a premium selection of photographers, fashion and prop stylists, hair and make-up artists.

Based in Sydney, the agency offers expertise and specialists across the full spectrum of image creation, from photography and production to budget management, talent, location sourcing, design, travel and pre- and post shoot services.

Visit the website for more information or call direct on +61 291 304 400.

2c Management represents an elite selection of the region's best photographers, stylists and hair and make-up artists.

In addition to representation, the company offers artists and clients alike a range of production management resources and support to ensure it delivers a streamlined, fully coordinated professional service.

2c Management is a well established agency with a firm commitment to service, quality and success. It offers a range of professional production services including flexibility in budgeting, budget management, styling, hair and make-up, line production, casting and talent negotiations, location sourcing, wardrobe, model and prop making, set design, catering, travel, retouching and logistics.

Clients include Telstra, Vodafone, Optus, Qantas, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Toyota,  Holden, Heineken, L'Oréal, Royal Salute, Lee, Levi's, Wrangler, Sunglass Hut, LG, Woolworths, Westfield, Lovable, Aimer, Sportsgirl, Huggies, Proctor & Gamble, Streets Blue Ribbon Ice-Cream, Nickelodeon, PwC and Nike.

Reload Agency is a creative artist management and production agency with offices in both Australia and New Zealand. Reload Agency offers its expertise across the fields of photography, hair, make-up, styling, production and retouching. The agency's impressive talent roster means they are able to offer clients the very best creative expertise in every aspect of the industry. Committed to pushing creative boundaries, Reload Agency coordinates every step of the process.

Title Artist Management is an international photographic agency and full service
production company representing a small group of the best of fashion and advertising photographers and directors throughout Australasia.

The company has produced still shoots and TVCs in Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Thailand, Hong Kong, France, LA, New York and Mexico. Its photographers and directors have worked with high profile clients such as Corona, Porsche, Wrangler, Heineken, Landrover, GMC, Nokia, Coke, Levi's and Abu Dhabi Tourism.

Sun Productions is an award-winning production company unique in its ability to deliver both still and moving image content.

Company director Sunny Grace has over 17 years' experience in film/TV and stills production. Sun Productions has the skills to produce a variety of content from photo
shoots, fashion films, music videos, TVC's, corporate videos and documentaries.

Sun Productions partners with social media agencies, designers, directors and creative directors to bring the creative vision to life.

Red Door Production is an independent production house that coordinates and facilitates photo shoots for high-end advertising campaigns, sourcing, negotiating and wrangling all elements of production, including cast, locations, art department, wardrobe, hair and make-up and complex retouching.

The company can line produce for overseas clients or direct them to suppliers for individual requirements.

Lightfarm Studios is a highly experienced and talented team of artists specialising in photographic retouching and CGI, with studios now in Melbourne and Auckland.

Featured in Lurzer's Archive "Top 200 Digital Artists 2013", Lightfarm's work is recognised for it's high level of realism and photographic integrity.

Clients include leading global brands such as Toyota, Cadbury, Sony, BMW, Sanitarium, Greenpeace, Unilever, Audi, Heineken, Singapore Airlines, Kellogs and Mitsubishi.

International automotive advertising and editorial photographer Easton Chang specialises in shooting cars. Based in Sydney, he is the winner of the 2012 Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards in the advertising category.

Clients include Audi, Chrysler, Jaguar, Mazda, Yokohama and Top Gear Magazine.

Darren Capp studied Fine Art Photography at college and has been shooting for over 20 years. His art-based study guides his work with perception and style across both his advertising and personal work.

Photographic assignments have taken him across the globe, most recently working in Shanghai for Range Rover, Mitsubishi and local manufacturer BYD. Long days turned into long nights with the heat of the Shanghai evening seeping into the studio, ironic then, as the cars were placed on an ice rink!

When outdoors, Darren uses the combination and balance of available and portable lights, expanding on the visual clues within each location. With this shooting philosophy he has won a number of industry awards. The brief is merely the starting point for Darren to impart his knowledge, sense of fun and attention to detail over the course of the shoot.

His clients include Audi, BMW, BYD, Ford, GM, Mazda, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Range Rover, Renault, Subaru and VW, amongst others.

Ellis Parrinder started his photographic career 15 years ago in London and, since relocating to Sydney in 2010, has carved out a name for himself in the Sydney market.

Ellis specialises in portraiture, working with some of the biggest names in the acting world - Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet to name a few. His work for the Sydney Theatre Company allows his love of photographing actors to continue in Australia.

In Australia, Ellis has shot campaigns for Sydney Dance Company, Mount Franklin, Commonwealth Bank, Sony, Paramount and Network Ten. Editorial clients include Good Weekend, Sunday Life, Sydney Magazine and Mindfood.

Damian Bennett began his photographic career over a decade ago in Sydney. Since then he has gained the knowledge and experience to develop a style of his own and produce work for some of Australia’s most reputable magazines.

Damian Bennett specialises in portraiture, fashion and beauty. His technical knowledge and comfortable rapport he has with his subjects is evident in the quality of the images he produces as he captures a distinct emotion with a polished edge.

He works regularly for clients such as Instyle, Rolling Stone, The Sydney Magazine, Sunday Life, Grazia, Harper's Bazaar, Men’s Health and The Australian Women’s Weekly.

His list of portraits is rapidly growing and consists of some of Australia’s most acclaimed actors and sports personalities including Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Mark Webber and Harry Kewell.

Damian is represented by The Names Agency.

Blue Fish's recent CGI work on the new Mazda CX-5 launch in Australia and New Zealand is a stunning example of how experienced automotive photographers have mastered the transition to CGI. Led by creative director/photographer Glenn Gibson and lead CGI artist Troy Witte, the company's recent work for Mazda and Nissan is winning growing acclaim for both its dynamics and authenticity.

Based in Australia but working internationally, the Blue Fish team has worked on most of Mazda's global product launches over the past 10 years in both Japan and Australia. If not mastering the complete CGI image production itself, the company is increasingly sought for shooting backplates and HDRI domes in Australia and New Zealand for northern hemisphere clients.

Visit the website for more information.

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.

Highly regarded fashion and beauty photographer Henryk Lobaczewski was born in Brisbane, Australia. He got his start in photography when first cutting his teeth shooting Lorna Jane campaigns while working as the company's art director.

Since moving to Sydney, Henryk has become a recognised fashion photographer known for the dreamlike yet raw reality he creates, and the beautiful glossiness that permeates his work.

The Aussie native has been commissioned to shoot campaigns for L’Oréal, Cloudnine, Camilla, Inika Cosmetics, Triumph Lingerie, Lorna Jane, Westfield, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, MLC Centre, Rebel Sport, as well as celebrity portraitures of Angus and Julia Stone, Vidal Sassoon, Michelle Bridges and Mike Goldman. Henryk’s editorial partners include Culture Magazine and Karen Magazine.

Henryk speaks three languages (English, Spanish, Polish), and currently spends his time between Sydney and New York.

In 30 years Graham Shearer has risen to the top of his profession in Australia, shooting for all the leading fashion magazines including Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Marie Claire. His advertising clients have been many and varied and include Country Road, David Jones, Seafolly, Sheridan, Ella Baché, De Beers, L’Oreal and the Viceroy Hotel Group. He has had a 20 year long relationship with the underwear brand Elle Macpherson Intimates and has photographed Elle Macpherson around the world at various stages of her career.

For seven years Graham Shearer was based in Paris followed by LA, where he achieved an equal success, travelling extensively photographing fashion editorials in exotic locations around the world. In LA Graham was in great demand as a celebrity photographer, shooting the likes of Kim Bassinger, Naomi Watts, Mary Louise Parker, Kristen Scott Thomas and Boris Teller to name a few.

Graham’s work is renowned for his ability to capture not only the essential beauty of the female (and male) models he photographs, but also the beauty and the significance of the location or environment in which they are situated.

Graham recently returned to Sydney and plans to remain here for the next few years.

German-born photographer Sebastian Kriete specialises in fashion, swimwear and beauty. Splitting his time between Sydney, Australia, and Hamburg, Germany, Sebastian's clients include L'Oréal, Goldwell, Toni & Guy and Kevin Murphy, together with iconic Australian fashion labels CUE and Veronika Maine, and breakthough swimwear label We Are Handsome.

He is managed by Neall Barber.