"A busy six months for us at Smoke and Mirrors! We were finally able to shout about our work with Saatchi and Saatchi and Visa. We partnered with the agency to produce, shoot, retouch and create CG assets to create these amazing hearts - Visa, ‘The heart of the Olympics’. Here is a case study of how it came together.

We are very happy to throw our support behind Andy Murray for Wimbledon!  These shots by the incredible David Clerihew (Visual Artists), were for Men’s Health magazine, retouched lovingly by us.

Also, check out these beautiful shots from Thomas Brown (Webber Represents) courtesy of CHI & Partners, and of course, retouched by us! It was amazing to attend the shoot, set up and offer our skills on set.

Finally, a look at a reel of some recent work we have done across our retouching, CGI and VFX departments. Enjoy!"

Smoke and Mirrors was honoured to be commissioned by Agency Arnold KLP to produce a campaign for charity Breast Cancer Care, working together to produce posters of these amazing, inspiring women and capture content for two films.

The print campaign was shot by Daniel Pothecary, while sister company Rockhound produced the films directed by Andrew Watkinson and Jon Moore, with Smoke and Mirrors completing the circle in post-production. 

"It really was an honour to work with this amazing charity who do such amazing work. We urge everyone to visit the website and donate."

"Our talented team of retouching and CG artists along with our photography team, span decades of experience, giving us the edge in our diverse and ever changing industry.

Our team’s skills cover beauty, car, product and lifestyle imagery seamlessly. This unique offering allows us to work with a varied array of brands, agencies and photographers across multiple media platforms, for both still and moving imagery. Our artists operate on the cutting edge of all the latest software and hardware - meaning the very best finish and final delivery.

The image featured in this Spotlight showcases our 3 offerings: photography, CG and retouching. The model shot was captured by Daniel Pothecary in our photographic studio, with the diamonds being created by our CG artists. Everything was then brought together flawlessly by our post-production team."

“At Smoke & Mirrors we get approached to create projects that require exact replication of something that isn’t possible to shoot. We were tasked with a bespoke project from Lucky Generals, to carve a message of support to the England football team, out of the Amazon Rainforest, for the World Cup in Brazil.

We first researched the topography of the area, tree types and soil; everything had to be considered for this replication. We then started to build trees that were native to the area and populated our scene. It was time to address the lighting: it was imperative that after all of the research and building work to the trees and the landscape, we nailed the lighting and the atmospherics. We looked at shots online and studied the metadata, to see when they were taken and where. We looked at the position of the sun, in relation to the area at a given time of day, on a specific date; every detail had to be considered. We then added some detail around the edge of the frame, to give the impression a photo had been taken from inside a plane - a tiny bit of porthole edge and some refraction from ‘glass’ in the plane window.

The media buzz, trending articles and hype that followed was huge: we had delivered.”

For more information contact Tom Gibson on +44 (0)20 7468 1000.