SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY + MOTION Jun 2015

Adam began his career as a news photographer at The Sydney Morning Herald in 1997 and his desire to specialise in sport photography saw him move to ALLSPORT/Getty Images in 1998. Adam has been based in Los Angeles, Sydney, Beijing, Tokyo and Munich, where he continues to work today.

Adam has photographed seven Olympic Games, and covered assignments around the globe for magazines including Stern, Wired, Sports Illustrated, Time Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and Marie Claire.

Adam's pre-eminence in the field of sport action photography has been recognised widely throughout the photographic world. He has been awarded a number of major international awards, and in 2010 was part of the World Press Photo competition jury in Amsterdam.

Always seeking new challenges and experiences in photography, Adam began shooting advertising projects alongside his sports work in 2007.  Through both his sports and advertising photography, Adam constantly challenges people’s perceptions with fresh ideas – an element of his job that he particularly enjoys.

Advertising clients include: Adidas, Nike, Sprite, L'Oreal, BMW.

Adrian Myers is an award-winning advertising, commercial and editorial photographer specialising in sports, action, lifestyle and portraits.

Communication Arts, The AOP, The International Photography Awards and the Photography Masters Cup have all recognised Adrian’s work.

Represented in both London and New York, his clients include Adidas, Asics, BBC, Clarks, The IAAF, Salomon and Snow and Rock. Recent campaigns include Vision Express, Empalina, Harlequins RFC, MCS (formerly Marlboro Classics), Marina Yachting and Snow and Rock.

The BOOM team specialise in Illustration and animation, including character design, CGI modeling, texturing, animation and retouching. They have developed a thorough understanding of how to craft an image to communicate the right message and captivate the consumer.

It's no surprise that the team have been working together for almost ten years, producing exciting solutions for some of the largest global brands, including Apple, Coca-Cola, Gillette and Nike.

The team's keen eye on innovation and trends has earned them a place among the top commercial artists in the world. Along with their roster of illustrators, photographers and film makers BOOM work across cutting edge media disciplines to meet the client's needs.

Carles Carabí is a Barcelona-based photographer. After finishing his studies and working in telecommunications for several years, Carles moved to Germany where he made a life change to dedicate himself to his biggest passion: photography.

After studying photography in Barcelona, in 2006 he started working as a freelance assistant for leading photographers such as Simon Puschmann, Nadav Kander and Hamish Brown before starting his own career in advertising photography in 2012.

Versatility and elegance in his images, together with an original colour pallete and special way of lighting has led to Carles producing international campaigns for brands such as Adidas, Beats by Dr Dre and Qatar Foundation. He has also photographed some of the leading international athletes, including Leo Messi, Neymar Jr., James Rodriguez, Ángel di Maria and Alex Ovechkin, amongst others.

Carles shoots with a strong passion, motivation and ambition. For him each project is a new adventure and a new challenge.

COMER's (aka Matthew Comer) cheeky attitude gets him to travel the globe shooting hot models for even hotter brands. An award winning fashion and travel photographer he's naturally a perfectionist, a romantic, and a nostalgic. He's a pretty normal dude too though.

He has shot for sports brands looking for something different from a photographer such as Nike, JD Sports and Supply and Demand to name a few.

Dan Root is trained to get his clients the shot, no matter what. His speciality is in capturing transitional moments, portrait moments, product moments, and conceptual moments in and around the world of sports and sports culture.

Having won many awards, most recently from the Communication Arts Photography Competition 2015, Dan is busy ensuring his clients come back for more. These include Adidas, Nike, Merrell, Brooks Running, Manchester United, Dick's Sporting Goods, and several magazines.

David Clifford is one of the most sought after adventure photographers in the world. One of only a half dozen Zeiss Lens Ambassadors Worldwide.

David is the former photo editor of Rock & Ice Magazine as well as Trail Runner Magazine. As a photo editor, David learned how to manage hundreds of photographers, dozens of editors and his time, but mostly he mentored many of the best outdoor photographers in the world.

David has won numerous awards including the 2012 APA short film contest “Best Overall”, 2013 APA/NY 1st place Action + Adventure, 2014 APA 2nd place Landscape, A Maggie Award for Photo Editing and a Red Bull Illume Finalist in 2007.

Current Client list: Mountain Hardwear, Marmot, The North Face, Skechers, Hoka One One, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, Runner’s World, Rock & Ice and Trail Runner Magazine.

With more than 40 international awards to his credit, including six World Press Awards, Donald Miralle has been recognised as one of the most innovative photographers in the industry for the past two decades.

Born and raised in Southern California, Donald graduated from Loyola H.S. and University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Fine Arts. His artistic approach to his editorial and commercial photography has been sought by some of the largest agencies, publications, and brands to shoot the world’s greatest athletes and biggest events.

Donald has shot major brand campaigns for Nike, Discovery Channel, Dicks Sporting Goods, Target, Gatorade, Adidas, Ironman and the NFL Players Association and his work has graced the covers and pages of The New York Times, Newsweek, Golf Digest, ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Men’s Journal, Outside, and National Geographic. Donald's work has been profiled in publications including Photo District News, British Journal of Photography, The Holland Times, The San Diego Union Tribune, and Top Magazine in Brazil; as well as on TV shows like ESPN, Entertainment TV, and the Today Show.

Donald has served as a keynote speaker at many international events and is also the founder and owner of Leucadia Photoworks, the only full service studio and photographer collective in North County San Diego.

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.

Photography. Refocused. That’s the mission - and promise - of flourishphoto. Evocative imagery remains paramount and flourishphoto's unique approach of custom calibration defines a new paradigm. A powerful studio of award-winning photographers bring an extraordinary vision that powerfully connects concept and image. 

Experienced, creative and resourceful, flourishphoto has developed a reputation with national and regional clients of all sizes for stunning imagery attuned with budget realities.

flourishphoto is a full service photo and video resource for sports, fashion, product, travel and other genres, including location, studio and tabletop shoots. Pre- and post-production, art direction, styling, retouching, location scouting, editing and consultation services are also available.

Fredrik Clement specialises in sport, action and lifestyle photography.

He shoots editorial and advertising assignments worldwide, and always makes time for personal projects.

Fredrik has recently shot the S/S15 The North Face campaign in Chamonix (France), spent the night in a cave in Drakensberg, South Africa (-8 Cº) to capture the day's first light for the new Merrell campaign, and shot Marco Wittmann for BMW magazine.

Hristo Shindov hails from the oldest town in Europe, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, which is 6,000 years old. Being fascinated with characters and people who always leave a mark with their existence, he has managed to transcend this passion in his photography.

Heroic, energetic and in-your-face come to mind when seeing his pictures and the storytelling tends to drive the viewer in a desire to see more. Hristo has the detail and the huge picture in mind and loves to bring them together.

As his photo mentor said, the first word that comes to mind is “intense”. He firmly believes that on top of being a talented artist, what sets apart a true professional is the passion and the drive to deliver the vision for the project regardless of any obstacles that may arise. This has led to many of his clients to becoming repeat clients.

Such relationships have taken him around the globe and he has handled multiple advertising campaigns on a national and international level for the likes of Sony, Nissan, Lexus, Converse, Newell Rubbermaid, PETA, TBWA, Ignited LA, Story Worldwide, Momentum Sao Paulo and various rock stars such as Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Megadeth and Asking Alexandria all rely on his eye to helm their image.

Born in Amsterdam, Jasper Faber went from being a semi-pro windsurfer to working as a pool cleaner and carpenter in the US. Back in the Netherlands, he worked in television and the advertising world as a creative director, TV director and D.O.P.

Jasper has travelled the world intensely to film the most extreme stunts and action, as well as human interest documentaries to show how different cultures live under a range of circumstances. To make his life simpler - and quieter - Jasper decided to focus more on photography, only to find out that the drive to capture the unexpected and unpredictable moments of life creates just the opposite.

His style is raw, honest and 'in the moment' and covers sport, people, travel and whatever comes along as a challenge. "It is the moment, the surroundings and the subject being photographed that dictate me in working as a photographer and film-maker," Jasper says.

Based in southern California, award-winning sports and commercial photographer Jeff Lewis’ passion for sports has taken him all around the world for sports action, portrait, and commercial assignments for magazines, newspapers, and corporate clients. Jeff has photographed many high profile events including the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, and the World Series for clients such as The Associated Press, the NFL Network, and Icon Sports Media.

His work has been featured in ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, GQ, Maxim, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times to name a few.

Visit his website for more information.

Working from London, Jude Edginton is an award-winning commercial and editorial photographer, specializing in sport and portraiture. Recent work includes dynamic shoots with Louis Smith and Thierry Henry.

Commissions include shooting Wayne Rooney for Nike and producing the epic imagery for the Britain United campaign for Adidas on team GB.

He works regularly for The Times Magazine and is currently working with Channel 4, producing a set of portraits for the hit show Gogglebox.

Please see his website for more details.

To contact the studio in London call +44(0) 7976 361038 or email.

The start of 2015 has seen some exciting shoots for Julian Love, including ATL campaigns for pharmaceutical giant GSK to re-launch its range of steroid creams across EMEA, train operator First Great Western to promote weekend city breaks, and international chain Costa Coffee to rebrand 3000 cafes. He also shot in-store imagery for Sony for the launch of the Xperia smart watch and Canon Europe to launch a new range of image stabilised binoculars.

Featured in this Spotlight is some of Julian's recent personal work featuring the University of East London athletics squad and Repton Boxing Club, the oldest surviving boxing club in East London, which has been going since 1884.

"I am a people and lifestyle photographer based in London and shooting internationally. My photography is about capturing moments with the honesty of documentary and the polish of commercial advertising. I am now applying the same style to moving image."

Julian is a member of the Association of Photographers.

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: Reebok, 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.

Featured in this Spotlight, Frankfurt-based photographer and director Maik Scharfscheer presents three new series on his main focus, sports. As a sports enthusiast, it is important for Maik to combine his unique lighting and framing with a technically perfect sporting scene.

The first series was shot in Marrakech, capital of Morocco, for client Leica. Maik photographed on location in one of the first field tests for the brand new 28mm lens for the Leica M. While he normally works with larger teams, it was important to rely on the absolutely necessary: the scenes are reduced to a minimum, the framing combines with the available light, and a great performance by the parkour runner.

For Engelhorn Sports Maik shot a range of different fitness and yoga images. In between Frankfurt's skyscrapers, he developed extraordinary images that put yoga in an entirely different light.

In Cape Town Maik photographed images for client Sport 2000. Reduced to the urban surroundings and the runners themselves, Maik's skills in staging are clearly on show.

Manfred Heiduk is based in Dusseldorf and travels constantly between Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Cape Town and London. He spent many years as an illustrator and creative director in digital media, and with more than 20 years of experience in photography he is specialised in shooting in extreme conditions.

For Karstadt Sports he shot in the Italian Alps, Austrian Glaciers, Mojave Desert and Death Valley. He is continually booked for running, biking, ski and snowboard productions.

Manfred captures the personality and natural movement of its subjects. His natural images lift the mood and let everyone fill with enthusiasm.

Offering full service international photo and video productions, his clients include Adidas, Puma, Nike, Sportarena, FIFA, Sidestep, Runners Point, C&A, Kaufhof, Boecker, Deichmann, Metro Group, Joy and Shape Magazine.

Mitchel Gray is a photographer and author with two best selling photo books to his credit, 'The Lingerie Book' and 'Lingerie Fantasies' (St. Martin’s Press). He has illustrated many more books, particularly in the active lifestyle and health and fitness fields. He has photographed over 60 magazine covers, including about 30 for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, M & F Hers, Runner’s World, Mountain Bike, Bicycling, Fitness and more.

He has shot many hundreds of magazine and ad pages for publications and ad agencies around the world. Much of his portrait work in recent years has focused on sports celebrities ranging from Derek Jeter to Tom Brady, and a whole lot of people in between. His fine art work has been shown in galleries in both the United States and Europe.

He is presently partnering with the United States Olympic Committee on a a new fine art series, 'Bodies in Action' part of which has already been featured in the National Art Museum of Sport. Elements of the series are featured in this Spotlight.

Perou would like to think that there is nobody that he won't photograph. If time wasn't an issue, he might actually get around to photographing everyone! His ambition for photography world domination has led him to photograph some of the globe's most iconic names in sport, music, fashion and Hollywood, including Fernandinho, Lewis Hamilton Jeff Bridges, Vivienne Westwood, Dita Von Teese and Helen Mirren (to name only a few).

He continues to shoot fashion and editorial images for publications such as Vanity Fair, Q, The Guardian Magazine, Shortlist and Esquire and global brands Adidas and Reebok.

Photographer Ruud Baan is a highly experienced photographer based in Amsterdam. His work is a combination of portraits, fashion and sport photography and has a lifestyle feel, colourful, powerful and energetic.

Besides photography, Ruud has worked as a director and D.O.P. for several videoclips and commercials.

Clients include 180 Amsterdam, ABN AMRO, Adidas, AKQA, Asics, Bacardi, BMW, CDM New York, Channel 4, Coca-Cola, DDB, Discovery Channel, Draft fcb, Footlocker, Heineken, Johnny Walker, JWT, Karl Kani, Levi's, McDonald's, Nationale Nederlanden, Nike, Nitro, Nivea, Marriott Hotels, Mizuno, O'Neill, Onitsuka Tiger, Puma, Renault, Royal Dutch Ballet, Sony, TBWA, Vodafone, Umbro, Under Armour, BSUR, Wieden+Kennedy, JFK, Esquire, The Source and Red Bull.

Visit his website for more information.

Sander Baks is an Amsterdam-based international photographer who is specialised in lifestyle/sports, interior, and commercial photography for editorial and advertising clients.

Sander has a huge passion and talent for capturing beautiful imagery. Whether it's creating an editorial or shooting advertising campaigns, he brings a signature style to all of his work.

Recent notable clients include Renault, ADAC, FHM, IKEA, Heineken, Red Bull, Samsung and many others.

Visit his website for more information. For a specific interior and resorts overview of his work click here.

Tom Bear is an editorial and commercial photographer with a passion for the outdoors and an eye for classic composition.

He captures the raw moments of his subjects to create genuine, energetic imagery.

With clients ranging from Merck to ESPN, Tom’s shoots reflect professionalism, humour, and a love of pictures.

Tristan Shu is based in the heart of the French Alps near Geneva, and his photography covers sports, action, aerial, landscape, interiors, advertising, portrait and lifestyle.

His contrast-rich, colourful and action packed shots have gained Tristan worldwide recogniton in publications in magazines including National Geographic, Courier International, Paris Match and GQ. His clients include The North Face, Quiksilver, Vacheron-Constantin, ESPN and X Games.

Very at ease with extreme sports and disciplines he has never previously shot, Tristan has developed a signature style and is an international ambassador for a flash manufacturer.