london Nov 2015

One Production is a London-based full service production company specialising in photography and moving image production. Since launching in 2005 One Production has built a wealth of experience working with both luxury and commercial brands.

The ever-growing company is passionate not only about what it does but also the people they work with.

"Production to us is more than mere logistics. We care enormously about each shoot. Working with a network of global and UK partners, we combine a high level of care, efficiency and honesty with a flexibility and appreciation of each project’s goals."

Clients include Avon, PUMA, Speedo, British GQ, Austin Reed, House of Fraser, I-D Magazine, Selfridges, Lacoste and many more.

With 25 years of experience, PCM collaborates with some of the most talented photographers and high profile clients producing shoots in the UK and its great capital London, as well as around Europe and the rest of the world.

From its office in London, a city teeming with fantastic locations and talented people, PCM approaches each project with energy and enthusiasm.

Its extensive production services include location scouting, casting, crew recommendations and negotiation, equipment rental, travel, hotel bookings and even a great cup of tea when needed on set!

Visit the website to get in touch.

BMA Models & Artists Agency is London’s leading modelling and artist management agency. The diversity and range of talent includes over 2000 models and artists.

• Male and female fashion and commercial models.
• Classic models (over 35-year old models).
• Sports models.
• Youngsters.
• Plus-size models.
• Hands, legs and feet models.
• Actors and actresses.
• Presenters.
• Dancers.
• Voice-over artists.
• Stylists, hair and make-up artists.
• ACTS.

BMA Models has cultivated relationships with some of the biggest name brands in the world and works relentlessly to build strong, trusted long-term relationships with clients and models. As a result, the company's highly experienced bookers can make positive recommendations based on sound in-depth knowledge of the models and their capabilities.

Visit BMA's websites for more details: bmamodels.com and bmaartists.com.

The Forge is an acclaimed post-production house and photographic rental studio with full in-house production service, working on both large and small scale projects - all housed in a stunning East London complex.

The company works in numerous avenues of image-making, from high-end advertising campaigns to editorials, look-books and e-commerce serving the fashion industry, as well as creating stunning advertising imagery for product-based campaigns, still life and pack shots.

Other services include on-set retouching, digital capture and asset management.

It's been a busy time of late for CircleMedia, with a number of high-profile CGI and retouching jobs. Work featured in this Showcase includes:

• CGI and post-production of two origami vehicles for Nissan, commissioned by Chapter.
• Post-production on David Ryle's Subaru ads for BJL Manchester.
• Post-production on print advertisements for Mailbox and Chivas, for J11 and Cogent Elliott.
• CGI and post-production for the release imagery of the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and Targa 4 models, shot by Stephan Romer for Keko, Frankfurt.

The team are currently working on exciting new campaigns with a very different feel, so stay tuned to future Showcases and Spotlights to see the results.

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."

LSdigi is a boutique digital capture hire company based in London, offering the most advanced equipment in the UK along with highly skilled digital operators.

The company stays at the forefront of new technology and stocks the new Hasselblad H5X, PhaseOne IQ250 Digital Backs, The New Mac Pro, colour critical Eizo Monitors and Inovativ Equipment Carts.

Current projects include Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Molton Brown, Adidas, 212NYC, Warner Brothers, GARAGE Magazine, MatchesFashion and many more.

HERS Agency represents top London home economists, food stylists, general props stylists, production buyers and interior stylists working on commercials, films, Web video, television and food photography.

Clients include advertising agencies, design companies, PR, publishers and food photographers working in all areas of the food industry: advertising, PR, direct marketing, food packaging, cookery books and magazines. Other services include food consultancy, product development, cookery demonstrations, recipe development, recipe testing, food writing, propping, styling on set, and art direction.

Clients include McDonald's, Marks & Spencer, Philadelphia, Sunday Times, Lidl, The Guardian, Waitrose, Wagamama, YouTube,  Weetabix, KFC, Tesco, Lurpak and more.

JSR celebrated its 10-year anniversary this year and during this time the agency has grown from a handful of photographers to representing over 50 artists.

Its people are select - photographers, illustrators, CGI animators, branded content creators - and the agency represents them because they prize their craft and excel at what they do. Put together, clients have a team capable of delivering across all platforms, formats and budgets.

Recent highlights include Comer shooting a global fashion campaign for Lee Cooper, Omer Knaz's editorial project for Tatler’s Bond Street promotion, and Estilo 3D winning more accolades for their work with Honda. Perou shot advertising campaigns for Adidas and Mall of the Emirates, David Gandy shot for Vanity Fair, John Bennett shot luxury jewels for De Beers, Steve Ryan completed editorial for Cara and Root + Bone Magazine, and Yippiehey’s ‘Brewtopia’ campaign for Yorkshire Tea, among others.

Clayton Franklin eyewear meets the London rock scene.

Highly regarded eyewear designer and manufacturer Clayton Franklin from Japan commissioned Philip Gatward to shoot a campaign. "Clayton Franklin had seen the images from my previous collaboration with Glasseswebb, and asked us to get together again to shoot for them," says Philip.

"The luxurious design of the spectacles is also uber-hip and works well on the street. There is an exciting music scene in London, which Mo and Tim from Glasseswebb share a love of. We thought it would be perfect to team Clayton Franklin up with one of our favourite NYC proto-punk channelling London bands, The Voyeurs. The combination of the exquisite detailed frames and the honesty of the look of the guys worked so well we expanded the shoots to include other musicians and friends of the band."

The result? "Music to my eyes," said Mo.

Nick Daly is a lifestyle and portrait photographer. His style is light, bright and confident.

Based in London, Nick’s work has won C&F awards consecutively for Conran and Merchant Cantos, for clients CRUK and Aviva respectively.

Visit his website for more information.

Thomas Rohde, originally from Denmark, is a London-based photographer specialising in graphic still life and beauty photography. He studied photography at London College of Communication before going on to assist some of the industry’s biggest advertising photographers.

Inspired by the works of Irving Penn, Raymond Meier, Jeff Koons and Guy Bourdain, Thomas’ work is characterised by bold minimalist compositions and a strong use of vivid colour which is all seamlessly brought together by imaginative and crisp post-production that delivers stunning hyper-real imagery.

Clients include Calvin Klein, Clinique, Prada, Lancome, Olay, Oral B, Amazon, Selfridges, Marks & Spencer and Boots. Magazines include Conde Nast Traveller, Red Magazine, Elle UK, Stella Magazine, Cent Magazine and Phoenix Magazine.

Derrick Santini has successful career spanning 25 years as a photographer across fashion, art, portrait and commercial photography.

Creating seminal portraits of many icons of contemporary culture, Derrick has worked with brands including Apple, Sony, Asics and Reebok, while his work has featured in numerous publications including i-D, Esquire, Tatler and Vogue.

Derrick was introduced to the Lenticular technique around eight years ago, at a time when stills photography wasn’t enabling him to fully express his creativity. Since 2009 he has been exhibiting his artwork, with solo exhibitions as well as numerous group shows in London, New York and Istanbul.

His lenticular prints have already become highly desirable, with collectors including Damien Hirst, Lakshmi Mittal, Jemima Khan and Adele.

Stuart Conway is a highly versatile and enthusiastic image-maker with an international career spanning nearly two decades and thirty five countries.

“I’m happiest on location shooting clean and decisive moments in places full of movement and flux.”

The past few months have seen Stuart shooting a brand film for BP Retail Marketing in Spain, Germany and London, as well as various international ad shoots for Shell International and a marketing library shoot for Schlumberger plc in Houston.

Clients this year have included TheTeam Brand Communication London, IMG Media Ltd, Schlumberger plc, Shell International, BP Retail Brand Communication, Savage Brands and IBM.

“One of the great things about this work is that it offers a gateway into other worlds, and I love constantly entering new environments then creating and hunting down the images with fresh eyes.”

Stuart is represented my Melody George in the US.

“If someone asked me to take the best picture of them ever, I could do that. I make people look their best.” Jenny Hands isn’t kidding. Her portfolio of beauty portrait photography demonstrates an innate capacity to portray her subjects in the most exquisite light.

"From close-ups of natural, flawless skin to graphic experimentations with form and colour, Jenny’s career has been dedicated to the beautiful,” Olivia Gideon-Thomson, We Folk.

Julian Love is a people and lifestyle photographer based in London who shoots internationally. His natural and spontaneous lifestyle and location images appeal to agencies and brands worldwide.

“My photography combines the authenticity of documentary with the polish of advertising. My team and I work hard to create a great atmosphere on set to get the most out of the talent. Then working with a combination of natural light and flash, we create beautiful and atmospheric slices of life. We’re now shooting video too. This Showcase features a selection of my recent health and fitness shoots."

Clients so far in 2015 include Sony, Canon, Four Seasons Hotels, GSK, TUI and First Great Western.

"It’s been a busy month, I’ve shot a wide range of work from liquids to stop animation.

I was asked to shoot six unique front covers for Men's Health Synchronised Watch Magazine. In collaboration with Andreas Listrand, I’ve created a short animation of the Patek Phillipe. This was perfect for me as it involved placing a watch inside a liquid paint splash.

Paint was a running theme as I was also asked to create a Jackson Pollock-style backdrop for Venue and Events gift shoot.

I also had time to create the final instalment of my fruit burst series.

Stop animation was fun to do and rewarding. These shorts clips were for Nando’s to capture the ethos of the company."

Adrien Crasnault is a London-based photographer specialising in People and Lifestyle photography. He values the spontaneity and true emotions of his subjects.

His eye for detail and ability to catch the right moment is second to none. Adrien is easy to work with and has a solid understanding of the requirements necessary to meet any brief, along with the ability to add value to a concept.

Originally from France, he came to the UK in 1999 and has since focused his attention on adapting his self-taught photographic skills to this constantly innovating creative industry.

Oli Tennent is a well known advertising and editorial photographer who has been shooting cars, motorcycles, aircraft, boats, helicopters and basically anything with an engine for over a quarter of a century.

In that time he's worked for many of the world's leading brands and motoring publications. His great passion for photography and attention to detail is only matched by his passion for cars and bikes, old and new.

Oli's client list includes The Sunday Times, Telegraph, FHM, Top Gear, The Economist, Autocar, Stuff, What Car, McLaren Automotive, Jaguar, Honda, Seat, MG, Mitsubishi, Dunlop, Eurocopter, Alpinestars, Sunseeker Boats, Emirates Bank, Skoda, Land Rover, Yamaha, Lanzante, Toyota and VW.

Nick David is a lifestyle and portrait photographer based in London.

His relaxed approach helps to capture authentic moments, producing images with genuine warmth and emotion.

Nick’s photographs are widely used by branding agencies, design groups and directly for companies both for digital and print campaigns.

He works with an experienced production team covering all aspects of a commercial shoot including casting models, location finding, travel and budget management.

Recently, he shot for Ernst & Young, British Land, Cancer Research, Majestic Wine, Children in Need, Alzheimer’s Society, KFC, Nationwide and Stella McCartney.

All his latest work can be seen at his new website.

Nick is represented in the UK by Lisa Pritchard Agency (LPA) and is a member of The Association of Photographers (AOP).

London-based Bruce Anderson specialises in still life photography. At his studio in Shoreditch he produces outstanding results in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Bruce is passionate about all aspects of still life photography and enjoys new challenges.

Be sure to check out his new website and blog with some behind-the-scenes films.

2015 has been a blast for Harniman, with some great locations fantastic teams, and wonderful people.

Advertising commissions included Mitsubishi ASX ‘Adventure Advanced’ 2015 campaign and L200 ‘Showing The World How It’s Done’ campaign, shot on location in the Sahara Desert, as well as BMW Ultimate Driving at Goodwood, RAC autumn and winter press campaigns, Land Rover Defender and Jaguar CX-75 SPECTRE, amongst others.

Working across stills, moving and now aerial image creation, clients include BMW, GMC USA, Rolls-Royce and Volvo, to name a few.

Get more insight on Harniman's work on the regular blog or catch what the team are up to on Instagram, twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Counting over 30 years' experience, James Callaghan specialises in car photography for national and international clients.

Offering retouching and post-production where required, his experience and unflappable nature mean he is skilled at finding solutions to problems as they arise. A good sense of humour also helps keep things running smoothly on set.

This year has seen Jim shooting launch imagery for the new Bentley Bentayga SUV and Land Rover cars, from the latest James Bond film ’Spectre'.

Visit his website for more information.

Graham Tooby is a passionate and dedicated photographer with over 15 years' experience in the commercial photographic industry. With a keen eye for detail - noticing things that sometimes clients don’t even see - and a specialist in lighting, Graham’s creative eye ensures his work is refreshing as well as technically precise.

Always keen for a challenge and with a sharp sense of humour, shooting with Graham is both professional and relaxed. Recent campaigns with a global reach have been for Etihad Airlines and McVitie’s, while other recent clients include Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Nokia, Bloomingdales, Lipton, Gillette and many more.

Graham understands and embraces the importance of good teamwork and how this helps strengthen the working process. Working with Loupe London for his retouching needs and being represented by Mutton Bones London, this collaboration ensures the best possible result and a smooth running and a quality finish.