oceania Nov 2020

The Kitchen Creative Group is a full service motion and stills production company and creative management agency representing a new era of image makers. 

Based in Sydney with a network that covers national and international artists, suppliers and clients, the agency prides itself on producing high quality motion and stills work across commercial, documentary and art genres. Clients range from Fortune 500 Companies to boutique fashion labels, start-ups and passion projects. Shoot types range from single to multi-day, studio to location, real people to celebrity, cars to beauty, local to international.

Whether working for their own artists or artists they do not represent, the dedicated team manages the entire process of production from bid to casting, talent management, crew coordination, location scouting, travel, catering, shoot coordination and post production handling. 

Some recent projects include work for Vodafone, NRMA Insurance, Yellow Tail, Greens, Simparica Trio, Kailis and BPAY.

Photoplay Photography is a full service production company and photographic agent, dedicated to commercial photography, motion production and online content.

"We represent a diverse portfolio of international professional content creators, with commercial and unique artistic work spanning food, auto, travel, lifestyle, tourism, architecture, fashion and more. 

Our producers deliver high production quality, flawless photography and motion content on time and within budget and manage from initial quote negotiation through to final post production, not excluding or limited to; quoting, call sheets and scheduling, equipment rental, location scouting and film permissions, on set and full service production and catering, traffic control and vehicle, plane and boat hire, insurance negotiation and management, crew hire and booking, council permissions and documentation, broadcast rights and representation, customs clearance andcarnet, travel and accommodation booking, talent scouting and casting, digital and film stock usage, prop sourcing and styling and set build, and many more unique client solutions.

At Photoplay Photography, we tell stories through beautiful images, still and moving. See more on our website and Instagram. 

Locations in Oceania are open for filming and photography - it is business as usual moving into the summer season down under.  

Line producer Amanda Jenkins from AJ FILMS has been working throughout the Oceania cluster of countries for over 25 years with a trusted network of experienced producers, photographers/dops, and directors.  

Due to New Zealand and Australia's tight regulations with Covid, we are able to boast a safe haven for working conditions for productions.  

Local photographers and directors are already working closely with clients to achieve their productions remotely. With their no-fuss, can-do attitude, it is easy and stress-free for clients on the other side of the world as our teams are used to being available 24/7 to help meet your production deadlines.

Let us help bring your creative ideas together, contact Amanda to gain access to diverse locations, talent, photographers, or support director solutions for your next campaign.

Photographer and motion director Stuart Miller’s effortlessly sophisticated visual style has consistently proven to be his greatest asset.

His fresh, yet considered approach to each concept, composition and lighting setup, is the hallmark of his unique work, and one that has made him one of Sydney’s most in-demand commercial artists.

Stuart captures engaging moments and conveys emotion with well crafted lighting and clever technical solutions that never distract from the essential messaging of each creative brief.

Selected clients include: American Express, Coca-Cola, Mercedes Benz, Dewar's, Bombay Sapphire, McDonald's, Fiji Airways, Jagermeister, Gatorade, Ballantine’s, Jacob's Creek, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Canon, Toyota, Wild Turkey, AMP, Allianz, Maker's Mark, Qantas.

"I am an Australian based photographer, specialising in food and drink, hotels, and interiors. I studied photography at RMIT University, Melbourne, and Brooks Institute of Photography, California. 

I’ve lived and worked in both Copenhagen and New York, and my craft has found me travelling extensively throughout Australia and Southeast Asia on advertising commissions and many hotel assignments. 

Recent projects include the amazing Barai Spa in Hua Hin Thailand (just pre-COVID!). Since travel has been largely impossible this year, I’ve shot several local Melbourne hotels including the refurbished Crowne Plaza hotel, and tackled the new frontier of photography for several wonderful local landscape architects. Winning the Architecture and Interiors category of the Spotlight Awards recently was a real honour. The image – from a villa shoot for Six Senses Resort Con Dao, is one of my favorites, for it’s simplicity and sense of calm – which I think sums up the resort."

James Braund was born on the wild plains of Wallaroo, South Australia. Raised by his unforgiving grandmother who sadly had numerous ailments including a club foot, poor eyesight and Tourette's Syndrome. During a BBQ to celebrate James’ ninth birthday, his introverted and highly inebriated uncle gifted him a polaroid camera to play with as he was developing undesirable tendencies to remain in close proximity to his grandmother, especially on social occasions.

The rest is history.

Julie Renouf is an Australian photographer and director working in the advertising and editorial space; travelling regularly to work with clients around the world.

Julie uses a relaxed, natural and unashamedly feminine style. Her innate understanding of brand identity results in beautiful imagery that tells a story and is genuinely engaging with brands’ audiences.

On set, Julie works closely with clients – she believes collaboration, a positive attitude and a shared enthusiasm for evocative visuals is the most effective way to create beautiful, authentic stories worth sharing with the world.

Julie works regularly with food and beverage clients, but her work spans across various industries. Recent work includes photography and film for Procter & Gamble's haircare brand Aussie, a collaboration with Saatchi & Saatchi London, and a TVC and various media for Heathcote Gin. Her short food films have also been featured on the likes of SBS Australia.

Sydney based photographer and director Steve gets booked for his ability to develop and refine agency and client briefs. He creates visual works that capture intriguing moments in time that all-too-often go unnoticed, and his compositions are often charged with a healthy dose of his trademark wit.

Focused on narrative, Steve loves realising genuine stories as well as pushing characters into dreamy worlds. Steve primarily works throughout Australia and Asia. 

Clients Include: HSBC, Ferrero, CommBank, Driscoll’s, Vodafone, Virgin Australia, Allianz, Tom & Teddy, Rebel, Colgate, KPMG, Toyota, Kellogg’s, Oporto, and Campbell’s. 

Agecnies Include: Wunderman Thompson, Saatchi & Saatchi, Host Havas, Clemenger BBDO, Ogilvy, Hogarth, M&C Saatchi and TBWA.

Photographer Chris Searl’s biggest strength is in creating  imagery that look effortless and real.

Shooting both motion and stills allows Chris to create cohesive campaigns with the same natural style. The imagery is never 'fake’ or 'over-produced’, his signature style is real advertising imagery that is relatable and yet at the same time aspirational.  With many 'creative direction' credits as well Chris is a perfect choice to lead a campaign shoot on set when agency and client are unable to attend due to travel / Covid restrictions. His genuinely collaborative nature makes the shooting process a pleasure and his preference for small crew size makes Covid-compliancy a no brainer. During this challenging year we have shot for several US brands using Qtake and Zoom for a completely inclusive experience including pharma brand Dupixient and Michelob.

Chris has shot global motion and stills campaigns for Corona, Levi’s and Qantas. He has worked with Coke, Apple, Samsung, Virgin, Wrangler, Lee Jeans, Telstra, Budweiser, Coruba, Pepsi, Adidas and many others. When he is not on the road shooting he can be found chasing around his two kids at home in the northern beaches of Sydney.

Jeremy has spent the last 28 years specialising in shooting food and drinks all over the world. He is well known for his endless creativity, enthusiasm and a total commitment to achieving perfection for his clients. His special talent is clearly seen with his different perspectives on imagery and the way in which he works cooperatively with clients to achieve the very best creative results. 

His images and motion videos are characteristically fresh and dynamic for advertising photography and video. Jeremy is recognised by the industry on an international basis. His clients are based worldwide, from Australia, Asia to the United States and Europe. 

Jeremy currently works between the UK and Australia shooting in his London technical drinks studio and beautiful lifestyle drinks campaigns in Australia.

‘The Kapa Effect’ describes the 'je ne sais quoi' that comes with every Kapa shoot.

Born busy, Kapa is a photographer with an inexhaustible store of energy and enthusiasm. His prolific body of work is testament to his talent and unstoppable drive.

Across a raft of style and subject matter, Kapa’s passion comes through the lens to deliver distinct shots of impact and inspiration. Whatever the brief, once captured by Kapa, you’ll never look back.

With Victoria finally re-opening, Easton Chang has been able to resume stills and motion production in the state and continue creating content nationwide. With shoots recently for Lamborghini, Ducati, Gumtree and Mercedes-Benz, adapting to our ever changing environment and restrictions.

Easton continues to utilise the top tier producers in Australia, and combines his creative retouching process with the client's choice of retouchers and CG artists.

Manja Wachsmuth has spent the last 20 years in the professional photography industry, shooting advertising campaigns and editorial content for clients in Europe, US, Australia and running her own business in New Zealand since 2010.

Now living in Auckland with her family, Manja has established herself as a sought-after food and lifestyle photographer with a passion for storytelling.

Manja brings a direct approach and strong sense of purpose to every shoot. Her goal is always to create authentic images that are beautiful in their detail and her determination for turning even the most unattractive into something beautiful and delicious proves her skills in food photography is second to none.

Her most recent work includes the multi awardwinning “Bug Project” created with stylist Fiona Hugues, and two books published this year, one of which for New Zealand awarded chef Monique Fiso.

Australian photograper Kristian Gehradte brings humanity to his portraits and creates timeless environmental compositions. His easy going nature and experience makes him sought after for larger advertising and lifestyle productions.

Kristian has an incredible ability to connect with people on any level and relax his subjects with humour filled chit chat. With this connection he directs and creates beautiful authentic moments with his subjects.

"With favourable COVID cases in Australia we are ready to work with international clients remotely on your time critical campaigns. Deep collaboration with clients and agencies is key to the process and something we truly enjoy bringing any project to life." 

Kristian can assemble a crack team of creatives for your project at the drop of a hat. The team is ready to create for your local, national and global campaigns.

"Let's start the conversation."

Born in Mauritius, Ian and Erick found their passion for photography around the water and have since travelled across the world capturing amazing lifestyle, portraiture and action sport photographs.

With their love for the craft they experiment with all sorts of cameras and lenses to get the job done properly. From large format cameras to water housing and 600mm lenses - all in the quest for impeccable images.

Ian and Erick love taking photographs of the youth culture, the cool people and the people with character. As Ian describes it, “A great picture is a great team of people working together.” Their photos are all about great composition and clever lighting.

Clients include: The Works, M&C Saatchi, Host, JWT, Cummins & Partners and others. 

They have worked on ad campaigns including Wild Turkey, Bolle Sunglasses, Sky Vodka, RAC, Red Bull, Decathlon, Rip Curl, Bankwest, Lululemon, Shell, Hurley and Woodside. 

Their photos have appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Free Sport (France), Action Asia, Tiger Airways Magazine and The Wall Street Journal, to name a few. Ian and Erick also shot the summer campaign for CommBank in Australia, Toyota and the Olympic Channel.

Working for over 13 years as a commercial photographer, Adrianne has vast experience in aspects of product, lifestyle, fashion, architecture and food photography but her number one passion is kids.

Based in Melbourne, Adrianne prides herself on being adaptable when working with kids, no challenge is too great – anything is achievable.

“Shooting with kids comes down to two things – having everything extremely well prepared, and then letting the kids just be themselves. I love the entire creative process from concept creation to putting the kids at ease. The fun and energy kids bring to each shoot just makes my day!”

Adrianne shoots across Australia and internationally. Clients include: Myer, Shoes & Sox, Acorn Kids, Pretty Wild, Swoodi, Days of Denim, Marlee Watch Co, The Little Magazine, and Babiekins Magazine.

Eric Yip of EYXL Photo is a photographer based in Sydney for the fitness and active lifestyle space; he shuttles between Australia and Singapore where he has family.

Eric is passionate about creating dynamic and connected images to ensure that brand value is outstanding in the mass of images available today. Experienced in bringing out the personalities from each of his subjects, results in every image holding something personal and unique. 

Using a balanced blend of artificial and natural lighting, he creates images in studio and on location alike. Eric Yip has worked with clients including Adidas, VAPX, McDonald’s Bally, JWT, Jabra and Aftershokz amongst others. 

See more of his works on his website and on Instagram.

Graeme Murray loves creating: his whole career has been in the image industry. After training in professional photography, his early days saw him working at one of New Zealand's top audio / visual production companies. He was responsible for creating, developing and producing product launches for New Zealand's largest corporations, using various types of multimedia, from theatrical lighting, to video slide projection and interactive graphics, to set design and - the most fun - pyrotechnics! 

The desire to be shooting led him into running his own successful photography business. Graeme now works with clients and agencies on projects that include portraiture, people, lifestyle and sport related to advertising. He takes all his knowledge and experience from previous work in the AV and TV industries into his photography, so dealing with any situation is effortless.

He has a great rapport with clients and the production crew on jobs and goes beyond the norm to make sure the shoot meets and exceeds expectations.

Clients include Red Bull, Adidas, Specialized Bikes USA, Under Armour, Samsung, Powerade, Wendy's, VW, John Deere, AIG, Ford, Bendon, Ozone, Atomic, Tourism New Zealand and Mac Pac Outdoor Clothing, Powerade, Fonterra, among others.

Graeme can be found in the studio or shooting outdoors and is also an official Red Bull International Photographer.

Josh Kelly a.k.a Jack Harlem is a highly sought after portrait, lifestyle and advertising photographer with over 15 years experience creating both meaningful and powerful visual stories. Josh has an amazing ability to capture moments that feel real and authentic. He creates a relaxed vibe on set and everyone feels a part of the process. Josh is based in Australia and available internationally on short notice.  

Josh is represented by Reload + Co, an Australian-based production company representing a select group of photographers and directors. They specialise in advertising campaign production and offer their expertise across the fields of stills photography and film.  

The Reload + Co team offer both clients and artists alike a wealth of knowledge of the entire industry. Their impressive talent roster, backed by a strong team of producers, means they are able to offer clients the very best creative expertise in every aspect of the industry.

David Ross, a sports and lifestyle photographer from the Central Coast NSW, is an energetic, passionate creative who is happy to go the extra mile to get the job done.

His ability to capture dynamic movement while making images look smooth and natural is a skill he has honed from years spent shooting within the ocean and high-speed sports. Through his photography he can translate power and strength in athletes whilst highlighting versatility and features in products. He creates clean, powerful images that move and inspire.

David Ross has built his portfolio over the past five years working with brands such as Reebok, TWL, Under Armour, Rebel Sport, Corona, Ford Australia and Travellers Autobarn among others.

Through these projects he has worked with top level competitive athletes, explorative travellers, iconic landscapes and trending products alike.

His work has taken him through Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand and across Australia.

Mark Lapwood ACS has over 25 years’ experience filming TV commercials, music videos, documentaries and feature films around the globe. He’s highly skilled in studio and location shoots, often collaborating in many languages and cultures, with both large and small crews.

Mark particularly has a strong eye for natural beauty in landscapes, architecture and people. His clients include Adidas, Toyota, Lexus, AMP and Yamaha and he’s been trusted with tourism campaigns for China, South Korea, India and New Zealand.

Mark’s work covers a range of styles and disciplines from bright, aspirational lifestyle pieces, to compelling, moody and dramatic scenes. He is represented by Angela Hovey at Dusty Road, Auckland and is available internationally, ex-New Zealand.