Monthly Archive for: ‘November, 2012’

My big Interview in Professional Photographer Magazine: True Lies

My big Interview in Professional Photographer Magazine: True Lies

Here is my ‘Big Interview’ (their words, not mine) in Professional Photographer, November 2012 issue. Nigel Harniman tells Kathrine Anker why photography is so important to his CGI ad campaigns, and how his invented chocolate car got its sexy shine. My chat with Nigel Harniman was my first peek behind the scenes of Computer Generated […]

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Chrysler 300C, Harrison Ford and ice rinks in the Mohave Desert

Chrysler 300C, Harrison Ford and ice rinks in the Mohave Desert

If you pop Harrison Ford’s movie Firewall into Google you’ll see a YouTube clip of the Chrysler 300C driven by the actor in the film’s video promo. Chrysler spent a staggering $10 million promoting the car (and movie) on TV and online and I was hired by their ad agency to do the stills for […]

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In the clearing stands a Jaguar C-Type

In the clearing stands a Jaguar C-Type

Make yourself a coffee, sit back, relax. This week I’m deliberately over writing my blog because it’s about something very special – a C-Type Jaguar. Of all the cars I’ve shot over the years I have a particular soft spot for Jaguars. I’ve followed the historic Jag marque for many years and was asked to […]

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Night shots of the Peugeot diesel hybrid on the road outside Paris

Night shots of the Peugeot diesel hybrid on the road outside Paris

Fritz Henderson, one time boss of General Motors, once opined that making petrol hybrid cars is expensive squared – but making diesel hybrids is expensive cubed. What Henderson meant was that diesel engines combined with an electric motor were just not worth the hassle to build. They were too expensive and the exorbitant costs couldn’t […]

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How a joy riding skeleton in a Lamborghini Reventon helped us win the Deus Ex: Human Revolution job

How a joy riding skeleton in a Lamborghini Reventon helped us win the Deus Ex: Human Revolution job

Not so long ago we found ourselves in the twilight world of biotech firms, super-enhanced humans and black opps teams hell bent on murder. Our task was to ensure ex SWAT hard man Adam Jensen – hired to protect scientists to carry out their dubious trade in human experimentation – was given a makeover worthy […]

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