Believe it or not, this time last year I wasn’t in my pyjamas writing a blog, lukewarm tea by my side and reruns of Bake Off droning on the tele in the background whilst simultaneously staring into the impending abyss of another lockdown and the reality of life under Tier 4 restrictions… I was out in the field, shooting a project that at the time I couldn’t of guessed would have such meaning and resonance a year on, in addition to that which it had at the time of its conception and release. Ford: Backbone of Britain.
Continue Reading —›For those of you with long memories, my ‘CGI journey’ started in 2004, setting up a CGI production studio AIR-CGI (Automotive Image Rendering) in 2006 and creating Ford USA’s first CGI press ad campaign for their new model, the Ford Edge. Our Mars press ad with AMVBBDO London won a Campaign Photo Award shortly after, […]
Continue Reading —›This week I purchased a Minolta XG-1 – what a blast from the past, old school analogue. I spent some of this morning re-acquainting myself with the all manual controls (took about 2 minutes!) – and ordering Ilford HP5 B&W film for it (when was the last time you did that, I ask?) This was […]
Continue Reading —›Head South, not North – in the UK when most people think 4×4 locations they think Scotland, Wales & all points north – yawn, predictable and possibly rather cliched! But then I suppose if you are a clothing company – waxed jackets, wellies & tweed caps with gundogs…why not? To find something different you need […]
Continue Reading —›It was great to be interviewed by the guys at Creativepool a few weeks back for their Inspiration section, so yeah 🙂 without further ado…here it is… “I’ve been freelancing since 1989 and have shot globally for most automotive brands from Rolls Royce to Renault, Bentley to Buick, Cadillac to Kia,” says Nigel Harniman, reflecting […]
Continue Reading —›We had the great pleasure to be invited to shoot for Morgan a few weeks back for the global launch images of the all new Plus Six model. These were released to the press & public in Geneva earlier this month. The First Edition cars are in Emerald, a contemporary version of British Racing Green […]
Continue Reading —›If you follow any of our social channels, you may have seen the behind-the-scenes of us working with the Milo arm . . .this project was conceived as an interactive web experience for the viewer to get up-close & personal with the new Thruxton through the Triumph website. (Hence no funky soundtrack on this one!) […]
Continue Reading —›We went to The Dark Side with Rolls-Royce, when we were invited to shoot a very special collection of 40 Wraiths and 30 Dawns. The Black Badge Collection named Adamas feature laboratory grown black diamonds encrusting the Black Badge Infinity symbol amongst many other special details, the Spirit of Ecstasy in machined carbon fibre and […]
Continue Reading —›Just released this week is the latest press campaign commissioned by Saatchi & Saatchi London for Zovirax/GSK. We were tasked with creating a press ad to fit both 48 sheet and 6 sheet poster format executions, shooting models, props, vehicles and landscapes on location then integrating with CGI elements of a virus and force field. Production […]
Continue Reading —›The Royal Enfield ‘Pegasus’ limited edition motorcycles went on sale this week…and were gone in 178 seconds! It was an amazing project to be involved with especially for someone like me whose first love at 16 was motorbikes prior to getting into cars. Great to be involved in such a unique backstory meeting WW2 veterans, […]
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