All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Automotive Photography’

MG Use Our Shots to Reveal the New Mini Model

MG Use Our Shots to Reveal the New Mini Model

A few weeks ago we took you on a journey to a motor show in Shanghai and back to sunny Birmingham. ( MG3 Studio shoot ) With our MG buddies (@oneblackbear) just around the corner, we’ve been popping by a bit to see how they’ve been playing with the images we took. The results are […]

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The World Around the Corner

The World Around the Corner

When the phone rings and another shoot is added to my diary my suitcase begins to pack itself. It’s got used to being assaulted as socks and gadgets are thrown at it before being zipped shut and dragged to some foreign land. Travelling has got to be one of the best perks of the job, […]

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Embracing Summer in the Fast Lane

Embracing Summer in the Fast Lane

When we think of the ideal summer on the road we picture fast cars, cool sleek sexy automobiles, designer sunglasses and a breath-taking destination. As everyone knows it’s not about where you’re going but how you’re going to get there and there’s no better way than to travel in style in one of these beauties. […]

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Secret Shoots in Secure Locations – Revealed!

Secret Shoots in Secure Locations – Revealed!

Please note: ‘We’ means the royal we, such as I, Harniman and my trusty gang! Sometimes we’re lucky enough to receive covert communications from car manufacturers that reveals classified information as we’re asked to shoot at a clandestine location. These requests usually derive from some of the best car manufacturers who would like to see […]

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Giving Cars Some Stick Since the Nineties

Giving Cars Some Stick Since the Nineties

Since the nineties I’ve had one piece of kit that has helped me capture exactly what I need for clients such as Bentley, Peugeot and Subaru. To the passer by this kit looks like an extendable thick stick, something fire-fighters might use to rescue a cat from a tree, but to me, it’s a trusty […]

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How to park a Nissan Qashqai amid the glass towers of Canary Wharf

How to park a Nissan Qashqai amid the glass towers of Canary Wharf

Parking in London – what a nightmare! With the stress of it I often muse how I’d like to demolish the cityscape around me and park my car where I like and however I like. If only… So that’s how I felt recently when driving at a snail’s pace around Canary Wharf, where I planned […]

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Mark Walker and the 200HP V8 Darracq at Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb

Mark Walker and the 200HP V8 Darracq at Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb

With the New Year comes another season of historic racing events. I’ve mentioned Barrie “Whizzo” Williams and Shelsley Walsh in past blogs (even featuring Whizzo gunning up the hill on video), so this week I want to focus on another wonderful old racing car I shot last summer – the incredible 200HP V8 Darracq. I […]

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The Chevrolet Aveo; small is the new big

The Chevrolet Aveo; small is the new big

If you happened to glance at any of the New Year newspapers, I’m sure you’d be struck by almost universal apocalyptic forecasts for the year ahead; triple-dip recessions, global political upheaval, environmental collapse… dear oh dear. So 2013 is the year to think small. Small is the new big, if you like. To celebrate this […]

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The Grand Prix Lotus 18/21, Andrew Tart and the art of the engineer

The Grand Prix Lotus 18/21, Andrew Tart and the art of the engineer

It’s nearing Christmas so I thought I’d start this week’s blog on a festive note: a visit to Santa’s grotto, or something equivalent. But while Santa’s workshop in Lapland has umpteen elves in pointy hats fussing over intricately crafted toy racing cars and wooden train sets, the one I visited has a team of engineering […]

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My big Interview in Professional Photographer Magazine: True Lies, Part 2

My big Interview in Professional Photographer Magazine: True Lies, Part 2

Before CGI A photographer at heart, Nigel’s career started in London where he looked for the biggest photographers he could find doing location photography and tried to get work experience with them. “There were loads of people I tried to get work with at the time such as Alan Brooking, who did the iconic 1970s […]

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