A recent shoot with Anton Cooper (NZ’s latest weapon on 2 wheels) the shoot was for the front cover (as above) and a 7 page story for NZ MBR.
Last month I did a shoot for Groundeffect. The images were for the front cover of their Summer brochure and article about their latest and greatest cycling shorts, the new Exocets & Sirens. (more…)
November’s issue of Top Gear. Click here for more images
Last year I proposed a story to Top Gear magazine about the logistics and preparation that a F1 team goes through for their fly aways (fly away – race meeting on the other side of the world). With TG’s backing I got in touch with Renault F1 to propose the shoot, I was going to be in England during late September, which is when the teams pack away over 20 tones of gear for the Singapore GP, all I needed was the nod. It really came down to the wire but they finally agreed and I was given a few hours of very closely chaperoned access to Whiteways Technical Centre in Oxfordshire, the home of the Renault F1 Team. This post is a year late but it leads me very nicely on to a up coming post.
Finally ! It only took 2 years for this to make it to print ! Its a double page spread in the latest edition of New Zealand Mountain Biker.
Rider: Dwayne Smith
Track: Rad* Sick – Vic Park Christchurch
Last months Autocar ran an article on the new Bentley GT that I shot, I’m still waiting for the Top Gear spread (No pressure Ewen).
My first Bill Board..
This shoot was for Christchurch City Council to promote their waterwise campaign (obviously). Q Brand Agency were the clever people that came up with the concept and the brief seemed quite simple at first. Little did I know, pouring water is art form in itself. Once we got the pour right getting it to match up with the top image was also very challenging.
If I hadn’t of been shooting tethered (directly to my laptop) this shoot would of been a disaster, I was able to drop the image directly into the art work and then tweak each shot. Thanks to Robert from Q for his patience and great pouring skills.
Client: Christchurch City Council
Agency: Q Brand Agency
Now that’s what a Top Gear competition winner said to me when I rocked up in a new Landrover Discovery down Queenstown. And yes I do agree, my job rocks !! (most of the time)
Now this is a two part story just like the shoot. The first part (the good part) was to shoot a Landrover Discovery 4 for the “Top Gear SUV of the year award”, the second part was to take two convertibles down to one of the wettest part of the south Island. (Part 2, the not so good part)
Thankfully, Cameron (TG Editor) allowed Mark & myself to get started straight away with the Discovery, late evening in Queenstown was too good not take advantage of and I really wanted to try and nail a hero shot so to relieve some pressure. Not really knowing where to take the Disco I went to see the guys at Nomad safaris for a bit of advice, in true kiwi style a little bit of advice ended up with a guided tour up the Arrow river. Whilst Mark was having great fun driving the Discovery through rivers (quite fast), resulting in my camera bag getting a soaking I was battling thousands of blood sucking evil sandflies. The last shot was taken up the access road to Coronet peak, and is a stitch of 3 images.
Thanks to Mark for assisting and also looking after the retouching. http://cornellison.net/ and also the the guys at Nomad Safari’s.
A while back I teamed up with Time Zone 1 advertising agency here in Christchurch. The brief was to capture the essence of Ronald McDonald House South Island for their annual report. The shoot was great fun and meeting the wonderful kids, parents and staff members was truly humbling. The images below are taken from the final report. I believe the design and images convey the happiness and support that the house provides to thousands of families that are coping with the emotionally journey of having a sick child.
Since my first meeting at RMH I have been blown away by what they do, I have a great relationship with the house and I will continue to support RMH if which ever way I can.
