Earlier this year i had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with one of Australia’s top Hard Enduro and Trials riders, Tim Coleman. His vast property in country Victoria has an abundance of locations for showcasing his insane skills on a motorcycle. These image were commissioned by Sherco Motorcyles Australia for their marketing and also use on Tims own website and social media accounts. To find out more about Tims coaching clinics check out www.timcolemanx.com
Some recent work for Mojo Motorcycles who are the importer of bespoke French motorcycle manufacturer Sherco Motorcycles. Sherco Australia have just launched their range of Electric kids balance bikes the EB12 and EB16. and required imagery for their press release and marketing efforts. Unfortunately I could not spend much time planning or scouting for this shoot as it was very last minute, regardless we came away with some great images on the day. The two children were absolute superstars on the day, it was a great day and i’m looking forward to working with Sherco Australia again soon.
This beautiful Italian sex machine was photographed for its owner Jordan Roddy of Bespoke Motorcars here in Melbourne back in June. The day after this photoshoot the car was loaded into a container and shipped across the seas to its new owner in the UK. Jordan purchased this stunning rare Ferrari 458 GT3 Race Car from its previous owner who raced it in the Australian GT championship, Jordan began to give the race car a freshen up both aesthetically and mechanically. You may remember Jordans previous race car this Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT GT1 Le-Mans Race Car i photographed last year. There were many factors to consider when capturing race cars as they are a whole lot more difficult than registered road cars. For one they have no registration so cannot be ‘legally’ driven on the streets, they must be trailered everywhere, they are very very low so struggle to be placed into locations or even up ramps/driveways, most of the time they cannot be moved under their own power because of the noise and also the wear on the sequential gearboxes (they hate slow speed manoeuvring)…..
For all of the above reasons it makes it very difficult to get a variety of different locations or any panning/ tracking shots of race cars in motion unless you are shooting at a racetrack. Lucky for us it didn’t really matter in this case as the car is the star of the show and everything else would detract from this beautifully designed machine. Jordan chose this beautiful location in a small country town named Kyneton, about a 2hrs drive from Melbourne. Although it was a long way out it did give us the benefit of not being bothered by rubber necks or having to move the car for traffic. Most important of all this small town lent us this gorgeous orange and yellow backdrop created by the autumn leaves and let me capture a real country feel.
It’s always a pleasure shooting the amazing machines that Jordan makes his living in collecting and restoring, i’m very much looking forward to his next race car project of his and getting that in front of the camera.
“Lovely job, just stunning you killed it as always mate thanks again. Can’t wait for this printed in wideboy format on my garage wall ”
As we lost the warm afternoon sunset over the horizon we moved onto a new location nearby to capture some more dramatic images. The issue with race cars is they cannot be driven anywhere, the loading and unloading component took around 45 mins as this car is so wide it fits on the trailer with only a few cms to spare. We settled on this stunning old homestead and pushed the car into position for the various static shots. The theme for these photos both during the shoot and during post processing was a dark and menacing look, highlighting the red with the blue cold tones of the night sky.
Local distilling company The Natural Distilling Co approached me earlier this year to create some fresh imagery for their brand. The brief was to create some eye capturing imagery for use on their website and social media accounts. The shoot was more about their product being used in the real world with drinks and cocktails rather than static e-commerce style images on a white backdrop ( the brand already had that content).
We set up the shoot to take place at a bar that one of the co-owners runs which would give us the perfect mix of outdoor and indoor settings. I do love having the client/business owners on board during a shoot as everyone can give their input and help shape the look and feel of what we capture. I used a tethered capture straight to my laptop for this shoot so the clients could see immediately what the photos looked like and make any changes to the styling or set on the fly. Working this way always guarantees client satisfaction and makes sure we are creating exactly what they require to meet the brief.
The client came away with many months worth of new social media and website content from just a half day photoshoot. We already have plans for the next on location photoshoot which will involve heading to country Victoria to capture the farm where the hemp gin/vodka is not only harvested but distilled and bottled. I’m very much looking forward to the next planned shoot as soon as Covid restrictions ease and we can get back to work.
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“The first lot of edited images you sent through looked amazing mate, great work. A big thanks for moving so quickly on all of this. We are all super happy with the results of last weeks shoot and very much look forward to working with you again.”
“These are bloody great, and the ones you sent through edited are smick, well done!”
Bremar Automation are an automotive engineering firm based in Melbourne. The companies founder & owner Brett contacted me as he had engaged a design agency to create a brand new website and also manage their online google ad-words, facebook ads and social media campaigns along with much of their online strategy. The problem Brett had was his company did not have any current professional photography to best represent what Bremar does.
This commercial photoshoot took place on location at the companies HQ, working to a brief and plan discussed previously with the web developer and the CEO Brett. There was a specific feel and colour toning that the web developer required so this was added into the brief and shots crafted around this. A half day shoot was scheduled in which i captured photographs of the engineering team working, in meetings and providing training, using their engineering tools, scanners and equipment, and also a few images of the products they have manufactured. We also shot some headshots of the small team and some casual images of them in the warehouse.
The new Bremar Automotive website is Now Live and the visual assets we created will be used for future online marketing and also printed brochures.
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“Thanks for the quick turn around on the proofs. Very happy with how things have come out. I’ve forwarded them on to Mark and his response was “spoiled for choice” ”
I decided to find out at the local MX track. These photos were all shot on a Nikon D750 using a 25 year old Nikon 80-200mm F2.8 lens. The lens nor body has any form of stabilisation or vibration reduction. All these shots are hand held which means no monopods/tripods.
The useable images i came away with were taken using a shutter speed of between 1/25th sec to 1/50th sec at 200mm focal length. This is very slow for a 200mm lens of this age and not advisable if you want a great hit rate of sharp in focus images. I had never tried to shoot with a shutter speed this slow on this lens and so I was pleasantly surprised to find that many of the shots worked and had the effect i was aiming for. What I wont tell you is how many shots were complete rubbish and blurry/ out of focus ( Hint- It was A LOT ).
I met the owner of this car earlier this year when i was on another shoot, we got chatting about his car which you see here. Simon is an avid landscape photographer and wanted to learn more about automotive photography, so I did what anyone else would do and put his rare blue machine in front of my lens and both snapped away. The Alpine A110 is a very underrated vehicle and a rare sight here on Australian roads. In this day and age of big heavy powerful cars it’s very refreshing to see a proper lightweight drivers car still being manufactured. Think how much fun 290hp must be in a tiny 1100kg mid-engine package. It was a great chance for me to have a look at this mid engined machine up close, the build quality and interior really impressed me and the blue paint just pops, i couldn’t imagine this car in another other colour. On a cold night back in May we braved the rain and wind and came away with some great photos of this French beauty at a local shopping center car park.
Recently had the chance to shoot these two very special Jaguars for a private client. On the left we have the Spa and Bathurst Race Winning Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar XJ-S. This car has a rich race history across the globe and is currently owned, raced and maintained by Jaguar specialist Mike Roddy. On the right is rare hand built 1993 Walkinshaw XJR-S V12 road car in original condition with only 7,400kms on the clock, the car was brought into the country from Japan in 2019. We were fortunate enough to have an hour on track access at Sandown Racetrack to take these shots.
Client - Bespoke Motorcars /Mike Roddy Motors
