I’m currently mid production on a personal film project with the fabulous support of Red Cameras and Rapha Clothing. BTS Shots by Brian Whar.
Just before Christmas an interesting project came in from our agency friends at Mindshare London and designer Gina Geoghegan. Working with Land Rover on their “See Winter Differently” Hibernot campaign we acted as photographic visual consultants working on the design and positioning of experiential arches that we placed at the best photographic spots for Londons Lumiere festival in January.
Workstation No.2 Dubai Airport.
Product : Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Location : White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Weather : Rain storms.
Highlights of 2014. The blog has been sadly neglected recently as we have been overseas again but its a good time to look back on a stunning 2014 by choosing my favourite 10 images from the year.
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I’ve known better weather for shooting Porsche convertibles..
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The team have recently returned from a highly successful shoot in hot and humid Manila . Fighting with monsoon conditions, chaotic driving conditions and a large audience at the location we shot a new Far East campaign for Shell Advance.
So Tuesday was spent shooting at Porsche with over £200,000 of kit – mainly consisting of no less than 4 drones, a Red Epic and assorted other Hi Res cameras. Here is the first image through plus some fun behind the scenes imagery.
I’m delighted to now reveal the first of our Yas Marina F1 shots taken on an incredibly hot June morning at the Abu Dhabi circuit. We are currently working on a series of these so more will follow on the blog very soon.
In May we were flown to Cape Town to photograph Inmarsat’s global connectivity service, IsatHub.The team travelled over 2000 km in 5 days with dawn and dusk shoots to make the most of the stunning light.
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We spent Tuesday morning shooting backplates at the Yas Marina motor racing circuit in Abu Dhabi. Look out for some exciting CGI renders of F1 cars in action in the coming weeks.
Alps from the air. Commissioned aerial shoot over the Swiss Alps a couple of weeks ago.
I’m delighted to report I have now joined the roster of one of Europe’s finest photographers agents : Trayler and Trayler. I’ve been working with Carolyn and the team “ by special arrangement ” for a while now but its great to have the full time support of my Dream Team at such an exciting time.
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A significant proportion of last week was spent shooting on the apron at Geneva airport. The results of our efforts will follow in the coming weeks.
Fresh snowstorms blow across the Caucasus mountains in Azerbaijan. An updated version of one of last weeks landscape shots for Shahdag Ski Resort.
Am interesting commission came my way a couple of weeks ago. A PR campaign for NPower drawing attention to the energy inefficiency of many London buildings.
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6 days of continuous shooting and we are all officially knackered . Right off to bed, another 0645 start tomorrow to catch that light.
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interesting day with a pre launch car that will rock the world of EVs in 22 days…. I love it .
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Back on the road with Subaru again today. Day one of a two day shoot.
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Was honoured to be one of only 2 UK photographers to exhibit this week at the Royal Geographical Society with my winning images from the HIPA international competition. It features one of my images of the Breitling Jet Team over the Matterhorn mountain range in Switzerland.
One of a series of DM campaign shots I took for Rolls Royce for the Home of Rolls Royce special edition Phantom. This campaign concentrated on the unique craftsmanship at the Goodwood plant with a series of macro still life details and portraits of the individual craftsmen.
In addition to the rather spectacular landscapes we were tasked to shoot in Azerbaijan a couple of weeks ago we also shot a series of summer action sports for the agency. Here’s kids quad bikes.
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This place is so beautiful. Signature landscape photography, Shahdag Mountain Resort, Azerbaijan for Zoo Communications, London.
Shahdag Winter Complex, Azerbaijan . Art Director Jason Coleman and I survey the “changeable” weather and decide when we will risk driving into the mountains to recce our landscape shoot.
Just back from a great shoot for IFA Hotels in Dubai. A series of portraits in my particular style, there is a real satisfaction in squeezing something powerful out of the most unlikely of locations.
The VW Phaeton is one of the most refined cars I have ever driven - I took this shot for VW in the Paddington Basin Development in London. Click on the photo to watch an amazing interactive site explaining the history of the glass factory in Dresden where its built.
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Composite campaign shoot for Toshiba yesterday in the Shoreditch studio . Great crew and a brilliant set of ‘real’ people to shoot.
The Brietling 2013 Chronolog is available now at all good quality watch retailers worldwide. My shot of the Jet Team in perfect formation graces the cover.
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Was delighted to get a portfolio of 15 images into the 2012 Shanghai International Photographic Festival this October. I was one of only 6 photographers from the AOP to be selected for this exhibition.
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Quick rush from last nights overnight shoot at Heathrow Airport underground subway station. Probably the first and last time I will position my camera directly over an electrified rail.
The final version of my O2 Arena shot for AEG and Bblur Architects. It’s actually possible to enjoy the view now - at the time I was too busy hanging out of the chopper to fully appreciate what a stunning eve it was.
Masking tape anybody..
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Here’s the latest shot from our Breitling Jet Team shoot. More of these on the website now.
Just back from a shoot for Dornier 328Jet in Munich. Here’s a couple of the signature shots.
