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February 16, 2009
Work Featured In Digital Photographer Magazine
February 8, 2009
"Action Panns " Capturing Cars In Motion
Today we have released our new video on Automotive Photography called
Action Panns ” Capturing Cars In Motion.
This is Volume 1 with a follow up on Automotive Rigs due out shortly.
November 6, 2008
Photo Pro Magazine Feature
As promised here is a link to the feature Photo Pro Magazine did in their November issue.
The Editor Terry Hope joined us on location at Millbrook proving ground in Bedfordshire and featured what he witnessed in the magazine’s regular spot “The Shoot”
You can download the PDF Here
Photo Pro’s website can be found at www.photopromagazine.com
September 16, 2008
Millbrook-22 Cars-20 Hours
Just finished a rather large shoot at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire England.
The site is used by many magazines,manufacturer’s and the 5th Gear television programme to test vehicles and safely film them.In fact even some of the James Bond car stunts were filmed there.
It’s very high security and every film crew-photographer has his or her own security guard to make sure they only shoot what they are supposed to.
We had a UK photo exclusive with the Bentley Zagato which is a mere snip at £750,000 !!
and many more exotic vehicles.
My favorite ? It’s got to be the Mercedes C63 AMG as I got a chance to be scared out of my wits by our ex pro driver who kindly took me for a spin sideways around one of the tracks.What an experience that was…!! and what a talented driver.
This shoot is being featured in the November edition of Photo Pro magazine (On Sale at beginning of October 2008)
Pro Photo Insights
We are pleased to announce our new venture Pro Photo Insights.
I get many people express interest on how I create some of my work,so for a long time I have thought about producing some kind of online video content/training.
Following a chance online meeting and chatting I was finally inspired to take action and Professional Photographer Insights was born.
The idea is to show a start to finish (from behind the scenes) video footage of the photo shoot then screen casts of the retouching process.We encourage those who sign up to contact us and tell us what they wish to learn about e.g shooting panning shots of cars or what lenses have what effect on the landscape etc.The most popular request’s will be made into a training video.We have lots more plans too so it’s an exciting time to see where it will take us.
Sign up at www.prophotoinsights.net and we will send you a free 38 page e-book “Photographing the Edge of Darkness”
May 13, 2008
Audi A8
We did some test work in April using the new Audi A8 which I was fortunate to have at my disposal for a week.After much deliberation we finally made our decisions for the locations.Myself and a friend who often drives for me on shoots first found some of these spots on Exmoor 16 years previous when we shot his Ford RS Turbo for my portfolio.Luckily we managed to find our way back to scout out the best time of day for the light.A week or two later at 5.30 am we returned and managed 4 locations before the light was lost.
The images where all retouched and then converted into LAB colour so I could separate the colours and add intensity before converting back to RGB.
As for the car it was nice for a week but I’m glad to get back to my into my BMW for the thrills !!
These images can be viewed at www.plantphoto.com
January 16, 2008
Latest Work,Aston Martin Vantage
Just finished retouching this image of an Aston Martin Vantage for my fine art gallery www.simonplantgallery.com and my commercial Book (Portfolio).The image was shot on location last November for one of my clients.Compared to some images I work with this was a pretty straightforward retouch and took approx 4 hours in total.Depending on my mood/time constraints I sometimes will start an image and then pause for a few days and view it’s progress before finalising what I want to produce from the shot.
Apart from adding a new sky and doing tonal-colour adjustments this is the image that came from the camera.
About
My name is Simon Plant and I’m an award winning British Photographer specialising in Car Photography and Fine Art.
About…….
I was born in Birmingham England in 1967 and raised near Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset.
At the age of 19, I borrowed my father’s camera and traveled around
Greece. This was the very beginning of my interest in photography.
It was around 1989, that I came across the photographic work of John
Claridge, a world-renowned advertising photographer. His work had a
very big impact on me and ultimately inspired me to make photography my
career.
In 1990 I started up my own photographic business doing advertising work,
and shortly afterwards I received my first big break – shooting
Lifestyle images on location for Clark’s shoes.
Many assignments followed and I was on my way to becoming a full
Professional.
Over the years I have photographed a range of people – from heads of
Industry to TV celebrities. I have also travelled to many locations that
would normally have been inaccessible if it were not for my camera.
2005 saw me change direction and shoot less people based work and
concentrate on shooting locations & cars (another passion of mine).
Constantly exploring new imaging technologies and developing new
techniques I became one of the first car photographers in the UK shooting
specialist HDR images for the CGI Rendering of cars.
In 2007, I decided to launch my online gallery to cater for the ever-increasing interest that has grown for my work as fine art.
My work has won many awards and been featured in all the major photographic press in the U.K. and been commissioned and published by many Nationally and Internationally known clients worldwide.
I live with my family in the rural South West of England.
My work has been both commissioned and purchased worldwide for many high profile clients & companies.
A small selection includes.
AOL
American Airlines
Bank Of England
British Airways
Clarks Shoes
Delta Airlines
Enviroment Agency
Hallmark
Headworx Clothing
IBM
Microsoft Multimedia Publishing
Minnesota Orchestra
National Geographic.
National Rivers Authority
Orange
Oxford University Press
Severn Trent Water
Time Magazine Online
Welsh Tourist Board
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