Car Photography TV

That Canon v Nikon Debate Just Got Serious

by Neill January 5, 2012 Car Photography TV

I know the frame rate of the latest Nikon and Canon pro bodies resembles an Uzi, but this is getting a bit serious. Canon commandos are sent on a mission to rescue a girl held hostage by Nikon baddies… Particularly impressed by the Speedlight hand grenade and the Pocket Wizard bomb trigger…. And as ever, [...]

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1992 Continental Tyres TV Advert – Behind The Scenes

by Neill October 5, 2011 Car Photography TV

If you were watching TV in the nineties, you’ll certainly recall the Continental Tyres TV advertisement, filmed on the rooftop of a skyscraper. The advert shows a 3 series BMW being driven right up to the edge of the roof by a stunt driver, placing his faith in the grip of the tyres. Well for [...]

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Ferrari 458 Spider Video, Behind The Scenes

by Neill September 20, 2011 Car Photography TV

Here’s a great Behind The Scenes video showing how the new Ferrari 458 Spider promo was shot. These days, the BTS reel is almost as important as the actual feature itself. There’s some impressively expensive assets at play here, including the helicopter camera ship, the ML55 AMG with Russian Arm and some cool dolly moves. [...]

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Superb Audi Racing Video

by Neill August 16, 2011 Car Photography TV

Car manufacturers are producing some great online programming right now, with this one covering that epic LeMans 24 Hours win. It’s 13 minutes long, so take a coffee or something and watch the amazing story and some great camera work.

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Mercedes Benz TV – Watch and Learn

by Neill June 24, 2011 Car Photography TV

I know I keep banging on about how many businesses and editorial publications are missing a trick with video, take a look at my my blog post from 2009 on this, but here’s a car manufacturer who’ve really nailed using video to create a buzz about their brand. Mercedes Benz TV is a very slick [...]

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Porsche Viral Video – Must be a DSLR in There

by Neill May 25, 2011 Car Photography TV

Porsche are making some superb videos for thier YouTube channel right not and I make no excuse for featuring this one of Walter Rorhl on the recent Targa Tazmania in his original Porsche 911 SC. Car photographer interest? Tale a look at the establishing scenes and B Roll, must have been shot with a HDSKR [...]

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Formula One Photographer Interview

by Neill February 11, 2011 Car Photography TV

Smibs TV is a growing resouce of niche market TV shows. The kind of informal chat that you’d like to hear, but you know will never make it onto TV, even at 3.00 am. My favourite channel is Peter Windsor’s The Flying Lap. Thanks to his vast experience of a long career in Formula One, [...]

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Lexus TV ad and Behind The Scenes

by Neill January 18, 2011 Car Photography TV

You know I’m a sucker for a creative car advert and I love the BTS reel even more than the advert itself. Here’s a great ad by Lexus USA together with the Behind The Scenes of just how they did it. BTS reels are becoming even more popular these days, not just because of geeks [...]

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My Top Ten Favourite Videos of 2010

by Neill December 24, 2010 Car Photography TV

These are my top ten videos that I’ve seen in 2010. They’re not all created in 2010, in fact some are old archives that I’ve seen before, but which continued to spring to mind this year. Some are not even car videos, but I feel they deserve to be here because of the technical and [...]

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That Isle Of Man Mercedes SLS AMG Movie….

by Neill December 14, 2010 Car Photography TV

Back in August, I wrote in an excited frame of mind about the news emerging about the latest Mercedes SLS viral video. I loved the Jay Leno movie and, or course, the behind the scenes which these days seems to be almost as important as the main feature. I was pinned to the eight minute [...]

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