New Aston Martin Limited Edition Art is made Available

This week saw Aston Art launch a series of new high quality limited edition ‘art prints’ launch from commercial car and automotive photographer Tim Wallace.
‘AstonArt’ is a concept that was born following a project to capture the essence of Aston Martin in a contemporary photographic, and modern style through the eyes of photographer Tim Wallace and over the last 4 years has gone from strength to strength with over 80 pieces of art work now being available through the Aston Art dedicated website. The ‘Art’ prints are sold quite literally all over the World to both private collectors and also to corporate business for display in boardrooms and reception area’s.

The current Art Portfolios features Aston Martin classics models from the earliest Pre-War cars through to the infamous the DB4, DB5 and DB6 and onto the more modern super-cars of the DBS, V8 Vantage, and One-77.

Visit Aston Art Limited Edition Signed Aston Martin Artwork

FOCUS on Imaging UK with AmbientLife

FOCUS ON IMAGING is Europe’s biggest annual imaging show, covering all aspects of photography from image capture through to output and beyond. Aimed mainly at the professional image maker and processor, as well as buyers of image making equipment and materials, the top manufacturers from around the World display their latest equipment and developments and this year UK commercial car photographer Tim Wallace has work on display from 3 of the very best, Nikon UK, Profoto Sweden and Epson UK at the show.

Tim -”It’s always great to have our work displayed at an event of this scale and notoriety, over recent years we have seen an increased interest in the work and photography that we create for our European and US based clients from the manufacturers and suppliers themselves which I personally feel is a real credit to the AmbientLife and the people that we work with each year that help us do what we do best, ‘inspire’ through quality photography. In the first few months of 2013 we have been working with Profoto in Sweden to record 4 distinct videos that talk about our work and our approach and are due to be launched globally on April 1st this year. We have also been working with Nikon UK to supply inspirational car photography that they have used across differing marketing campaigns such as the recent Nikon FX brochures released early 2013 and work that is due to be launched in the coming month through the Nikon PRO magazine. We have also had a long standing relationship with Epson UK and as we have done previously at UK and International events with them, we are once again supplying work that they are displaying in their event area as well as using this for large format test print samples to demonstrate their excellence within the professional printing industry. Its a great honour to work with these companies and not only support their drive within the industry but also the industry as a whole.”

Some of our work at the 2013 Epson event within Focus

Nikon FX publication work

Profoto Sweden

Jaguar at the NEC Classic Car Show

This week saw one of our clients, Jaguar Classic Parts, unveil their stand at the Classic Car Show held at the NEC in Birmingham. The show is a prestigious affair with many of the top names in the industry attending. This year Jaguar JCP’s area was designed around the photographic work that Ambient Life photographer Tim Wallace captured recently for our client Jaguar at the Gaydon Test track in England. The work received very positive feedback at the show from both the attending public and other companies displaying there and marks the first phase of the work being used to help promote the JCP brand further within the UK and Europe. A magazine advertising campaign is set to launch in early 2014.

2013 Seminar Tour Dates Announced

We are very pleased to announce the dates and venues for the 2013 ‘Be Inspired’ tour of seminars and live shoot Pro events to be held by Photographer Tim Wallace of AmbientLife.
Each year Tim delivers a UK tour of venues around the UK from London to Scotland and talks in depth about subjects such as work flow, commercial photography, business development, and how to improve your technique. The tour events are very soundly based on commercial photography in general and also take an in depth look at many aspects of the photography business. These tours normally take place each year and have always proved very popular.
We look forward to enjoying the tour is 2013 that will start with a ‘Pro live shoot’ event that we have organised with our client Land Rover to be given on the Land Rover proving ground at their plant in Solihull in the UK on the 8th February 2013. The talks this year that Tim has designed and written himself will be delivered throughout the UK starting in February in Edinburgh, Scotland and will cover the major cites including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, with some additional events to be announced soon in the US as well as Holland and Germany.

Tim’s Background
Photographer Tim Wallace is the driving force and creative thinking behind Ambient Life.
An award winning photographer his work is often described as both conceptual and dramatic.
Tim works internationally with many high end brands and clients such as Aston, Land Rover Jaguar and Morgan in the UK to Kenwood and Audi in the US.
His work has been published globally and has been showcased in the infamous’Victor’ Magazine, a industry Worldwide and highly acclaimed industry leading magazine. He was recently named by as one of the UK’s most creative photographers whilst in the US Scott Kelby described Tim recently as one of the Ten most influential photographers in the World today, Tim’s view is a little more straight forward, a man who’s known for his down to earth attitude, his feet are firmly on the ground and his desire to produce creative work is one that he has been driven to from a very young age when he first picked up a camera, “Photography is for me simply a creative passion, the ability to use light and form to capture in a single image what I see in my own imagination…”

He is the humble recipient of many awards including International Advertising Photographer of the Year 2010, UK Motor Industry Photographer of the Year 2010, Hasselblad Photographer of the month Oct 2010, Professional Photographer of the Year 2009 as well as receiving Distinction Awards for his work from such professional boards as the RPS. Tim’s company Ambientlife was recently honored in the Best New Business awards and won the ‘Best new Creative Business Award’ for 2011, something that we are very proud of and a testament to his dedication and drive towards our clients and his work in the field of commercial photography.

“My work is often regarded as conceptual and dramatic and to me photography is a process, you’ll never hear me mutter ‘it’ll be fine’ as that’s simply not enough for me. Life is short and I aim to make mine worth while and interesting with work that I hope reflects this.
My goal in life is to be myself always, be creative, be true and most of all improve just a little part of peoples lives with images that both entertain and sometimes invoke the feelings that I had when I shot them. I’ve won awards and I’m always of the thought that maybe they got the wrong Tim Wallace, hey I’m grateful always but never take myself or any achievements too seriously, life’s too short and people will forget you quickly.
I jumped off a cliff in Norway a few years ago in a BASE jump, why?, well because it felt right for me to do that for myself at that time, I truly believe that anything in life is possible, work hard, be an honest person, tell the people that you love just what they mean to you as often as you can, and most of all be out there shooting because sometimes that’s where amazing things can happen.”

“the journey from A to B and the chance of arriving at C”

2013 Events Schedule

The 2013 seminars are split into two separate types of event that we hope offer something for everybody, from non professional photographers looking to improve their understanding of light and photography through to the Pro talks aimed at professional and established photographers discussing such items as business, marketing, client approach and pricing within the industry

Pro Seminar Talks - ‘Be Inspired and Inspire you clients’

Amateur Seminar Talks - ‘Be Inspired and understand light’

Event Dates

Birmingham Land Rover Pro Shoot
8th February (Friday)
Land Rover Solihull Site – Land Rover Live shoot event

Edinburgh
22nd February (Friday) Pro Seminar Talk
23rd February (Saturday) Amateur Seminar Talk

London
8th March (Friday) Pro Seminar Talk
9th March (Saturday) Amateur Seminar Talk

Birmingham
22nd March (Friday) Pro Seminar Talk
23rd March (Saturday) Amateur Seminar Talk

United States
*5th – 19th April – Dates and Venues to be announced

Manchester
3rd May (Friday) Pro Seminar Talk
4th May (Saturday) Amateur Seminar Talk

Bristol
24th May (Friday) Pro Seminar Talk
25th May (Saturday) Amateur Seminar Talk

Glasgow
7th June (Friday) Pro Seminar Talk
8th June (Saturday) Amateur Seminar Talk

Holland
June – Dates and Venues to be announced Pro Seminar Talk

Germany
June – Dates and Venues to be announced Pro Seminar Talk

How to register and book a place on an event or seminar

All of our UK based seminar talks and Pro live shoot events in the UK can be booked through the main Calumet Seminar central website here where you will see all of Tim’s events and venues clearly laid out with additional details and feedback from previous attendees.

Pro Talk Ingredients

Aimed at business’s already established and possibly struggling for direction or looking to increase workload and focus more.
This seminar is NOT about car photography is about business in the Commercial World of Photography and how to give yourself the best chance of success, the business aspects and the mental state of mind required.
The class is also very much aimed at people thinking about starting as a Professional Photographer and are looking for a better idea of things they need to focus their efforts and planning on to succeed in this difficult market.
If you would like to know how Tim has managed to build his business from scratch in just 6 years to where he is now then this is the seminar for you to attend where Tim discusses business openly and frankly and how his approach to market has helped to give him the success he enjoys today as well respected name known Internationally for his work as well as the recipient of many awards including Commercial Photographer of the Year.

*Planning your business to give it the best chance to succeed in the future…
*Focus your business and understand why we need to do this and how to do this
*Tax Basics and things to consider
*Building a portfolio
*What it ‘really’ takes to be a commercial photographer in 2013
*Marketing yourself and presenting your work to the Clients
*Understanding the minefield of commercial quotes and pricing for work effectively

Amateur Talk Ingredients

Aimed squarely at those that are seeking to learn more about photography and gain a better understanding of light and other elements that turn good pictures into great pictures.
These talks are not based on just understanding digital camera equipment but more looking at the whole discipline of photograhy and more importantly setting the right frame of mind to have a
better approach to talking pictures and in turn enjoying the whole process to allow more creative ideas and work to evolve through a better understanding of light, choosing equipment and
getting rid of some old miss perceptions about photography and what can and can’t be done.

*Camera owner or Photographer?
*Equipment, a look at what you need and what you don’t
*Approaching photography with an open mind
*Light and how to understand it better to improve look and feel of your work
*Lighting basics on minimal equipment
*Processing your files
*Presenting your work
*How to create new inspired work yourself

“Being out there is where things happen,
so do something worth remembering”

New Limited Edition Print Available with Aston Art

Car Photographer Tim Wallace has been working with Aston commercially for a number of years producing dramatic work that is often described as strong in its concept and ‘artist’ in its merit.
Aston Art was launched by Aston in 2008, over 4 years ago as Aston responded to growing demands from their own customers wishing to purchase original prints of Tim’s Commercial work and launched Aston Art. Today we are pleased to announce that a new ‘Limited Edition’ print is now available and has gone on sale entitled ‘Simplon Chase’ featuring a dramatic photograph of a Aston Martin Vantage being chased through the Simplon Alps Pass in Switzerland by a Classic DB5.

This work is exclusively available at Aston Art with delivery at all countries Worldwide.

This year we are also offering what Aston are entitling ‘The Legend Range’ and these are hand printed limited editions that Tim will sign himself, the number of prints available is restricted on these however so demand will lead to these being unavailable in time.

Aston Art.com

Q3 – Car Photography – New Pro Book launches online

The ‘Pro Book’ represents a online copy of our automotive car photography work presented on screen as a portfolio but more in the traditional sense, a soft copy you could say of the actual Pro Book that we may use in client meetings or with agents. The book is updated four times each year and we are very pleased to announce the launch of the Q3 version of the book.

Tim’s Pro Book for his automotive car photography receives a vast amount of interest from clients and agencies alike and we hope that this new release of Tim’s Portfolio inspires and demonstrates his create style and approach as well as showcasing some of his recent work both in the UK and Internationally.

Le Grand Feature

This month we are very honoured to announce a feature that will appear in ‘Le Grand’ a Worldwide magazine that has its roots based in high end luxury living and life style. The magazine interviewed AmbientLife photographer Tim Wallace earlier this year to talk to him about his work with some the Worlds finest prestige car manufacturers such as Aston Martin and Bentley as well as take a look at how his work has impacted on this market Worldwide to create a desire that drives and influences his clients customers. The magazine is published in both English and Chinese across the World and has an online version available for subscribers to the facility with many sections including not only prestige automotive but also high end fashion, jewellery, lifestyle products and yachting to name a few.

US Special Event Announced in Tampa Florida

We are in the the US for a few weeks filming with Scott Kelby for some videos that are soon to be released and while we are in the Florida Miami region we have been invited to give a special one off talk for Dave Cross in Tampa. This is an open evening to Pro Photographers and will be on the 26th October at 18h to 21h.

Dave Cross Special US Inspired Evening Talk more details here

Tim picks up International Photography Award in London

Ambient Life photographer and founder Tim Wallace was in London today after being announced as the winner of the International Advertising Photographer of the Year Award for 2010. The awards ceremony took place at the prestigious Hasselblad Studio in Central London and was made by the Editor of Professional Photographer magazine Grant Scott.

The Awards are held each year and attract entries from Professional Photographers all over the World and are broken down into individual categories such as Fashion, Product and Advertising. Tim had 4 entries submitted this year in the Advertising section and we were overjoyed to receive word this morning that Tim had won this section outright with a piece of work he shot earlier in the year featuring an Aston Martin Vantage.

Tim -”This is a fantastic honour and I can honestly say that given the high standard of work that was submitted to this category I was hoping that I would maybe get shortlisted but to win is just incredible. I feel very humbled and thankful that I work with such amazing people and clients that have the vision and open mindedness to allow me to be creative and project the World through my eyes. It is a wonderful end to 2010 and I look forward to what I hope will be another amazing year ahead as we enter 2011′.

Tim Wallace guest speaker for Nikon UK at the opening of the 2011 Focus EXPO

Today marked the start of this years 2011 Focus EXPO at the NEC Birmingham. The event is the largest of its kind within the UK photographic calendar and this year Ambient Life photographer Tim Wallace was invited to attend the opening day today to have his work displayed by the Royal Photographic Society and Epson as well as hold two special inspirational talks for Nikon UK as their special guest speaker for the day.

Tim – “Focus is a great event for photographers and draws thousands during each of the four days that it is held. Not only does it offer professionals the opportunity to see new developments within the industry but it also give people the chance to meet with suppliers and the manufacturers that shape our tools that are in development for release in the future. It was a great to be involved with the RPS (Royal Photographic Society) and help them with a campaign to increase interest and promote the Society within the UK professional community. Epson and our association with them continued to grow this year also and we had a lot of our work on display as well as being used to demonstrate differing printing types and processes through from home printers to the very large commercial units. I saw some pretty giant prints coming off when I walked past and its always great to be a fly on the wall and hear people gasp and comment not only on the print quality but also the picture itself!.

The majority of my day was taken up with our work for Nikon at the event, where I was invited on the opening day to be their guest speaker with two one hour talks that we entitled ‘Inspiration Included’. These were aimed all levels of skill within the audience and were very relaxed and good humoured to talk through some of my own work over the last 12 months as well as discuss the industry in general along with techniques and our own approach to the commissions that I undertake within my business for clients such as Aston Martin, Morgan and many others. A great day that I thoroughly enjoyed and it was wonderful to meet with so many motivated people as well as catch up with old friends.”