Royal Photographic Society Interview

The Royal Photographic Society is one of the oldest and most respected societies in England and recently David Land from the RPS spent some time with Tim Wallace to talk about his work, his outlook on the industry today and where it all started for Tim many years ago to lead him to a path that would see him build a successful international business in just 6 years and become a respected name in the industry. Tim is an ‘Associate’ of the RPS having successfully passed the Associate judging to gain this award just 1 year after starting his business with his work having been featured at exhibitions and events by the RPS on several occasions, later this year Tim will be giving a talk for the society at their headquarters in Bath England.

Royal Photographic Society full interview – PDF Download

Tim’s ARPS Royal Photographic Society – Portfolio

Royal Photographic Society Bath – Lecture and Personal talk by Tim Wallace 19th June 2013 at the RPS Headquarters in Bath.
Tickets are available direct from the Royal Photographic Society here

Profoto Master Series Interview with Tim Wallace

This week saw commercial car photographer Tim Wallace being interviewed by Profoto Sweden. Tim recorded a set of 3 filmed interviews discussing his work, lighting and his feelings towards what makes a successful commercial image in todays market. The interviews are part of the ‘Master Series’ of films that Profoto produce featuring renowned professional photographers from around the World.

The ‘Master’ series interviews with Tim will be launched on the Profoto main site and global channels in early March 2013 were he will follow of in the foot steps of other renowned and accomplished photographers such as George Holz, US based celebrity photographer who featured in the ‘Master’ series recently.

Tims work was recently featured on the Profoto best of 2012 showreel that was first launched at Photokina.

Royal Photographic Society Lecture

We are very happy to announce that AmbientLife photographer Tim Wallace has been requested by the Royal Photographic Society to give a professional Lecture in June this year to take place at the RPS headquarters in Bath, England.
Aimed at those who not only love great car photography but also those seeking to learn more about commercial photography. Participants will gain a better understanding of light and other elements along with aspects of business and commercial work in general.
Tim talks through his life in car photography and photography as a business, working within the industry today and how he approaches the market.

2013 RPS Lecture with Tim Wallace reserve tickets here

Kelby Training Special Offer

Over the last few years we have recorded a series of online video training classes in the US featuring commercial car photographer Tim Wallace for Kelby Training. These online classes have proven to be a huge success and are accessed through a annual subscription system to Kelby Training where not only Tim’s work and classes can be accessed but also that of group of respected photographers from around the World such as Joe McNally.
For a limited time Kelby Training are offering 72 hour access to individuals who may wish to rent a series of training courses.

This offer is only available for a limited time at a cost of $6.99

Welcome 2013 with our new AmbientLife website content

As 2013 rapidly approaches we have just today launched the new AmbientLife main site with lots of new great new changes, new galleries including ‘US Automotive’ and ‘Personal Projects’, with over 150 additions to our automotive catalogue of syndication and client work.

http://www.ambientlife.co.uk/

We would like to wish all the great people that we have met and worked with over the last 12 months a very happy New Year and we look forward to a truly inspired 2013!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

As 2012 grows to a near and Christmas approaches we would like to take the opportunity to wish all our clients and our colleagues a very merry Christmas and a peaceful and fruitful New Year.
2012 has been a very eventful year for Ambientlife and has seen our company complete projects and commercial shoots around the globe as well as Tim continuing his work in delivering seminars in the UK, Europe and the US. We have seen great success from the training video’s that Tim recorded in the US earlier this year as a guest of Scott Kelby and Kelby Training and there are plans to return to the US in early 2013 to record some further classes to add to the catalogue of work available online for people to view. 2012 also saw Tim continue his work with some of our long established clients such as Aston and Jaguar as we strove forward to support these clients with their media requirements such as the exciting new ‘Aston Legend’ book that Tim is currently working on and is expected to be published world wide in 2013, and work for Jaguar to support their needs at international trade shows and motor events.

Tim - “Its been an amazing year that all started off really in the US with the launch of the video work we recored for Kelby, never one to be completely comfortable in front of a camera and more at home behind it I think, but this work has received great reviews across the globe and I am very touched and pleased that so many people have written to me since their release in February to say that these classes have really helped them understand light and look at photography in a different and new way, very well worth while and satisfying.
Its been a busy year with our automotive car work as always and we have had the addition of some pretty big projects that have stretched us at times but its all been a great learning curve in life and one that has lead us to meet some amazing people and visit some remarkable locations and places around the globe. Probably one of my biggest challenges this year has been to start work on the ‘Aston Legends’ book. I remember the first production meeting for this at Aston and at the time it was described to me as like ‘eating an elephant’ one mouth full at a time…lol
There is a huge amount of work to do as you simply don’t realise just what goes into filling a 400 page book until you actually sit down and start to plan it out but I am glad to say that we estimate that we are over 50% of the way through now and its very exciting indeed and I look forward greatly to see the completed book available and on the book store shelves, personally this is a life time goal for me and one thats been very satisfying indeed.
The year ended commercially for us in California shooting various work throughout the area and visiting some truly amazing locations such as Death Valley, LA, and Yosemite National Park. Throughout all our work it would not be possible to achieve the work that I do without the support of those that we work with and most of all my life and business partner Jess who simply is the most supportive and amazing person in her own right with her brilliant behind the scenes work on logistics and locations as well as bring the glue behind the scenes that helps keep everything together and me on the straight and narrow.
The year end is almost here and myself and Jess have taken some time out to be at our home in Switzerland to enjoy this festive period with friends and family not to mention catch up some skiing in the Alps where I hope to survive another year…!
I would like to personally wish all the people that we have met this year a very merry Christmas and a very peaceful and happy New Year as we look forward to many more adventures and challenges ahead of us.”

DPC South Africa this month featured the work of Ambientlife photographer Tim Wallace.

“This exceptional Commercial Photographer’s work will have you drooling… Tim Wallace is an unbelievably talented Photographer, his shooting style is very pure and his attention to detail explains why he has received so many awards, including, International Advertising Photographer of the Year. Follow the images below, it will most assuredly inspire you…”

Danie Bester, founder and editor of DPC, has been lecturing extensively on photography throughout South Africa for some years. Danie’s love for fine art photography is evident in both his work, as well as his basic and advanced training courses.

DPC was birthed from Danie’s passion to help others with a desire to learn photography skills and techniques. It is the mission and vision of DPC to help novice photographers understand and effectively use their digital cameras, and take creative photographs, which they can be proud of. Danie realized at the outset that, as students of basic photography acquired basic skills, they would want, and need to be trained in more advanced photographic techniques. In partnership with other professional photographers DPC developed advanced courses and practical workshops to align with these goals.

DPC Feature
Read it online live here

Interested in learning how to light and shoot car and automotive photography?
Why not join us here to enjoy over 4 hours of video tutorial classes on car photography Tim Wallace – Kelby Training Instructor

2013 Seminar Events with photographer Tim Wallace
Check out our events booking page and our main seminar page here at AmbientLife

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.

Profoto Sweden Interview

Profoto is a major driving force in the manufacturer of professional lighting systems aimed at the professional photographer and today they released an interview that they recently held with Ambient Life photographer Tim Wallace.

Tim talked openly about his approach to his work and lighting and also the interview contains a breakdown of the lighting that Tim recently demonstrated whilst on a shoot in the US with a Mustang muscle car, recorded for Kelby training as part of a series of four training videos that have now been launched globally and continue to receive strong positive feedback for their open approach and step by step technique.

Profoto full interview online here

Profoto was founded in 1968, in Stockholm, by photographer and engineer Eckhard Heine and photo equipment retailer Conny Dufgran, both Swedish. Their relationship started out with mr Dufgran selling mr Heine a new flash unit – that didn’t work. Annoyed with the failing unit, mr Heine went home and invented a new type of flash, with the focus on durability. Simply by walking around in Stockholm for two weeks, he immediately sold 25 units. Profoto was born – with a bang – and a few months later Eckhard Heine and Conny Dufgran launched the new Pro-1 generator internationally at the Photokina trade show in Cologne.

Behind the scenes photography – Jessica Gremaud

If you would like to watch how we worked with these cars and made the best use of our lighting then please join us online at Kelby Training where you can review and enjoy all 4 video classes, each of which is around 45 minutes to 1 hour in duration.

Kelby Training – Inspired Light with Tim Wallace Checkout our four exciting classes online here

Scott Kelby gets Inspired…

Scott Kelby is the founder of Kelby Training based in the US and is well respected throughout the photographic industry for his training and seminars as well as his work within the Adobe and Photoshop communities. Tim recently spent some time in the US recording 4 training videos with the Kelby Training team and these have been very popular both in the US and internationally. Recently Scott himself even felt inspired to go and try to do his first car shoot and tried out some of Tim’s techniques that he demonstrated on his video’s.

You can read all about Scotts shoot and see his results on the

Scott Kelby Blog online here

The Wallace Classes Available on Kelby

The four classes that are online with Kelby Training from AmbientLife are;

1. How to light a car using multiple lights
2. Lighting a car and shooting detail with just one light
3. Shooting cars with only available light
4. Photoshop techniques for Car Photographers.

All of the filming took place in Ybor near Tampa Florida at a location known as ‘The Trolley Barn’, a location made famous in its use during the filming of ‘The Punisher’ a few years ago. October in Florida is still pretty hot and during our first week the weather was indeed very humid with the whole team really feeling that heat inside the barn. Our choice of cars over the term of the shooting was a Ford Mustang V6, a Dodge Challenger, and a Cadillac CTS.

If you would like to watch how we worked with these cars and made the best use of our lighting then please join us online at Kelby Training where you can review and enjoy all 4 video classes, each of which is around 45 minutes to 1 hour in duration.

Kelby Training – Inspired Light with Tim Wallace Checkout our four exciting classes online here