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What We Do

We are specialists in complex live events and experiences.

Photography

We support press, marketing, commercial and partnerships teams with expertly-crafted photography.

Motorsports

We do spectacular, nothing less. We've worked in F1, Formula E, IndyCar, WEC and more. We scale to shoot for teams, press, hospitality, sponsors and entire series.

Hospitality and guest experience

The Formula E World Championship has entrusted us with all experience imagery since 2020. Yes, your guest, fan and partner activations are in safe hands.

Celebrity and VIP

Star talent, world leaders and their teams love our warm approach and robust image approvals: Brady, DiCaprio, LeBron, Will Smith, Prince Albert II, and more.

Press and media

We work closely with press and communications teams, delivering colour-graded, metadata-tagged images of key moments to media within minutes.

Sports teams and events

We put people centre stage. We've covered football, rugby, NFL, basketball, athletics, triathlon, cycling, kayaking, skydiving, parkour, expeditions and more.

Embedded team creatives

For Andretti, Nissan, Renault, McLaren, Envision, Mahindra and others, we've captured the highs and lows. Even if it means getting ice cream in the face.

Series-level support

We've built systems and workflows that scale. We've been trusted to directly support Formula E, British Rally Championship, E1 Series, Extreme E and Greenpower.

Portraits and studio

From athletes and teams to leadership and the corporate world, we ideate and deliver high-impact portraiture to suit all briefs and budgets.

Functions, conferences and parties

We provide discreet coverage at black-tie events, including red carpet, step-and-repeat and awards ceremonies, from intimate to hundreds of guests.

Automotive and car-to-car

We've worked with brands such as Volvo, BMW, Land Rover and Porsche, and with dealerships and auction houses, with flexible licensing options for all budgets.

Travel, city scenes and landscapes

Our customers love our postcards photography, which is part of our standard service at every event. We've also built an extensive library of assets to license.

Expeditions and adventure

When the going gets tough, we pick up our cameras. We love adventuring and exploration, whether with our customers or in our downtime.

Season and team launch campaigns

Award-winning ideation and delivery for key concepts, often involving memorable assets for team, livery and kit launches that land on all platforms.

Film and video

For athletes, sports teams, brands and businesses, we make compelling content, on location and in studio.

Brand and people stories

From ideation through to content capture and inhouse production, customers turn to us to elevate their brands through intimate human stories.

Commercials

We help marketing, commercial and communications departments drive brand awareness and loyalty through emotive narratives and impactful storytelling.

Concept development

We provide ideation, treatments, storyboarding and scriptwriting for campaigns that matter, for charities and for-profit businesses.

Mini documentaries

Private and public sector organisations trust us to tell compelling stories in sensitive environments, with all planning and production handled inhouse.

Social media

We work with digital marketing, content and social media teams to produce short-form content designed to be used across a range of social media platforms.

Hospitality and guest experiences

We work in some of the most exclusive environments in the world, capturing stories for partnerships and experience teams.

Content creation

In-the-moment storytelling, turned around fast by creatives with combined producer-editor-videographer skillsets.

Support services

No infrastructure? No problem. We've delivered at speed and scale from the middle of lakes, forests and deserts to mountain tops to temporary street circuits.

Live transmission

From camera to customer in as little as 90 seconds - fully colour-graded, cropped, and loaded with searchable metadata. No fibre optic cables needed.

Image distribution

We get your images where they need to go, with on-site and remote editors, contacts across global media, and experience with Getty, Shutterstock and DPA.

Managed services

We lift the load on inhouse teams by building all folder architectures, supporting hundreds of stakeholders, and managing tens of thousands of images.

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