Our News

18/11/2012

Over the last 3 weeks Tim Wallace has been in the US working several projects that have seen him shooting work in San Francisco, Yosemite, Death Valley Salt Flats and down in L.A.
Ephotozine caught up with photographer Tim Wallace outside LA after a shoot and interviewed him about his work, his approach and what drives him after starting his business from scratch only 6 years ago and already receiving great notoriety with the industry for his work and style as well as being the recipient of many awards. …Read the full article here

23/10/2012

This week we have been shooting some commercial work for our client at the high speed proving ground at Jaguar Gaydon. The work featured 15 classic Jaguar Heritage models that will make up a 5 ad campaign to be launched in early 2013 as well as material for Jaguar to be used at the Classic Car Show at the NEC later this November. …Read the full article here

22/10/2012

This week saw Car Photographer Tim Wallace of AmbientLife have some of his work with the very rare and converted Aston Martin DBR2 featured in the Aston Martin Belgium Publication 'Virage'
The infamous DBR2 is one of the rarest Aston Martins that exists and this week it was the task of car photographer Tim Wallace to capture this very rare and elegant beauty.
Only two DBR2s were built, and they both went on to race extensively in the United States. DBR2/2 was driven by Stirling Moss to victory in the Bahamas in 1958 and was later owned by the late Victor Gauntlet, Chairman of the Aston Martin Company in the 1980s. Today these cars can both command a price tag around £8m each. …Read the full article here

22/10/2012

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. …Read the full article here

07/10/2012

Project Genevieve

N39° 33' 47 W2° 20' 43 off the coast of Palma was the central location for commercial photographer Tim Wallace as he worked with a team to complete a commercial shoot of the luxury yacht 'Genevieve' for our yacht charter client based in New York. The work was this month published in 'Super Yacht Owner' magazine. …Read the full article here

30/09/2012

Wynyard Golf Club is a prestigious golf and social venue in North East England offering exceptional standards of golf and this week AmbientLife photographer Tim Wallace spent a few days on the course shooting some new work for Wynard, a client that has been with us since 2009, to help create new brochure and marketing material. The course is set on the exclusive Wynyard Estate near in County Durham, and attracts keen golfers who enjoy an excellent test of skill playing the championship Wellington Course. Immaculate course conditions, all year round play, a classic golf course design and superior standards of service, hospitality and professionalism make Wynyard Golf Club one of the North's top golf destinations. …Read the full article here

09/09/2012

The location was Switzerland and the car, the iconic Aston Martin DB5, very possibly one of the best know and most famous cars in the World as James Bonds car, first appearing in the film Goldfinger.
The shoot was for our Aston client and will be used within marketing advertising both in Europe and Asia. …Read the full article here

01/09/2012

There are many cars that seem to live on forever and still hold our imagination years after leaving production, this can be said for the legend that is the Shelby GT500. The GT500 is one of the best known from the Shelby stable and is very evocative of the era in which it became a working class hero.
We have some recent new work with the Shelby using the mountains of Switzerland as our backdrop for this extraordinary car that still lives on today and is admired by so many people the World over.
A fitting tribute in many ways following the recent death of Carroll Shelby, a passionate man that changed the face of muscle car history. …Read the full article here

16/08/2012

The Lamborghini Murcielago may not be everybody's idea of a dream car but there's no mistaking its pedigree as one of the Worlds best known super-cars. Photographer Tim Wallace spent some time with the Murcielago this week to produce a package of images for one of our marketing clients. …Read the full article here

12/08/2012

In the 1930’s “Carosserie Graber“ of Switzerland became World famous for beautiful convertible and coupé body designs and for perfect craftsmanship.
Until his death in 1970 Hermann Graber designed and built over 800 Coachworks on chassis from Alvis, Aston-Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Duesenberg, Lagonda, Packard, Rolls-Royce, Rover and others.

Commercial car photographer Tim Wallace spent some time this week with a beautiful example of the 1955 Alvis, a 3 Litre Graber TC 108G and shoot the car for advertising feature for one of our clients. …Read the full article here

08/08/2012

This week saw the release and launch of a new brochure as well as comprehensive website updates for our client Beamish Morgan. The brochure is a project that car photographer Tim Wallace has been working closely with our client with the aim not only to present the business to their clients professionally but also to capture some of the passion and enthusiasm of the Morgan brand after the company relocated its operation within the North East and became the first dealership in the UK to sell the much talked about new Morgan 3-wheeler, which has not been in production since the 1930s. …Read the full article here

06/08/2012

One of Aston Martins most iconic cars of recent years has without a doubt been the DB9 and this month commercial car photographer Tim Wallace worked on location in Switzerland to complete a shoot of this iconic car for Aston. …Read the full article here

30/07/2012

Commercial car photographer Tim Wallace has been working closely with our Aston Martin client this month as a new project to create a dedicated Aston Martin 'Enhancements' website nears completion.
Aston fully restore many vintage classic Aston Martin's ranging from very early models such as the DB1 through to the infamous DB5 and later models such as the more recent V8. All of these cars are able to have modern enhancements made to them such as the installation of power steering and handling suspension upgrades through to satellite navigation systems and adjusting the driving position from the right to the left. The site is planned to go live in August and represents a view off all the current and popular enhancements available with all photography being provided by Ambient Life and shot by photographer Tim Wallace. …Read the full article here

16/07/2012

This week we would like to welcome Spellbound as a new client to Ambient Life. The company based just outside London that are passionate about cars and provide a specialised business for the restoration and race preparation of models such as Ferrari and Jaguar. …Read the full article here

01/07/2012

Limited Edition Shelby image is released in memory of the great Carroll Shelby who past away recently.

The man who retired from racing and built the Cobra, then went on to work with Mustang
A sad loss, a great man who will always be remembered. …Read the full article here

25/06/2012

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. …Read the full article here

24/06/2012

Commercial car photographer Tim Wallace has been working with Jaguar Classic Parts for a number of years to reafirm the brand as a market leader. The 2012 campaign of adverts which have now been launched look at the heritage of the classic brand and deliver the message firmly that Jaguar Parts are very much still the leading brand for Jaguar classic and genuine parts. …Read the full article here

20/06/2012

onOne Software is a company that develops innovative software solutions that make digital photography easier, faster and better. Photographers use onOne Software solutions to speed up their photo editing workflow and give their photos the professional look and we are very pleased to have been invited to have the work of Tim Wallace showcased on their global site to help inspire others. …Read the full article here

03/06/2012

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. …Read the full article here

30/05/2012

The Royal Photographic Society announced this week some of their 2012 social events and we are pleased to announce that on the 18th August there will be a special one off event with Tim Wallace where he will be talking about his work and through some of the issues surrounding working in the field of commercial photography today. …Read the full article here

22/05/2012

Exciting news this week as work has now officially started on a proposed Aston Martin book. This has been a long term personal for car photographer Tim Wallace and has been under discussion for over 2 years now. It is hoped that the book will be completed and available by the end of 2012 for launch in early 2013 and it will be a hard back book with the aim to bring together the very best collection of Aston Martin photography very before made available to the public. Featuring all the Aston Martin models through the ages from the very early DB1 right through the the current range and the infamous One77 super Aston's. …Read the full article here

12/05/2012

This week Commercial Automotive Car Photographer Tim Wallace was interviewed by the famous US equipment company 'Borrowlenses' where they did a feature looking at some of Tim's work as well as the recent success of his 4 video classes in the US with Kelby Training. They also gave some of their own thoughts on what sets aside Tim's automotive car work from many others in the same field. …Read the full article here

03/05/2012

The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is seen by many as one of the entry level models of the current Aston range however it is also viewed as one of the most popular of the sports range with both V8 and V12 engines available in this chassis. Car Photographer Tim Wallace spent some time recently photographing the Vantage V8 for some marketing material for our UK client. …Read the full article here

09/04/2012

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. …Read the full article here

06/04/2012

This week we have been working with one of our longest running clients Aston Martin and their Restorations Centre. Tim has been heavily connected to Aston for a number of years now and its a relationship that has seen both companies work together on many different aspects of the business from the brochure and lifestyle work that Tim shoots on a regular basis for the Aston to the restorations and engineering projects. Over the last few weeks Tim has been working closely with Aston to create some powerful images for the restorations and classic side of the business that not only demonstrate some of the work that goes on behind the scenes and Aston but also for use in global events such as the recent Essen Car Show in Germany that Aston attended using Tim's work as a launch platform visually. …Read the full article here