So then, this was job number one for James working with LocationsSpain, and job 1,230,095 for Bill. The shoot was for Mazda and the photographer was Andy Glass.

The general idea for the campaign was to have a Mazda car driving on a road that was underwater. So the location brief for us was to find roads with scenery that could be passable for an underwater landscape. Also as there was going to be 2 days where Andy was shooting models of coral underwater we also had to find a deep enough swimming pool so as we could sink the models and still have space to shoot around it in scuba gear.

There were various pools lined up, but in the end we used a privately owned pool that was plenty deep enough, in-fact it was so deep that you had to equalize in order to get to the bottom (something James only found out once he had already damaged his ears). The house was set on top of a hill and had some amazing views. It was probably the perfect place to kick the shooting off because everyone was in a relaxed mood with the sun shining and the pool to jump into whenever, and we knew the car landscape would be a little less civilized so we made the most of it whilst it was there.

Once the underwater shots had been completed we moved onto the early mornings, the cold winds and the late nights. In other words we started shooting the cars outside in their environment.

Thanks to everyone involved in the shoot, the teamwork and the comradery made it a great shoot to be involved in!

See more of Andy’s work at www.andyglassphoto.com

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