If you’re a car person that has scrolled through instagram, read about car builds on random websites, looked over event coverage from some of the most popular events in motorsports or read magazines such as super street, modified magazine, import tuner, honda tuning, and the list goes on…then you know luke’s work.
Luke has been producing images that are so incredible you can often smell race gas while you’re staring at them. Luke gets with Scott, our Marketing Director, to talk about how he became an automotive photographer, how others could become a photographer, what skills should you have, gives so much real world advise to aspiring automotive photographers, and even great tips for shooting events and workflow. IF you’re into photography, this is a great listen!
As always you can use our timeline cheatsheet (below) to jump around in the podcast and hear what you like the most.
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CONTENT CHEAT MENU (podcast audio):
0:18 | Intro/ 10 Question Quickfire
3:39 | Introducing Luke Munnell
4:26 | Why Konig does the podcast
5:19 | First pro photographer on the podcast!
5:37 | Why Luke Munnell?
7:56 | Automotive photography vs. Wedding photography… shooting cars vs people!
9:45 | Where did you start with photography
10:52 | Jump to the automotive industry
11:53 | Learning on film -> moved to digital
14:26 | Your love of cars
16:33 | Started shooting cars
17:52 | First featured photograph
18:26 | Lesson for aspiring photographers
19:54 | When did you know this was your career…
21:02 | How did you learn photography?
23:24 | How family reacted to you being a photographer
24:44 | When is it okay to call yourself a pro?
27:00 | Working for the major car magazines
32:36 | Move to Mazda North America
36:23 | Leaving Mazda to start a business
38:28 | Talent
40:39 | Biggest learning curve running your own business
41:25 | Lesson for every professional
42:12 | Most memorable images ever shot
43:32 | When it all clicks… big picture, lighting, timing
47:40 | Storytelling
50:25 | Images that shape trends
54:23 | Capturing incredible automotive stories… Rob Parsons aka. Chair Slayer
1:01:03 | Nightmare shoots!
1:02:14 | Helpful advice for aspiring photographers
1:05:26 | Advice on shooting your first events, gear, positioning, etc
1:07:08 | Learning preproduction = way better shoots
1:08:21 | FINAL THOUGHT: Is technology killing the role of the photographer?
1:11:10 | Find Luke Munnell
1:12:14 | Outro
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Scott Weiss (Konig) Instagram: @scott_Konig
https://www.instagram.com/scott_konig/
Luke Munnell: @lukemunell
https://www.instagram.com/lukemunnell/
luke Munnell’s Website:
http://www.lukemunnell.com
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