Dark grey performance car on a wet British road at blue hour

Automotive Photography · Chichester · Goodwood · West Sussex

Cars, in their
best light.

Automotive photography built around light, motion and the details that make a car worth remembering.

Brand statement / 001

We don't just photograph the car.
We find the light that makes it matter.

The work

Selected frames · 2024-2026

Red 1960s racing car panning at speed on a British circuit under overcast light
01 / 24250 GTO
Detail crop of a carbon fibre rear wing and tail light in golden hour light
02 / 24M4 GT4, Rear wing
Close crop of a chrome wire wheel on a classic car with warm golden reflections
03 / 24E-Type, Wire wheel
Silver supercar parked under brutalist concrete architecture at night
04 / 24720S, Concrete

Built for the road. Shot for the archive.

01

Light

Every image begins with finding the right light. Location and time are chosen before the car ever moves.

02

Machines

Cars are treated as objects of design and engineering. The frame follows the line the designer drew.

03

Motion

Static is easy. Speed, panning and light trails are where a car looks like itself.

04

Craft

The work doesn't end at the shutter. Colour, contrast and finishing are half the photograph.

05

Culture

Goodwood, paddocks, road trips, track days, collectors. The world the cars live in.

Zillautography handwritten logo

The eye behind it

Find the light.
Chase the car.

Zillautography is a one-person automotive photography studio based in Chichester, West Sussex, minutes from Goodwood. Working with collectors, enthusiasts, manufacturers and event organisers across Sussex and the UK. The approach is simple and slightly obsessive: scout the location, wait for the light, shoot until the frame is right, then finish it properly.

Commissions cover private collections, launches, track days and paddock coverage. Every frame is graded by hand: deep blacks, warm highlights, controlled saturation.

Years shooting
11
Cars framed
480+
Events covered
60
Based
UK

The edit

Shot at speed.
Finished with precision.

Presets are a foundation for developing your own style, not a filter that hides it. Each pack is built from real automotive work and stays honest to the light in the frame.

Learn the edit →

Lightroom · Pack 01

Zilla
Golden Hour

Warm highlights, deep blacks, filmic falloff.

Lightroom · Pack 02

Zilla
Blue Hour

Cool shadows, controlled reflections, clean neon.

Lightroom · Pack 03

Zilla
Paddock

Overcast rescue, rich reds, restrained contrast.

Lightroom · Pack 04

Zilla
Night Run

Long exposure clean-up, light trails, low noise.

UK · Goodwood · Festival of Speed · Worldwide on request

Let's shoot
your car.

Commissions, collections, launches and event coverage. Tell me the car, the date and the place. I'll find the light.