Tom Mayo
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A dark muscle car in a moody, spot-lit garage.
Automotive photographer

Tom Mayo

Cars first. Never cars only. A portfolio built on the road — and growing well beyond it.

Based in Ramsgate, Kent
Available for bookings

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00 Prologue — how it started
White muscle car lit in a dark collection garage.
Where it started — The first car park

It started with a camera and a car park. It turned into a way of seeing everything.

This is a portfolio told in chapters. It opens where the obsession began — with cars, light and the lines between them — and follows the lens as it turns to people, places and moments that deserve the same attention. Scroll on, or jump to a chapter.

  1. 01AutomotiveStills
  2. 02In motionRolling & track
  3. 03Beyond the carPortraits · Places · Events
  4. 04The photographerStory
  5. 05Work with meServices
Chapter 01 — Automotive

Where the story starts

Stance, surface and light. Automotive is the core of the work: location shoots, studio-clean stills and the details most people walk straight past.

Grey muscle car photographed head-on on an empty road at dusk.
Feature — Location shoot
01 / Feature — Location Selected automotive stills
Close-up of a car headlight glowing in the dark.
Detail — Headlight study
Red supercar in a bright white studio space.
Studio — Clean set
Front of a red sports coupé on a city street.
Street — City
Orange supercar parked in a dark forest.
Location — Forest
Blue coupé side profile in front of a warehouse.
Location — Industrial
White car in an underground car park washed in red light.
Night — Car park
Grey coupé on a mountain road.
Location — Mountain pass
Red grand tourer on an autumn road.
Location — Autumn

Every image opens full-screen. The full automotive archive will live on its own page.

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Interlude

Stillness is a choice. So is speed.

Chapter 02 — In motion

Rolling, panning, chasing

A parked car is a sculpture. A moving one is a story. Rolling shots, panning on track and the blur that says everything about pace.

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Yellow sports car panned at speed on a tree-lined road.
Panning — Road
Black saloon photographed rolling from a chase car.
Rolling — Chase car
Yellow grand tourer driving on an open road.
Rolling — Open road
Sports car driving away down a winding road at sunset.
Tracking — Sunset
White car at night surrounded by light trails.
Night — Light trails
Chapter 03 — Beyond the car

The lens doesn't stop at the road

The same eye for light, line and timing — pointed at people, places and moments. This part of the portfolio is growing, and it's open for new work.

Moody portrait of a bearded man in low light.
03.1

Portraits

Portraits
Mountain valley with a lone figure on a ridge.
03.2

Landscapes

Landscapes
Crowd at a live event lit by stage lights.
03.3

Events

Events
City street at dusk with traffic and tall buildings.
03.4

Urban

Urban

Got a project that isn't a car? Good. That's exactly the kind of work this chapter is here for.

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Placeholder portrait of the photographer in profile.
Photography studio with lighting rigs set up.
Chapter 04 — The photographer

Hi, I'm Tom.

I shoot cars because they're where I learned to see. I shoot everything else because seeing doesn't switch off.

My work is built on a simple rule: find the light, respect the lines, wait for the moment. It's how I approach a supercar on a mountain pass and it's how I approach a portrait, a landscape or a room full of people.

The automotive side is where I'm best known. The rest is where I'm heading — and if you've got a project that needs a bold, clean, considered set of images, I'd like to hear about it.

Based in
Ramsgate, Kent
Shooting
Cars first — everything else too
Bookings
Open — enquire below
Chapter 05 — Work with me

What I shoot

Four ways to work together. Every shoot is planned around the subject, the location and what the images are for — no two are the same.

01

Automotive shoots

Private owners, dealers, detailers and builders. Location or studio, static or rolling — images that do the car justice.

  • Owners
  • Dealers
  • Detailers
  • Builds
02

Motorsport & events

Track days, meets, launches and shows. Fast-moving coverage that captures the atmosphere as well as the action.

  • Track days
  • Car meets
  • Launches
  • Shows
03

Portraits & lifestyle

Individuals, creatives and small teams. Natural or lit, on location or in the studio — portraits with the same bold, clean finish.

  • Headshots
  • Creative
  • Lifestyle
04

Brand & commercial

Content for websites, social and campaigns. Products, places and people — shot to a brief and delivered ready to publish.

  • Social content
  • Campaigns
  • Web imagery
01

Brief

Tell me what we're shooting, where, and what the images are for. We'll agree a plan and a date.

02

Shoot

Light, location and timing, handled. You bring the subject — I'll bring the eye and the kit.

03

Deliver

A curated, edited set delivered in the formats you need — print, web or social.

Epilogue — Let's talk

Let's make something worth framing.

Car, portrait, place or project — send a few lines about what you have in mind and I'll come back to you.

Email
hello@SITE_URL
Phone
01234 567890
Based in
Ramsgate, Kent

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