Brands & Partnerships

How brands work with this practice.

Selected partnerships across imaging technology, launch content, executive portraiture and education-led formats, grounded in a long-standing photographic practice and real production use.

Berlin · Istanbul Available for selected UK and European briefs.
Sony Europe Imaging Ambassador since 2018 Active since 2005 Berlin · Istanbul
Sony Alpha workshop with professional models and photographer participants led by Burak Bulut Yıldırım
Scale and continuity

A partnership platform built over time.

20+
Years of professional photographic practice across commissioned work, imaging technology, education and contemporary art.
8
Years as Sony Europe Imaging Ambassador, since 2018, across launches, workshops, seminars and content collaboration.
6,000+
Photographers and professionals trained since 2005 through independent education, brand programmes and institutional collaborations.
100+
Workshops, talks, launch presentations and professional learning formats delivered for brands, institutions and photographic communities.
How brands work with the practice

Three primary collaboration routes.

Imaging & Launch Collaboration

Ambassador and launch work Ambassador programmes, product field testing, education-led launch content and credible demonstrations developed through real production use.

Executive Portraits & Campaign Stills

Commissioned photography Portrait assignments, launch-period asset packages and campaign-facing stills delivered with structured review flow and production clarity.

Talks, Workshops & Team Formats

Professional learning Keynotes, live demonstrations, mobile photography workshops and visual-literacy sessions for teams, events and corporate learning environments.
Partnership models

From technical feature to usable result.

Imaging & Tech Brands

Practical demonstration Educational content translating product features into on-set results, field-tested workflows and sessions for retailers, universities and launch programmes.
Selected references Sony, Nikon, Godox, GVM and Nanlite.

Product Marketing & Launch Teams

Launch support Keynotes, live demonstrations, workshop-led launch content and tutorials based on repeatable professional workflows.
Field conclusions Structured testing translated into clear, usable findings for professional and public-facing audiences.

Corporate & HR Teams

Team programmes Smartphone photography, creative team-building and visual literacy for employee programmes, learning days, communication teams and offsites.
Selected Features & Collaboration Formats

Official features and partnership models.

Published editorial, ambassador material and collaboration formats across imaging technology, education and corporate environments.

Official public references

Sony editorial and profile features.

Case Study 01

Sony Europe.

Ambassador programme, launches, workshops and ongoing education.

Scope
An eight-year imaging ambassador relationship spanning camera launches, hands-on photographer workshops with professional models and produced sets, and recurring seminars at the Sony Experience Center Istanbul.
Launches
On-stage co-presentations with Sony Turkey executives for the A7R III, A7R IV, A7 IV, A7R V and A7 V, introducing each camera to professional and press audiences.
Workshops
Dozens of produced events designed and led personally, with set design, professional models, lighting, HMUA and hands-on shooting under real production conditions.
Ongoing
Portrait, retouching and studio-lighting seminars at the Sony Experience Center, normally four to five sessions per year since 2018.
Case Study 02

vivo V70.

Fashion photography campaign shot on phone.

Scope: Commissioned fashion photography for the vivo V70 launch, with a professional model, authored lighting and styling, shot entirely on the device.

Delivered: Campaign-grade fashion stills published as a joint collaboration with vivo Turkey, with the series selected for distribution across vivo country accounts.

Fashion photography shot on vivo V70 for vivo Turkey
Case Study 03

Xiaomi.

Executive portraits and launch-period content.

Scope: CEO portraits plus a launch-period content package for press, social and internal communications.

Delivered: An editorial portrait setup followed by launch-window asset production covering people, product and environment, organised by use case with consistent colour.

Executive portrait photographed for a Xiaomi Turkey launch-period communication package
Case Study 04

GVM, Godox & Nanlite.

Field testing and lighting workshops.

Scope

Real shooting environments Hands-on workshops using brand lighting on professional models, combined with practical production use cases.

Delivered

Repeatable lighting knowledge Key, fill and rim relationships, modifiers, power control and colour consistency translated into educational content tied to on-set problem solving.
Lighting workshop and field-testing content with professional models
GVM and Godox Field testing and educational content
Lighting seminar and production-based workshop environment
Nanlite Invited lighting seminar
Case Study 05

Microsoft.

Team photography experience.

Scope: A year-end programme designed to strengthen cross-team communication through a creative, hands-on photography format.

Delivered: A three-hour mobile photography session, creative exercises, a light-painting challenge and a guided studio experience with a professional model.

Microsoft photography workshop showing studio lighting and participants
Workshop & Team Formats

Formats shaped around the audience.

2 to 3 hour session

Focused practical format Mobile photography fundamentals with live exercises for teams, employee programmes and learning days.

3 to 5 week programme

Structured development Weekly classes, guided assignments and organised feedback designed for lasting skill development.

Photo Walk format

Learning through observation A guided walk, compact challenges and live feedback for team-building or professional learning programmes.
Selected References

References by collaboration type.

Brand partnerships, workshop and training formats, and invited talks.

Imaging & Brand Partnerships

Sony Europe Imaging Ambassador, talks and content collaboration, 2018 to present.
Xiaomi Executive portrait assignments.
GVM English tutorial content, 2023 to present.
Nanlite Invited speaker, lighting seminar.
Nikon Invited speaker, imaging seminar.
Canva Creative Talks webinar.

Workshops & Corporate Programmes

Microsoft Mobile photography workshop and team photography experience.
Turkcell Employee photography courses over four years.
Mavi Product photography training for the visual team.
IKEA Employee photography courses.
Pandora Product photography training.
Sabancı University Mobile photography workshop.

Talks & Lectures

2024 Başkent University, Images from the Culinary.
2023 Canva Creative Talks, worldwide webinar.
2023 Sony Experience Center, workshop series.
2022 Ibn Haldun University, studio-lighting seminar.
2019 Akbank Sanat, Constructing Portraits.
Working together

What a brand can use.

What has the Sony Europe ambassadorship involved?

Since 2018, the role has included camera launch presentations, produced workshops, recurring seminars, partner content and public Sony Alpha Universe features, all grounded in direct professional use of the system.

What reach does the practice bring?

The practice combines more than twenty years of professional photography with 100+ workshops and talks and 6,000+ trained photographers and professionals across brand, institutional and independent programmes.

Which collaboration formats are available?

Formats include commissioned photography, launch presentations, field testing, tutorial content, live demonstrations, studio-lighting sessions, mobile photography workshops and longer professional learning programmes.

How does a partnership enquiry begin?

A short outline is enough: brief context, intended usage, references, timeline and geography. The response can then define the role, production requirements, delivery structure and licensing position.

Partnership enquiries

A short outline is enough to begin.

Include the product or programme, intended audience, usage, references, timeline and geography.

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Berlin · Istanbul
Available for selected UK and European briefs.