Agricultural machinery photography

JCB Fastrac for Farmers Guardian

I have quite a large collection of images of agricultural machinery so it seemed like a good idea to group a few of them together on my website. The pictures in this post have all been produced for editorial commissions.

As in most sectors, automation and robotics are playing an ever increasing role in agriculture. This post includes some images of robots currently working on farms.

The JCB Fastrac Icon images were for a story comparing the new model with its predecessor, a lot of the differences where in the technology controlling the vehicle so a lot of the images focussed on the cab.

JCB Fastrac Icon

JCB Fastrac new and old versions compared

JCB Fastrac new and old models compared

The Merlo tele handler was a full electric model and the shoot involved demonstrating the machine undertaking the type of jobs it might normally be given on a farm.

Merlo e-worker

An empty barn was used to shoot the vehicle which provided a less cluttered background and gave me more control over the lighting. I normally have a car full of lighting equipment for this type of picture.

Merlo e-worker

Often there is no time to take posed studio pictures and I just have to shoot the demonstration vehicle at work. The Unimog shoots were taken during a busy harvest. A brief technical problem with the combine gave me a few precious minutes to take a few more controlled images.

Unimog U435

Unimog U435 alongside combine

Unimog U435 on the road

Unimog U435 alongside combine

The weather was so dry that the vehicles were surrounded with huge dust clouds. This gave me the opportunity to capture a few extra atmospheric images of the huge Case combine harvester.