EST. 2016

LUKAS REYES

35MM · AVAILABLE FOR COMMISSIONS

LOCATION — Los Angeles, CA

DISCIPLINE — Automotive & Editorial

PROFILE

I shoot cars the way they deserve to be shot, with patience, light, and respect for the machine.

I’m interested in the moment before speed becomes noise: the surface tension on a fender, the last line of sun across a hood, the honest wear on controls that have been used hard. My work is slow by design. I wait for the car to settle into its environment, then build the frame around proportion, texture, and mechanical intent.

Lukas Reyes — Automotive & Editorial Photographer

SHOT FOR 40+ BRANDS, MAGAZINES, AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS.

SHOT FOR 40+ BRANDS, MAGAZINES, AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS.

PHILOSOPHY

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Idon'tchasetheshot.Iwaitforthecartosettleintoitsenvironment,thenbuildtheframearoundproportion,texture,andthetruthofthemachine.
Idon'tchasetheshot.Iwaitforthecartosettleintoitsenvironment,thenbuildtheframearoundproportion,texture,andthetruthofthemachine.

GEAR & APPROACH

CAMERA BODY

Leica SL2-S

LENSES

28mm, 50mm, 90mm primes

FILM STOCK

Portra 400, Cinestill 800T

LOCATIONS

Desert roads, garages, pre-dawn city edges

Every commission follows the same patient process.

Every commission follows the same patient process.

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Day 1

Scouting

We scout the location first — light, terrain, backdrop. Every shoot is planned around the right hour.

Day 1

Scouting

We scout the location first — light, terrain, backdrop. Every shoot is planned around the right hour.

Day 2

The Shoot

Early call time, minimal crew. We move with the light, not against it — usually under two hours of shooting.

Day 2

The Shoot

Early call time, minimal crew. We move with the light, not against it — usually under two hours of shooting.

Day 3

Selects

Contact sheets reviewed frame by frame. The right images usually reveal themselves on a second pass.

Day 3

Selects

Contact sheets reviewed frame by frame. The right images usually reveal themselves on a second pass.

Day 4-5

Delivery

Final retouching and color grading, then delivery in print and web ready formats, fully licensed for your use.

Day 4-5

Delivery

Final retouching and color grading, then delivery in print and web ready formats, fully licensed for your use.

SELECTED PRESS

Road & Track — Night Work

2025

Canyon Journal — The Quiet Pull

2024

Octane West — Machines at Rest

2023

Fuel Type — Patience, Painted Metal

2022

Manual Magazine — Desert Color Study

2021

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