hamburg Nov 2015

Agentur PAM-Mirjam Böhm has been based in Hamburg since 2003. The agency focuses on automotive, people, fashion, kids, liquid, food, still-life, interior, architecture, sports and celebrities.

The agency represents established photographers and young talents including Alexandra Klever, Carioca Studio, Erik Chmil, Forian Grill, Garrigosa Studio, Jörg Kritzer, Klaus Heinzler, Kuhnle + Knödler, Manuel Mittelpunkt, Morgan Norman, Phillip Gätz, Regine Mahaux, Rene Russo, Stephan Lucius Lemke and Thomas Ebert.

The Hamburg-based NORDSTERN team includes three experienced photographers, Tim Schober, Markus Dominitzki and Philipp Schneider, who primarily work for major food clients.

Featured in this Showcase is a sample of the team's new liquid images.

In addition, NORDSTERN is expanding its portfolio to include portraiture work.

Visit the website for more information.

Martin Bauendahl was born in Cologne and has been taking photos since the age of 15. He first started shooting for the music industry and opened his own studio at 22. Shooting commercial work for 10 years, since 2001 he has focused on fashion and beauty.

Martin has shot in LA, NYC, Paris, Moscow, Berlin, Barcelona, Warsaw, Istanbul, and more.

His clients include Bayer, BMW, DeutschePost, DeutscheTelekom, Douglas, Eucerin, Fielmann, Hansaplast, Londa, Max Factor, McDonald's, Nivea, Pantene, Procter&Gamble, RTL, Schwarzkopf, Sony, Sunsilk, Toyota and WeightWatchers.

Agencies include  Aimaq/Rapp/Stolle, Dorland, FCB, GREY, Heye+Partner, JWT, Leo Burnett, McCann, Publicis and TBWA.

Magazines include Gala (Germany, France), Elle (Russia), Fit For Fun, Grazia, Howtospendit (Poland), Instyle, Lodown, Maxim Fashion, Myself, Stern, Touch, Tush and Vogue (Germany, Spain).

The summer season has been a busy one for Hamburg-based photographer Thomas Motta. In this Showcase, Thomas features the launch campaign for SKODA's 'Superb Greenline'. The backplate images were produced in Norway, while CGI and retouch finalisation was completed back in Hamburg.

Thomas also shot for Volvo and Siemens.

Follow Thomas on facebook to see more of his work.

"This great year of shooting felt like a high-speed rocket!" :-)

Reno Mezger was born in Leipzig and his creative career started as a student in Fashion and Design at Halle (Saale) and Leipzig, graduating with an award-winning diploma and scholarship.

As a freelance Art Director he worked on design projects for Mercedes-Benz, Langnese, Adidas and eBay. During this time Reno lived in Hamburg, Auckland and New York City, before turning his attention entirely to fashion photography.

His recent work includes photography and film-making for clients like including Gil Bret, Saint Jacques, Otto Kern Parfume and Nivea.

Sonja Schaefer loves and lives photography, bringing happiness and an easy flow to every set. With this gift she manages to get people to do things they would never normally do in front of a camera.

In her heart, Sonja is still a kid and manages to make the children in front of her lens feel like they are part of a game instead of working.

Capturing the right moment of emotion and natural behaviour, clients love her reliability and organisation. Sonja is based in Hamburg where she has found her home-base and family.

Agencies include Scholz and Friends, DDB, JvM Limmatt, Leo Burnett, BBS, FarnerCH, KSP CH, and clients Henkel, Robinson, Walls, Migros, Hapimag, Dr. Oetker, Signal Iduna and many more.

Andra lives and works in Hamburg and started her career over 15 years ago. During this time she has had the opportunity to capture images of celebrities such as Tommy Hilfiger, Peter Maffay and Iris Berben, to name but a few.

Andra's true passion is fashion photography. Today, her clients include L'Officiel, Harper's Bazaar, Gala, Grazia and Cosmopolitan, and she has produced campaigns for Audi, Madeleine/Bambi, Schwarzkopf Professional and others.

Visit her website for more information.

Clients commission Christoph Siegert to shoot both photo and film work. "One campaign - one handwriting: the synergy of photo and film saves on costs and time, and secures a uniformity across all imagery."

Featured in this Showcase are film and photo work for Elbler Organic Apple Cider, an employee campaign for Postbank, and the Emco Scooter campaign.

This year Christoph also won several awards in both film and photography - two trophies at the Deauville International Film Festival for his contribution 'Edelhof1514' - the Gold Totem for best production in the category Agriculture & Green Economics, and the Special Award 'Ecoprod' for Best Eco-responsible Film Production - and a Gregor International Calendar Award for the 'Traumkalenderbuch' shoot for Stiftung Mensch.

Further jobs featured in this Showcase include videos for jewellery company Mahlberg & Meyer (distributor for Rolex) and Dräger X-plore 8000, advertising print campaigns for DanCenter, Deutsche Bahn (City Night Line) and the Orlen Group (Star Cafés and petrol stations), and a celebrity shoot with former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.

For over 20 years Jo van den Berg has been running his own studio for creative advertising photography and film. Based in Hamburg, he works for agencies and magazines throughout Europe.

Jo is known as a creative photographer with high demands on quality. In close collaboration with his creative team, he produces exceptional images, offering a full service of creative solutions including post-production.

An easy going photographer who radiates confidence, Jo's clients especially value his outlook when it comes to making images.

He shoots for the likes of Beiersdorf International, Schwarzkopf, Bulgari, Chanel, Chopard, Douglas, Guerlain Paris, Jean Paul Gaultier, Mont Blanc and Steinway & Sons International.

Editorial cover work includes titles such as Geo, Spiegel and Stern.

Recently, Jo realised the ambitious project 'Hand-arts' in close cooperation with the internationally renowned painter Guido Daniele.

Photographer Petra Obermueller​ has ​15 years' experience shooting for designers​, ​magazines, fashion labels​ and advertising agencies.

Petra’s forte is ​high fashion​ and lifestyle​ photography.​ ​This September, she moved to Hamburg where she installed her main office.

Her ​satellite office in Florida ​handles bookings for the USA.

​Her client list and references are available on request.

Advertising and portrait photographer Oliver Reetz works out of his own Hamburg studio, shooting campaigns and catalogues across beauty, fashion and people photography as well as portraits of actors and famous people from within the media industry.

Many years of experience as a photographer in collaboration with advertising agencies and companies dominate his professional workflow. Oliver manages productions of every size and scale, working with his team to identify the needs and budget requirements for each project.

Clients appreciate his creative and well structured way of working, clear communication, and leadership for each shoot to achieve the desired results in a relaxed atmosphere.

Steffen Hofemann reveals female beauty through his work, focussing on a passionate approach towards emotion and sensuality. His intense feeling for the perfect moment gives his pictures the natural expression that is so unique to his style.

Steffen is known for his ability to capture personality, to show emotions, even in the fields of fashion and beauty photography.

He has been working as a freelance photographer for more than 15 years. A full-member of BFF, he also directs, working as D.o.P and producing films along with his photo shoots. Steffen shoots for national and international clients including Weleda, Nivea, Triumph, Peek&Cloppenburg, Lufthansa and Sony.

Steffen is represented by wildfoxrunning.com. Visit his Facebook profile to see more.

Kai Schwabe has a passion for food photography. In August he moved to his new 470m² daylight loft-studio, located in the '50s industrial site of the former Borgward car factory. The studio is close to the centre of Bremen near to the airport, motorways and featuring ample parking.

As master of a range of lighting technique, Kai's new studio affords him the perfect conditions to create a selection of different environments, all in accordance with his clients' wishes.

Kai is constantly involved in projects for international clients including Mondelez, Budweiser, Galbani, Agrarfrost, Jacobs, Kellogg's, Milka, BelVita, Nordsee, Subway and Yoplait.

Recent projects include work for agency Heuer und Sachse, Hamburg shooting a whole new range of packaging for Agrarfrost, and a shoot for Choco Break for agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, London and client Milka Zurich.

Also featured in this Showcase is a selection of Kai's personal work 'Autumn Vegetables'.

Dutch-born photographer Tjaard Spiering has been based in his studio in Hamburg since the early 90s, but he also produces across Germany and abroad.

"Premium packaging shots and perfect price-performance ratio - that’s what you get when you’re working with Tjaard M. Spiering."

His professional work focuses on food and still life photography. With an eye for detail and atmospherics, Tjaard masters photographic challenges with intuition and sensitivity. His background in graphic design permits him to use his experience to turn clients' ideas into perfect pictures.

Recent clients include Mövenpick, Nestlé Germany, Schwartauer Werke Germany, minus-L Germany, Findus Switzerland, Aurora Germany, Nestlé Turkey, Boss Greece, and Gelato Latin America and Brazil.

Carsten Eichner, also well-known as a food photographer, is based out of his own studio in Hamburg. He works for a large variety of advertising, PR and editorial subjects in food, still life and also interior photography.

Carsten benefits from international experience as well as extensive location shooting. His studio's main asset is the service of quality professional photograpphy linked with creativity and teamwork in collaboration with some of the best food and prop stylists.

Christoph Hagen is a DOP based in Hamburg and Cape Town. He has shot commercials and music videos all over the world, and clients like Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Adidas, Henkel and Scholl appreciate his fresh and modern commercial style.

Be it a full-scale advertisement or a small, intimate video project, Christoph enjoys it all equally and brings his full dedication to the table every time.

Email him to get in touch. Christoph is currently looking for international representation.

"Save your time - I’ll give you mine."

Costs, casting, cars, catering, coffee, or anything else that matters.

Nadja Telschow loves to take care of all the background and let clients focus on the only real matter of interest - a good picture.

15 years of experience help Nadja to realise all manner of ideas. Visit her website for more information.

Based in Hamburg and Berlin, bigshrimp was founded in 1998 and has become one of the leading full service production agencies in Germany. With its own location, talents database and a steadily growing network, bigshrimp guarantees the highest level of excellence and satisfaction.

bigshrimp services are operated out of Hamburg and Berlin and include full photo production services, location assistance and management (including a large in-house location database with numerous locations across northern Germany, primarily Berlin and Hamburg), model booking (large internal talent pool including over 1,500 talents of all types of people, faces, pros, seniors, principals and extras), photo and video casting, budget management and crew coordination.

Recent projects include BIPA with Wolfgang Zac ℅ SeeYa Fotoproduktion, Sony with Stuart McClymont ℅ jrs agency and DDB Berlin, ERNSTING'S FAMILY with Sven Jacobsen and agency wunderhaus, Munich, Lufthansa with Florian Schüppel ℅ Marlene Ohlsson and agency Kolle Rebbe, Hamburg and TAKKO with Marina Kloess and agency Aimaq von Lobenstein.

The Shoot Train Company supplies photo production and creative services. With over 20 years of experience, Sylvia and Stefan Ahrens have created a worldwide production network to serve clients throughout Germany and around the world.

As part of a full service or as individual elements, the team provides:

• Concept and art direction
• Location scouting and permits
• Art buying and photographer proposals
• Casting and model booking
• Rates and rights negotiation
• Props and set building
• Photo, light and digital equipment
• Travel plans and booking
• Product logistics and carnets
• Production management
• Making of films
• Look development, retouching
• Design and layout - catalogues, folders, look-books and magazines
• Text and content creation
• Print and production handling

Visit the website for more information or get in touch with the Shoot Train founders Sylvia and Stefan Ahrens by calling +49 421 68 50 48 88.

Hamburg-based Kai Gräber Productions offers independent photographic production services tailored to every budget throughout Germany and worldwide.

With 10 years' experience, the company offers an expert and personal service to ensure it understands both the client and the photographer’s vision.

Kai Gräber can support and organise all elements of a shoot, including full budget management and delivery of print campaigns, location sourcing, studio hire, art buying, casting, model booking, fee negotiation, stylists, hair and make up sourcing, digital and post-production services, set design and building, model makers, prop sourcing, catering, travel, transport, accommodation, insurance, permits and licences.

Stefan Lampe Studios stands for high-end photo retouching and photo-realistic CGI.

Stefan Lampe is a young but highly experienced CGI and post-production professional who gathers some of Hamburg's leading post and CGI operators within his studios.

Together with photographer David Maurer and Kemper Kommunikation (CD Julia Fuhl, AD Nina Sieling), Stefan Lampe Studios recently worked on the new Macan GTS images (CGI).

Imagerefinery means creative retouching across media boundaries and CGI in all disciplines while reducing production costs and time.

To create new visual worlds the company works with the highest level of technology and artistic expression to produce complex compositions, high-end retouching, entire new looks, illustrative digital artwork and complete CGI. Imagerefinery combines the whole scheme of digital tools to generate every kind of style or visualisation according to clients' specific requirements.

Recent projects include:

• FriendScout24 shot by Tobias Gromatzki.
• Beck's shot by Florian Geiss.
• arte shot by Robert Grischek.
• mhplus Krankenkasse shot by Michael Heinsen.
• NOVEAUX Magazine shot by Firat Kara.

ADRET - Advertising Retouching is a Hamburg-based high-end digital retouching studio focused on still life, luxury, jewellery, beauty and fashion.

Unique images demand perfection and control. With special photography techniques and retouching experience, the highly skilled retouchers at ADRET pursue creative solutions with patience and concentration. With a full menu of services and efficient time management, the ADRET team is prepared to accomplish all imaging needs by deploying a range of skills to achieve outstanding results.

The experienced team takes the raw materials and polishes them to form a perfect diamond, setting the mood and correcting lighting and colours along the way. ADRET creates outstanding visual effects and generates images of the highest quality.

ADRET's goal is to support clients with their projects. Visit the website for more information.

PX2 is a Hamburg-based CGI and creative retouching production house. With 30 highly skilled employees, the company is able to handle large and complex projects.

The team is divided into several units:

• CGI, dealing mainly with transportation projects, but also product visualisation, set/backdrop design and particle simulation.
• Creative Retouching, working together with advertising agencies and photographers, developing visuals across people, fashion, beauty, food and advertising.
• Final artwork, bringing together text and visuals to create the finished project.

PX2 is a reliable partner, always aiming to supply suitable answers to clients' often demanding questions. PX2 is part of the PX Group, which has branches in Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt.

alphadog stands for passion for the picture. Established almost 16 years ago to realise complex picture concepts, the company has some of the most sought-after experts for high-end creative retouching and CGI solutions.

Numerous notable photographers, advertising agencies and industrial concerns are counted among alphadog's clients.

A selection of recent jobs includes:

• Phillip Gätz - Personal work.
• Jan Kornstaedt - Clausthaler for the Radeberger Group.
• Photographer Jörg Kritzer for client s.Oliver and for agency TBWA.
• Full CGI for Cinemaxx through agency LLR.

MAGROUND is the world's leading photo stock for landscape, urban and road photography. Specialising in the advertising market, MAGROUND offers the largest selection of high-quality images and HDR domes for product and brand campaigns.

The portfolio of locations with different perspectives and matching HDR domes makes compositings and CGI productions cost-effective, simple and efficient. In 2016 'MAGROUND Motion' will be launched to meet the increasing demand for high-end video content.

Agencies such as Omnicom, BBDO, Designory, Innocean, Team-Detroit, Sapientnitro, Saatchi & Saatchi and international brands like Mercedes-Benz, Lufthansa, Toyota and Volkswagen rely on the highest quality and full service.

MAGROUND serves customers worldwide with offices in Hamburg, Los Angeles and Beijing.

Scout for location was founded in 1996 and has since built an unparalleled archive of over 4000 locations across Germany, with a strong focus on the metropolitan region of Hamburg and, increasingly, Berlin.

A wide variety of locations ranging from shabby style to luxurious chic, from A-Z to outdoors and indoors is available. However, if “your” location is yet to be scouted, the company is happy to hop in the car and find the perfect one. The team also conducts international scouting trips in cooperation with other scouts worldwide.

Photo and film clients have been with Scout for location over many years, realising projects for well-known brands such as Ikea, Nivea, Mercedes-Benz, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Tchibo, Impressionen, OTTO, Rolf Benz, Panasonic, Lufthansa and many more.

Visit the website for more information.

elbmodels - the grown-up agency.

Since 2007, Hamburg and Munich-based agency elbmodels has represented over 300 models between 30 and 80 years of age.

"We offer the perfect face for every job. Our collaboration with selected international agencies enables us to offer services Europe-wide."

Latest advertising jobs by close up agency Hamburg include:

• Carsten Richert did hairstyling for the Kat Florence Accessory campaign with photographer Thomas Schüpping.
• Hairstylist Cyril Laforet set the accents on the cover and accompanying fashion spread for L'Officiel Suisse with photographer Michèle Bloch-Stuckens.
• For the 15th anniversary of the Vogue Bellezza make-up artist Mari Shten created a make-up in the style of the 60s.
• Christoph Gambeck was the ideal hair and make-up artist for a new campaign by STRENESSE with Aino Laberenz as testimonial. Photos by Marco Trunz.
• Star make-up artist Sandra Schütz worked together with photographer Hannes Caspar for Yvonne Catterfeld's single and album cover 'Lieber so'.
• Selina Spittler did make-up on Thomas Sing's shoot for an album cover for band OSCA.
• Giovanni Rivas did a great hair and make-up job together with stylist Aroussia Chamakh and photographer Norbert Bäres for Triumph label Valisere and its summer campaign 'The Scent of Valisere'.
• No more bad hair days. Make-up artist Karin Gade works on a hair shooting with Manuel Pandalis, focusing on volume.

Stylecoop was founded in 2011 by freelance make-up artists Claudia Wegener-Bracht, Claudia Schlifter and Michael Gruess. After many years of succesfull work with well-known agencies in Milan, New York and Hamburg, the trio aspired to be self-sufficient.

In order to deliver the same service to all clients, the team got together to support each other in case of double bookings or sickness, without any extra service charges. All three members of Stylecoop have many years of experience, working for national and international clients, magazines, print and film advertising, TV, catalogues and celebreties.

Latest work and projects include ASC-Kampagne, Astra, Brigitte, Heine, Impressionen, Kaufhof, Mercedes, NDR, OTTO, Roy Robsen, Schweppes, Scooter, Union Investment, Vodafone, Woman, Zeit and with celebreties such as Ann-Marlene Henning, Cosma Shiva Hagen, Ina Mueller, Meret Becker, Peter Lohmeyer and Axel Prahl.

Visit the individual websites of Claudia Wegener-Bracht, Claudia Schlifter, and Michael Gruess for more information.

Knackscharf is one of the finest rental houses in town. Here state-of-the-art meets peace of mind.

New ideas and innovative equipment are what drive Knackscharf to ease photographers’ lives. Be it the new Phase One XF camera, the powerful IQ380 digital back, or the outstanding 24/7 Equipment-PIN-Dropbox, to name a few.

Knackscharf's top-notch gear is in superb shape and constantly updated with new releases. All the big names like Apple, ARRI, Briese, BronColor Para, Canon, Kinoflo, Profoto, HyperJuice can be found at Knackscharf.

Aside from all the technical wizardry, the team at Knackscharf know their clients' business by heart and won‘t rest until a solution is found. Be it budgeting issues or that one killer-piece of equipment nobody has heard of before, no matter how big a production, what is needed, Knackscharf will deliver.

"A great picture starts with great service."

Prolightrent combines high-end and well maintained camera and light equipment with experience. The company supplies every essential technical requirement, from the smallest screw up to big photo and film sets.

The team is on-hand with help and advice for every (technical) issue and can always provide an answer or resolution. New ideas and innovative equipment drive Prolightrent to ensure solutions that ease photographers’ professional concerns.

The company's dropbox service offers equipment pick-up and return at any time. Prolightrent also sells all kinds of equipment.

Visit the website for more information.

711rent is Europe's leading photo and film equipment rental house with branches in Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and Mallorca.

The company carries well-maintained gear from all major brands, including Profoto, Broncolor, Briese, Arri, Kino Flo, Dedolight, Hasselblad, Phase One, Canon, Nikon, Apple, Mole Richardson, The Light and more.

Hamburg is the flagship store of the 711 network where clients will find the most experienced staff to solve all manner of problems.

Clients can test light systems under studio conditions directly in the company's showroom. Transporters and nine-seater buses can also be picked up ready-loaded from the parking lot, while digitally-secured storage boxes can be used 24/7 to pick-up and drop-off equipment outside of business hours.

711rent delivers equipment on location with a 24/7, full pick-up and drop-off service, offering "ready to fly" packed equipment with completed custom papers that can be delivered to locations worldwide.

mobilespace is the leading service provider for specially-equipped vehicles for film and photo productions. With more than 15 years' experience and a fleet of over 70 vehicles, mobilespace is a reliable partner for every type of project.

The company offers a wide range of special trucks including make-up, wardrobe, toilet, generator and artists' vehicles. VW buses or the Mercedes nine-seater are available to transport the entire team, and for those looking for an all-in-one solution the company can provide a range of vehicles with a complete selection of features.

All trucks are small, compact and suitable for use in the city. They can be driven with an EU drivers' licence 'B' or alternately upon request clients can have an experienced driver with local knowledge and special skills to accompany their project.

A variety of equipment including generators, tents, ventilation units, make-up mirrors and much more complete the offer.

SDW Studio is centrally located in Hamburg, only 20 minutes from the airport and central station and five minutes from autobahn A7. The studio provides ideal facilities for a variety of photo and film productions.

In-house facilities include set design, a workshop for set building, huge reserve of background walls and different set building elements, ample areas for conferences, breaks, kitchen and storage space, retouching and colour accuracy Mac workstations, hair, make-up and styling areas and parking.

The total area of over 2,000 m² includes approximately 800 m² studio workspace divided between three studios (see floor plan). Studio 1 has daylight and is ideal for car shoots.

Visit the website for more information.

Luna Studios Wunderkind-Entertainment GmbH is Hamburg's leading studio for fashion and beauty. The company offers three top-of-the-range, state-of-the-art studios with 680 m² workspace located in the lively centre of Hamburg-Altona.

Under the new management of Wunderkind-Entertainment, the exclusive and unique location features all the professional tools for a successful production, including ground floor access and in-house equipment rental.

Clients include Schwarzkopf, Otto (with brands like Lascana, Bon Prix, Sheego), Cinque, Wella, Calida, Nivea, Triumph, IKEA, Mercedes-Benz, Klampt & Style, G&J and Bauer. Editorial work includes Elle, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Grazia and Brigitte.

Luna Studios works closely with professional photographers' reps and producers such as Klein Fotografen, Kristina Korb, Roba Press, Donkey and Forte with talents including Hunter & Gatti, Lado Alexi, Peter Gehrke and Andreas Ortner.

Luna Studios offers worldwide production services, casting, studios and location work, full-service equipment rental and complete media and catalogue production. Visit the website for more information or get in touch via the Facebook page.