prague Nov 2011

Pavleye Artist Management and Production is a professional production house and creative visual agency. Based in Prague, Pavleye offers fully tailored photo production and post production services to national and international clients. The company has assembled the best available talent, from top photographers to leading post production artists to ensure ingenuity, reliability and creativity in every project, however big or small.

Pavleye has worked with David Lachapelle, Mario Testino, Walter Chin, Rene & Radka, Tim Brad-Day, Prasad Naik and Anna Mrazek Kovacic for clients including Macy's, V Magazine, Eristoff, John Lewis, Schwarzkopf and Axe.

Pavleye provides full production coordination, budget management, casting, location scouting, daylight studio facilities, prop rental, set design, fashion styling, hair and make-up, equipment rental, on-site coordination, post production, and any other requirements to ensure a seamless and successful production.

Pavleye understands fashion, advertising and art and is ready to help 24-7-365.

Studio D76 is a three-member team based in Prague. Its retouchers have university degrees in photography and have personally experienced the process of transformation from analogue to digital. They have exchanged the darkroom for computers, studios and lights for 3D and light simulators, treating the RAW files and digital data with the same scrupulous attention that they once bestowed on the negatives. 

“Our biggest advantage and specific difference is that we are not retrained graphic designers butchering images, but precise craftsmen who handle pixels gently and with care.”

Providing services since 2002, Letna Studios is the only daylight studio in Prague. Under the supervision of Pavleye Artist Management and Production, the studio has been a workplace for many famous photographers, including David LaChapelle, Mario Testino, Kurt Stallaert, Walter Chin, Rene+Radka, Anna Mrazek Kovacic and Miro Minarovych. Clients have included V Magazine, Macy's, John Lewis, Shopper's Direct (starring Coleen Rooney), The Mall of Emirates and Skoda, among others. The studio is also a regular shooting destination for the local versions of leading worldwide fashion magazines such as Elle and InStyle.

240m² of workspace is spread between two studios, with a professional, fun and dedicated crew providing 24-7 service 365 days per year. The company also offers an equipment rental service, production, post production and castings, and recently launched a new digital operator service - the first and only one of its kind in Prague.

Studio 55 is 200m² professional daylight photo and video atelier with facilities including a make-up room, shower, lift, kitchen and office space for clients.

With 10 years of experience in the field of photography and video production, Studio 55 also offers photo and video equipment rental. Located in an industrial house 15 minutes from the centre of Prague, there are paid parking facilities near the studio.

The company provides complete production services, greenscreen rental, catering, make-up, hair and fashion stylists.

Digital Capture Prague is the only specialised digital tech service in the city. Using professionally trained staff the company provides the highest quality service that even the most demanding of photographers will appreciate.

Services include colour calibration/profiling, focus and exposure checking, image enhancement and touch-up, processing and adjusting RAW captures, post production, retouching and compositing, Photoshop compositions for layouts, print and online galleries, digital asset management, client file delivery and archiving.

The company uses high-end professional equipment, including the latest series of Phase One cameras with Schneider Kreuznach lenses, Quato colour-calibrated reference monitors, Apple computers, Wacom tablets and Adobe software.

Services operate on a 24-7-365 basis. Visit the website for more information.

Czech photographer Ales Jungmann is based in Prague. He has been focusing on architectural photography for 15 years since completing his studies at the film and television faculty at the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU).

Ales has worked on commissions for architectural studios including Jestico+Whiles, Chapman Taylor, Kempinski and Hilton Hotels, along with editorial clients The Architectural Review and Interior Design. Recently he worked for Ceska sporitelna (Erste Bank), Tatrabanka, Google and Wallpaper. He also contributed to an architecture chapter in 'The Complete Photographer' published by Dorling Kindersley.

In 2004, Ales was awarded a QEP certificate (architecture specialisation) by the Federation of European Professional Photographers.

Prague-based commercial photographer Jakub Vlcek focuses on architectural, landscape and people photography and is supported by high-level digital post production. In both photography and post production he focuses on using creative and unique methods with the latest technologies and approaches in mind.

Jakub constantly works on his personal projects which are known for their strong conceptual imagery and narrative approach that is often present in his commissioned work. His photographs have received numerous awards and his personal series' have been widely exhibited in Europe. 

Recent clients include Oglivy and Mather, Leo Burnett, Velhot Photography, Nokia, Kone, Google, Generali and many others. 

Jan Brunclik is a renowned Czech advertising photographer. From his studio he shoots a range of diverse work, including still life, portraiture, lifestyle, food and drinks. Jan also likes to work on location, capturing moving cars or images of architecture and landscape. He is particularly gifted at working with light and colour.

His studio provides complete production and post production services.

Jan is represented by former EURO RSCG Prague art buyer Sarka Tomanová.

Jan Prerovsky is a Prague-based food and editorial photographer, working all across Europe. Thanks to his background in reportage photography he is extremely versatile, fast and unconventional. With a great eye for detail he manages not only to catch the right moment but also to capture the feeling and atmosphere.

With more then a decade of work experience as a freelance and staff photographer in the publishing industry, Jan has covered everything from news to portraiture, interior and restaurant photography. In the last three years he has focused on food and restaurant photography and has been exploring the visual side of culinary art. Although he feels at home in the studio, it is on location where he is in his element.

Jan is currently looking for representation. Visit his website for more information and samples of his work.

Lukas Dohnal is an undiscovered young photography talent based in Prague. Totally self-taught, Lukas has been working freelance since 2008. He focuses mainly on fashion, advertising and portraiture, shooting both on location and in the studio.

Clients include Story, TIQE, VAVI, Pierre Lucci, PH model, Studio 91, Scouteen, Unique-one, ODIVI, JAKOBY and Maudhomme.

Milos Nesic is a Prague-based freelance photographer. Since 2004 he has been working in advertising, beauty, lifestyle and portrait photography, travelling between Prague, Belgrade and Istanbul shooting for various clients and productions.

Most recently, Milos shot a number of beauty editorials for InStyle Magazine as well as an image campaign for TimeOut California Fashion. Some of his advertising campaigns have won prizes at prestigious international advertising awards festivals, including Moscow International Advertising Festival and Louskacek - Czech Advertising Festival. Milos was also recognised in the 2011 IPA-International Photography Awards in the 'Landscapes' category.

He has worked with agencies including TBWA, Publicis, EURO RSCG, Kitchen Prague and WORKS-Istanbul, among others. Clients include Avon, Allianz, Vodafone, O2, SkunkFunk, Olympus, Peugeot, TimeOut California Fashion and many others.

Visit his website for more information.

Mark Bliss is a creative, award-winning cinematographer with vast experience ranging from documentaries to feature films.

Mark made Prague his home base some four years ago, swapping the sand of Bondi Beach for the cobble heads of Mala Strana.

His resumé includes seven feature films, (the latest one, 'Kooky', directed by two-times Oscar-winner Jan Sverak), countless music videos, (two of which won the Golden Award at ACS for best music video in Australia), and hundreds of TV and cinema commercials. 

Visit his website for more information. Mark is represented by Trinity Agency Hamburg.

Bistro Films is a dynamic, award-winning production company based in the magical Lesser Town, just under Prague Castle. 

Bistro represents local and international directors producing commercials, films, documentaries and music videos for all markets. In only a few years of operation the company has quickly become one of the most prolific and awarded production houses in Prague.

Bistro strives to meet clients’ expectations with quality and competitively priced projects. With both local and international experience, the company is well suited to cater to all needs and offers full production services for foreign clients.

Bistro welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on all types of projects. No budget is too small if the project is interesting. Visit the website for more information.

Established 15 years ago, Bohemian Pictures is a Prague-based production service company focused on international productions. Bohemian Pictures combines a western approach to film-making with the lower cost of doing business in Eastern Europe. Most companies know Prague: the question is who to entrust with putting a project together. As a smaller company, Bohemian Pictures is able to give personal attention to each job, with executive producer Sherry Baumgart on-hand to supervise all productions.  

Recent work includes spots for directors such as Noam Murro, Dante Ariola, Pleix, Rupert Sanders and Tom Kuntz. Clients include Xbox, Wrigley’s, Coca-Cola, Stella Artois and Jameson, for production companies such as Biscuit Filmworks, MJZ, Independent, Cow & Boys and Les Telecreateurs, among others.  

Visit the website or call executive producer Sherry Baumgart for more information.

Name of ad: Coleman - series of three: Indian; Crocodile; Lion. Client: Coleman. Product: Aqua’Walk™ X15 Hydration Pack.

"The concept is based on the insight that hydration is an essential part of survival, yet many outdoor water sources can cost you your life. The dangerously occupied bodies of water communicate that no matter where you go, the Coleman RTX Hydration Pack is a safe water source that belongs to you alone."

Name of ad: Museum of Communism - series of three: Escaping Through Wall; Escaping Through River; Escaping Through Fence. Client: Museum of Communism.

"Most people who lived under communism never want to see it again. However, many tourists who visit former communist countries find their history intriguing as, due to the isolationism of many communist regimes, they've never seen more than pictures on TV."

Petra Mechurova is a L'Oréal Professional Ambassador and creative director of Haute Coiffure Francaise in the Czech Republic. She was the first woman to win an AIPP Grand Trophy, awarded by the International Professional Hairdressing Press Association.

Petra has run her Prague-based salon since 2001, building a team of experienced and artistic hairdressers. Together they introduce creative collections twice a year, pushing the boundaries of hairdressing and interpreting contemporary fashion with their originality and innovation.