prague Nov 2012

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.

F Production is a full service photo and video production company providing casting, location scouting, photographers, directors, stylists, make-up artists, hair stylists, set building, post production, and more.

Prague is a renowned production location thanks to its beautiful architecture and fantastic accessibility. F production's team of experienced, professional talents offers high quality results, every time.

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.

Headed by renowed professional photographer Vladimir Cech, SFR studio is located near Prague city centre in a converted old industrial factory.

The ground floor blackout studio offers 210 m² of workspace, with 6m high ceilings, two stages, 5m and 9m cyclos, moveable cross bridge, wardrobe, hair and make-up area and catering facilities. The studio is fully equipped with digital cameras, lighting (flash, tungsten, HMI), grip spectrum, digital hardware, experienced photo assistants and digital support staff, free Wi-Fi, sound system and parking area.

SFR is able to supply some of Prague's best creative talent including directors, production, post production, stylists, hair and make-up artists, and its technical team is present to offer assistance as and when required. 

Clients include BBDO, Grey, Procter & Gamble, Saatchi&Saatchi, Euro RSCG, Milk&Honey Films, Forward International, Unit & Sofa, Stillking Films, Partnership Pictures, Zoom Films, Dawson Production, Vital Production Bohemian Pictures, Bistro Films and Boogie Films.

Milk & Honey Films is the premier production service company for worldwide production of all types of media. With offices in Prague, Los Angeles, New York and Buenos Aires, Milk & Honey can provide services anywhere on those three continents. The company has streamlined the production process and delivers quality no matter the size of budget.

Milk & Honey has collaborated with some of the greatest directors in the world, including George Lucas, Wes Anderson and Jan de Bont. Its sister companies, Prague Studios (stages) and atSwim (production), round out a full range of services to support every type of production.

Prague offers locations to suit any environment as well as crew rates that are around 50% less than Western Europe or the Americas. Visit the website for more information or contact Milk & Honey direct for a quote.

FRAME100R is a dynamic full service production house located in the centre of Prague. The company provides the best locations in the Czech Republic, including many old villages, historical buildings and even Medieval castles.

Shooting in the Czech Republic offers many advantages, including highly skilled professionals at every step of the production process, cost effective results and the natural talent of Czech craftsmen and artists.

FRAME100R is an executive member of APA - the national Audiovisual Producers Association. The company offers top-class Czech directors and DoPs, as well as young talented directors and motion designers.

Czech photographer Ales Jungmann is based in Prague and has been focusing on architectural photography for 16 years since completing studies at the film and television faculty of 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 on calendars for Ceska sporitelna (Erste Bank). 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.

Photographer Nikola Tacevski is currently based between Prague and Cologne. Some of his advertising campaigns have won awards at prestigious international advertising festivals, including Cannes (Silver Lion), Portoroz Golden Drum Ad Festival (Central and Eastern Europe), and Louskaceks (Czech advertising festival).

Nikola was twice presented in Lurzers Archive '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide'. He works for many international agencies offering full photo production and post production services.

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.

Miro has a classic arts education, having graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava – College of Sculpture and Restoration. He began his career in advertising as an art director where he spent more than fifteen years before diverging into photography.

His education has left an obvious mark on his work, providing him with a keen sense of space, colour and detail. As a photographer, he brings his artistic insight to every one of his pictures. Performing a majority of his own postproduction, his photographs are imbued with his vision from beginning to end.

He is represented worldwide by Pavleye.

Anna Mrazek Kovacic is the leading Czecho-Slovak photographer in the field of fashion and beauty photography best known for her provocative visual sense combined with high aesthetic value. Bold, daring, alluring photographs with strong sexual charge, sense of composition and color harmonizing, original locations, sets and decorations are all characteristic features of her work.

Her fashion editorials are often featured in Elle, Dolce Vita and Harper’s Bazaar and many others and she has shot numerous campaigns for a wide portfolio of international clients, such as Harvey Nicols, Schwarzkopf, Louis Vuitton, to mention just a few.

Anna is represented worldwide by Pavleye.

Boys Play Nice has its place in the world of commercial as well as art photography. The Boys - Jakub Skokan and Martin Tuma - often team up with independent graphic designers, food stylists, fashion stylists, architects and other designers.

They are represented worldwide by Pavleye.

Prague-based photographer Anna Kazanova holds a degree in photography from the Culture and Art University of Kiev and has over eight years' experience working on projects both commercial (weddings, parties, special events, portraits, etc.) and personal. She is the creative director of her own photography company in Prague and travels all over the world for assignments.

From December 2011 until April 2012, Anna collaborated on a project with the Copenhagen avant-garde jazz band 'Strange Party Orchestra'. The aim was to mix photography and sound to create a unique kind of audio-visual experience (the project saw the band compose soundscapes for 12 of Anna's personal photographs). After a successful opening exhibition and many good reviews, one of Anna's photographs was selected for the Copenhagen Week of Photography.

Born in the Ukraine, Anna first became interested in photography when she travelled to Seattle, Washington, as an exchange student. While studying for her degree in Kiev, she produced her first exhibition, which consisted of photographs taken during several trips she's made to Asia. She also took part in a photography workshop in Kars, Turkey, which led to an exhibition of her work in Budapest at the 'A Miro Fotogaleria'.

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.

Petra Mechurová is an internationally renowned hairdresser and was the first woman to win the globally acclaimed AIPP Grand Trophy award. Her talent and creative attitude is visible across her own hair collections that consistently interpret contemporary fashion and styles.

Her specific approach to fashion and beauty which emphasises simplicity and detail, has brought her many local and international hairdressing awards and a number of invitations to the foremost hairdressing events including L'Oréal Business Forum, The Alternative Hair Show, Top Hair International, Salon Look International and Mondial Coiffure Beauté.

Petra is a leader in creating new hair design trends. Her range of styles have emerged from her hairdressing academy and through her work as the Creative Director of Haute Coiffure Française, L'Oréal Professionnel ambassador, and from the many magazine covers and international hair and fashion shows she has styled.

K1 Models is a model management agency with strong focus on an individual approach to both models and clients.

Thanks to co-operation with other modelling agencies based in Prague, Bratislava and Vienna the company can provide extensive casting services for productions across Central Europe.

Its skilled team, together with beautiful models and comfortable premises, are a guarantee for successful mutual co-operation.