KME Studios represents a hand-picked roster of the most engaging and sought-after image makers around the food, people, lifestyle, corporate, sports and travel sectors.

Photographers:

Klaus Einwanger – food, people, lifestyle and corporate.
Sebastian Stiphout – people, lifestyle and sports.
Roman Koenigshofer – travel and sports.
Meike Bergmann – food.

KME Studios has assembled a diverse skillset under one roof. Thanks to its versatile team of experts, they can handle every step of production in-house and ensure speedy decision-making, keeping communication lines and workflow open and fluid from pre- to post-production and all points in between.

For each new project that they take on, they assemble an individualised team around the photographer. That team assists, encourages, supports and motivates throughout the assignment, from conceptualisation to the finished visuals. Each crew is a well-oiled machine that maximises reliability and flexibility, allowing them to professionally handle large productions without external service providers, delivering exceptional results within a reasonable budget.

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Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of Germany's leading talent and services for commercial photo and film production.

Companies and publications such as Audi, Die Zeit, Siemens, DHL, Silhouette Eyewear, Villeroy & Boch, Olympus, and many more, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Berlin (Photo / Film), Cologne (Photo / Film), Dusseldorf (Photo / Film), Frankfurt (Photo / Film), Hamburg (Photo / Film), Munich (Photo / Film) and Stuttgart (Photo / Film) directories.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• Over ten days, around 130 national and international feature films and documentaries are shown on 14 screens in the Filmfest Hamburg. From 29th September to 8th October.
• INTERFILM 38, The International Short Film Festival Berlin, is Berlin's largest and oldest short film festival. From 15th to 20th November.
• Forum für Fotografie in Cologne presents Dieter Keller: Das Auge des Krieges - Ukraine 1941/42. Dieter Keller (1909 - 1985), a German soldier during World War II, took the 201 photographs shown in this exhibition while he was deployed in Ukraine. Until 15th September.

Our cover was shot by Dirk Bader. Dirk is represented by Avenger Photographers.

Jürgen Nobel, based in Gelsenkirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia), works as a national and international photographer in the areas of people, lifestyle, sports and corporate.

In addition to some actual lifestyle and people productions, many of his current assignments are based on employer branding and recruiting projects.

Emphasising the company's close cooperation with all the hidden stars behind the camera and on set, with a wink of an eye FGV Schmidle claims "We are the 'Making of!'"

FGV is deeply rooted in the international film industry, and with vast experience and an impressive inventory has been providing leading production services for decades. Consistent cooperation and communication is a vital part of the company’s knowledge base. As a result, clients are able to do their jobs better, be it with the latest high-tech equipment, through the team's technically demanding solutions, or even its own developments.

Established in 1972, and with home bases in Munich and Berlin, FGV Rental provides services including camera systems (digital, film, and photo), lighting (daylight, tungsten, LED, tube, photo), grip (from cranes to dollies, tripods, stands and more), and vehicles, all with a 24/7 rental pick-up and return policy.

A 700 m² / 7,500 sq.ft. studio located on the Munich premises benefits from great transportation connections. Features include a ceiling height of 12m/40ft, motorised green- and blue-screens, three motorised rigs for loads of up to two tons each, a 7x14m (24x46ft) ceiling reflector, a cyclorama covering two walls (24x29x11m / 79x95x36ft), production offices, an industry standard kitchen and parking lot.

By 2025, more than a third of all Germans will be over 50. Best Agers are one of the key target audiences in advertising. Elbmodels, as Germany's leading model agency for Best Agers, really understands this development, so since 15 years the age range of their models starts where other agencies draw the line.

Located in Hamburg and Munich, they connect experienced models from Germany and abroad with advertising agencies, magazines and photographers for movie and photo productions. The models embody the lifestyle of their generation, with a striking appearance and lots of experience.

"We think youth is overrated".

"I am a Berlin-based freelance illustration artist. I started my freelance career after a few years of experience in an advertising agency. Today, I continue being actively involved in advertising projects, but also enjoy participating in other art-related projects and areas like newspapers, magazines and book illustrations.

During my office and freelance careers, I have illustrated for clients such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Greenpeace, Fujitsu, Samsung, Nivea, Babybel, Hapag-Lloyd Express, Weru and many more. Recently, I have been collaborating with Die Zeit newspaper and Ravensburger.

I work with pencil and ink as well as digitally. I like to mix techniques until it becomes impossible to pinpoint where one technique ends and another begins.

Please visit my website if you would like to see more of my artwork."

Andreas Gerhardt has been photographing and portraying people and stories in the areas of corporate, lifestyle and resort photography for agencies, publishers and large companies for many years.

In addition to his commercial work, Andreas devotes himself to personal projects and enjoys photographing on film with a Sinar large format camera. In order to achieve the desired results, it requires full concentration during the sessions. The next project here is a book with portraits of people who live their profession with passion.

Many of the portraits that Andreas photographs during his digital workflow are practically “out of the box”. He deliberately avoids cumbersome post-processing and instead emphasises the authenticity of the moment and the desired, perfect non-perfection. Shoots with Andreas take place in a relaxed atmosphere.

Andreas works on site and in his studio in Freiburg in the Black Forest.

Clients include Burda Publishing House, The Ministry of Finance Baden-Württemberg, The Technoseum Mannheim, Schölly Fiberoptic, TUI, Energiedienst / Naturenergie, Vitra, Vertiko and many more.

Canadian photographer Oz John Tekson resides in Berlin.

He comes from an art director education and work background with 14 years professional experience in the industry. Compared to conventional photographers, this gives him a slightly different vantage point, from visualisation, production to post-production. Therefore, he is a detail-oriented, noticeably technical and conceptual photographer.

Oz John has created images for online and print media in Canada, the USA, and Europe. He has produced work for more than 70 publications, including Vanity Fair and Vogue Italia. He is known for his work that is conceptual and welcomes subtle humour and little surprises.

Besides his professional occupation, Oz John is also an academic with a PhD in visual communication. He has taught design and photography related courses in several Canadian and European universities. He has a mixed ethnicity (Italian, Spanish, Greek, Cirkassian, etc.) and more mixed cultural and educational background. He is able to communicate in four languages.

"We are a professional equipment rental company for photo, film, lighting and production equipment with locations in Berlin, Stuttgart and Marbella, Spain.
 
We take care of national and international productions, both in Germany and in other European countries. Whether for photo shoots or commercial film productions - we offer both the technology (ARRI, RED, Canon, Sony, ...) and the expert service: from consulting to rental and sales, transport to repair service. Our customers from Spain have full access to our film camera department in Berlin with support from our specialists in Berlin.
 
Our competence, the extensive professional equipment as well as our expertise are the basis for the long-standing, successful customer relationships, which we cultivate with passion.

Featured / new arrivals:

• ARRI ALEXA 35
• DJI Ronin 4D 6K
• Leica M Thambar 90/2.2
• SIGMA Classic Prime FF Set
• Tilta Hermit POV Support System.

Delight Rental Services: Equipped for every vision."

Vishal Kullarwar started out to become an engineer, but a heightened awareness of the visual art diverted his attention to the camera and its versatility. He started off by assisting a renowned photographer in India for over two years, and soon after that he travelled to Paris and Hamburg to acquire more knowledge of the visual medium; after that experience he decided to start off on his own.

Aspiring to carve a niche in the photography industry, he is well versed in fashion, advertising and editorial work. Vishal describes his work as the constant need to move and evolve. These characteristics of the ever-growing fashion world reflect on his photography as well.