"At PLUSH74, we believe that finding your perfect shooting locations should not only be easy and fun, but most of all surprising – every single time! After all, without the element of novelty, even the greatest creative brief can lead to just another boring commodity campaign.

Being the location aficionados that we are, we're always on the lookout for funky new spaces all around the world. But even in our home base Germany, we can't stop finding new shooting potential in every nook and cranny!

Whether it's a round, furry private home on the outskirts of Munich, a minimalist, highly curated gym in the heart of Berlin, or a brownstone 'American Dream' villa in southern Brandenburg, we'll take you on a world tour of location love – without ever leaving the country!

And the best part? Booking these spaces is just one direct request and a few clicks away."

Fast Forward Locationservice are a radical and innovative location and scouting agency based in Hamburg, Germany.

They consistently aim to provide any style and look tailored to your production: larger than life, or that delicate and intimate feel. Chances are, FF will have it ready for you. Or they are prepared to go hunting - and deliver.

FF further carry out custom drone scoutings. And they can create designated 360° tours of any object. Indoor and outdoor, as well as aerial 360° tours.

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 Tchibo, Universal Music, Siemens, Opel, Nike, Intel, Audi, Marie Claire, Keller Sports, Gore-Tex, Elle 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:

• Dear Photography - Peter Miller. Exhibition features key works from the last 15 years as well as numerous objects that the artist created especially for the exhibition, including two participatory interventions that encourage visitors to take photographs in the exhibition, either with a special camera or in a special setup.  At c/o Berlin until 3rd of December. 
• Sony World Photography Awards 2021. In its 14th year, the international, renowned competition shows the best that contemporary photography has to offer, from students to amateurs and professional photographers. Until 12th of January 2022 at Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin. 

Our cover was shot by creative duo Sallyhateswing. 

"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 photoshoots 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 competence, extensive professional equipment as well as expertise are the basis for the long-standing, successful customer relationships, which we cultivate with passion."

Featured / new arrivals:

• Freefly Wave 2TB
• Sony Cine Family: Alpha 7s III, FX3, FX6, FX9, Venice
• Arri Master Prime Lenses: 18mm, 21mm, 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 65mm, 100mm
• Arri Signature Prime 12mm
• NODO Inertia Wheels 3-Axis Pro Kit
• Fiilex Q5 Color & Fiilex Q8 Color.

Sebastian Matthias is a multiskilled photographer and digital artist from Germany. His main work area is portrait photography as well as staged and very unusual still photography. Besides this, he creates digital art by combining film and photography into breathtaking cinemagraphs. From his experience working in the film business, he gained the experience to understand motion and light at the same time.

As a photographer, Sebastian mainly shoots business portraits and image campaigns for medium sized companies and stages unusual pictures in product photography for various companies, often from the wine industry.

His cinemagraphs, a symbiosis of film and photography, are each a piece of art that keeps the audience watching.

Sebastian pushes the boundaries of cinemagraph every time and could be called a 'cinemagraph-guru' by now.

Sebastian is a positive minded person, believing in the good energy of art and always tries to bring that special feeling into every project.

Stefan Hobmaier is a freelance photographer based in Berlin and Munich, focusing on portrait, reportage and industrial photography.

Agencies, corporate clients and magazines appreciate his honest, natural and modern imagery that gets people's attention.

In order to emphasise his storytelling approach, he had his website redesigned. You can check it out here. 

His national and international clients include Audi, BMW, Osram, Bosch, Hornbach, Intel, Intrinsic, Google, ProSiebenSat1, MAN, H&M, Porsche, Mazda, Siemens Healthineers, SZ Scala, Trumpf, Epiroc, C3, Hoffmann & Campe, Territory, Condé Nast, Laut von Leise, Interone, Thjnk, Impulse, Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week, FourFourTwo, Haymarket, Redwood and various international clients, agencies, B2B and B2C magazines.

Oz John is a Berlin-based advertising photographer. He studied graphic design at university and worked for 14 years in advertising as a creative art director at companies such as Publicis, Euro RSCG, Bozell Worldwide, and The Coca-Cola Company.

His photography is noticeably technical and conceptual that comes from his art director background, which makes him good at working with creative themes and creative teams. He produced work that was published in online and printed media in Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Besides his professional occupation, Oz John is also an academic with a PhD in visual communication. He taught in several universities design and photography related courses. In addition to his photographic achievements, he owns several international awards in design, advertising, and marketing.

Björn Vilcens is a photographer and cinematographer based in Germany, near Karlsruhe. He works mainly for smaller, medium sized companies throughout the whole country.

The focus of his work is photography for corporate and industrial clients. In the year 2021, he extended his service more and more towards cinematography.

Portrait photography, interior photography, event photography and industrial photography are his main objectives. 

Based on the clients' requirements he creates visual concepts and brings them to reality. With a clear vision, and focus on the people and on the story of his customers, he provides individual and tailor made visual content that is used by his clients on social media, websites to replace stock photos and print advertising.

After completing her training as a media designer, Katrin Winner went to Nuremberg to study graphic design and photography.

She found her professional fulfilment by combining her passion for good food with her artistic creativity, and has since worked as a food photographer.

Her work over the years in the farm her parents own has made her value the hard work and the amount of energy it takes to produce fresh and organic food, so she‘s always eager to work sustainably.

During her studies, Katrin gained experience at well-known food photography studios in Hamburg and Munich. After five years as a photographer, she decided at the beginning of 2018 to set up her own studio for food and still life photography in Munich.

Loom Management offers location scouting and high quality locations in Nuremberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart - for your photo and video productions.

For productions, they are also happy to take over the individual booking for needs such as model booking, photographer selection and styling.

"We have an extremely good network of top photographers, various model agencies and much more."

Looms newest locations featured in this Showcase:

Business No.17/18 - this open office working space to rent for photo and video productions offers a lot of space for larger productions on the four floors, flooded with light and with lots of glass, generous division. The location with the large terrace can also be used for events.

House No.43 - the large villa is often booked for fashion productions, the view by the pool with the evening sun and the depth into the park-like garden is a dream.