Helen is an experienced, award-winning photographer specialising in food, interiors and lifestyle, particularly luxury hotel brands. With a sought after highly unique look to her photography, she looks to capture naturalness and atmosphere in everything she shoots. Making the subject as aspirational and beautiful as possible. 

She is known for her skilled use of natural light and strong styling aesthetic. She has shot for clients such as FeverTree, Belmond Hotels, The White Company, John Lewis, Ilse Crawford, Elle Deco and Conde Nast Traveller. 

Recently she has just completed a six-week commission around Italy for luxury hotel brand Belmond. She has just shot a collaboration with furniture designer Carl Hansen and legendary interior designer Ilse Crawford, and she has been shooting recipes for Sunday Times Magazine.

Phil Babb is an established advertising photographer who is best known for his images of kids; new-borns, toddlers, teens, twins and tearaways have been photographed for consumer print and digital media be it for e-com, packaging, pharmaceutical, social media or poster campaigns. Phil’s meticulous eye for casting and attention to detail is enthusiastically matched by his sense of fun and easy going and approachable personality both in the studio and on location.

Equally comfortable shooting for a start-up company or international brand he is always delighted to hear from new clients and keen to share his skills and experience.

Phil is represented by SARAHDAW.

Phil Babb is an established advertising photographer who is best known for his images of kids; new-borns, toddlers, teens, twins and tearaways have been photographed for consumer print and digital media be it for e-com, packaging, pharmaceutical, social media or poster campaigns. Phil’s meticulous eye for casting and attention to detail is enthusiastically matched by his sense of fun and easy going and approachable personality both in the studio and on location.

Equally comfortable shooting for a start-up company or international brand he is always delighted to hear from new clients and keen to share his skills and experience.

Phil is represented by SARAHDAW.

Gareth has been at the fore of cutting edge food photography for the past 15 years and is always keen to play with imagery both technically and creatively.

Adapting these techniques to work within the growing moving image realm has been his biggest passion over the last couple of years.

Recent clients include Edwardian Hotels, Sainsbury’s, Virgin Trains, Wild Bean Cafe and Waitrose.

Horton-Stephens, London's leading photographers' agents for over 25 years, has been busy as usual shooting stills and moving image from online content to TVC. Featured in this Showcase is a selection of new work, but be sure to visit the site for a full run-down.

Horton-Stephens is well-known for representing a world-class group of photographers, but moving image has become a bigger and bigger part of what the team do. Great production remains key to the success of all their shoots. They’re friendly and approachable, with an encyclopedic knowledge of lighting, casting, locations (in the UK and worldwide), set building, timings, post-production, cgi and moving image - whether shooting TVCs or on the back of TVCs… they’ve done it all!

The team has produced just about every shoot imaginable, so even if you just want to ask their advice they’ll be more than happy to get involved. Each shoot is a journey and they like the opportunity to work alongside clients at the earliest possible stage.

Recent work includes shoots for Ovarian Cancer Action, Amazon, Renault, Costa, The Born Free Foundation, Sarson's, M&S, Barclaycard, Vauxhall, Emirates, Experian, Specsavers, Birds Eye and Lucozade, to name a few.

For moving image, head over to sister agency hortonsshortuns.com.

Michelle is a fashion and product stylist based in London.

Current clients include Matches Fashion, Selfridges, Amazon and Brand Alley.

Michelle has also recently added food styling to her skillset, with recent projects for Selfridges and Daylesford Farm.

Tapestry is a creative media production agency that has been producing content since 1972. Based in the creative hub of Soho, their photography and post production studios are situated next to each other which helps for seamless production. Not only this, but they have departments that range from photography to press advertising, meaning they are a production house that can see your project from beginning to end across all platforms. Whether that is producing digital banners for your online campaign, or creating an artwork for an IMAX takeover, they know how best to produce and deliver your projects for any format.

If you'd like to find out more about how they can help you, get in touch at +44(0)20 7896 3415 or pop in to their Soho offices.

"MCTV offer the all-in-one solution to all your online needs. From our own boutique film and photographic studios (which can be hired separately) to our expert team, we are at the forefront of the online video market developing our own interactive videos and user interfaces to bring companies to life.

Our skill and experience lie in creating great visual communication and turning it into a real business advantage for our clients. In short, we deliver easy-to-view online video with high production values, whilst simplifying costs through transparent pricing.

We are huge believers in working in partnership, with other creative agencies, PR companies and our client's in-house teams by getting a real understanding of each individual business.

Come take a look around our studios and meet the Multichannel team to discover more."

Duncan is a London based photographer, DOP and filmmaker working internationally and from his London studio.

Duncan’s body of work is exceptionally diverse, and whether he’s shooting Emmy and BAFTA award winning TV series, colourful and abstract beauty portraits in the studio, or documentary-style fashion he is equally at home.

Duncan shoots analogue and digital, and brings a wealth of creativity and experience to every project.

Follow Ducan on Instagram.

Welcome to the debut issue of Showcase UK, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, photographers' agents, rental studios and full service photo & film production companies, working out of London, Edinburgh and other cities in Great Britain.

More information is available in our online Photo and Film directories.

Companies and publications such as Marks & Spencer, Zeiss, Guinness, Ovarian Cancer Action, HSBC, De Beers, Barbour, Subway, Selfridges, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• Edinburgh's Stills Centre for Photography presents Women Photographers from The AmberSide Collection, with work from prominent photographers such as Diane Arbus, Martine Franck  and Susan Meiselas. Until 8th March.
• Talyor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition - until 7th February at the National Portrait Gallery.
• London Film Week takes place during the first week of December at London's Regent Street Cinema and film makers such as Noah Baumbach and Takashi Miike are part of its official selection.

Our cover photo was shot by David Levene for The Guardian and features actor Jared Harris.