Spring time renewal saw Camino Media sponsor ADFEST 2013 and make many new friends in the Asia-Pacific region. Next stop Cannes Lions and an invite-only soirée on the Hotel Majestic Pier. Fellow professionals with shoot plans in Spain and Europe are welcome. Email or call soon.

But it’s not all play and no work! The brief for authentic Western European locations with abundant cast reflecting target consumers in India drew Ogilvy & Mather to work with Camino Media in Madrid for the Titan Tagged TVC campaign. Studio photography shoots for Porsche Design Sport with José Mourinho and Daniela Hantuchova saw Adidas partner with Camino Media photography teams in Madrid and Valencia.

Spaniards building stories-high human castles in Catalonia and burning down paper-mache statues in Valencia marveled US audiences watching TV programmes produced with Camino Media for NBC and Fox News.

Welcome to the latest issue of Showcase Spain, brought to you by Production Paradise. We present the very best of the Spanish visual media industry, with more information available in our dedicated Photo and Film directories for Barcelona (Photo/Film), Madrid (Photo/Film), Balearic Islands (Photo/Film)and other important production cities around Spain.

Take a look at our recommended events held in the upcoming months:

• Changing Room - 8th June in Chic & Basic Barcelona. In each edition, Changing Room selects 25 international designers in a megastore open to the public only 10 hours every 6 months.
• Photo España - International photography and art festival, Madrid from 5th June to 28th July.

Our cover photo was shot by Cristian Di Stefano.

Camera-Studio is a new professional photography rental studio located in the heart of Madrid, providing ideal facilities for a variety of productions. The 600 m² workspace is divided between two studios, each with unique characteristics:

• Studio I: 15,5 x 8,5 m, kitchen, cyclorama wall/floor 6,50 x 3,70 x 5,50 m, hair and make-up area, 22.000W air conditioning and heating, Apple 27", Airport.
  
• Studio II, daylight: 12,5 x 8,5 m, a giant 10 x 7m²  daylight roof, cyclorama wall/floor/wall 7 x 3.70 x 5 m, kitchen, 18.000W air conditioning and heating, Apple 27", Airport.

Other features include three-phase power for cine lights, Broncolor Scoro and Profoto Pro 8, Phase One, Leaf, Mamiya, Hasselblad, Canon, Wi-Fi Internet, chill-out area,  drive-in vehicle access, parking, catering, in-studio or on location production services, bilingual photo assistants and digital operators and casting services.

INEZZ Production is a boutique audiovisual production service company in Spain.
Based in Barcelona, it offers location, casting and production resources for photo, film and video productions.

Working throughout the Spanish mainland, Ibiza, Mallorca and the Canary Islands, clients also assign INEZZ to productions in the South of France and Portugal.

Known for its top-end resources, efficient planning, transparent and accurate budgeting and quick problem solving competencies, INEZZ has also created a highly praised location library with more then 5000 carefully scouted and updated locations for clients to choose for their next project.

"From our first assignment in 2000 through many advertising and fashion productions, we still think every brief is a new challenge."

Latest news from Image Nation:

• Anke Luckmann shot the Mercedes Sprinter Startbox campaign for Daimler in an old warehouse in Spain. Agency: Lukas Lindermann Rosinski. CGI: Recom.
• Thomas Strogalski shot the new Volkswagen Life campaign in Spain. Agency: Grabarz & Partner. Post production: SUBLIME in collaboration with Elisabeth Winter and fitz.
• Carles Carabí shot a typical Spanish campaign for Image Nation. Art direction: Aleix Marin and Roger Llonch. Hair and make-up: Katharina Nitzpon.
• Anke Luckmann shot the amazing Mercedes SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive on the Formula 1 racecourse in Barcelona. Agency: Jung von Matt / Alster. Post production: JvM/craft.
• He&Me Photographers visited some of the oldest castles in Catalonia to shoot the latest issue of BMW Magazine for German agency Ringzwei.

Palma Pictures Photo & Motion enjoyed a very busy end to a successful 2012, shooting once again with Stefan Indelkofer and Claudia Knoepfel for S'Oliver and doing a very sexy Tresemme campaign with Sarah Silver. Both were shot on Mallorca.

Two huge campaigns were produced by the Barcelona office for Philip Morris and Bentley motorcars. Productions for Tropicana, Bacardi and Ikea were also squeezed-in right before Christmas.

As well as full service production Palma Pictures also provides art buying. Be sure to take a look at the company's location images - "If it's Spain you want, they're all over it."

A productions is a full service production company working thoughout Spain with offices in the Canary Islands, Seville, Madrid and Barcelona. 

"We do 5 person studio photo shoots up to the full monty.... like the job we just did for Saudia Airlines in Tenerife, Canary Islands: four days, 12 racing yachts, 110 sailing and shoot crew, a 70 person camera boat with scorpio crane and flight head. Great fun"

A productions latest jobs:

• Pantene worldwide campaign with Grey London
• Brugal campaign with Ogilvy Madrid shot by Jesús Alonso
• Ford campaign with Ogilvy Madrid shot by Alberto Escudero
• Magnum Kiss worldwide campaign with Lola shot by Jesús Alonso
• Balay campaign with D6 shot by Hervas&Archer
• Balay TVC with D6
• Saudia Airlines TVC directed by Adrian Moat (RSA Films) with Clandestino Films
• Teresa Helbig TVC directed by David Verges

A productions represents in exclusive the 17 year old photographer Cristina Otero.

Located in downtown Puerta del Sol, Centro Studios offers 800 m² for all types of photographic, film, casting and event production. The studios are fully equipped with lighting (Profoto), cameras and equipment for professionals who require 24/7 solutions. The company's digital department carries the latest technology, including Hasselblad, Phase One, Canon, Eizo, Apple, and also offers technical advice, colour management, scanner facilities, certified proofs, fine art prints, digital retouching and CGI.

Recent jobs included Chevrolet campaign, Toyota campaign, Iker Casilla Foundation, So Chic Magazine with Paz Vega, Neo 2 Magazine, Telva Magazine, Arte de Vivir Magazine, V Magazine, Yo Dona Magazine, Smoda Magazine, La Vanguardia Magazine, EFTI: International Master of Fashion Photography By Christin Di Stefano.

Visit the website for more information, blog, twitter (@centrostudios) and facebook (centrostudios).

Addict Studios is a 500 m² studio with cyclorama that was recently the set for a range of international advertising campaign shoots. The company also offers equipment rental for a wide variety of clients, from magazine editorials to worldwide campaigns in Madrid, Barcelona, Ibiza, the Canary Islands, Valencia and Alicante.

Its range of clients includes ad agencies, production companies, magazines and photographers who can rely on Addict's own materials from brands such as Profoto, Canon, Phase One, Hasselblad, Hmi, Arri, Manfrotto, Eizo and Apple.

Addict Studios is also the ideal space for films, events, castings, show-rooms and film tests.

Latest productions in Addict Studios include Magnum campaign, Bimba Y Lola campaign, Pantene worldwide campaign, Balay campaign, Brugal campaign, Atun Claro campaign, Neo2, Mujer de Hoy, Telva, Smoda, Arte de Vivir, and EFTI: international Master Class of Fashion Photography by Paco Peregrín and Alejandro Cabrera.

Visit the website for more information and follow the company on twitter or Facebook.

The JWT holiday release of the Sky-Dweller watch campaign recalls memorable moments of this year’s films for Rolex with world-renowned tenor Plácido Domingo. Camino Media provided full production and location service for the multi-camera shoot from inside a Madrid palace.

Productions for returning clients including Google, Telefonica, CCTV, National Geographic and Discovery Channel added to the holiday cheer.

Looking into the New Year, Camino Media management is meeting creative people from Los Angeles to Bangkok to prepare upcoming shoots in the sunniest corner of Europe. Next stop Adfest 2013.  Email now to meet in Thailand this March.