hotelrebel   Rotterdam Photo & Film Production and Locations

"We are HotelRebel, a production company for both film and photography.

We love productions in a wide spectrum. Our productions vary from automotive and fashion shoots to content creating brand films & photography.

The Netherlands is our natural playground. Easily accessible in Europe and with a variety of strong architecture, urban cities and energetic sceneries, it makes our country worthwhile visiting.

High-end fashion, new upcoming brands, automotive shoots or any other strong identity can be easily captured in any preferred backdrop.

After 12 years of production experience, we have built a strong network with local crew like scouts, stylists and H&M artist, assistants and digital ops. That makes us able to run both complex and bigger projects as well as small intimate productions.

Brands like Zara, Off-White, State of Art, Justin Alexander, Schiphol, Hyundai, Volkswagen, SudDeutsche Zeitung Magazin can tell you all about their experience with us.

In the end, it’s all about understanding the comfort of production."

Ofir Abe   Amsterdam portrait photographers

"Starting my career 20 years ago as a graphic designer in Israel's leading ad agencies, I've come to understand that I had no aspiration to be on just one side of the creative process. 

Self-taught mostly, I combine my passion for music, aesthetics and cinema as well as human interactions, to distil into dramatic, impactful, and conceptual photos. 

Currently based in Amsterdam, I've been making album covers, advertisements, corporate portraits, automotive and documentary photography around the world - in my studio or on locations.

In the end, it's the impactful image that drives my interest and makes my day.  There’s nothing more inspiring for me than to capture people in ways that they don't usually see themselves in. Using creative lighting and a fresh mood, I love sending them for a journey towards another dimension, bringing out some of the most interesting alter egos.

His commercial clients include Adidas, Porsche Travels, Publicis GNS Adv., Adler Chomski Group/ Grey Israel Adv., Orange, and a wide selection of the biggest law and tech firms in Israel."

Glenn Mostert   Rotterdam portrait photographers

"Hi there! I am Glenn Mostert from The Netherlands. Last year I became a full-time commercial photographer. But my photographic journey started in 2008 when I was working as an intern at a fashion company. I was a graphic designer until I got in touch with photography (product and model).

I love everything about it and especially working with people. People interest me, everyone has their own story and I want to hear and photograph them! Creating a moment where the person in front of me opens up to me and shows their true personality is the best thing that can happen.

I work in the studio and on location. I use strobes to set the right mood and create something special. During retouching, I try to get the most out of the photographs but keep the authenticity of the person too."

Thomas van Schaik photography   Amsterdam still life photographers

Thomas van Schaik is an Amsterdam based studio photographer specialising in still life, product, design and occasionally food. He uses a clean and human approach to make sure the products shine.

Besides shooting for renowned clients such as Philips, JBL, Pokon and Delush Fragrances and many magazines, he likes to create personal work, which has been recognized by the dutch photographers awards.

Although he is predominantly a studio photographer he likes to shoot on location as well.

Mindbox   Amsterdam

Welcome to Showcase Benelux, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, directors, photo & film production companies, studios, services for photo and film production and equipment rental working out of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. 

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our Amsterdam (Photo / Film) and Brussels (Photo / Film) directories.

Brands and publications including Suzuki, Oral-B, Strongbow, Raf Simons, Fiat, Coca-Cola, Komono, Wrangler, and VW among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• Alec Soth – I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating. The first museum exhibition of Soth's new series, consisting of portraits of remarkable people in their habitat, and still-lifes of their personal belongings. Until 6th December at Foam museum, Amsterdam.
• Major retrospective of Martine Frank's work, portraying her deep social commitment, fighting for women, the elderly, refugees and endangered communities worldwide. From 2nd of October to 21st of January 2021 at FoMu, Antwerp.

Our cover image was shot by Willy Vanderperre, production by Mindbox. 

Amsterdam Production Services   Amsterdam PHOTO & FILM PRODUCTION

Amsterdam Production Services is The Netherland’s leading dedicated production service company. John Trapman, a Canadian living abroad in Holland, leads our ambitious team with over 20 years’ experience providing cost effective production for commercials, features, TV and photography.

"We believe there is a clear difference between “moonlighting” as a service company and being a service company producing in service of a client. Our only business is to focus on the needs of producers coming to shoot in a foreign environment."

“I cannot recommend John and his team more highly. Effortless, transparent, honest and good humoured; working with John was an absolute pleasure from start to finish. Amsterdam is a fabulous production centre, and John is a consummate professional with a wealth of experience.” Phil Barnes, UK Producer 76 LTD.

Rooff   Amsterdam PHOTO & FILM PRODUCTION AND PHOTO AGENTS

Rooff is a full service production office for photography & film based in Amsterdam, working worldwide and offering premier production service to all aspects.

They arrange the production from the beginning to the end or just a part of it. Each project is executed with efficiency and care. Rooff is well known for being an office that works with the most professional crews.

The agency has been working with photographers and directors within ROOFF MNGMNT since 2016, but mainly helping others (agencies/brands/photographers and directors) on their projects.

Clients include Karl Lagerfeld, Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, British Vogue, McGregor and many more.

Hans Verleur   Amsterdam advertising photographers

Hans Verleur is a Dutch photographer based in the Amsterdam area. His style can be described as cinematographic, with an intuitive approach in which the light tells an important part of the story. He has a great eye for detail and it's his collaborative approach with his subjects which is the key to his work.

His assignments range from advertising to editorial, portraits and music. He has also been the photographer of choice for many corporate image bank productions where his storytelling and international production experience come together. His impressive international client list includes adidas, ABN AMRO, Cisco, Heineken, Orange, Ricoh, TenneT, Vodafone, and many more.

Hans has been interviewed for the Production Paradise blog.

hotelrebel   Rotterdam FULL SERVICE PRODUCTION

HOTELREBEL, creating film and photography is headquartered in the scenic city of Rotterdam. 

"We create commercials and photography for the automotive and fashion industry and we also take on service and unit productions for films and series. 

Our production services contains pre-production, extensive location scouting, concepting, casting, set production, editing, post-production and full project management. 

Our mission is to create meaningful, thrilling and explanatory online content and supporting your shoot from initial consulting to finished campaign. 

We know our way around in the Netherlands.

Our network enables us to offer you spectacular locations at any time, to ensure straight-on productions from any scale you like.

The Netherlands offers metropolitan city scenery like Rotterdam or Amsterdam, but also hidden nature and harbours and beaches. It is a true melting pot of urban or colourful modern architecture, skyscrapers and historic streets.

No wonder some of the most interesting photographers, directors and artist visited us to create some beautiful content together.

You can’t book a room at our place but you can surely call us in need of cutting edge service production."

Nick Franken   Amsterdam portrait photographers

"Nick is always eager to help and think along with his clients about great creative concepts that makes their story come to life."

Based in The Netherlands, Nick Franken is a Dutch photographer and retoucher who is known and appreciated for his surreal artistic eye. Nick always finds the extraordinary inside the ordinary by visualising the story behind every photo that he captures. His exceptional skills and the quality of his work gives life to those images and a visual treat for his clients. Commercial, advertising, sports and portrait are Nick's specialities, and he also has a wide range of experience in all kind of fields. 

"It's not just work, it is my way of life. I really enjoy making beautiful images with and from other people. I like creating bad-ass images! I'm inspired by music, life, sports, people, my beloved ones. I'm an optimist, someone that always sees a solution for everything. Everything can be done."