london May 2015

LouLou Locations and Productions is a London-based company with over 15 years' experience within the photographic advertising industry. Working with clients both locally and internationally, LouLou can provide a fully bespoke production service including location scouting, location management, organising casting, transport, equipment rental, and budget management.
LouLou also works with a wide range of experienced crew helping each shoot to run smoothly and efficiently.

The most recent campaigns have included Cadbury which was shot using all the fabulous actors from the TV advert, Honda, shot in Barcelona, and Volvo shot in the UK.

As well as dealing with larger projects, the company can also just provide location scouting and a location manager to look after a shoot on the day.

Visit the website to see more, and follow LouLou on Twitter.

With 20 years’ experience, PCM collaborates with some of the greatest photographers and high profile global companies producing shoots in many colourful and diverse locations worldwide.

From its office in London, a city brimming with resources and original locations, PCM will stop at nothing to ensure each project is approached with enthusiasm and a smile.

Production services include location scouting, casting, crew recommendations and equipment rental, travel and hotel bookings, and even a great cup of tea when needed on set!

Visit the website to get in touch.

Sunbeam Studios’ mission to be the best includes striving to be the world’s most sustainable and socially responsible commercial photographic studio. By using 100% sustainable energy, the company saves enough CO2 to send a double-decker bus around the Earth every month! The team plant English wildflowers in their gardens to help the bees and buy ingredients for their catering facilities from sustainable, mostly local suppliers. Sunbeam up-cycles set build materials rather than sending them to landfills and undertakes a raft of other measures, including stocking water that donates all profits to Water Aid.

"As a client of Sunbeam, you contribute to all of this."

Pressure Drop Pictures is an award-winning production company that specialises in working with brands and broadcasters to produce original and creative content. From concept through to completion, the team can handle every stage of production. "Whether it’s commercials and brand films or idents and award winning promos, we're happiest when we are doing what we do best - creating!"

2015 has been a busy year so far, with the company's dedicated post-production department also being nominated for a Promax World Award for work with Sony Entertainment Televison.The team is also delighted to welcome three new award-winning Directors - Raj Yagnik, Prano Bailey-Bond and Matt Watt.

Clients include Sony Entertainment Television, Viacom, Discovery Network, AXN, Johnson and Johnson, International Herald Tribune, Juddmonte, BT and more.

MAI (Mascioni Associati International Ltd) is an international production company with offices in London, Marseille and Rome.

Originally based in Italy, MAI has become one of the world's most prestigious production companies working in fashion and media today. Founder and director Emanuele Mascioni oversees the business which now has highly skilled production teams based all around the world. MAI has always been a hands-on production company transforming every challenge into an opportunity to deliver an optimal experience for clients. The team are experts at applying international skills to local needs, ensuring they can meet the complex production challenges of any location.

MAI provides a complete spectrum of production services including extensive location scouting, casting, set build, logistics, transportation, hospitality, artist bookings and meticulous transparent accounting.

Recent clients include Hermès, Céline, Louis Vuitton, Missoni, Barneys, Tiffany & Co., Vogue UK, Muse Magazine just to mention a few.

Email for further information.

BMA Models & Artists Agency is London’s leading modelling and artist management agency.

The diversity and range of talent includes over 2000 models and artists:

• Male and female fashion and commercial models,
• Classic models (over 35-year old models),
• Sports models
• Youngsters,
• Plus-size models,
• Hands, legs and feet models,
• Actors and actresses,
• Presenters,
• Dancers,
• Voice-over artists,
• Stylists, hair and make-up artists,
• ACTS

BMA Models has cultivated relationships with some of the biggest name brands in the world and works relentlessly to build strong, trusted long-term relationships with clients and models. Thus, the company's highly experienced bookers can make positive recommendations based on sound in-depth knowledge of the models and their capabilities. BMA's goal is to be seen as the model agency by which others are measured in the standards of personal service and support offered to clients and models alike. 

Visit BMA's websites for more details: bmamodels.com & bmaartists.com.

Established in 2002, Lisa Pritchard Agency - LPA is a unique one-stop-shop for all photography needs.

• LPA Photographers are established professionals that cover everything from lifestyle and food to landscape and still life.

• LPA Futures is a two-year programme that supports emerging photographers.

• LPA Style covers stylists and hair and make-up artists hand-picked for their talent.

• LPA Production, whether commissioning photography or being commissioned, LPA offers a flexible shoot production service.

• LPA Pop Up Agent is a popular service for photographers without agents. The company can deal with all the trickier things that an agent might deal with on a shoot.

• LPA Portfolio Reviews offers a bespoke consultancy service to photographers.

"Our people are select - photographers, illustrators, CGI animators, branded content creators - and we represent them because they prize their craft and excel at what they do. Combined with our production knowledge you have a team capable of delivering across all platforms, formats and budgets."

The latest JSR Showcase features projects for clients including Honda, Eyelure, TFL, Atterley Road, Jamie Oliver, JD Sports and Margaret Howell.

• New signing Will Whipple has shot for Burberry, Phoenix Magazine and most recently Atterley Road.
• Fashion photographer Comer has worked for JD Sports, Public Desire, Lee Cooper, Nike, South Beach and Top Man.
• Car photographer Lee Brimble and BOOM worked together to produce a number of exciting Vines for Honda to promote the Honda Civic.
• BOOM projects have spanned CGi, animation, VFX.
• Fashion photographer Matt Hind recently shot Margaret Howell’s AW15 look-book and Avon.
• Food photographer Steve Ryan shot for Bank of Ireland, Distillery Directors, Jamie Oliver, Cook and Squaremeal as well as releasing the latest Rag and Bone magazine
• Illustrator Raid71 created some arresting graphics for Transport For London’s ‘Think Slow’ outdoor campaign.

Jude Edginton is an award-winning portrait photographer based in London. He is currently shooting a series of portraits for the hugely successful Channel 4 series 'Gogglebox.'

“F**king brilliant,” Picture director, The Times Magazine.

Check out the most recent 'behind the scenes' film with Thierry Henry in the video gallery.

To contact the studio in London email or call +44(0) 7976 361038.

Georgia Glynn Smith is one of the world’s leading food and lifestyle photographers and commercial directors. She has photographed over 70 books for some of the biggest names in food, from Mary Berry, Gordon Ramsay and Nigel Slater to Peggy Porschen and Marcus Waring, and has also created dozens of bestsellers and award-winners for some of the newest names, including the latest 'Royal Marsden Cancer Cookbook'.

Georgia directs beautiful TV commercials and has made over 20 films for UK and international clients over the last few years. She can now be happily found at Bare Films.

Nothing gives Georgia more pleasure than being on set with a great crew. She is happy working on everything from massive 96-sheet billboard advertising to editorial and advertorial for magazines and newspapers, PR and, increasingly, directly for restaurants and brands. Her work has won many awards including the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award for 'Best Food Photographer' and Pink Lady Documentary.

Georgia is renowned for her extraordinary graphic compositions, her warmth and supportiveness on set, her expert understanding of food and her nurturing of new emerging talent. She has an irrepressible love of good food, people, gardens and laughter and lives in Highbury, North London with Stefan Gates (her food writer/TV presenter husband), Daisy and Poppy (her two crazy daughters), and Tom and Cheeky, her two warring cats.

Adrian Myers is an award-winning advertising, commercial and editorial photographer specialising in sports, action, lifestyle and portraits.

Communication Arts, The AOP, The International Photography Awards and the Photography Masters Cup have all recognised Adrian’s work.

Represented in both London and New York, clients include Adidas, Asics, BBC, Clarks, The IAAF, Salomon and Snow and Rock. Campaigns shot so far this year include Vision Express, Empalina, Harlequins RFC, MCS (formerly Marlboro Classics), Marina Yachting and Henry Cotton’s.

Jean Cazals is one of the world’s leading food and lifestyle photographers. He was the first winner of the iconic Pink Lady®Food Photographer of the Year Award and has photographed over 90 cookbooks for some of the biggest names in food, from Jamie Oliver to Thomas Keller, Phil Howard, Raymond Blanc and many others.

Nothing gives Jean more pleasure than shooting food, styling and creating beautiful images with a strong identity for his long list of clients, who include House & Garden, Harrods, Thomas Goode, Observer Food Monthly, YO Sushi, Four Mag, WSJournal, Nespresso, Total, Boots, M&S and Condé Nast.

Jean has a great sense of detail and his use of soft lighting and graphic images always bring the best out of food for advertising, editorial, PR and increasingly restaurants and brands. He loves exploring new ideas, working on conceptual projects as well as showing the simplest ingredient beautifully. Jean is happy shooting from his daylight Notting Hill studio or on location. His eye and many years’ experience in the field will bring invaluable insight to all types of projects.

Visit his brand new website to see the full spectrum of his talent across food and life style photography. Be sure to check out his previous Production Paradise features.

Based in central London and working across still life, liquids, advertising, fashion and beauty photography, Pixeleyes provides clients with a creative and hassle-free service.

Specialists in creating stunning quality imagery, the company was established 10 years ago with the philosophy of paying the closest attention to detail to the creation of high-end still life photography.

"What drives us is making the impossible a reality."

Pixeleyes is well known for its use of liquids and special effects to create spectacular beauty, fashion and product stills.

Visit the website for more information.

Sakis Lalas lives and works between London and Milan. He specialises in celebrity portraits, advertising photography, fashion, still life and interiors. His ability to instantly grasp the character of the people in front of his camera allows him to put them at ease and realise deeply intimate portraits that reflect their personality.

This skill, along with the capacity of meeting tight deadlines, has led him to photograph people of international fame - Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Matthew Williamson, Ralph Lauren - for publications such as WWD-Women’s Wear Daily, The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan Italy, GQ China and Stern Germany.

Among his most recent works are portraits of Andrea Illy (Illycaffè) for Exceptional, the magazine of Ernst&Young UK; the front page of Stars, the magazine of the Dorchester Hotels managed by Cedar ADV UK; for People Magazine he shot portraits of Lizzie Georgiou, 2015 Oscar nominee for make-up design for 'The Guardians of the Galaxy' and of Haris Zambarloukos, director of photography of 'Cinderella'. For Esquire, Sakis did portraits of Phedon Papamichael, 2014 Oscar nominee for photography for 'Nebraska'.

Lis Parsons has been shooting food and drink photography from her Central London studio for the past 12 years. In that time she has worked with many top magazines and publishers as well as packaging, advertising and PR clients including Delicious, Good Food, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, and GoAhead as well as books for a variety of celebrity chefs including Aldo Zilli, Nigella Lawson and Rosemary Shrager.

With a wealth of experience to draw on, Lis can adapt to shoot on location or in her studio using daylight or flash. She has a great team of prop stylists and home economists who bring their experience and knowledge to suit any job. Lis enjoys working closely with clients and is happy to discuss and provide input to the creative process.

Talk to Lis directly on 07932 013 751 to discuss a brief or to see more of her work.

Malcolm SK Fitt’s photographic passions have been nature and people and the interaction between the two. His style relies heavily on realism - thoughtful and strong.

A history in Design and Creative Direction for well-known brands such as BMW, MINI, Rolls Royce and Virgin has led him to a place where ideas are the mainstay of his photography.

Working closely with wildlife, he creates beautiful portraits and the commercial, advertising and editorial-based photography that suits his career background so well. As a fashion photographer, his work is natural and classic with a quirky side that truly captures the product and the person.

Mark Mawson is a London-based photographer with 25 years' experience in shooting a broad spectrum of subjects.

He specialises in shooting fashion, people and still life underwater, as well as liquids and splashes. His colourful work titled ‘Aqueous’ has become very well known around the world. In 2012 an Aqueous video was projected onto the walls of Buckingham Palace as the backdrop to The Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations.

Mark also enjoys photographing cinematic style landscapes and is currently working on a series of caravan images.

Mark enjoys being part of a creative team to produce stunning images.

David Handley is a multi-award-winning photographer who has been given the prestigious title of 'Sony World Fashion Photographer'. He is a renowned photographer with almost 20 years' experience in photographing children and babies.

David shoots regularly for commercial and editorial clients worldwide, including Ralph Lauren, Mothercare, Dandy Star, John Lewis, Primark, Boots, M&S, Babiekins and Next.

He has an ability to capture the genuine naturalness and fun of his subjects; his extensive experience and creativity with children allow him to capture vibrant, quirky pictures.

David's personal projects have included his books 'Burning Man' and ‘Little Mermaid’.

"It's got to be fun! I'd like to think that I work with a smile most of the time, that I'm easy to work with and very reliable, keeping calm even when things occasionally get a bit stressful. I pay great attention to the brief and enjoy picking over the detail.

At the end of a shoot I like to think that clients have gone away with what they came for, which are fresh contemporary shots that answer the brief and more, but also a smile : )

Away from the studio I want to learn to fly!"

Terry Benson is an experienced food and lifestyle photographer working across editorial, advertising and packaging based projects.

Shooting on location and from his studio in the creative heart of Farringdon, Terry creates a relaxed and productive environment to create the photographs that both fit a purpose and make viewers' tastebuds tingle.

His emphatic passion for the food world has seen clients such as Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Carte D’Or, Heinz and Design Bridge return to him again and again to produce the desired shot time after time.

Andrew Woods offers creative still life photography characterised by expert control of lighting and composition. Believing engagement is the key to successful images, he works hard to explore dynamic and imaginative solutions.

Andrew works from his purpose built still life studio in London Fields, East London, which includes integrated post-production where required.

He shoots for editorial, design and advertising clients, both in the UK and abroad.

Alan Newnham is an experienced food and still life photographer working in Clapham, South London. His commissioned food work covers a large number of clients. He also shoots a wide range of subjects for his personal portfolio and is particularly interested in taking individual studies of flowers, which he has done over a number of years.

Featured in this Showcase is a small selection of work taken from a series of The Hellebore - a winter flowering evergreen perennial, extremely hardy and frost resistant. There are a vast number of hybrids from single to double headed varieties with a striking range of colours. Hellebores thrive in deep shade, planted in fresh draining soil. They flower from late winter to early spring.

Steve Baxter continues to work with major supermarkets producing packaging photography. This past year he has continued to work with Tesco and Honey Creative on the highly successful relaunch of 'Tesco Finest'.

He has also produced photography for several Waitrose food ranges from 'Fish to Bar-B-Q' to 'Love Life'. Steve also works for big brands such as Maggi, Greencore and WeightWatchers.

Barry Willis has been producing powerful and engaging imagery for editorial, corporate and advertising clients for over 25 years.

Barry’s genuine interest in people immediately puts his subjects at ease. Whether it’s chatting to a busy CEO, having a cup of tea with the family of a sick child, or directing professional models or actors, it is the subtle personal connection that is key to his images.

“I love the collaboration of working with a creative team on large productions, but equally, I relish the individual approach when I’m shooting editorial stories or personal work.”

2015 has been a busy year so far which has seen Barry shooting national campaigns for National Bingo Game, Nuffield Health, Leo Vegas and Abbeyfield. Barry’s work has also been in high demand from corporate clients including British Land, ICAEW, Morgan Sindell, Royal London, SOCO, SP Angel, Low & Bonar and Lavendon.

Filming Scotland continues to be Scotland's premier production service company. With unique and stunning locations, amazingly creative and talented crew, as well as a fun can-do approach to all its jobs, the company can deliver any brief on time and on budget.

Recent commercial work includes the Guy Ritchie directed David Beckham Haig Club spot, Omega Watches, 2014 Ryder Cup, Clydesadale Bank, Electrolux and continuing work on the Starz/Sony 'Outlander' TV series as well as still shoots for Barbour, Galeries Lafayette, Brooks Brothers and many more.

"After 12 years working in the world of film and advertising, we decided to embark and assemble a crew of young, dynamic and SUV, with the experience and talent to make a success of any audiovisual production in the cities of Barcelona, London and Berlin.

Thus, Soul Pictures offers two complementary aspects. First, we provide you with the best and most effective production plan your spot or shoot requires, guaranteeing a competitive service at both national and international levels. On the other hand, our creative side, we offer bright and brand impact solutions that require building new content to reach their targets. Either a transmedia 2.0, a spot, a Web or branded content series.

Producers, creative directors, art designers, writers, Web designers, strategists online, producers, D.O.P.s, publishers - in short, a large team of experienced and effective personnel at your disposal. Come aboard and enjoy the trip!"

Lisa Clor is an experienced stylist who has worked within the fashion and advertising Industry for 15 years. Involved in projects for print as well as film and video, she has also designed and manufactured her own fashion clothing lines.

With an eye for detail, Lisa enjoys sourcing unique vintage pieces as well as trawling designer boutiques and high street outlets to create an eclectic look that personifies her individual style.

Lisa holds a degree in Graphic Design and a postgraduate qualification in Interior Design from Kensington and Chelsea College.

Clients include Kodak, Kiwi, Pfizer, Amgen, Ink Publishing, Scorched Spoon Productions and Electric Elephant Productions.

The new Edge Design shop is now live! It was always Steve Edge's dream to have his own shop, and now he has one full of the things he loves most. Keep your eyes peeled, there are lots of interesting new products.

The team at Edge Design is very excited to announce the launch of Steve's new book '30 Things You Need to Know for Running a Successful Business' to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary. Filled with strong messages and striking illustrations, Steve's 30 pearls of wisdom provide useful lessons and bursts of inspiration. This is the must have book for anyone who runs or wants to run a business. Available now on the revamped online shop, the first 100 copies ordered will be hand signed and numbered by Steve.

Calling all professional photographers & stylists! NYCFotoWorks’ 2015 Professional Portfolio Review has been announced:  

• New York: from June 16th to 18th

Bringing an incredible list of art buyers, photo editors, creative directors, reps and design firms together to  meet 1-on-1 with professional artists.  It’s an opportunity you don’t want to miss.  

Apply Now to reserve your post.