PHOTO PRODUCTION Nov 2016

Summer is here, and the 08 Media Productions team is already hard at work. Just wrapped a rewarding and successful campaign, and more exciting productions are in the pipeline.

08 Media Productions is Cape Town based and has established itself as a reliable full service production company, successfully pairing local knowledge with an understanding of international requirements. With a diverse and comprehensive client portfolio, 08 Media Productions continues to deliver high quality productions with a personal touch.

Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of recent work, from kids catalogues and advertising to high-end sports campaigns and editorials.

“We look forward to seeing you all soon, and here's to a successful and enjoyable Cape Town production season!"

Located in the heart of Madrid as well as in Mallorca, camera-studio is a full service rental studio combined with photographic equipment rental services. Both locations hold a complete inventory of photo and video equipment for in-house and on-location productions.

camera-studio is proud to be the leading rental house for Broncolor equipment in Spain, with top brands such as Profoto, Phase One, Mamiya and Canon as well as Elinchrom represented in the inventory.

The 400 m² studio in Madrid is a warehouse divided into two studios, each with unique characteristics, its own client lounge with a sound system, private parking and make-up areas. Helpful, experienced and English-speaking personnel are on hand to assist the entire process.

Clients include Carolina Herrera, Massimo Dutti, El Corte Inglés, Oysho, Cosmopolitan, Mahou, Adolfo Dominguez, Grupo Cortefiel, Elle, Vogue, El Pozo, Nike, Esquire and Marie Claire, to name a few.

Casablanca Productions provides a full range of production services throughout Morocco, including a great diversity of landscape locations.

With sunshine almost all year round and a diversity of locations ranging from sea to desert, from mountain to urban, Morocco is an excellent destination for any type of shoot.

Casablanca Production is based in Casablanca and Marrakech, offering customised services, flexibility and expertise to handle all needs during either editorial or commercial shoots.

CocoShoot is a full service production company with more than 10 years experience working for the advertising and fashion industry. The company is based out of Tulum but their services extend to stunning locations such as Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, the Bahamas, Colombia and Morocco.

Recent productions include:

• Hallenstein Brothers, filmed entirely in the Amazon, Cartagena and underwater in the Bahamas as well as campaigns with Jay Alvarrez in Rio and JetMan in Morocco.

• Glassons, produced in Havana, Cuba and shot by Gaston Levy.

• Fabletics, shot in Tulum, photographed by Mark Andrew.

2016 is almost over and Fernsicht Produktion is looking back on thrilling projects for teams including O'Neill, K&L Ruppert, Lidl, Nike, NKD, Zalando and mytheresa.

Fernsicht has offered full service film and photo production now for 15 years. From advice related to implementation right up to billing, the company provides a high standard of production tailored to clients' individual needs.

With a wide European network Fernsicht provides a full production service include consulting, location scouting, permitting, budgeting, catering, hotel and travel as well as booking and castings.

Visit the website for more information.

Green is Good offers first class production and travel services to Mexico, Central America and many other countries around the world. 

Since 2001 the company has been scouting the most amazing places within these regions of the world to provide not only great locations, but  everything needed to make any kind of project a reality.

Raul Chapa, director of Green is Good, has been working in the production business for over 15 years and has produced on every continent, providing fluid and accurate solutions to every client's needs. Fluent in English, French and Spanish, Raul is the perfect addition to every type of project.

Production company Image Boulevard specialises in art direction, photography and graphic design for fashion and lifestyle content. At the helm of the company are Iris Rombouts and Tom Van Noten, who both have 20 years of experience. During that period they put their stamp on the Flemish media landscape with the designing of important magazines such as Feeling, Knack Weekend and Nina Magazine.

Over the past five years, the pair have been doing productions for Image Boulevard, always starting from scratch, always ending with a fully crafted end product. Be it art direction, graphic design or fashion production with the emphasis on photography, they always insist on a close, transparent cooperation with the client.

Image Boulevard is a small team that collaborates to clients' needs with visual storytellers, strategic brand builders, photographers and detailed-obsessed designers. By collaborating, the team can provide the full range of agency services - without the big agency prices.

Clients include Apple, Bel&Bo, Biotherm, Caroline Biss, Dash, Damart, E5, Hampton Bays, Hedgren, Jbc, Nike, Vichy, Vlam, xandres, x-line, Feeling, Flair, Glam*it, Knack Weekend, Kwintessens, Nina, Secret Garden, Show Off, Feel It, Les Petits Belges and Show Off.

Initials LA is a photo management and production agency based in Antwerp. The agency is known for representing both established and new photographers and film-makers, as well as being an expert in photo and mood film production.

Initials LA represents top-level photographers in all fields of photography. Fashion, advertising, portrait, still life, beauty, interior or food: each photographer has his own unique style and field of expertise - often including some serious film-making expertise.

Each project deserves a custom made approach. Initials LA will compose the best possible creative team for a client's project. That is why in addition to the photographers in the agency, the team keeps working with many other international top-notch photographers. Initials LA provides its clients with creative consulting, concept creation and art direction, and develops and implements creative concepts to create brand awareness on the highest level.

The JPPS universe is anchored by over a decade of experience in photography and advertising, along with the ambition to offer a high quality service with a touch of art de vivre, whether on location in Paris or any other international destination.

Jacqueline Pusch and John Fanning, a German-Australian duo, are creative thinkers, enthusiastic travellers and innovative problem solvers. They put their resources, extensive network and personalised attention into every shoot, no matter the size or budget.

The JPPS client list includes luxury and consumer brands, agencies and magazines such as Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss, Max Mara, Rolex, Swarovski, Hanro, Sunglass Hut, Harrods, Manor, Holt Renfrew, Diesel, Perrier, Grey Goose, Rolf Benz, BMW, Renault, Zeit Magazin, Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Grazia, L’Officiel Homme and Dazed&Confused.

For more information see JPPS Photo Production on Facebook and Instagram or visit the website.

Based in Paris, KA2 Productions is a comprehensive, full service international production company for photography and film productions. With more than 15 years' experience in the production industry, it offers an impeccable service on all levels.

Services include art buying, casting, location scouting, budget management, accommodation, transportation, crew booking, catering and equipment rental.

Each job is approached with the same diligence and attention while keeping tightly to budgets.

With bases in Switzerland and Germany, Luminosa Production offers a full production service for photo and video productions locally and internationally. A wide network gives the company access to locations and production services all over Europe.

Luminosa offers the optimum know-how to organise and coordinate advertising, catalogue shoots and campaigns. From the first phone contact to the last picture, the company provides both creativity and convenient solutions. Luminosa also organises kids castings, set-building and high-quality prop styling.

Recent work includes the Christmas shoot for Swiss luxury department store Globus shot in the Chedi Andermatt and on a huge fake snow set, Hugo Boss with F1 drivers Nico Rosberg and Louis Hamilton shot by Paul Ripke, Bogner Magazine, Ansons and Review Kids & Teens. Just completed is a new video with Xabi Alonso for MR PORTER.

MEL Y MEL is a full service agency for art buying, creative services, locations and productions. Celebrating its eigth year, the company can look back on a highly productive and fulfilling year.

The agency is constantly reinventing itself and places enormous value on quality in order to provide services at the highest level. MEL Y MEL is already looking forward to an exciting 2017!

Recent photo productions included Mini Switzerland, ABB, Jelmoli, Migros, Griesser, Micasa and Ikea Switzerland with photographers Frithjof Ohm + Pretzsch, Tom Nagy, Jette Stolte, Lado Alexi, Jana Gerberding, Elisabeth Toll, Timmo Schreiber, Patrik Fuchs, Raphael Zubler, Cecil Arp and Piet Truhlar.

Recent location services provided for clients by the company's location unit NOVEMBER OSCAR SIERRA WHISKEY included Manor, UBS, Möbel Pfister, Emmi and Swisscom.

"We wish everyone a good end to the year and thank you for the great cooperation! For more impressions visit our website or social media pages."

NATURAL BORN EXPLORERS specialises in outdoor film and photo production, realising high quality productions in the most impossible places on earth!

'Make your life unforgettable!' Taking its lead from the slogan of this year's campaign from client Jack Wolfskin, NATURAL BORN EXPLORERS successfully produced a photo shoot with kids in Austria as well as a new TV commercial in the Arctic. In Iceland and Greenland the shoots partly took place under very inhospitable circumstances, demanding a lot of flexibility and perseverance. Nonetheless, the team were eventually rewarded with amazing shots.

New client S-Gard brought an exciting assignment for the NATURAL BORN EXPLORERS team, shooting a brand relaunch of functional protection gear for firefighters in action. 

Last but not least, the company produced expressive ambience pictures around the craft of tannery and leather production for Heinen Leder.

"Your project only belongs to you", says the headline of the latest David Harriman's Hornbach campaign Pavleye produced this summer and is now excited to share with you.

"Another highlight came with the production of a Variety Magazine cover and spread featuring Hollywood's enfant terrible Shia Labeouf portrayed by our very own Jiri Turek. We've elegantly walked into the autumn following the ever so stunning Kinvara Balfour who took the centre stage in Anna Kovacic latest editorial spread.

We're also proud to unveil a 15-minute version of our feature documentary 'A Living Space' which was created especially for Robert Wilson to celebrate his 75th birthday."

Picture Farm is an international, full service production company offering clients complete logistical, technical and creative support in photography and film.

Its scope includes production of stills campaigns, broadcast, web and social media video, experiential and events production.

"Call us! We’ll make your wildest dreams comes true!"

Pirate Production is a highly experienced full service production company based in Milan, Munich and Miami.

The Pirates continuously create new networks in different locations worldwide.

Some of the company's latest productions were organised in Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Andalusia (Almeria, Malaga, Tarifa and Sevilla), Berlin, Munich, Miami, Liguria, Carrara, Milan, Lake Como, The Alps, Ticino, Ireland, and Estonia.

Expert knowledge and dedication towards every detail of the production ensures smooth and economic shoots, allowing perfect cooperation between photographer/director and client, advertising agency and crew.

“We look forward to working with YOU in 2017!”

Clients include Vögele, British Telecom, Hattric, Grazia Italy, Marie Claire Italy, ABN-Amro Bank, L’Officiel Switzerland, Kanguro, Tetra Pack, Fracomina, and Prominent.

Shoot Canarias Production & Location Services offers full production support services for any project in Spain, especially in the Canary Islands.

Managing solutions and quick turnarounds have become the company's best references. With more than 15 years of experience handling support for photo, video and feature film production for clients from around the world, Shoot Canarias provides reliable and cost effective estimates along with location references from anywhere in the Canary Islands.

The Canary Islands are like a miniature continent, including almost any location imaginable: desert, beach, city, architecture, countryside, roads, lakes, mountains, suburbs, chateaux and amazing interiors.

Latest photo and video projects include Cartier, Forevermark, Elle, Armani, Gioia, Glamour, Numéro, Marie Claire, Icicle, C&A, Oysho, Bershka, Stradivarius, Zara Home, Promod, Desigual, Stylist Magazine, German InStyle, Tape à l'oeil, Pupa Milano, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Princesse tam.tam, Garmin, Jacqueline RIU, D Magazine, Missoni, Harper's Bazaar, GQ, Porsche and Anne Fontaine.

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