germany Jun 2014

NEW(s) at Agency Neubauer:

• Joachim Baldauf - Who doesn’t know him from his famous Wallpaper* years, and all his great editorials and campaigns. Living and working in Berlin, he is co-editor of VORN Magazine and recently published a book of his best work over the last 20 years - 'Joachim Baldauf: Photographs + The Wallpaper* Years'.
• Bernd Opitz booked the sun for ESTERES, while for Philips LED Sun campaign he built it!
• Thomas Hoeffgen shot campaigns for Timberland, Reebok and Hilton Hotel Group.
• Andy Tan shot a great body story of Arie Boomsma in Men’s Health.
• Michael Munique met Mario Gomez in Florence for a Hugo Boss shoot.
• Konrad Fersterer did stills and great pictures of the team from jeweller Fridrich for its 150-year anniversary.
• Regina Recht did a campaign for Railjet/Tirol Werbung.
• Sandra shot the recruiting campaign for Munich "Erzieher gesucht".

ME Photographers Marion Eckhardt welcomes new entry, advertising specialist and people and portrait photographer, Markus Thums. Markus lives in Vienna with his family and has already earned several awards in Austria, including 'Venus' in Silver and Bronze in 2014. Featured in this Showcase is a portrait of Evil Jared Hasselhoff from Bloodhouse Gang. Further work from the ME roster includes:

• Photographer and film-maker Riccardo Bernardi just completed a fashion set for Chasseur Magazine with Urban Naiad. See more here.
• Daniel Reinhold did a test shoot with model Stephanie.
• Waldemar Brzezinski is also specialised in taking photos of artists, such as actors and musicians. The actress featured in this Showcase is Katherina Nesytowa.
• Kristin Schnell, specialist in kids photography, took pictures for the brand new FITZ  summer 2014 catalogue. Her photos can also be seen on www.fit-z.de
• Animal specialist Gabor Geisler photographed two French bulldogs in his studio.
• On-set photographer Sven Görlich shot pictures for the Opel beach campaign spot with the Opel Astra GTC hatchback for Grey Moscow and Rabbicorn Media, formerly known as Bakery Films, HH.
• Götz Göppert produced a great series of pictures for Freeway Magazine with Paul Cox, who is specialised in making custom-made Choppers, Chopper parts, leather work, hand crafted knives and more.
• Valery Kloubert presents a portrait of a businessman that he produced for Randstad.

UPPERORANGE Berlin has been working out of Berlin since 2007. Jochen Hagelskamp is the man behind the show - since 2012, he has purely focused on the placement of illustrators, 3D artists/illustrators and photographers.

Latest jobs include clients such as Coca-Cola, eBay, Telekom, McDonald's, MTV and many more.

Berlin-based Claas Cropp Creative Productions is a full service production company with experience in all areas of still photo production, location scouting and casting.

Recent productions include:

• Lufthansa campaign production shot by Özgür Albayrak in Frankfurt.
• Epost campaign production shot by Özgür Albayrak in Berlin.
• Vaillant campaign production shot by Lena Burmann in Berlin.
• Alberto campaign production shot by Thomas Hoeffgen in Berlin.
• Sony Smartband PR image production shot by Jana Gerberding in Berlin.
• Panasonic Bodycare campaign production shot by Anna-Rosa Krau in Berlin.
• Aigner Parfums campaign production by Markus Jans in Berlin.
• ERCO image film production in Germany. Direction: Marcus Kaspar and Jan Fröscher. DoP: Stefan Kropp and Timm Lange.
• Commerzbank campaign production shot by Olaf Heine in Munich.

Lunik is a Berlin-based full service production company for different requirements in photography and video. Lunik’s international network allows it to offer all fields of production service worldwide, including location scouting, casting or whatever is needed for the perfect shoot. In addition, Lunik is able to supply high standard 'Making-Of' film production, implemented by creative professionals as demonstrated with recent work by photographer Uwe Düttman and the Telekom shoot 'Netzoffensive'.

Recent clients include Postbank 'Der neue Markenauftritt' with Thorsten Rother, represented by Kelly Kellerhoff; and a Nikon campaign with Ray Demski, represented by Upfront.

hetzner.Produktion is a full service production company with vast experience in all areas of still photo production, location scouting and casting. The company is not a production factory, rather a service company for individual needs and requirements, providing a personal consultant for each production. Independent of the size or budget of the production, the company offers a wide selection of different interior and exterior locations, additionally providing a personalised location library for Berlin and its surrounding areas as well as other parts of Germany

For special requirements, Berlin-based hetzner.Produktion cooperates with a wide network of other scouts and libraries whenever needed.

Recent productions include a communication campaign 'Driving Mobility' with photographer Bo Hylen in multiple cities, a Ford campaign with photographer Michael Schnabel in six cities, and a Vive Maria lingerie shoot with photographer Edith Held in Berlin. Its latest campaign with Ford Europe in Austria will be shown in the next Showcase.

The launch of the new homepage will be within the coming days.

For the 2014 spring/ summer collection of Comma, Hamilton R. Pereira Production Management searched Brazil for the most suitable locations. Shapes and look have made Rio de Janeiro the place to shoot with the backdrop of Oscar Niemeyer’s distinctive architecture. Hamburg-based photographer Leo Krumbacher, commissioned by agency Janvier Burger & Stasch, also shot Comma's 'Casual Identity' line at the foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain.

During the Sony Mobile shoot, English photographer Tom van Schelven was jumping down cliffs, touring around with a jeep, surfing and doing shopping trips in Lisbon and its surrounding area.

Hamilton R. Pereira is a full service production company that strives to realise every need to create a successful shoot. In 2014, joining its headquarters in Stuttgart and the prop house in Lisbon, a new production office was opened in Berlin.

Just as the summer season is about to start, the company also presents its new-look website.

bigshrimp has been an established company with sustained success for national and international photographers, agencies and industry clients since 1998. Aside from full production management, bigshrimp offers customers complete production services from one centralised source, including art buying, casting services, model booking and location scouting.

bigshrimp stands for efficient handling, streamlined organisation and high quality production. In addition, the company offers three fully equipped rental studios in which clients have access to the necessary facilities to work professionally on all kinds of studio productions. 

Recent projects include Nike Pro with Paolo Pellegrin, Miles & More with Wolfgang Zajc (c/o Seeya), H&M Home with Mikkel Vang, Volvo Trucks with Magnus Pajnert, Puma Fitness with Ruud Baan (c/o Witman Kleipool), Bundesagentur für Arbeit (c/o Torben Conrad / c/o Take Agency).

In the last couple of months, [zerone] worked on different categories of post-production projects:

• Photographer Andreas Andé shot a series for EYEWEAR Magazine. The styling for the editorial work 'New Beatniks' was done by Rolf Buck.
• DDB Tribal Berlin created the outdoor poster campaign 'Don’t text and drive' for Volkswagen. Art director: Patrick Duever.
• Photographer Erik Chmil created a series of CGI images for the new Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion, Blue GT and CrossPolo.
• For the concept car Mini Superleggera [zerone] posted around 50 images in four days. Photographers: Irmin Eitel and Till Jenniger. Art direction: Margit Drescher. Producer: Daniel Deisenroth.

"We are insane4frame - creativity from the first idea to the final version!"

In 2010 insane4frame brought together more than five decades of experience in the film and advertising industries. The company provides creative and high profile visual effects, 2D and 3D animation, art direction and creative finishing as well as production and post-production.

Based in Munich, insane4frame works with an international team and is known to use global resources and synergies.

"We never say no to a good challenge."

The vision is bright and fresh, the spirit clear and honest. Berlin-based Rekorder offers visually driven, idea-centric and multi-platform film production. As an artistic and enterprising ideas incubator and visual content generator, the company delivers high-quality projects and thrives on bringing innovative and experimental technologies and artistic creativity together.

Rekorder works across the creative sphere, handling visual content, producing commercials and beautiful animation, as well as experimental and digital projects with leading ad agencies, international brands, and some of the world’s best directors.

Peer Brecht is a German photographer working around the globe. His broad photographic horizon and the variety of different fields he covers surprises clients, offering an extraordinary new perspective and unique pictures. Combining the knowledge of fashion photography with his other strengths such as landscapes, cars and people, clients often admire Peer's understanding - that it takes many components from different areas to create a perfect picture.

Clients include Cerruti, Spoon Golf, Mini, Mercedes-Benz, Jack Nicklaus and Sirona Dental, as well as many editorials for The Chicago Tribune Magazine.

Always looking to create something unheard-of, new and exciting, Peer is ready to accept any challenge, always looking forward to the next picture and trying to quench his eternal thirst for his passion.

Oana Szekely was very impressed by her recent trip to Cape Town, organising, managing and realising a number of lifestyle test shoots. With support from Magic Mountain Production, Bruderchen & Schwesterchen, and Max Models Cape Town, everything was organised quickly. The light in Cape Town is amazing and ideal to create a beautiful atmosphere for pictures. For Cape Town experts, the locations will be very familiar: Bo Kaap, Beach Road, Llandudno, and many more.

Oana has also photographed various shoots in Los Angeles, San Diego, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Deniz Saylan specialises in people, cars, fashion and advertising. He started his career as a photo journalist, covering news in hotspots and portraying people around the world. He loves to play with the elements of common advertising photography, mixing them with lively reportage elements and creating a very unique and fresh look. Coping with the unexpected yet still following a certain plan makes him fun and leads to vivid, unusual pictures and surprising results.

Deniz' work is published in magazines such as American Express, Time Magazine, CFO, Die Zeit, Manager Magazine, Wirtschaftswoche and Stern, among others. He works for clients including The Salzburg Festival, Bogner, Infiniti, Daimler, Porsche, Bechstein, Lamborghini and Renault.

Bluestudios relaunched its website, and besides clearer arrangement and a fresh new look, it also shows many new projects, including images from personal work with a Mercedes in Scotland, delicious cupcakes from Bahlsen, and fashion shots. The new field 'Artists' shows the faces of Bluestudios along with their history. The new website is easy to experience on smartphones, the tablets, and the desktop - in German as well as English.

Latest work from Christoph Siegert:

• Champagne Opening - High heels and Champagne - it’s the high life and Christoph is there to catch the moment in his wonderful celebration of people and glamour. These staged shots have a dream-like Hollywood quality as if they were film stills from a James Bond movie. Set design by Norbert Engelbrecht from Camp Vintage, Properties from Axis Mundi. Styling by Iris Görling. Hair by Martina Eppers.

• Star Petrol Stations - Turning his hand to architectural and interior scenes, Christoph made images for Orlen Germany. With in-house retouching and colour grading, Christoph produced his sun-washed look to show the warm and welcoming driveways and forecourts of Star petrol stations. The agency BBS is responsible for producing this nationwide campaign. Styling by Iris Görling.

Drawing on his years of experience and with a passion for the finer details, Jörk Hettmann has been photographing advertising in his studio located south of Dusseldorf since 1990.
Many renowned advertising companies have shot advertising materials, brochures and billboards at the 400 m² facility, which features a fully equipped studio and extensive lighting equipment, a luxuriant stock of props and everything necessary for all types of successful advertising photography and corresponding special effects.

Additionally, the studio is optimally equipped for outdoor photography. All the necessary equipment is on hand, from high-end portable computer systems to electric generators. The studio equipment was also recently expanded to include film gear and film editing facilities.

An extensive photo archive supplements the studio's services, as well as in-house post-production that covers all areas of electronic image processing, from simple retouching to ready-to-print approved compositions.

Christiane Burwitz and Stefan Pocha’s portfolio includes people, food and drink, as well as interiors and exteriors. Based on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, the creative company combines a humorous home perspective with a contemporary vision, creating photographs full of wit and beauty.

With the enthusiasm to see the beauty of simple things, they like to realise rare views or use unusual settings. Their photographs create a new image and emphasize the emotional core of a message. Stefan Pocha (1966) and Christiane Burwitz (1980) studied Communication Design; both are experienced at travelling the world.

Thomas von Salomon shot two campaigns with his team in Munich for Leo Burnett Beijing - the BMW 7Series Horse Edition, an exclusive long wheel base especially designed for the Chinese market. Production company: Beijing Eye.

Shortly later, he went to China and shot the BMW X1 campaign together with Moto Productions, also for Leo Burnett Beijing.

Back in Germany he was asked to shoot Benoit Jacob, Head of Design for I3 and I8, for the new BMW I8 worldwide launch for edrive magazine.

Michael Miklas' strength lies in his ability to capture the magic of emotions, working with light in the same way a painter would with brush and palette to create a wonderful work of art. Particularly in his beauty, fashion and portrait projects he shows his instinct for the perfect perspective, capturing a fleeting moment or the specific personality of a subject.

Clients including Audi and Volkswagen trust his intuition and sense for the right set and style, but also appreciate his sensitive and cooperative personality when it comes to successfully realising their projects.

Michael runs his own studio in Hannover and travels for projects all over the world. Visit his website for more of his work.

"Authentic high quality photography from the first idea to final post production, that is Markus Steur Photography."

Markus' work is primarily focused on architecture, industrial and corporate photography. With vast experience and know-how in researching and completing complex shoots, he also ensures jobs are completed in time and on budget.

This Showcase features some of Markus' corporate and landscape work, including pictures for an image pool he was tasked to compile by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

To see more of his work visit his member profile or website. For more information email or call direct on +49 231 9128 171.

Recent news from Munich-based baby and kids photographer Sabine Duerichen:

• Gruner&Jahr: Eltern Magazine, cover productions 2013/2014.
• Pustefix look-book shoot. Agency: Humbert Communication. Location: Skyloftstudio.
• Pharmaceutical advertising campaign. Client: Apydan Extent.

Patrick Wittmann is an award-winning photographer based in Munich who has been shooting for more than 18 years. Born in Paris in 1970, Patrick started photography in 1994 and spent numerous years assisting various photographers, travelling the globe on photographic assignments.

For the last 12 years he has specialised in children‘s fashion for commercial, catalogue and editorial clients worldwide.

Peter believes that it‘s definitely possible to close the gap between commercial and art photography.

He helps visualise people‘s dreams and desires in a virtuous way. 

His work is characterized by his love for details and capturing that one special moment.

"The head thinks. The gut decides. The eye selects. Focusing on the client."

Want to present your company and your product professionally and create a lasting impression on your client? M17 offers the ideal perspective for doing so. In five studios over a 2000 m² area, including a large outdoor space, the company realises high quality advertising photography. With first class service, the studio’s heartbeat is always in-tune with its teams.

Several specialised, independently operating teams accomplish projects successfully and efficiently. Led by experienced project management, M17's designers, assistant photographers, programmers, graphic designers and organisers represent the top choice for lasting and effective advertising photography.

M17's full service includes high-tech modern equipment, generously roomy studios and - of course - the photographer’s experienced eye. Fresh ideas, highly creative, top-notch craftsmanship and a keen instinct to spotlight every type of motif, M17 focuses on all relevant areas of corporate communications, accurately targeted, professional, efficient and friendly.

From July, M17 will open a branch in Mallorca complete with a production house and studio.

public heroes gmbh was founded in 2002 and has since grown into one of the biggest and most respected people agencies in Germany and abroad. Located in the old but upcoming centre of west Berlin, near Kurfürstendamm, the office also includes a studio for realising photo and film castings.

The agency represents a wide variety of characters with different skills, as well as actors, dancers and artists. Latest 'Heroes' in motion and stills include:

• Jonas for Burger King with Doity Production GmbH.
• Lydiane for Mediamarkt with Markenfilm GmbH.
• Elias for Mercedes with Who's McQueen Picture GmbH.
• Couple Gisela and Martin for Samsung with Leitwolf Filmproduktion GmbH.
• Matthias for Stuttgarter Hofbräu with Esther Haase.
• Mario for Vattenfall with Gerd George.
• Andreas for Hornbach with Markus Müller.

Edwin Kaufmann, based in Frankfurt am Main, is a highly experienced freelance make-up and hair stylist. He works in the fashion, beauty and advertising industries for several national and international clients.

Internationally he is represented by One Mega Management, London and Artists Management, Miami.

Visit his website and contact him for direct bookings.

Based in Berlin and Hamburg, Nici Theuerkauf is a stylist for people and interior productions.

Recent work featured in this Showcase includes projects with photographer Thomas Popinger for WMF, photographer Sebastian Burgold for LBS, photographer Simone Rosenberg for Dr. Hauschka, Vitra with the agency The Gaabs, VW Dynamic light Assistant with Arthur Mebius (production: Lunik) and Kitchenproduktion with Agency Schirmers.

Visit Nici's website for more information.

Petra Wiebe is a Munich-based freelance stylist and fashion editor with a creative family background. Her father was an interior designer and her sister is a celebrated German fashion designer. Creativity and independence are Petra's way of life and represent the family tradition in which she was brought up. "La vita e bella“ - she speaks Italian at home and lives a Mediterranean lifestyle between Munich, Mondello and Zurich.

Her newest specialty includes complete production services from concept creation to styling, hotels, locations and booking models and entire teams. Her work is addressed to tasteful, sales-oriented and ambitious clients who wish to concentrate on the fundamental essence of their products.

Some of her latest photo shoots featured in this showcase:

• One of her longest term clients; Paul Kehl shot by Romeo Mori
• Harper‘s Bazaar CZ shot by Andreas Ortner in the Maldives
• Supermodel Nadja Auermann for Equistyle Magazine
• Marocco dream with Lena Gercke for Equistyle shot by André Rau
• Factice shot by Andreas Ortner Maldives

Digirox offers high-end digital photographic support and post-production. Up-to-date equipment and experienced digital technicians provide an expert service and streamlined workflow. Backed by many years of experience, the post-production department sets the highest standards for retouching.

Recent productions include:

• New Yorker summer 2014 campaign with photographer Felix Krüger for the labels Fishbone, Fishbone Sister and Censored.
• Shoot in Berlin for Galleries Lafayette with photographer Damon Baker.
• Catalogue production for Peruvian Connection in the UK shot by Blasius Erlinger.
• Pool shoot for TUI Cruises with photographer Gunther Intelmann on cruise-ship 'Mein Schiff 2'.
• Summer 2014 campaign for Ann Christine photographed by Olof Händen in Berlin.
• Advertising campaign for Panasonic with photographer Anna Rosa Krau in Berlin.
• Betty Barclay advertising shooting with photographer David Oldham in Köln.
• Spring/Summer 2014 campaign for s.Oliver with photographer Lado Alexi.

711rent is coming to Spain! 711rent has taken over Spot - two more locations, Barcelona and Mallorca, are now part of the 711rent network. As usual, clients can order in any 711rent shop with local managers and pick up in any other location.

The 711rent service and a wide range of equipment is available in these locations. All offices are conveniently found in city-centre locations. 711rent delivers equipment on location with a 24/7 full pick-up and drop-off service, offering "ready to fly" packed equipment with completed customs papers that can be delivered to locations worldwide.

711rent carries well-maintained gear covering all major brands, including Profoto, Broncolor, Briese, Arri, Kino Flo, Hasselblad, Phase One, Canon, Dedolight, Apple, Mole Richardson and more. Recent additions include, Profoto B1 off Camera Flash, new Briese 140 focus.2, Phase One IQ 250 and LED Panels from TecPro.

Recent news from SKYLOFTSTUDIO, Munich's leading rental location for photo, film and events:

• Automobile performance for a large, well-known automobile manufacturer. Complete transformation of the studio location according to client's requirements. During this exclusive event a crane lifted the car spectacularly up to the roof terrace.
• Promotional celebration of Karl Lagerfeld's new collection of fragrances. Client: Nobilis Fragrances.
• TV broadcast 'Shopping Queen' with the motto "Rooftop party" was filmed on the huge roof terrace, a unique location for shoots with views across Munich. Client: VOX. 
Production: Constantin Entertainment GmbH.
• Photo shoot for Gillette with professional football player Thomas Müller, shot by Dirk Bader. 
Agency: Brandzeichen PR.

wstudio Munich is located in Glockenbachviertel and was founded in 2002. The creative district has since further developed, with a constant stream of new places and restaurants.

The studio features a unique loft/workshop atmosphere lit by overhead windows, and has a drive-in concrete groundfloor. Its central location is one of the reasons the studio is often booked as a showroom and for press days. Attracting a wide range of commercial and editorial clients, the company also rents out Phase One IQ 180 with 645 or Mamiya RZ, Profoto flash equipment and HMIs.

Recent productions at wstudio include Press Days Munich with Publicity Rooms /  Modeagentur Flessa and Modeagentur Gabrielli showroom during Fashion Week Munich.

wstudio was booked for shoots by Triumph, Wilfried Wulff, Hess, Hans-Christian Barth, Schachenmeyer, Julia Christl-Ernstings, Mandala, Keerang Magazine and band 'All Time Low, B2X, Bayrisches Fernsehen and Playboy.

Clients and celebrities who have used the studio include Bryan Adams for Vogue, GQ, Freundin, Cosmo, SZ Magazine, Jolie, Joy, Shape, Maxi, Neon, Playboy, Audi, Triumph, BMW, MCM, FC Bayern, Engelhorn, Comma, Loden-Frey, Thinc inc., Häberlein und Maurer, Pro 7, RTL and ZDF.

Westside Studios Frankfurt is a professional rental studio for film and photography productions and events. 

The studio has a total area of 300 m² also offers room for larger productions. The studio has a stonewalled infinity cove 22m long (including cyclorama with floor, ceiling, side walls) with a clear ceiling height of 5m. 

Audio recording is possible since a large part of the studio is located underground. The studio is accessible by car at grade (clearance height 2,40m). The studio floor is also accessible by vehicle. High-voltage current at 63 A is supplied. The studio’s infinity cove can be painted on request in Chroma Key Greenscreen or Chroma Key Bluescreen or any other color. All rental equipment is available 400m away at MBF or a 10 minute car ride on A648 away at 711rent! 

The studio is located directly at the intersection Frankfurt West and can be reached easily. Due to the short distance to the airport (about 10 minutes) the rental studio is particularly well suited for international productions.