INTERNATIONAL PHOTO PRODUCTION Oct 2011

101 Production is a full service studio established in 2004 to gather together creative minds in the fields of photography and production. SDL, founded in 1973, shares its expertise with the studio, as 101 continues to engage in many successful ads and campaigns. Already well established as a creative force in the industry, the team continues to expand a visionary approach in exploring new talents and accommodating many photographers, production crews, make-up artists and stylists.

101 Production has been providing professional services to both domestic and international brands including Arcelik, Adidas, Akbank, Beko, Beymen, Bosch, Cacharel, Carrefour, Citibank, Club Total, Colins, Collezione, Digiturk, Docker's, Esse, Fiat, Ford, Fortis, Harvey Nichols, Head & Shoulders, Hillside, HP, Inci, Ipekyol, Kinetix, LG, Lipton, Mercedes, Michelin, Microsoft, Mini Cooper, Motorola, Nestle, Nike, Opel, Pepsi, Pierre Cardin, Sanyo, Seven Hill, Skoda, Sony Ericson, TAV, TEB Bank, Turkish Airlines, Turkcell, Twiggy, Vodafone and US Polo.

AM Production Services offers an attentive and skilled service for Central and Latin American productions. The company develops every kind of photo shoot, from cars to beauty productions, product shots, image banks, fashion and advertising.

For the last 11 years the company has been producing for worldwide clients including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestlé, Neiman Marcus, Sol Beer, Philip Morris, Ford, Telecom, and many other international brands and fashion magazines.

Check the website for updated locations, recent productions and the useful 'Meet Buenos Aires' section that proposes the city's best new hotspots.

3Star Productions is a worldwide full service production company based in Los Angeles and New York City. The company provides premier service to all aspects of still photography and moving pictures production. From budgets, casting, location scouting and permitting, to catering, travel arrangements and all other production needs, 3Star guarantees every detail is cared for. It is the team's goal to exceed clients' expectations and ensure that each project is executed with efficiency and care.

With over 30 years of combined experience, 3Star is an industry leader. Deeply committed to the environment, the company is constantly looking at ways to lower the impact of each and every production while maintaining the highest quality service.

Recent clients include True Religion, Swarovski, Fox 20th Century, KSwiss, MasterCard, Subaru and photographers Norman Jean Roy, Nino Munoz, Steven Lippman, Sarah Silver, Warwick Saint and Marc Baptiste, to name just a few.

Andy Fiord Studio is a production company based in Saint Petersburg, representing high-profile photographers, directors, sound designers, fashion stylists, make-up artists and other talented professionals.

The company provides a complete set of photo and video production management services, facilities and turn-key solutions including location scouting, casting management, crew hiring, equipment rental, production logistics, digital assistance and post production management.

Working at the nexus of art and technology, Andy Fiord Studio is able to provide high-class in-house digital post production for both still and motion photography - be it a single photo, photo shoot or a whole movie.

A selection of clients includes Vogue, Mikhailovsky Theatre, World Fashion Channel, L’Officiel, Cosmopolitan, Elle, GQ, Bazaar, Zarina, Love Republic and Befree.

AprilMay is a Berlin-based full service production company specialising in fashion and advertising photography. The company offers all kinds of production service including location booking, casting, art buying and production management.

Clients include Galeria Kaufhof, OTTO, Qvest, Madeleine, McCafé, Axe, Sparkasse, WWF, Kunert, C&A, Jägermeister, Sportalm, Grupo Cortelfiel and Dawid Tomaszewski.

Aspen Production Services is a production resource company with over 20 years of combined experience blending urban production work ethic with mountain production know-how, resulting in a combination that fills every possible job need. The company is known for its resourceful contacts, problem solving skills and scrupulous attention to budget.

Services include location scouting, managing, line producing, production management and real people casting on national commercials, print campaigns, features and industrials.

The company is based in Aspen but covers the entire state and beyond. Visit the website for more information.

Lupetta5 & BelowTheLine is one of Italy's leading production service and location agencies. Based in Milan, the Italian capital of fashion and design, Lupetta5 owns one of the richest, ever-expanding location archives in Europe.

With many years of production experience, its team works to provide the finest solutions to any production requirement, offering a fully bespoke production service to both national and international clients.

Visit the website or call the company directy for information and advice on upcoming projects.

The phrase “A creative idea is only as good as its execution” is not just a motto for Collectiff; with an expert team, the company provides high-quality production solutions for every client.

With over 20 years of industry experience, Collectiff's founders' have gained immense insight into their clients' needs by providing high quality production within requested budgets and time frames. The company's professional team makes the whole production process as straightforward and enjoyable as possible, focusing to create the best, most comfortable atmosphere for every client.

Collectiff represents Turkish and foreign photographers specialised across different genres, providing full production including digital post production, casting and rental services. The company has provided a full range of production services both in Turkey and abroad in countries as diverse as Argentina, Azerbaijan, South Africa and Sweden, for both local and foreign clients.

Visit the website for more information.

CONTRA Service team have a special reason to celebrate: In September 2011, CONTRA Service Productions China Co. Ltd. celebrated its first birthday.

During this period CONTRA produced numerous projects and the most important ones were:

• The Volkswagen People’s Car project which consisted of Print (photographer Harry Weber), TVCs, Webisodes and Viral movies.
• The Chinese Campaign for VW Cross Golf and Golf Variant was produced in Berlin with the help of CONTRA Service Productions Berlin (photographer Erik Chmil).
• A shooting for Instyle Magazine NY with film star Li Bing Bing was produced in Beijing (photographer Feng Kai Z).
• In Hong Kong CONTRA Service Asia serviced a TVC for Credit Suisse with production company Bubbles and produced a photo shoot for Ellesse Fashion (photographer Detlef Schneider).

For more information visit Contra's websites for China and Asia, and Contra's Vimeo channel.

Digital Capture Prague is the only specialised digital tech service in the city. Using professionally trained staff the company provides the highest quality service that even the most demanding of photographers will appreciate.

Services include colour calibration/profiling, focus and exposure checking, image enhancement and touch-up, processing and adjusting RAW captures, post production, retouching and compositing, Photoshop compositions for layouts, print and online galleries, digital asset management, client file delivery and archiving.

The company uses high-end professional equipment, including the latest series of Phase One cameras with Schneider Kreuznach lenses, Quato colour-calibrated reference monitors, Apple computers, Wacom tablets and Adobe software.

Services operate on a 24-7-365 basis. Visit the website for more information.

After productions on Santorini, Athens and Kitzbühl for Madeleine with photographer Sacha Höchstetter (Daniela Pitzk/Artists & Co.), Fernsicht completed a shoot for Damyller in California in collaboration with One Production. The setting, a gold mining ghost town, provided the ideal location.

The next assignment was a Gudrun Hamann production for Anson's Herrenhaus KG in Adelboden. The theme took the form of a 60s-retro mountain race in the style of the Monte Carlo rally. A Mercedes gull-wing and an MG added the finishing touches to the exclusive picture. Photographer Markus Möllenberg (Tschangizian Photographers) provided the perfect atmosphere.

For Volkswagen AG the Fernsicht team was in Grossglockner and Obertauern with the challenge of preparing snow faster than it could melt at 20 degrees. Photographer Torsten Klinkow (Traska Photographers) shot the Mulivan and Caddy for the catalogue 'Mobile with Volkswagen'.

Additional productions included Kaufhof in the Alps with photographer Wolfgang Stauber and Adidas in Munich with Detlef Schneider.

Check the next Spotlight for the latest photographs.

helen and grant are the team behind freeway reps, the elite (but not elitist) Sydney-based photography and double capture agency. All of the work is produced by their full service production company h&g productions, which as well as their own boys produces for some of the top international advertising photographers.

The freeway reps photographers are part of the agency's 'Double Capture' creative, offering stills and video content packages. The freeway crew direct TV commercials, music videos and online campaign content for various clients in Australia and overseas.

freeway reps and h&g productions always provide the right creative for the brief as well as a super polished service, consistently ensuring that everyone leaves set having had a damn great time.

Image Nation have recently produced campaigns in Spain, Italy and Switzerland, Shanghai, Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Included in this Spotlight are a selection of location pictures which were shot for these productions. More pictures are available for free upon request.

• Christopher Thomas for Opel Zafira. Agency: Scholz & Friends Hamburg. Location: Barcelona
• Torsten Klinkow for Citroën DS5. Agency H Paris. Location: Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Barcelona
• Anke Luckmann for DDB Tribal Hamburg. Location: Barcelona
• Uli Heckmann for Mercedes E-63 AMG. Agency: Bruce-B Stuttgart. Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Uli Heckmann for Mercedes SLK AMG. Agency: Bruce-B Stuttgart. Location: Barcelona 
• Conrad Piepenburg for Citroën DS3. Agency H Paris. Location:  Shanghai & Madrid 
• Willie Von Recklinghausen for Toyota Verso-S. Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Design London. Location Italy (Toscana, Milano and Garda Lake) and Switzerland

The final pictures of most of these campaigns can be found on Image Nation's website, and for further updates of the company's campaigns take a look on  Production Paradise and Facebook.

Kaktus Production offers a full range of location management solutions for photographic and film production on St. Martin/Sint Maarten, St. Barts and Anguilla. From stunning turquoise water and white sand beaches to luxury villas and picturesque Creole-style houses, the company has the unique, eye-catching locations that bring concepts to life. Located only four hours from NY, three hours from Miami, and eight hours from Europe, Kaktus Production's locations are not only stunning, they’re also highly convenient.

Working in English and French, the company partners with leading photographers, art directors, producers and agencies by providing deep local, industry and technical knowledge while always ensuring the highest degree of comfort and convenience. Editorial and commercial clients include Yves Rocher, Vogue and Princess Tam Tam.

Services include site management, art direction, concept development, casting, team coordination, travel and accommodation, permits, equipment, vehicles, crews, post production services, and more. By always staying steadfastly focused on its clients’ needs, Kaktus Production delivers results on time and on budget. Visit the website, call Harry on +(590) 690 485 611, or email the company direct to discuss any type of upcoming location need.

LUNIK is a full service production company based in Berlin Mitte. Its highly experienced team offers effective solutions for film and photo productions all over the world.

Recent clients include:

• Deutsche Telekom 'Entertain' shoot 'Connected life and work' campaign (Ljubljana/ Slovenia).
• JFK Magazine 5th anniversary 'Neverland' 3D editorial shoot (Spreepark/Berlin).
• Deutsche Telekom 'Entertain' shoot with Uli Hoeneß (Munich).
• eBay 'Mein ein für alles' campaign (Berlin).
• Deutsche Telekom 'Entertain' shoot 'Lebensoffensive' campaign (Berlin).

Recent photographers include Antje Merkel, Benno Kraehahn, Markus Rössle, Ruud Baan, Carsten Lehmann and Oliver Farys.

Lupo Unlimited is a Zurich-based production agency with many years of experience. The company produces for national and international advertising agencies, magazines, independent photographers and direct clients.

Services include full production and tailor-made services (including photography), models, locations, hair and make-up, styling, art buying, photo assistants, post production, set production, props, casting, transport, equipment, studio, runners, catering, animals, accommodation and digital support. Lupo Unlimited also provides a comprehensive locations and model casting database.

The company's latest production was completed with photographer Patrick Stumm. Be sure to check out Karen Wolf's latest personal work. Clients include Canon, Credit Suisse, Vaudoise Insurance, Centerpulse, Coop, Swisscom, Möbelpfister, Peugeot, Audi and VW.

Visit their website for more information.

ManaMedia provides production services for photography, video, multimedia and TVC, specialising in lifestyle and fashion with a dedicated expertise in sports advertising (including Olympics, World Cup, basketball, baseball, BMX, football, NFL, rugby, tennis, athletics, snowboarding and surfing).

ManaMedia’s multilingual production team has a creative approach and is experienced in high-end and international productions. With offices in the UK, EU and US, ManaMedia has a global production reach and delivers exceptional work for some of the world's most inspirational brands, including BMW, Buick, Canon, Carlsberg, Converse, Heineken, Kronenbourg, Nike, Quiksilver, Red Bull and Tuborg.

UK, European and international production services include art buying, budget management, on-set coordination, carnets, casting, sports casting and street casting, catering, crews, creative development, contracts, hair and make-up, location scouting, shoot insurance, music licensing, permits, photographers, BTS, editing, post production, prop hire and set build, SFX, sports choreography, styling/wardrobe, visas, travel and accommodation and videographers.

In the advertising and commercial photography industry since 1996, producer Melanie Trombley also casts talent, sources difficult props, and occasionally scouts locations for clients. Her worldwide network allows her team to find the most unusual requests - on time and under budget. With ample experience shooting across the USA and internationally, hiring crews and finalising details for any size shoot comes easily for Melanie and her team.

Recent work includes:

• A two-week shoot in Los Angeles for Charles & Keith, shot by Mark Law of Singapore.
• A weeklong Dell Computers shoot in Austin, Texas with Swedish photography duo Bohman & Sjöstrand for Enfatico Copenhagen and Wunderman NYC.
• Working with Jens Boldt of Germany on the Otto annual report in Chicago.
• Production for Howard Bjornson for a two-week Target shoot in Chicago.
• Casting talent and production for Andy Goodwin for a Kimberly Clark Professional shoot for GYRO in Chicago.
• Working with HYConnect Chicago for an ongoing campaign for Indiana University Health Hospitals shot in Indianapolis by Richard Schultz.

Visit the website for more information.

"Producing photo shoots could never be described as monotonous - its challenges are ever changing, and sometimes very refreshing. One day you work with supermodels, the next you are wrangling a group of farmers who are eager to go back to harvesting."

For Weis Markets’ “Your neighbor’s our farmer” campaign, Mission was hired to find a picturesque farm in Pennsylvania and liaise with real farmers who supply the supermarket with produce to gather together for a photo shoot. And the supermodel? Stay tuned - images from the new Wempe campaign, photographed by Bettina Lewin and co-produced with North South Productions in Cape Town, are to be released any day now.

Mission has also been busy with car shoots, with new images for Mercedes photographed in Houston, and Chevrolet shot in Chicago and Detroit.

"Our concept is simple. To accomplish the creative vision of our clients."

One Mega Management is a worldwide photo shoot production and management company providing creative services to the fashion, music, media and lifestyle Industries.

With a reputation for its innovative and fresh approach, One Mega Management has a unique vision for market trends that inspire truly iconic campaigns for the brands of today and tomorrow.

The company is the first creative agency to bring together an elite network of fashion and music industry services, housing four specialist divisions that provide brands with over 30 years experience in photo shoot production - all from One place.

One Mega Management focuses on productions, models, pictures and music.

Production Berlin is a high-grade, full-service photo production company with experience in international and domestic projects.

The company brings a personalised, boutique approach to photographic, film and event production for fashion, advertising and the arts. Specialised in scouting exclusive locations, casting, project planning and coordination, Production Berlin offers a responsive and individualised approach to each production.

In 2012 Production Berlin will open another office in Paris. The branch will be called Production Paris. For more information visit the website productionparis.com.

Clients include Nike, Condé Nast, V Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Mario Testino, Adidas, Baiersdorf, Nokia, BMW and Smart Brabus.

Pure Creative Management (PCM) is a global production consultancy that offers bespoke creative solutions for stills and motion projects.

PCM’s seamless support provides the perfect environment to produce a campaign from conception to completion. The company’s specialist services include art buying, budget management, rate negotiation, casting, location scouting, production logistics and shoot coordination, as well as events and fashion show production.

With 20 years experience, PCM has collaborated with some of the world’s most renowned photographers and directors, including Nick Knight, Tim Walker, Paolo Roversi, Ridley Scott and Oscar Grillo. The vast spectrum of projects for the most exciting luxury and lifestyle brands - including Patek Philippe, Ligne Roset, Dior, Burberry and Levi's - can be viewed on PCM’s new website.

"Our aim is to offer an exceptional experience and come in on budget. Our passion is to realise your creative direction."

Salt Management represents a diverse group of established communication artists and producers. As a collective of individuals from the fields of print and film, the company is India’s one-stop-shop solution, representing global talent across the Indian and Asian editorial and commercial markets. Salt is managed by a team of young professionals whose backgrounds range from feature film production to television commercials and fashion.

Salt Management completed its first year producing international productions for clients including ESPN, Levi's, Louis Vuitton, Armani, BlackBerry, Omega, L'Oréal, Dior, Nike, Virgin Mobile, Idea Cellular, Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, Grazia and Rolling Stone, to name but a few.

Photographers include James Meakin, Bruno Dayan, Hasnain Dattu, Markus Klinko & Indrani, Prasad Naik, Suresh Natrajan, Tarun Vishwa, Tejal Patni and Colston Julian.

The company has in-house resources that cover line production for foreign productions, photographers and directors. Salt is proud to announce two new additions to its roster, New York-based photographic duo Markus Klinko and Indrani and photographer/director Tejal Patni. It also unveils its new underwater production services, SALTwater, for both film and still photography, with in-house resources, equipment and scuba crew.

Sharpen Studio Is a Milan and Beijing-based production company highly specialised in photo and video productions.

The company provides a whole package of creativity and a 360-degree service, including photographers, video makers, rental studios, models, stylists, make-up artists, hair stylists, locations database and scouting, catering, equipment rental, transport and accommodation, crews and assistants, layout, graphic design, set design and props, post production, print and design.

Sharpen Studio in Beijing is located very close to 798 art district, the most creative area in Beijing. The company also provides studio rental, locations and equipment rental. Its multi lingual team can work in Italian, English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Japanese.

Visit the website for more information.