toronto Jan 2012

Zinc Production is a full service, fully insured boutique production company specialising in stills and video production for fashion, advertising, catalogue and lifestyle clients. The company's goal is to provide the best production services available, from concept to completion, including production planning, budget management, talent scouting, casting, permits, locations, immigration and customs paperwork, and travel.

Zinc's experienced, professional team will tailor make the production to suit each clients' individual needs, vision and budget. With years of combined local and international production and advertising experience, the company puts its working relationships with all sectors of the industry to good use to secure the most competitive rates on its clients' behalf.

Clients include Aveeno, Bon Jovi, Coca Cola, Club Monaco, Cover Girl, Curves, Danier Leather, Dove, The Gap, Holt Renfrew, I.C.B., L'Oréal, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Perricone, Playboy, Ports, Redbook, Starbucks and Wallpaper*.

Photographers Zinc has produced for include Darren Keith, Diegio Uchitel, Ellen Von Unwerth, Greg Kadel, Helena Christensen, Jean Francois Campos, Mario Sorrenti, Max Abadian, Pamela Hanson, Raphael Mazzucco, Ruvan Afanador, Serge Leblon, Takay, Thomas Schenk and Walter Chin.

Headed by Kathie Tutter for over 10 years, Toronto-based KTAR is a photo agency representing commercial photographers worldwide. The agency's award-winning artists shoot stills and motion projects for a wide range of local and international clients, including advertising, design, branding, editorial and interactive.

Kathie has an eye for great talent combined with a passion for photography. She studied at the Parson's School of Design in Paris and is a graduate of the Photographic Arts Program at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. Amazingly, she still manages to take a few pictures of her own in her “spare time."

The company also offers professional production services for stills, motion and interactive content. The team can manage every type of project from storyboard and layout to the completed files and edit. Services include quoting, casting, locations, studio rentals, production personnel, catering, state-of-the-art digital capture and editing.

As Toronto’s first choice for full service photographic rental studios, Album Studio Rentals is a beautiful new studio located just west of trendy Ossington Avenue. It is a boutique style setting with a personable atmosphere.

With a total of 2450 square feet of shooting space, Album Studio Rentals offers two natural light studios, both with a full kitchen, client area, WiFi and dedicated parking.

Recent shoots include McDonald's, Macy’s, Kraft, Martha Stewart and Tropicana, to name but a few.

Contact Album Studio Rentals by calling 416 537 9494 (extension 1) or email. Visit the website for more information.

Located in the heart of Toronto’s film studio district, Silverline Studios offers three modern, clean, industrial-style spaces available for daily/weekly rentals. With breathtaking natural light, exceptional in-house services and a host of other amenities, Silverline Studios is the ideal choice for photo/film shoots and events.

For bookings and more detailed information call direct on 416.504.7937 or visit the website.

Located on Toronto's downtown east side, S1 is the country’s finest for studios, equipment, and the full suite of still and motion services, including van services, set walls, digital capture and location services.

Four versatile studios are impeccably designed and maintained, while variations in shooting area and light will suit every production need. A knowledgeable staff can offer technical and photographic expertise, and a full rental department (S1 is Toronto’s official Phase One rental house) features all the latest equipment.

"Whether you’re a photographer or videographer, producer or photo agent, advertising agency or magazine publisher, you just show up and shoot!"

Clients include Rolling Stone, Elle, Vanity Fair, W, GQ, L’Uomo Vogue, Marie Claire, ABC Disney, Alliance Atlantis, Fox Searchlight, NBC Universal and Paramount.

Born and trained in England, Terry Collier's passion for images led him initially into the feature film industry and then into the commercial world of advertising that he now pursues internationally. His work has been gracing billboards, magazines and posters for the past 30 years and he has shot in most major North American locations and Europe, with access to all the required production support.

To say Terry brings clarity and the caressing quality of light to the automotive arena is an understatement. His portfolio includes virtually every automobile manufacturer known, resulting in over 100 international awards. For the past 15 years he has balanced his high profile print work with award-winning motion commercial shoots.

Terry's latest work includes a location campaign for Mercedes Sprinter and studio and location work for Nissan and Toyota. Whether on location or in the studio, his stringently high standards are balanced by his calming force and professionalism. With his crew of highly trained assistants and digital technicians, the most ambitious of projects are executed with unlimited creative potential.

Raul Rincon was born in Cartagena, Colombia into a family of artists. He is known for his painterly attention to detail, his skill in directing and his astonishing lighting. Raul brings his mischievous wit to whatever he does. His commercial work, distinctive fashion and portraits are establishing him as one of the world’s leading image-makers.

Raul has won the Applied Arts Annual in Portrait and Fashion Photography, the Photo France Magazine Fashion Award, and just recently the 2011 Applied Arts Annual in Landscape Photography with the series 'Vows & Storms'. Raul lives in Toronto, shoots around the world and is represented by Lucidshots Inc.

Visit his website for more information.

Michael Mahovlich is a commercial photographer, world traveller and is passionate about images, design and food. When not riding his bike around town, he can be found shooting by the sea in Scotland or capturing images in the coffee plantations of Guatemala. Equipped with a state-of-the-art studio and an excellent production team, no job is too difficult to produce at home or abroad. Clients include the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, Downsview Kitchens, Canada Post and Loblaws Inc.

Share creative assignments with Michael and watch his team rise to the occasion to produce award-winning images with technical finesse and beauty .

Visit the website for more captivating imagery.

Quintessential style, quiet elegance, quality grace; all words that aptly describe Toronto-born photographer Nathaniel Anderson. A renaissance man, Nathaniel has always been fascinated with images and great design. “Photography allows me to communicate my inner most thoughts,” says Nathaniel. He views photography as an expressionistic tool that he deems "therapeutic," - an opportunity to release and “articulate those things that I haven’t been able to vocalise.” 

Nathaniel's innovative approach to creating powerful visual narratives has been recognised across sectors. Photography is his passport to the world - Africa, Switzerland, England, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Mexico, Jamaica, and St. Kitts; this daring visionary approaches each venture with a creative quirkiness and sophisticated style.

George Simhoni's images have been described as a blend of art and photography. His style is well established as both ethereal and powerfully subtle. Art directors who come to George know exactly what they are getting. As a result of his vast experience, he has the ability and confidence to pull-off a technically challenging production, delivering a seamless image at the end of the day.

Art directors have portrayed him as "a story teller in a single image, having the ability to bring life and humanity to his work." George's work has been described as "rich in layers of emotion, humour, irony, and even mystery."

His philosophy is that if you plan the shoot well beforehand, you have the time to "allow the magic to happen. If I can stop someone and give them a momentary thoughtful pause, a smile, or a thought, then I have accomplished my mission," says George.

George has been recognised as a leader in the field of advertising photography. He has won awards worldwide throughout his distinguished career, the latest being the prize for landscape photography in the APA Awards.