Production Paradise

For details of selected companies and professionals working in the visual media industry in Hamburg and Munich, visit www.productionparadise.com.

Our photo of the month shows singer Nina Hagen, shot by Gabo, who has just published her book Big Shots - "a collection of her best work over the last two decades, grand stagings, respectful portraits and sensitive shots of human body".

muc photography/photo agents: STEFANIE DIEGELMANN

Stefanie Diegelmann represents the talent of 12 international photographers: Garry Owens, David Stewart, George Kavanagh, Frank Schott, Sandra Mira, Jonathan Andrew, Ulrike Schamoni, Paul Thompson, Sigi Hengstenberg, Stefano Morini, Jürgen Sandersfeld and Peter Lindemann.

Specialising in car, landscape and people photography, their most recent projects include:

• Garry Owens shoot in Amsterdam for the new IAMS pet food campaign for Saatchi & Saatchi NY and Frankfurt.
• Car photographer Peter Lindemann shot some new exciting Chrysler and Alfa Romeo images.
• George Kavanagh just got back from Zurich where he shot the new Bluewin campaign for Jung/von Matt Limmat.

For more details contact Stefanie at +49-89-99887778 or visit her website www.sd-photo.de

ham photography/photographers: SCHMIDT FOTOGRAFIE

Fashion photographer Thomas Schmidt, based in Paris and Hamburg, took the “purple rain” pictures for the summer 06 edition of French magazine Icon – with a 12-page swimwear feature using rain produced in the studio.

Thomas also took photos for Kultmag, published in August 06 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Hamburg male model agency Kult: The new faces posed for photographs on location in Mallorca – the number “5” being the central theme of the shoot, based on the roman digit V for “victory”.

Visit Thomas Schmidt’s new website for further pictures of both shoots.

In October, Thomas is travelling for Peek und Cloppenburg, and in the autumn he will be dedicating some time to private projects in Paris and London.

ham photography/photographers: TOM MENZ

Based in Hamburg, Tom Menz specialises in people, beauty, wellness and nude photography. He is represented by Claudia Bitzer.

His stated aim is "to create pictures of lifestyle meeting beauty".

Among his latest works are pictures of Isabelle B. Isabel C [agency Place] and Bryan [Modelwerk] "choosing between mango and strawberry in a world of ice".

ham photography/photographers: ANJA BOXHAMMER

muc photography/photographers: EUGEN HALLER

ham photography/rental studios: SDW STUDIOS

SDW Studio recently took photos for a special “colour” edition of home interiors magazine Wohnidee. The pictures are being published in the September 06 issue and present the new colour range of “Schöner Wohnen”.

At the same time, the autumn/winter collection of Gardisette will be published, for which SDW Studio shot a purist bedroom with a covering of drapery.

muc photography/rental studios: STUDIO LICHTHAUS

If you are you looking for a spacious, loft-style daylight studio in Munich, then Studio Lichthaus is the place to head for.

They offer in house catering, full production service, Photo Groove and other services.

Dimensions are as follows:

Studio: 10 x 20 x 3,70 m
Groove: 5,20 x 6 x 3,70 m
Heavy weights elevator: 2 x 2 x 2 m

muc photography/rental studios: HAEDLER + HAEDLER

Haedler+Haedler offers photographic professionals a wide range of equipment for all types of photo production, “all from one source”.

Their list of available equipment for rental includes:

- Profoto, Briese, Bron lighting equipment

- Arri Tungsten and HMI daylight, CMT

- Chimera soft boxes, California + Avenger Bounce-systems

- Canon digital cameras, Phase One Back + H2 Hasselblad system

- Pentax 67 II + Hasselblad analogue cameras

- Lee filter program, Hama, Savage and Bulkton foto backgrounds

They also supply accessories for use on location: effect machines, heaters, air conditioning, styrene walls etc. Additionally, they are a European importer of Foldit Location hand trucks.

Their 670 m² rental shop/studio is in Munich, and is backed up by a nearly 24-hour service that includes weekends and public holidays.

Haedler+Haedler´s aim is to be the professional photographer’s partner in the heart of Europe covering rent, rental studio, service and sale.

** New service for clients of Haedler+Haedler in Munich: when booking in advance, clients get the option to use the Canon Camera Body EOS 1Ds Mark II backup service for just 70€ per day plus insurance. This is a reduction from 130€ per day plus insurance. The Camera Body comes checked, cleaned and sealed in a foil bag.

ham photography/photo production: BIGSHRIMP FOTOPRODUKTION GMBH

Recent bigshrimp production projects include the following:

• The full production service for NIKE Pro. Rick Guest from London shot star footballer Miroslav Klose in Bremen.
• Going on tour for jeweller Christ, organising two shoots: in Somerset for the main catalogue. Photographer: Manfred Esser. In Majorca for ads. Photographer Joachim Baldauf with model Claudia Schiffer. Agency: Agentur+Leven+Hermann.
• Photographers’ agent Daniela Wagner booked bigshrimp for an 8-day production for BMW X5 with 19 shots in Berlin. Photographer Igor Panitz. (behind the scenes pics shown here)

Other projects using bigshrimp talents or locations include: Lufthansa, Vodafone, Suzuki, IGLO, Renault, IKK, OMV, Neckermann, Otto...

ham photography/photo production: CONTRA SERVICE PRODUCTIONS, S.L.

Recent Contra Service Productions projects include the following:

Swiss Alps: Adventure for Deutsche Post with photographer Carsten Görling, agency was LC Lead Communications Köln and AD was Alexander Scasny.

Mallorca: Activity for Odlo with photographer Holger Pooten, agency was Publicis Zürich, CD was Philipp Skrabal and AD was Florian Beck.

Mallorca: Idyll for Getty Images with photographer Christian Steinhausen.

Germany NRW: Power for VW Commercial Vehicles with photographer Norbert Vander, agency was MKK and, AD was Mariusz Roclawski.

Hong Kong: Neon signs for Lufthansa, with photographer Niko Schmid-Burgk, agency was McCann Erickson Berlin and AD was Thorsten Adenauer.

muc models/casting/actors/fashion models: MUNICH MODELS

muc photography/equipment rent: DELIGHT RENTAL SERVICES GMBH

Berlin-based Delight Rental Services (DRS) offers a full equipment service for professional photographers and producers worldwide.

They rent out cameras and light equipment, specialising in Profoto, Briese Flash and HMI, Chimera Lightbanks, Phase One Digibacks P25/P45, Mac Book Pro or G5 workstation, Linhof M 679 with Optics 24 to 120mm, Hasselblad, Mamiya and Canon amongst others.

They also offer other equipment such as pop-up tents, walkie-talkies, steamer and navigation systems with the aim of ensuring a hassle-free production.

Recent productions supported by DRS include:

• Nowadays Creative Production for Hugo Boss Accessories with photographer Markus Jans and Jens Boesenberg.
• Collection summer 07 campaign for Marc Cain with photographers Seregel,
  both productions digital supported by JC Blaum

ham photography/equipment rent: CINEGATE GMBH

Service supplier CINEGATE rents out camera, lighting and grip equipment to the media industry. It has offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Lensahn, Leipzig, Ludwigsburg, Munich and Salzgitter, as well as rental studios in Hamburg and Berlin.

The four studios in Hamburg range from 200 m2 to 950 m2. Studio1 - with 950 m2, 12.5 m height - has a rectangular voute and a sail. The new 490 m2 Studio Berlin also provides a rectangular voute. Each Cinegate studio comes with additional rooms for production, and equipment rental is conveniently located on site.

Tchibo and Saturn recently shot their new commercials at Cinegate studios.

ham hotel/hotels: SIDE HOTEL

ham event/photo events: HAUS DER FOTOGRAFIE

The Heartbeat of Fashion photo exhibition, featuring photographs from the F. C. Gundlach collection from the period 1860 - 2006, will be running from 27 September until 7 January 2007 at the Haus der Fotografie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg.

On display will be works by about a hundred artists, such as Hill and Adamson, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Madame d’Ora, George Hoyningen-Huene, Herlinde Koelble, Guy Bourdin, Yva, Regina Relang, Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Lindbergh.

The exhibition will showcase examples of the history of fashion photography in its widest sense.