germany Mar 2016

bigshrimp is the ideal partner to deliver the highest standard of professional production services. With nearly 20 years of experience, clients benefit from bigshrimp's location and talents databases as well as its excellent network.

Working with bigshrimp combines satisfaction, reliability and smooth running from beginning to end.

bigshrimp operates out of Hamburg and Berlin and provides full photo production services, location assistance and management (including a large in-house location database with numerous locations across northern Germany, primarily Berlin and Hamburg), model booking (a large internal talent pool includes over 1,500 talents of all types, faces, pros, seniors, principals and extras), photo and video casting, budget management, and crew coordination.

Recent projects include BIPA with Wolfgang Zac ℅ SeeYa Fotoproduktion, Sony with Nadav Kander and DDB Berlin, fressnapf with Sven Görlich ℅ Marion Eckhardt photographers, and TAKKO with Marina Kloess and agency Aimaq von Lobenstein.

Moodwillig is a full service photo and film production agency based in Frankfurt am Main. Located in the centre of town, the company offers a wide range of production expertise, including:

• Pre-production (art buying, location scouting, casting, model booking).
• Project planning (coordination, travel and hotel arrangements).
• Consulting, crew booking (photographers, assistants, hair/make-up artists, styling).
• Accounting (cost control, clearing, permits and insurance).
• International productions (worldwide).

Moodwillig focusses on advertising productions and works mostly for small and medium-sized clients and agencies. With more than 10 years of experience, the company sets high standards all along the production process, providing solutions for any sized budget through excellent teamwork.

Clients include Continental, Sparkasse girogo, RMV, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, Franke Kitchen Systems, Suzuki International Europe GmbH, European Fund for Southeast Europe, Spielbank Bad Homburg, Deutsche Messe, CSL Behring, Hessen Trade & Invest, Brother Sewing Machines and many more.

Pirates’n Paradise is an award-winning full service post-production company with locations in both Dusseldorf and Berlin.

A short selection of recent work includes:

• The Mercedes SUV web-special for Antoni.
• A short film for the new Mini Convertible.
• The current WeightWatchers campaign.
• New work for Chivas and Unitymedia.

The company provides top advice, editing, compositing, 3D, 2D and digital grading along with everything a full service post-production company has to offer.

Visit the website or contact the Pirates’n Paradise team direct for more information.

Based in Frankfurt am Main, kombinatrotweiss-illustration represents a network of highly talented illustrators and painters as well as motion designers from all around Europe. The team is driven by their passion for illustration, by the curiosity for the unknown, and their interest in finding personalities, new talents and trends to give their clients the highest quality across illustration and animation.

Following the constant changes in the industry, kombinatrotweiss-illustration works with illustrators to help expand their knowledge to offer clients complete solutions. Working closely with creatives to get the best results, the agency offers a comprehensive website search across categories or illustrators, making it very quick and easy to find the right artist for specific requests.

The agency also helps clients choose the right artist to fit their specific projects. A well trained team helps clients and illustrators to find the right path and realise projects together in a smooth way.

Recent work from the Hauser Photographers roster includes:

• Sven Heinrich for Swiss PostFinance. The models were exclusively staff members of PostFinance AG.
• Some wonderful new personal work with kids by Claudia Neu.
• Tobias Schult shot actor Clemens Schick for the cover story of the January issue of Provocateur Magazine.
• Tobias Schult accompanied racing driver Matthias Kahle in the 'Sauerland Classic' vintage car rally for men's magazine Heldth and Skoda Tradition.
• Rui Camillo travelled with Dunlop in southern France.

Thomas Motta shot the campaign for Skoda Monte Carlo Edition with backplates in Monaco and Carlo Monte with his dog Bella in a studio in Prague.

After a campaign shooting in Norway, Thomas took a helicopter ride to take some stunning landscape shots of the coastline for his portfolio.

In autumn he shot backplates for Škoda Octavia in South Germany. Images will be published soon.

Follow Thomas on Facebook or visit his website to see more of his work.

Stephanie Trenz's desire to create natural and engaging images allows her to capture the essence of people and their situations. A photographer for over 20 years, she has both experience and a clear focus for people photography.

Covering all aspects of a shoot, Stephanie is the energetic and enthusiastic boost many people need to open up and express themselves in front of the camera. With her professional attitude she creates striking images of people, within an efficient time frame.

Recent work included a project for major German insurance company Württembergische Versicherung, featured in this Showcase.

Her client list includes Willems Eyewear, N-ergie, Bausparkasse Wüstenrot, Daimler AG, Porsche, ElringKlinger, Groninger, Klafs, Schwaebisch-Hall, Gasversorgung Süddeutschland, Voith and many more.

Stephanie's full portfolio can be viewed on her website.

Rafael Pranschke was born 1973 and is based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.  He established his own company, Foodatelier, in 2011 and is now a renowned commercial photographer.

Rafael loves to shoot food and drink for advertising and editorial clients. He enjoys working from his fully equipped daylight studio, complete with a large range of props. He uses daylight and a variety of flashes to compose excellent results for his photos.

His passion for food is based on his training as a Master Chef. Rafael's clients love his attention to detail and composition. He works on different projects for agencies, the food industry and publishing companies.

Visit his website for more information.

Stephan Försterling is one of Germany's most experienced still life photographers with the quality of his photos in high demand.

His latest project was a large-scale automotive production for Schaeffler with unusual perspectives and product presentations.

Working from his own studio in Hamburg, Stephan specialices in advertising, still life, liquid and food.

His clients include Olympus, Schaeffler, Sinalco Cola, kwb tools, Dynaudio, Crown Technology, Holsten and some more.

Christian Siebold is a Munich-based photographer with a degree in photo design. He works for clients worldwide that include TV stations, magazines, agencies, traditional companies and fashion brands like Tatler, Rena Lange, Getty Images, Kneipp, Sat1 TV, BETC, Scholz & Friends, Eterna Fashion, and many more.

He is an experienced professional specialized in high-quality photography. He manages the entire creative post-production cycle of all his images by himself to achieve the unique look of his images, including compositing work, if reqired.

Visit Christian´s website for more information.

Thomas von Salomon/we-shoot-it.com realised motifs for the new Kia Sportage four-wheel-drive. Acency: Innocean Frankfurt. Creative Director: Uwe Linthe and Thorsten Noak. Post-production: Mainworks Frankfurt.

In cooperation with Stefan Lampe/Hamburg, Thomas also began some personal work - an early teaser of which is featurd in this Showcase.

Klaus Fengler is a freelance photographer living in Bischofswiesen/ Berchtesgaden.

His work focusses on travel, documentation and expeditions, outdoor and action sports, fine-art and landscape photography.

Visit his website for more information.

Platzverweis is a Berlin and Stuttgart-based location and production company, working nationally and internationally to ensure clients' productions on location run perfectly.

The company continuously works on its wide range of high class, special locations including stylish private homes, cool public spaces, and scenic landscapes for still and moving productions.

Platzverweis' latest work includes location scouting as well as location arrangements and service production for Mercedes-Benz, AMG, Porsche, Bosch, MeisterWerke, Media Markt, Breuninger, ELLE UK and many more.

At the end of 2015, Stuttgart-based production company Hamilton R. Pereira, temporarily took over the location database of Location Scout Pia Hirsemann who is currently on a sabbatical.

That includes over 700 private and public locations from around Stuttgart and the federal state of Baden Württemberg, South Germany. To improve the service, the company employed new staff member Helen Braun, who is tasked with supporting location requests.

Hamilton was also recently officially accepted as a member of the German Location Scouts Guild (BVL - Bundesverband Locationsouts e.V.). As a result, the company has increased its pool of available locations and location scout resources. While the company's focus remains firmly on production, requests for location management are also serviced.

Recent work includes:

• Jim Beam stills, shot in October 2015 in Berlin (images to be released soon).
• Harper’s Bazaar Germany editorial, February and March issue 2016, shot in Portugal in November 2015.
• Otto fashion catalogue - service production for Berlin-based production company AprilMay for an ad campaign, shot in Portugal in January 2016 (images to be released soon).

Petra Wiebe is a Munich-based freelance stylist, fashion editor and art director. Working with international photographers, clients, fashion magazines and top-models, Petra organises photo productions, styling, art buying, model booking, location scouting, travel and hotel reservations. She is a competent, experienced and reliable business partner whose clients continually trust her with their brands, allowing her the space for creativity and fresh ideas.

A sucessful combination of concept, planning, styling and production went into Petra's latest editorials and advertising work on location in Iceland, Morocco, Sylt, Paris and Brazil. The stories she produced were featured in Harper’s Bazaar CZ, Elle Bulgaria, Vogue Mexico, Venice Mag Miami and Superior Magazine.

In Germany, she worked as a production editor for OZ Verlag, Equistyle, Gala and Line International. She did production and styling in Iceland for catalogue Madeleine, while for Rich and Royal she planned styled and organised the entire campaign and a travel guide in Marocco.

She also worked as a stylist for Sinn Leffers, Madeleine, PKZ, Jelmoli and recently returned from a sucessful production in Brazil for different clients.

Visit Petra's websites for more information.

Nici Theuerkauf is a Berlin and Hamburg-based interior and people stylist who consistently displays her keen eye and refined visual strength in styling.

She works with prestigious clients such as JAB, Dornbracht and Mercedes-Benz. Nici has also worked with photographers including Jochen Arndt for Grundig, Stephan Abry for Fürstenberg, and Stefan Thurmann with we love artbuying for Dr. Hauschka.

Featured in this Showcase is her recent work in cooperation with photographer Thomas Popinger for Grohe.

Visit Nici's recently updated website to view her folio, or get in touch direct on +49 179 2091856.

Delight Rental Services (DRS) provides maximum support for professional photographers and their productions. The company offers the full range of equipment including camera and lighting gear, production vehicles and platforms, computers and steamers. At DRS clients will find everything they need to ensure a successful, professional shoot.

DRS branches can be found in Berlin, Stuttgart, Marbella and Zurich but the company provides equipment worldwide.

Latest arrivals complete the ARRI HMI offer from 575W to 9kW, and tungsten up to 12kW.

Latetest productions at SKYLOFTSTUDIO and featured in this Showcase include:

• Lufthansa conference.
• Exclusive Dior press release event for presenting the new 'Addict' lipstick. Client: Christian Dior Parfums. Catering: Käfer Feinkost. Photo: Lutz Duerichen.
• Wöhrl Sinn Leffers kids fashion shoot 'Back to School'. Client: Wöhrl. Photoprapher: Sabine Duerichen ℅ Kristina Korb GmbH. Agency: 19:13 Werbeagentur / Veronika Wager, Kathrin Königsberger. Hair and make-up: Jasmin Friess ℅ Agentur Rouge. Styling: Heike Lohse.
• Burda Style live challenge. Photo people: G.Nitschke/Brauer Photos. Photo location: Sabine Duerichen. Client: Burda Style.
• Wolford video and photo shooting.