photo production Sep 2010

With branches in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands, Aproductions offers full production services across Spain and Portugal, as well as a locations database that includes over 200,000 images. Recent news includes:

• The Turespaña campaign with photographers Ale Burset and Erik Almas in locations throughout Spain with the agency McCann Erickson Madrid.
• An editorial for FOCUS Germany shot by Jesus Alonso with new Real Madrid football player Mesut Özil.
• A new editorial for Riders shot by Diver&Aguilar.
• A campaign for miapuesta.com with photographer Juanlu Real.
• Aproductions has been approved as a full partner provider company for event services at the Madrid Convention Bureau.
• The company recently welcomed Jaime Yuste as account director, Pilar Martinez as event coordinator, and César Plá as account executive.

Aproductions aims to contribute to the continuing effort to strengthen Madrid and Spain as a preferred destination for the business tourism market. Its latest event was held on Vogue Fashion Night's Out for Germaine de Capuccini and Woman magazine at Cibeles fashion week.

Directors include: Eugenio Recuenco, Héctor Gómez Rioja, film-maker and script-writer Enrique Urbizu, Nacho Sarrais, Ale Burset, Yago Garbizu, Miquel Navarro, Miguel Albadalejo, Bosi & Sironi and Losito & Losito.

Operating out of St. Martin, St. Barts and Barbados since 1998, Caribbean Production Service provides full service for photo and film productions and location scouting across the Caribbean region.

Specialising in advertising, international catalogue and editorial fashion shoots, TV commercials and films, the company's services include consulting, budgeting, location scouting, production management, multilingual international and Caribbean crews, casting, prop sourcing and set building, technical equipment, permits, customs, accommodation and transportation.

Its comprehensive location database includes fantastic beaches, jungles, towns, marinas, colonial mansions and modern villas throughout the Caribbean. Clients receive theme-oriented location mood boards free of charge, and with expert local knowledge Caribbean Production Service can organise shoots at the most competitive rates for every budget. The company works either directly with clients or supports international production companies in realising their Caribbean shoots.

Clients include: Vogue, Elle, GQ, Glamour, Macy's NY, JDWilliams, Boden, Kaleidoscope, Chicos, Otto, Quelle, Heine, Avon, Bitburger Beer, BMI Airlines, Virgin Holidays, Principles, Laura Ashley, Jockey, Marks & Spencer, BBC, Sky TV, Channel 4, NDF, Novafilm, Qfilm, Jumping Horse Film, Vitamalt and Nestlé.

Visit the website for a complete client list and check Locations #2 Spotlight magazine.

Berlin-based Claas Cropp Creative Productions is a full service production company with vast experience in all areas of still photo production, location scouting and casting. Founded in 2007, over 300 projects have already been successfully completed.

Recent productions since December '09 have included Apple, JOOP!, S.Oliver, Mustang, Aigner, Yahoo, Wella, Mercedes, Canon, Zurich Insurance, Ergo Insurance, ING-DiBa, Schwarzkopf, Dr. Hauschka, Coca-Cola, Siemens, O2, Sony, Sony Erickson, Philips, DB Schenker, West, Navigon, Aral, Ariel, Universal Music, Caritas, Bild, GQ, Bijenkorf Magazine, Otto, Ulla Popken, Kaufhof, Engelhorn and Karstadt.

These productions were shot by photographers such as Martin Schoeller, Joachim Baldauf, Glen Luchford, Roxanne Lowit, Uwe Duettmann, Fergus Padel, Peter Funch, Stéphane Coutelle, Karel Kuehne, Venetia Dearden, Jason Nocito, Mathias Bothor, Markus Jans, Sesse Lind, Grégoire Alexandre, Han Lans, Jo Jankowski, Olaf Blecker, Piet Truhlar, Thomas Schwoerer, Philipp Rathmer, Joerg Reichardt, Olaf Heine and Manuel Archain.

Image Nation photo and video production is based in Barcelona but operates worldwide. Established in 2008 by two enthusiastic and ambitious freelancers - Jean François Rioche and Jerónimo Pellicer Hummelsheim, who between them can boast a decade of experience working in the production business - Image Nation is a full service multilingual production company specialising in still photography and video shoots.

The Image Nation team is expert in photo production for automotive campaigns. As car productions represent some of the most demanding projects in the business, the company finds itself well equipped to meet the challenges of almost any kind of production, from fashion and sports to events management and publicity. Clients include Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Volvo, Toyota and Citroën.

The team is able to operate in English, German, French, Spanish and Catalan. Latest productions in Spain include Citroën DS3 shot by Torsten Klinkow and VW Caddy shot by Manu Agah.

JPPS is a Paris-based full service photography production company with extensive worldwide experience. Production references include:

• Rolex in Australia, New Zealand, Marseille and Italy.
• Diesel in Sardinia.
• Luisa Cerano in London and Madrid.
• BMW in Scotland, London, Paris and Lyon.
• Renault in Barcelona, Marseille and Nice.
• Philip Morris in Argentina.
• Givenchy in the Moroccan desert.
• Harrods at the Ritz and Max Mara at the Meurice in Paris.

Other client references include H&M, Repetto, Rolf Benz, Laurèl, Peek & Cloppenburg, Nivea, Mircosoft, New Man, J D Williams, Perrier, Holt Renfrew, J P Boden, Mac and Louis Vuitton.

Finding the right location for each client’s project and providing a high standard of personalised production service is the company's vocation. Contact Jacqueline Pusch or John Fanning for more information, or visit the website and be sure to check out the 'Point of View' photo exhibition.

Landing Zone offers complete services for commercial photo and film productions in the Canary Islands. The excellent winter weather places the islands among the best locations to shoot in Europe.

Energy, optimisation, quality and dedication are the company's guiding principles.

"Sun you soon!"

Landon Production stands for personal service and creative thinking, offering all levels of photographic production, from full account handling and art buying to locations, casting and set design.

At Landon Production teams are carefully put together with each specific client in mind.

Clients over the past year have included Virgin Atlantic, Reebok, Adidas, Speedo, PlayStation, Jane Norman, Reebok/Armani, New Look and GQ.

Landon Production competently and professionally handles each job no matter what the size of budget, and believes that a good personal working relationship with your client is not only productive but can also be fun.

The company's main office is in London, and also operates in Madrid, Barcelona and the Balearic Islands.

Visit the website for more information.

Based between Lugano and Zurich, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany, Luminosa Production has been providing high-quality full photo production services since 1999.

The company’s range of services are designed to successfully manage an entire project, beginning with individual consultation and continuing through to project estimation, budgeting, location research and scouting, kids casting, prop styling, art buying and equipment hire. Luminosa also specialises in constructing sets with fake snow and ice for both indoor and outdoor use.

Latest projects include golfer Greg Norman for Johnnie Walker in Zurich, Triumph Lingerie, collaboration on a campaign for D&G as local support for Nowadays with Mario Testino, McNeal in St. Moritz, Brax in Austria and Sicily, Grazia Magazine in Sicily, a catalogue for Boden in Megève and Zermatt, a variety of projects for MANOR in Switzerland and France, ALDI Sud, Migros, Toni Dress and MAC Jeans in Sardegna.

Mantree is a photo and film production service company that guarantees a smooth shooting process every time.

Mantree assembles a dedicated team of professionals for each job in order to resolve any difficulties and transform ideas into a working reality. The company's experience and market awareness guarantees results that suit both clients' aesthetic requirements and their financial capacities, with estimates tailored to individual budgets.

The company can manage all financial matters during a production. Services include location scouting, casting, styling, set building, project coordination, copyright clearance and art buying.

Melanie Trombley has been part of the advertising and commercial photography industry since 1996. Working as a producer for over 10 years, she still prop shops, casts talent, and occasionally scouts locations for clients.

With extensive local Chicago knowledge and ample experience shooting across the USA as well as internationally, hiring crews and finalising details for any size shoot comes easily for Melanie. Past jobs have included everything from a small local editorial shoot for People Magazine, an international location shoot in Spain for National Geographic, and coordinating a national and international annual report for Abbott Laboratories that spanned the US, Singapore and Belgium.

Recent jobs include casting and producing for BASF on location in Texas, casting and producing a LifeFitness job for Steve McHugh of Minneapolis in Chicago, and producing, casting and location scouting for a week-long Office Max shoot for three different trade brochures with Bob Randall in Chicago.

"Production," says Mary Pratt, "with all its intricate details, is like assembling puzzle pieces to form one big, beautiful picture. Over and over, I find it to be a wonderful challenge."

Mary is the founder of Mission Photo Production Inc., a New York-based full service production company. Born and raised in Switzerland, she is fluent in several languages and has been producing in New York City and around the world for over 15 years for some of the top photographers, creatives and clients. Her meticulous approach in planning and budgeting is appreciated by plenty of repeat clients, but she is alert to the fact “that things can change in a heartbeat, and so you’ve got to stay flexible and re-think situations constantly.”

Clients include Audi, IBM, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Motorola, Rolex, Smart, UBS and XL Capital.

"We are gearing up for a busy fall," says Mary, "and are excited to be working on so many interesting projects. Stay tuned!"

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

Bringing a personalised, boutique approach to photographic and film production for fashion, advertising and art, the company specialises in scouting exclusive locations, casting, project planning and coordination. Production Berlin offers a responsive and individualised approach to each production, tailoring its services to meet every support and creative need.

Clients include Pro7Sat.1, Sony, Opel, Nokia, Big Star Ltd., Martini, Wired, Vogue, Grazia, Wallpaper and Hussein Chalayan.

Vitals now represents photographers Gilles Bensimon, Laurent Darmon, Alexey Kolpakov and Dmitry Zhuravlev. Russia's leading photographer's agency has assembled world heavyweights and emerging young talents all under one roof. Latest news includes:

• Gilles Bensimon captured 20 Russian celebrities in a unique project sponsored by Edinorog Studios and shot in Moscow, London and Los Angeles.
• Slava Filippov and stylist Philip Vlasov collaborated on a recent Rexona campaign featuring Sergei Semak, captain of the Russian national football team.
• Alexey Kolpakov revisited the 1950s for the cover of Russian Vogue Gourmet.
• Vladimir Mishukov presented his long-term collaboration with Slava Polunin, 'The best clown in the world', with an exhibition, book launch and cover for Snob magazine.
• Natalia Belozerova styled two covers for InStyle Russia, one featuring singer Alsou (shot by James Macari), and the other featuring world-famous Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko (shot by Jimmy Backius). Her recent collaboration with photographer Serge Guerand resulted in a spectacular editorial featuring actress Natalia Guslistaya.
• Photographer and creative director Egor Zaika captured the controversial film director Valeria Gay Germanika for the cover of Black Square magazine.
• Slava Filippov has made major appearances in the Russian editions of Elle, GQ and L’Officiel with jewellery and fashion spreads as well as celebrity portraits.

Yucatan Productions.is a full-service production company located in Merida, Mexico. The company produces catalogue, advertising and editorial work across Mexico, from the Caribbean Coast (Riviera Maya, Cancun and Tulum), to the Pacific Coast (Los Cabos, and Baja California).

Mexico provides an ideal all-year-round environment for photography, with consistent weather, a wide variety of locations, professional crews, reasonable production costs and many outstanding and as-yet undiscovered sites.

“Yucatan Productions brings the locations to you, and then you to the locations!”

Clients include Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Tommy Bahama, Elle, Sports Illustrated, C&A, Glamour, Getty Images, Pacifico, Otto, Urban Outfitters, Esquire, Next, Neiman Marcus, Jockey, Printemps, Nu Skin, Free People, Merrell, Hewlett Packard, Martha Stewart Prod, Etam, Projek, Beco, Fedex, Private Member, Camaieu, Delia's, Image Source, Condé Nast, Corbis, Quelle, Verena, Jolie, Poetry and Wrap.

Zinc Production Canada offers photography and video production services of the highest calibre across Canada and around the world. The company represents a team of accomplished and experienced producers and has worked with some of the best creatives in the business.

Zinc is focused on helping clients build the best team to execute their campaigns, as well as providing clear and effective solutions to any production problem - with ease and efficiency, on time and to budget. The company manages every aspect of a trip to Canada including immigration and customs, travel and accommodation, as well as a full range of production services. Productions planned for French-speaking Canada benefit from local teams who know both the language and the area.

Clients include Aldo, Aveeno, Club Monaco, Cover Girl, Curves, Danier, Deutsche Bank, Dove, The Gap, Holt Renfrew, ICB, Kroger, Le Chateau, L'Oréal, Macys, Neiman Marcus, Parasuco, Perricone, Playboy, Ports 1961, Roots, Russian Glamour, Starbucks, Tommy Hilfiger, Umbra, Unitron, Vitamin Water, Wallpaper* and Walmart.

Photographers include Alistair Taylor Young, Chris Nicholls, CJ Burton, Colin Faulkner, Darren Keith, David Drebin, Diego Uchitel, Ellen von Unwerth, Greg Kadel, Helena Christensen, Jean Francois Campos, KC Armstrong, Kevin Westenberg, Mario Sorrenti, Max Abadian, Melodie McDaniel, Pamela Hanson, Peter Leverman, Raphael Mazzucco, Serge Leblon, Takay, Thomas Schenk and Walter Chin.