Marion Eckhardt Photographers Hamburg photo agents

Marion Eckhardt Photographers proudly presents its newest addition, young Hamburg-based photographer Daniel Reinhold. Specialised in people, lifestyle, fashion and portraiture, Daniel loves to travel and has already worked with advertising agencies, catalogue companies and magazines. The images featured in this Showcase are from personal work that he did in and around Hamburg.

• Bruce Soyez-Bernard, based in New York, completed beauty shots with model Kimberly.
• Animal specialist Gabor Geissler shot dog-themed winter portraits.
• Kristin Schnell specialises in kids but also shoots great people, portraiture and fashion pictures. She recently completed personal work with youngsters.
• New York-based photographer Mike Ruiz shot fashion pictures for the latest issue of Prestige Magazine Hong Kong.
• Götz Göppert recently shot for upcoming ZDF crime series „Verbrechen, die unter die Haut gehen“ ('Crimes that get under your skin'). He also shot the annual Enduropale motorcycle race event at Le Tourquet ParisPlage.
• Dirk Heinrich, based in Dusseldorf, did some test shots experimenting with darkness and fashion.

Claas Cropp Creative Productions Berlin photo production

Berlin-based Claas Cropp Creative Productions is a full service production company with experience in all areas of still photo production, location scouting and casting.

Recent productions include:

• Lufthansa on-going campaign production with Sam Robinson, Özgür Albayrak and Gregor Colienne.
• Vodafone campaign with Uwe Düttmann in Berlin.
• Volvo CGI background images shot throughout Europe with Henrik Ottosson. Location management and Berlin production provided by CCCP.
• Mercedes-Benz Magazine editorial shot by Marc Trautmann.
• Mustang campaign photos shot by Andreas Lux.
• Kappa Apparel campaign shot by Lars Borges in Hamburg.
• Telekom pool shooting by Lena Burmann in Berlin.
• Vattenfall campaign Image production shot by Jo Magrean.

Other clients include brands such as Louis Vuitton, Brioni, Lacoste, Nike, Adidas, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, BASF, BMW, Audi, VW, Ergo, Mercedes-Benz and Deutsche Bank. Photographers include Annie Leibovitz, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Ellen von Unwerth, Daniel Jackson, Martin Schoeller, Roxanne Lowit, Uwe Düttmann, Esther Haase, Joachim Baldauf, Luis Sanchis, Ralph Mecke, Glen Luchford, Peter Funch and Wim Wenders.

bigshrimp Hamburg - Berlin Photo Production + Location

bigshrimp is a full service photo production company with an on-site talent and location pool. The company offers a complete service package including casting, model booking, location scouting and location management as well as all kinds of production services and art buying. It also offers three fully equiped rental studios in the centre of Berlin.

Recent projects include:

• Photo production for Samsung with photographer Gerhard Linnekogel, c/o Schierke, and moving image production for Samsung with Gruppo Films and Director Kristian Bodo through agency Salon de Luxe.
• Castings/booking: Telekom, Karstadt, Schwarzkopf, HDI, Commerzbank, Targobank, Ford, Air Berlin, Senseo, Lufthansa, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Skoda, Otto, Watchever, Ritter Sport, Deutsche Bahn, Targo Bank, Bosch and more.
• Location: Bosch by photographer Johann Cohrs, c/o Birgit Stöver; Deutsche Bahn and Senseo by photographer Christoph Siegert; Bon Prix, Skoda, Wella, Hülsta, Telekom, Gerry Weber and Swarovski.
• Photographers: Jonathan Heyer, Margaretha Olschewski, Ivo von Renner, Nick&Chloe, Frank Wartenberg, Stefan Schmid, Sebastian Burgold, Hans Starck, Sebastian Schmidt, Joachim Baldauf, Veronika Faustmann, Michael Heinsen, Oliver Schenk, Karsten Koch, and many more.

Globotour Dusseldorf travel agency - photo productions - locations

For over 10 years, Globotour has specialised in every type of travel organisation for automotive and fashion photo productions, location and model scouting, business and private trips.

The company's services include full flight organisation, including Esta/Apis, Visa formulas and excess luggage, rental cars and vans, private villas, houses and castles.

Globotour handles planning and purchasing for photo and film productions through its own production manager and network of local partners.

The company recently organised exciting photo productions with:

• Cinque in Florence and Sorrento, near Naples, for Dusseldorf-based Studio 7, represented by photographers Felix Wirth and Arndt Sauerbrunn.
• For Esprit, Globotour organised a trip through the USA shooting at a number of different locations.
• For photographer Stefphan Romer and his client Porsche, Globotour organised full travel arrangements for the Porsche GT 3, shot at the Portimao race circuit in Portugal and in Navarra, Spain.

FASTFORWARD LOCATIONSERVICE Hamburg location service & scouts

Locus amoenus – the perfect place.

Each production needs its individual and perfect places. FF Locations' ultimate goal is to find these places.

The team offers a high-class portrayal of the location, from presentation to service. They are really committed to research and to its perfect presentation. They are specialised in the area of Hamburg and Northern Germany, but if they don’t find a suitable location in this area, they can surely scout national and international locations that will accommodate the client's visions.

You can already find locations from other parts of Germany and the world in FF Locations' archive.

They will be happy to hear from you.

Christoph Siegert Hamburg people & lifestyle photographers

For this year's campaign for City Night Line, Hamburg-based photographer Christoph Siegert and his team took the sleeper train from Hamburg to Paris and on to Prague. On the look-out for the typical atmosphere of chic cafés, they visited some of the highlights of these wonderful historic cities with the result that Alster lake, the Charles bridge and the Eiffel Tower became backdrops for model Jelena.

Post production was realised by metagate from Berlin. The current campaign was executed by Scholz & Friends Berlin and can be seen in mobil (the DB magazine), online and on billboards all over Germany.

Christoph photographed bright and glowing motifs for the new Persil campaign with agency DDB Tribal Düsseldorf. These pastel colours lend a fresh, springtime feel.

The long awaited Elbler film is a free interpretation with Christoph's typical
sunshine look, shot in the last rays of the late autumn sun. Post production was handled by Oliver Eberhardt.

Magnus Winter Photography Berlin people & lifestyle photographers

Magnus Winter is a Berlin-based director and photographer. He and his team have spent a lot of time this past half-year in exciting locations around the world, shooting for clients including BASF, Panasonic, Air France, KLM, Mtel and Audi.

Despite photography having been his job for quite some time now,  he still has the excitement of a teenager, always trying to create a free innocent energy and find the moments in between.

Sandra Bielmeier Munich people & lifestyle photographers

Munich-based Sandra Bielmeier is an established photographer specialised in lifestyle, baby and kids photography.

She was recently commissioned by advertising agency DraftFCB to shoot the new
Nivea Baby campaign in Hamburg.

Latest jobs include:

• Britax/Römer campaign 2013.
• Pampers shoot in Teneriffe. Agency: Saatchi and Saatchi.
• Generali Versicherungen.
• Eucerin. Agency: DraftFCB.
• SOS Kinderdorf.
• Personal work with stylists Zeynep Jansen v.Rosendaal/Rouge.

Look out for Sandra's new website, coming soon!

Sabine Büttner (Moeller) Hamburg people & lifestyle photographers

For more than three years Sabine Büttner took pictures of women in Germany who make their living with rare craft trades and are realising the job of their dreams.

A more detailed overview of this series can be seen in the portfolio 'Serie Traumjob' on her homepage.

Sabine Duerichen c/o Kristina Korb GmbH Munich children / kid photographers

Latest news from Munich-based kids and baby photographer Sabine Duerichen:

• GU Verlag - Special edition: 'Babies First Getting in Touch with Food.'
• Editorial: 'Daddy and Baby Alone at Home.'
• Conley's Sports fashion catalogue in Sardinia.

Patrick Wittmann Munich children / kid photographers

Patrick Wittmann is an award-winning photographer. Based in Munich, he has been shooting for more than 18 years. Born in Paris in 1970, Patrick started photography in 1994 and spent numerous years assisting various photographers, travelling the globe on photographic assignments.

For the last 12 years he has specialised in children‘s fashion for commercial, catalogue and editorial clients worldwide.

Clients include Lego, Kinderschokolade-Ferrero, Disney, DAS-Versicherung, Premiere World, SAP, Benneton, Campbell’s, BMW, Südzucker, Focus Titel, Mistral, Sanetta, Siemens, Rodenstock, SOS-Kinderdorf, Ernsting’s Family, COOP, A. Vogel, Peek & Cloppenburg, Marco Polo, Ginger & Ruby, Otto, SZ-Magazin, Elefantenschuhe, and many more.

Brigitte Wegner Dusseldorf food & drink photographers

Food has been the focus of Brigitte Wegner’s work for more than 20 years. Responding closely to clients’ needs, she makes products shine regardless of whether detailed and focused packaging work or an emotive series for editorial purposes is required.

Brigitte can offer several workspaces from her spacious studio in Bielefeld. A professional kitchen and wide variety of props is also at hand. Backgrounds are all handmade and individual solutions such as hand-dyed table cloths are available. Her clients can settle down in the comfortable conference room and continue their work while following the shoot.

Aside from organising the entire workflow, Brigitte loves to develop new aesthetics for her pictures, whether it is through new ideas for lighting, special props or an unusual perspective. Clients often look for her consultation when it comes to putting new product designs into pictures, sometimes even before the design is ready.

Uphoff Winkhaus Hanover food & drink photographers

Professional advertising photography that honours traditions and respects enthusiasm for new ideas. This point of view is combined in young photographer Julian Winkhaus and the experience of Volker Uphoff.

The two photographers and their team create individual results across still life, food and drink, and people photography.

They have worked for many years with a number of renowned companies and brands.

Jacob Lindner Munich advertising photographers

Jacob Lindner is an advertising photographer based in Munich. In recent years he has specialised in food and product photography and worked mainly for clients from the food industry. Whenever there is time he also shoots people and stock imagery.

His studio in Munich has two complete kitchen areas, but also enough space for people productions. Recently he did catalogue photography for a local watch accessory distributor.

bluestudios Hanover advertising photographers

For more than 20 years the bluestudios have stood for unique style and fresh ideas across a wide range of photography. Thanks to its expertise, versatility and quality bluestudios is in great demand among long-term clients such as Continental, Volkswagen, Einbecker, Volkswagen Individual, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, Reifen.com, Blaupunkt, Valtra, Claas, Vergölst, Blohm + Voss and KWS, to name just a few.

bluestudios founders, Dieter Sieg and Volker Warning, create new visual languages in close collaboration with their clients. Both share the desire to offer clients exclusivity and emotionally accessible images. Besides fashion, beauty, cars, people and lifestyle, Dieter and Volker have also shot widely seen calendars and have both published very successful books of their artwork.

Visit the website to discover their latest work and don't miss bluestudios' app for Smartphone and Android.

Thomas von Salomon Frankfurt advertising photographers

Frankfurt-based photographer Thomas von Salomon worked together with Delta E (post production) and agency Raum 3 Munich on a brochure for famous high-end time piece company Erwin Sattler.

Over recent months Thomas completed several shoots of the production process as well as the finished clocks and watches made by this world-famous company.

Visit his website for more information.

[zerone] /cgi Hamburg CGI, 3D Rendering & AI

[zerone] has been serving the creative industry for more than 15 years, and with locations in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and New York, the company is known as one of the first and leading creative photo retouching studios worldwide.

In 2005, [zerone] opened the gates to an even more exciting and constantly envolving field by adding CGI to its services - allowing its 2D expertise to interface with the world of 3D technology.

East West Models Frankfurt models/ fashion

East West Models has wide international scope with clients including all the major catalogues, advertising/production companies, labels and editorial offices.

East West enjoys established long-term relationships with all of its clients and partners, and the agency's models are booked on photo shoots for fashion, lingerie and advertising campaigns around the globe. East West also provides strong early management for new faces and offers a good range of big-size models.

Co-operation with all the major agencies worldwide underlines East West's professional work. International scouting structures allow clients to book the agency's models on the spot from international locations.

5UND50 CASTING Frankfurt casting agencies

5UND50 CASTING is specialised in placing models and actors in commercial advertising, providing sweet and sassy children from as young as three months old to teenagers and attractive, unusual mature faces from 40 years+ for every kind of photo or film production.

The company has offices in Frankfurt and Munich.

5UND50 CASTING's database includes professional models, semi-professionals, as well as amateurs from all over Germany - all who have that 'special something'.

Sonia Tamburo Dusseldorf hair & make up artists

Sonia Tamburo is a freelance make-up artist and hairstylist. Based in Dusseldorf, she works throughout Germany for fashion, beauty and advertising clients.

With her passion for beauty and fashion she has contributed to several editorials for magazines including Tantalum, Belane, InShoes and Superior. She also works with a variety of clients including Diesel, Apollinaris, Karstadt and Bulgari.

Visit her regularly updated website for more information.

Sonia has been represented by NUDE AGENCY since 2012.

Petra Wiebe Munich Stylists/ fashion

Petra Wiebe is a Munich-based freelance stylist and fashion editor with a creative family background. Her father was an interior designer and her sister is a celebrated German fashion designer. Creativity and independence are Petra's way of life and signify the family tradition in which she was brought up. "La vita e bella“ - she speaks Italian at home and has a Mediterranean lifestyle between Munich, Mondello and Zurich.

Petra began her independent career at 25 as a window designer, training at Ludwig Beck Munich and Kadewe Berlin, visualising future trends for the German Fashion Institute DMI, and eventually becoming a stylist with responsibility for developing fashion and editorial concepts, catalogue productions, backstage fashion show management and art direction.

She has worked for many years for clients including Vogue Promotion, Peek & Cloppenburg, Madeleine, BMW, Karstadt, Wolford and Triumph. She currently works as a production fashion editor for Cocoon Magazine, Equistyle Magazine, Air Magazine Zürich and many others, but also works very successful as a freelance stylist for several big clients including Lucia, Rabe, Thomas Rabe, Lecomte', Hauber, Heine, Kaufhof and AGS.

Her newest offer includes complete production services from concept to styling, hotels, locations and booking models and entire teams. Her work is addressed to tasteful, sales-orientated and ambitious clients who wish to concentrate on the fundamental essence of their products.

Delight Rental Services Berlin - Stuttgart - Marbella camera accessories/ photo

Delight Rental Services (DRS) provides maximum support for professional photographers and their productions. DRS presents the latest camera and light equipment from only the best brands. The company also supplies every essential piece of equipment, from heaters to tents and walkie talkies to ensure a successful, professional shoot.

Delight branches can be found in Berlin, Stuttgart and Marbella, all with the complete rental portfolio.

Latest arrivals include the B4 Akkugenerators from Profoto, Canon EOS 1D C,  Rigs (Chrosziel, Vocas, Denz), Powermoon Balloon 1kw, Floatcam Dollycrane with Motion Control, Heavy Duty Stand Video System.

Visit the website for the company's full range of new tools.

Studio Lichthaus Munich rental studios photo & film

Located in central Munich, Studio Lichthaus is a beautiful 260m² space with gorgeous natural sunlight streaming through a bank of eight windows.

It is a perfect venue for photo shoots, events and even film shoots, with complete blackout facilities available for any type of shoot.

The company provides tasty home-cooked catering, served at a table that can seat up to 14 people. There is also an extensive library of on-site props, wall sets and flooring, and with Lichthaus' huge list of contacts clients can be assured of everything they'll need for a successful production.

Atelier Grüneberg Berlin backdrops

Atelier Grueneberg hires and manufactures painted backgrounds for photo and film. With 19 years' experience, the company finally recently opened in Berlin. Among 150 different designs and structures, clients can find the appropriate backdrop for their next production. Materials can be sent or dropped off at any of the company's locations in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt or Dusseldorf. A full catalogue is available online.

Galerie. F8 Fotoart Frankfurt Photo Gallery

Galerie.F8 has opened a new gallery in Frankfurt/Main. The first exhibition (6th April - 11th May) features renowned Hamburg-based people photographer Wolfgang Wilde's 'Deutsche Leinwandstars - Inszenierte Portraits'. Wolfgang is famous for his staged pictures of politicians, actors and VIPs.

The online gallery is set to exhibit single works from well-known artists as part of a regular schedule. As a complement to its online activities there is also the chance to buy exclusive pieces.

Located in the centre of Frankfurt/Main in a brand new renovated space on Berlinerstraße, next to the Museum of Modern Art, the gallery is open from Tuesday to Friday, 1pm to 7pm, and on Saturdays from 11am to 4pm. It is also available for private visits. Call 069/ 920 37 858 for more information.