Gerhard Linnekogel considers street photography to be an important addition to commissioned people and lifestyle photography. "Here, too, it is necessary to react quickly to the people and situations at hand."

Gerhard Linnekogel is a passionate people and lifestyle photographer. The brief gives him the framework to direct his casting and scouting towards an authentic moment. 

His mindfulness and loving respect for his performers and crew create situations that are free of posing and artificiality. 

That was the prerequisite for him to capture real emotional moments for his clients in over 20 countries with their different characters.

Due to the current Corona situation, all crew members and performers take a PCR test before a shoot. A hygiene manager is present during the shoot.

He is represented in US by i2iphoto, New York.

Based in Hamburg, SPEEDBALL PRODUCTIONS offers worldwide full location and production services.

The AW21 Burlington campaign with photographer Stephan Glathe, hair & make up Benjamin Becher / Nina Klein was shot in Hamburg. In South Tyrol, Italy, SPEEDBALL produced Hanro’s “Sense of Home” Winter 21/22 campaign with photographer Laura Palm / Marlene Ohlsson, DOP Tom Hegen, styling by Adelaida Cue Baer and hair & make up by Eva Dieckhoff.

Also, Men's fashion label Autason chose to shoot their Winter 21/22 campaign in the Italian Alps. With photographer Sacha Hoechstetter, DOP Kevin Linnecke, hair & make up artist Stefan Kehl / Fame Agency and styling by Stephan Kallaus.

Hamburg and northern Germany Locations were selected for Gerry Weber’s Fall 21 campaign, shot by photographer Jonas Müller, hair & make up by Tina Fischbach / Basics.

Two Falke campaigns were shot in sunny Paris this Summer, the first one pictured here with photographer Jean-Philippe Lebée, styling by Claudia Englmann and hair & make up by Margeaux Priolet produced by SPEEDBALL PRODUCTIONS.

Within a very short amount of time, Tim Adorf has made a name for himself in car photography.

Brands such as Audi, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, SEAT all now belong to Tim's client's list, as well as the recent addition, BMW. They all appreciate his style: fresh, natural, modern - with an eye for the special moment that distinguishes a special photo from an average one.

Tim is represented by Claudia Bitzer.

"By 2022 more than a third of all Germans will be over 50. Best Agers will become the key target audience in advertising. Elbmodels really understands this development, so since 14 years, the age range of our models starts where other agencies draw the line.

Located in Hamburg and Munich, we connect experienced models from Germany and abroad with agencies, editorial offices and photographers for movie and photo productions. Our models embody the lifestyle of their generation, with a striking appearance and lots of experience."

"We think youth is overrated."

Alexander's focus is on architectural and interior photography. However, he has a real passion for corporate and industrial motifs as well. Therefore, he is travelling for his clients from construction and industry throughout Germany, even worldwide for hotels and cruise lines. On his travels, he will be inspired by the imaging language of other regions and develop motif ideas with influences from different genres. With this "crossover style" and his almost childlike curiosity on experimenting with unusual perspectives and lighting techniques, he also offers smaller and medium-sized companies with the appearance of international campaigns.

In order to creatively refuel after time-consuming jobs, he is working on several books on hospitality design and historical mansions that are typical of his home region of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Before turning his passion into a career, Alexander worked in sales and marketing at BMW, Mercedes Benz and BANG & OLUFSEN and therefore has a deep understanding of the needs of his clients that include AIDA CRUISES, Dormakaba, Engel & Völkers, ecovis Europe, halbersbacher hospitality group, mercure Hotels, Schlegel GmbH, SIXT, Veolia, Weber Haus and BONAVA Deutschland.

Miriam is focused on kid’s fashion and lifestyle and works as a photographer and directress worldwide. She is an energetic kid coaching shooter with a Montessori/Waldorf background.

While working her main intention is to have a real and individual moment developed by an authentic and lively performance: heartbreakingly, wild and beautiful.

Miriam studied photography at the Berlin Lette Verein and worked as a freelance assistant and producer for several German photographers before starting her own business. She works for catalogue and advertising clients such as Amway, Coca-Cola, Ergobag, Ferrero, Fielmann, Milka, Nivea, Tonies and many more.

She is represented by her German agent BOSCHTOBANRAP.

SPEEDBALL PRODUCTIONS looks back on a busy first half year of 2021.

Early in 2021, SPEEDBALL vastly expanded their location database in Hamburg and northern Germany, just in time when demand for local productions increased. They presented their updated sustainability and hygienic measures for safe and eco-friendly productions with SPEEDBALL ONE.

Catalogue client Peter Hahn was one of the first to enjoy their streamlined services. Some clients still wanted snow and winterly mountains moods, so SPEEDBALL provided modern mountain architecture, gorgeous chalets and alpine lakes in the Italian Alps for the upcoming fall/winter. Chinese fashion label Autason and Austrian luxury brand Hanro have also used SPEEDBALL for full production services.

Back in Hamburg, SPEEDBALL produced the fall campaign for Gerry Weber all over northern Germany. Hamburg at its best came next for Happy Size catalogue.

After an extensive scouting, it turned out that northern Denmark with the city of Aalborg and the west coast of northern Jutland provided the best settings for men’s fashion label Casamoda. In June, romantic Paris was the absolute best choice for SPEEDBALL client Falke.

A busy summer is ahead, SPEEDBALL crews will be seen all over Europe, producing for fashion clients and catalogues in Paris, Marseille, Amsterdam, southern Italy, and of course, in and around beautiful Hamburg.

Often the beautiful things are just around the corner. According to that motto, Michael Heinsen has produced the following pics next to his door in Mallorca.

Michael, known for believable, high quality and outstanding people and lifestyle photography, this time had fun with a Peugeot 2008.

Automotive and lifestyle photographer Jan Steinhilber has been busy shooting some personal work lately, featuring the beautiful and talented Kate from Hamburg and a true automotive legend from Stuttgart, a Mercedes G55AMG. 

This series has literally been shot in Jan's back porch in northern Germany (where it almost always rains as you can see in the pictures).

SOLAR UND FOTOGRAFEN is a Hamburg-based boutique agency, representing photographers working across lifestyle, people, food, interior, still life, travel and transportation advertising.

The represented photographers are not just creative and hardworking, but also passionate about their job. Inga and her team manage projects with individual service and fast turnaround times. Their aim is to make every production a great, efficient, safe and high professional shooting experience with fantastic results.

Recent work includes commercial still and moving image productions for companies like Vodafone, IKK insurance, Mercedes Benz, Paulaner, TESA, Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Ergo insurance, BAT, EDEKA, McDonalds, LVM insurance, Commerzbank, Ramazotti, Rewe, Toom, UBS, Thomas Porzellan, Blockhouse, Weber and Veltins.

Contact them to talk about your project and find the perfect photographer and supporting team for your needs. 

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