With over 25 years of experience, Hamburg-based Boys & Girls is one of the leading kids model agencies in Germany. Since the foundation in 1994 the agency has been placing babies, toddler, kids and teen models aged 0-16 years for fashion, advertising and TV commercials.

Notable advertising clients include: Beiersdorf, Edeka, Ferrero, Hipp, Lufthansa, Milupa, McDonald's, Nimm2, Nivea, Nutella, Nintendo, Porsche, Toffifee, Vogue Bambini and VW.

Fashion clients include: About You, Adidas, Aldi, C&A, Fila, Lidl, Tchibo, s.Oliver, Impressionen, Ernsting´s family, Takko and Zalando.

Visit Boys & Girls website or follow them on Instagram to see more work.

prolight studios are approaching their first birthday. For this reason, they are offering a studio discount of 15% for studio bookings in October. Due to their size, the high class equipped studios are fully prepared for all kinds of shootings in Covid-19 times.

The studios are co-located with prolightrent. They provide the finest cameras and lighting equipment. No courier cost, no loss of time!

For further information, click here for their studio and here for their rental services or call +49 40 88167166.

This time Kai shows a mix of works, of course Covid 19 cannot be left unmentioned at this strange time.

Kai Schwabe's work includes recipe photography and recipe development, food and drink photography, food films and packaging as well as other promotional materials. Together with an experienced team of food stylists and other professionals, Kai is able to combine sophisticated craft with artistic aesthetics and the latest trends.

Kai is happy about the support from Production Paradise and has felt in good hands there for 10 years.

Jan Steinhilber is one of Germany’s preeminent commercial photo­gra­phers, highly regarded for his creative vision, technical prowess, and command of design.

Here, featured in this Spotlight, is a fresh personal series shot in Spain with the all electric Jaguar I-Pace, a couple of weeks before the lockdown.

In France he is represented by Muriel Moreau and in UK by Horton Stephens.

This year has been really challenging yet successful for Sergei Zjuganov and his team, finding new solutions for clients' needs, as well as improving and learning new techniques.

He has continued the successful collaboration with Audi on their Q7 and Q8 models campaigns' stills, likewise Skoda Kodiaq and Honda CR-V Hybrid ad campaigns.

A beautiful sunny summer invited to capture the Porsche Taycan in the #discovertheunknown European roadtrip together with a Hamburg-based video team. 

Sergei's team has also helped various brands with servicing imagery and special purpose vehicles manufacturers with their marketing assets.

Sergei's goal for upcoming year is to reach new markets and find new demanding customers in Germany and other countries.

See this and more of his work on his Instagram page or his website.

70seven is a Hamburg-based full-service agency for national and international photo and film productions.

They offer local sustainable production services with a high hygiene standard all over Germany and also in foreign countries like Vietnam, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Norway, Iceland, Morocco and many more.

Services include: comprehensive location archive, exclusive scouting, location management, permits.

Recently they produced for clients like Audi, Birkenstock, C&A, Peek & Cloppenburg, Ansons and Jake*s in Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Cologne.

"No need to travel far for outstanding locations. You’ll get everything here."

You can follow 70Seven on Instagram.

"As a people photographer you don't want to keep your distance!" Karsten shows in an extract from projects during and in front of Corona and how a couple is doing at home and what to look forward to when travel is possible again.

Some of his recent pojects shown in this Spotlight:

• Dr. Oetker: Still and people shots were realised on the set of the TVC.
• TUI Magic Life: The task was to have fun with a group of influencers.
• KWS SAAT: As part of the 'Closeness' campaign, authentic motifs were created with the local farmers. 
• Robinson Club: Capture shots of water sports.
• Personal Work: 'Stay at home'.

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of Germany's leading talent and services for commercial photo and film production.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Berlin (Photo / Film), Cologne (Photo / Film), Dusseldorf (Photo / Film), Frankfurt (Photo / Film), Hamburg (Photo / Film), Munich (Photo / Film) and Stuttgart (Photo / Film) directories.

Companies and publications such as Porsche, Grazia, Marc Jacobs, Henkel, L'Officiel, Cosmopolitan, Austrian National Tourist Office, L'Oreal, and many more, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Don't miss our recommended events: 

• 63rd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. Call for entries is open until the 7th July and the festival will take place from 26th October to 1st November 2020. 
• John Heartfield - Photography Plus Dynamite, an exhibition featuring political photomontages. Until 23rd August at Akademie der Künste, Berlin. 
• Matt Black's photography exhibition, exploring the connections between migration, poverty, agriculture, and the environment in his native rural California and in southern Mexico. From 25th September to 3rd January at House of Photography, Hamburg.

Our cover was shot by photographer Linda Leitner represented by Take. 

Hamburg-based photographer Steffen Hofemann is well known for his fresh natural and cosmetic look.

The clients love his ability to capture authentic personality in commercial and editorial productions.

He is specialised in shooting and combining beauty, lifestyle and young fashion photography. For years, he has also been producing motion picture along his photo productions, as director or DoP.

Over the season Steffen shot for Nivea, Deichmann, Elmex, Meridol, Provinzial, Jägermeister among others, he also directed a TV commercial for Coral. Steffen has also worked with agencies like Grey, Philip und Keuntje, Kameradinnen and Dokyo.

On the subject of the Corona Crisis, Christoph produced the haunting and atmospheric film #NOTthesameprocedure for Edelhof1514 during the shutdown, quite spontaneously and with a small team. Based on the commonly known film "Dinner for One", the story about the topic of how to keep in touch with the elderly during the Corona crisis and how it can be alleviated with the help of modern technology was created. All necessary and required hygiene rules were strictly adhered to.

In sunny Cape Town, Christoph realised in his usual authentic lifestyle style, at the beginning of the year, a cheerful, atmospheric story entitled "Rooftop Party". A refreshing drink - the South African cider "Hunters" was presented in a colourful and atmospheric way with a lot of zest for life. The story shows the carefree life in South Africa, which we hope to experience again soon.