If almost 20 years of worldwide production services teaches you one thing, it’s that local expertise is vital for a successful shoot.

So why not mix that with the experience SPEEDBALL PRODUCTIONS was able to gain during that time on a global scale and turn it into something new: SPEEDBALL ONE.

While Covid-19 related restrictions are slowly being released in Germany, SPEEDBALL ONE is able to offer their full services, including a wide range of interior and exterior locations, crew, transportation, equipment and catering.

Their new Hamburg-based full-service production unit has a strict "local-only" approach, exclusively covering northern Germany from metropolitan areas like Hamburg to the beaches of the North and Baltic-Sea (and everything in-between, of course).

Consequently, they summon the best local crew for your project and provide local, organic catering to keep spirits up!

"You are welcome!"

If almost 20 years of worldwide production services teaches you one thing, it’s that local expertise is vital for a successful shoot.

So why not mix that with the experience SPEEDBALL PRODUCTIONS was able to gain during that time on a global scale and turn it into something new: SPEEDBALL ONE. 

While Covid-19 related restrictions are slowly being released in Germany, SPEEDBALL ONE is able to offer their full services, including a wide range of interior and exterior locations, crew, transportation, equipment and catering.

Their new Hamburg based full-service production unit has a strict "local-only" approach, exclusively covering northern Germany from metropolitan areas like Hamburg to the beaches of the North and Baltic-Sea (and everything in-between, of course).

Consequently, they summon the best local crew for your project and provide local, organic catering to keep spirits up!

"You are welcome!"

Hamburg-based ADRET - Advertising Retouching is a high-end digital retouching studio focused on still life, luxury, jewellery, beauty and fashion.

Unique images demand perfection and control. With special photography techniques and retouching experience, the highly skilled retouchers at ADRET pursue creative solutions with patience and concentration. With a full menu of services and efficient time management, the ADRET team is prepared to accomplish all imaging needs by deploying its range of skills to achieve outstanding results.

The experienced team takes raw materials and polishes them to form a perfect diamond, setting the mood and correcting lighting and colours along the way. ADRET creates outstanding visual effects and generates images of the highest quality.

ADRET's goal is to support clients with their projects. Visit the website for more information.

"My pictures are about people, a story, and emotions. That's why my work can be used perfectly for my fellow human beings in addition to my job. I want to give something back, create added value. Be it on my assignments for Dein-Sternenkind, where I take the first and last photo of these children for their parents. Or for Hamami, which I have now accompanied to Cameroon for the second time to document the efforts of the doctors and to show a small portrait of the people in Cameroon.

As difficult as the pandemic will be for many, it will hopefully bring some good things with it. Be it our new willingness to help for our fellow human beings, or a reflection on the values that we may have forgotten in our fast everyday life.

The latest projects were for Hansano, TUI Robinson Club, Spardabank, and KWS Saat.

Thanks to his interest in people, Christoph Siegert can connect with you very quickly. This gift helps him immensely with the implementation of his projects in the field of film and photo, which he has recently been able to realise through stories that are told in beautiful atmospheric images.

Christoph produced an image film for the advertising agency, 2do Marketing Services. In Christoph's characteristically atmospheric and warm tones, he humorously stages the different facets of how advertising agencies work. A nice challenge in this case was his directorial work with only children as actors, which he mastered with flying colours! But you should see for yourself.

Christoph photographed and directed for the hearing aid manufacturer Optimus Schmelzer. With “storytelling at its best”, the “Excellent Day” commercial shows that small and inconspicuous hearing aids can do much more than just make sounds louder. Christoph proves here with sensitive instructions that even silent punch lines can carry a film.

Atmospheric, authentic, credible and high-quality portrait and lifestyle photography is what Michael Heinsen is known for. Whether he is faced with emotionality, strong physical presence, fragility or a special aura, Michael Heinsen captures those fine nuances that make a photo or film sequence special and different.

Thanks to his intuition and his ability to connect easily with the people he meets, he never fails to create these unique moments, be it in a complex photo production or a hectic film shoot.

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.

Companies and publications such as Dolce & Gabbana, Grazia, Eucerin, Mercedes-Benz, Nivea, Bugatti, Cosmopolitan, adidas, Audi, Glamour and many more, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

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.

At this times of current crisis, we hope our subscribers are staying safe and preparing to emerge even stronger, using this time to improve their skills, make new connections and plan new projects... or to relax and enjoy the impressive work from our members.

Our cover was shot by photographer Alexandra Klever. 

Elke Vogelsang specialises in pet portraiture for commercial and editorial projects. Based in Germany she offers commissioned photography worldwide.

With her own pet picture agency with hundreds of hand-selected images she might already have what you are looking for regarding your pet picture related commercial or editorial projects.  Client and product-specific pictures can be commissioned. Models are available.

Her commercial clients include Fujifilm, The South Australian Museum, Kesselskramer, Medion, Mars Petcare and many more.

Her photography appeared on US and German television  and has been published in books, newspapers, and magazines globally, including the likes of National Geographic, The Sunday Times Magazine and The Daily Telegraph. In addition to this, her work has been displayed in galleries in London, Paris, Lisbon, San Anselmo, and Singapore.

Over 800,000 background images and matching 360° HDR domes guarantee the biggest variety for automotive visualisations.

Los Angeles, Cape Town, Beijing, Sydney, Barcelona, Berlin, New York ... you name it. It's all in the stock archive - ready for your next marketing project.

MAGROUND's simple and affordable license models will fit any company size or budget. CGI, composites, postproduction, and 360° experiences. All this has long been a standard in visual communication, but commercial photography is always redefining itself. 

MAGROUND aims to always be one step ahead of these developments. Technologically. Aesthetically. And always with a strong emphasis on personal project support.

Over 400 professional photographers now produce exclusively for MAGROUND.

Customers from a wide range of different industries are personally supported by our offices in Hamburg, Los Angeles, and Beijing.

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With almost a decade of service to clients and a vast network of researchers and scouts, FastForward offers a comprehensive archive of locations anywhere in the world to enrich photography and film productions that operate on a global scale.

Providing and scouting locations that range from the unique to the mundane, the company's team works around the clock to fulfill its clients' vision.

Through hard work and diligence, FastForward takes great pride in calling Markenfilm GMBH, Anorak Film, 27KM, Iconoclast, Sterntag, Cobblestone, Czar Film, The Marmalade, Bubbles and Tempomedia loyal clients.

FastForward streamlines production by vertically integrating location and rental services for both the photo production and motion picture industries.