Each summer draws to an end at some point - in contrast to the barbecue season! Colder temperatures make a hot grate even more tempting, therefore for BEEF! Magazine Christoph Siegert staged a fine winter grill on the Schnalstal Glacier in the Italian Alps. At a height of more than 2880m above sea-level, his team arranged a fine selection of grill scenes - not forgetting that they also enjoyed a lot to eat inside their huts!

For the current nationwide A.T.U car workshops PoS campaign, Christoph shot vivid motifs from everyday life. For three days, an A.T.U branch in Munich was converted into a photo studio. "Thanks to all employees for their dedicated support!"

Hamburg and Berlin-based photo production company bigshrimp is not only a reliable partner when it comes to perfectly prepared, full service productions all over the country, but also includes a model and locations database counting more than 1,500 talents and hundreds of locations.

"In case we can't offer suitable models or locations from our own databse, we gladly offer our experienced services as casting directors and location scouts, as well as our very well connected network of resources."

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Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of the top German-based photographers, photo agents, photo and film production companies, location services, post production companies, stylists, hair and make-up artists, equipment rental companies, model and casting agencies, and other creative talents and services. 

Companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Ikea, VW, ZEITmagazin, Villeroy & Boch, Lufthansa, Rolls Royce, Elle, Mustang, Pantene Pro-V, BMW, Huf Magazine, Porsche, Amway, Tchibo, Commerzbank, among others, 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.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• photokina - trade fair for photo and video, until 25th September in Cologne. 
• VisualLeader 2016 - exhibition of the best print and digital works from the German creative and media scene published during this year. Until 30th October in House of Photography, Hamburg.
• European Month of Photography Berlin 2016, featuring over a hundred of photography exhibitions, workshops, talks, panels, book days and live acts. From 1st to 20th October. 

Our cover image was shot by Marco Rothenburger. 

After training as a photographer Nina Struve gained a lot of experience working on international productions, which awakened her passion for interior and still life photography.

She has a knack for capturing the atmosphere of a place and for depicting her protagonists in it in an uncontrived way.

Nina lives in Hamburg and works for several commercial clients as well as magazines.

Clients include IKEA, Thalia, Tchibo, Poster XXL, Fährhaus Sylt, Schöner Wohnen and Barbara.

Operating nationwide in Germany and beyond in Europe, Hamburg and Berlin based bigshrimp is one of the country’s leading photo production companies. Highly skilled producers, casting directors and location scouts enable bigshrimp to provide clients with the best possible service to realise their projects and visions.

Latest projects include casting suppport for award-winning project Pink Ribbon by DDB Berlin, full production support for Multipower with Tim Wendrich and a great full support production for Beck’s with Wolfgang Zac.

bigshrimp is proud to show the results of the great shoot for Sony and DDB Berlin with Nadav Kander and Manuel Neuer and it had fantastic productions for Ernsting's Family with Anders Overgaard and Oscar Falk. Tim Adler recently booked bigshrimp to support him with his shoot for Wolf Heiztechnik.

Florian Arvanitopoulos is based in central Hamburg, Germany and specialises in still life, interior and textile photography. He shoots for advertising clients, magazines and catalogues.

Florian is the second generation owner of Fotostudio Arva, located in a former cinema that was in use until the late 1960s. The studio offers a creative environment and an excellent working space from where Florian does most of his work and where he builds all sets according to clients' specific requirements.

He is fortunate to have a wide range of clients including Beiersdorf, Bitburger Brauerei, Bosch, Commerzbank, Gerry Weber, Karstadt, KIA Automobile, Lucky Strike Originals, Osram, OTTO Group, Shell, Schneider Creatrade Group, Unicef, Veltins and many more.

Nils Hendrik Mueller is based in Germany and specialises in corporate and industrial photography. He started working as a freelance-photographer for a local newspaper at the age of 16 and studied photography at the Folkwang University Essen. Over 20 years later there remains a passion for photography of any kind.

Nils does not differentiate between a worker, an assistant or a top manager and treats everybody with the same respect. At the same time he loves the athmosphere and aesthetics of corporate architecture, industrial buildings or production sites. This interesting combination has led him to produce a number of annual reports, sustainability reports and image bank productions for companies including Bertelsmann, Continental and Henkel.

"Working with people; to engage with new situations; authentic, alive and emotional; the search for THE moment; to tell stories: all of this drives Karsten Koch in his still and moving images."

In recent months, different projects for various clients have emerged, incuding:

• With BBDO, he shot a campaign for West cigarettes in Cape Town,
• For Kaufland, he emerged parallel to the film images with proper Barbecue EM mood,
• In Berlin, he realised the shooting for S-Bahn together with Serviceplan,
• Sporting was photographed together with Südpol for the client Joy Sportswear in Cape Town,
• Lastly, Karsten has produced still photos and moving images in the personal project 'Friends.'

Hamburg-based Florian Arvanitopoulos specialises in still life, interior and textile photography. He shoots for advertising clients, magazines and catalogues.

Florian runs Fotostudio Arva, a former 60s cinema that gives him a creative environment and excellent working space.

He is fortunate to have a wide range of clients including Beiersdorf, Bitburger Brauerei, Bosch, Commerzbank, Gerry Weber, Karstadt, KIA Automobile, Lucky Strike Originals, Osram, OTTO Group, Shell, Unicef, Veltins and many more.

Frank P. Wartenberg is the embodiment of contemporary portrait, fashion and lifestyle photography and loves to experiment with light and colours, the movements of the human body and to play with emotions.

He works thoroughly on poses and expressions and encourages his team - behind and in front of his camera - to give it their all until he has captured the perfect moment.

The range of his portfolio goes from clean, pure beauty shots to opulent fashion spreads, elaborate settings and light installations. Frank's work leads him from Hamburg to London and New York, and to places all over the world.

His photo book 'Colorpoints' has been published by Edition Stemmle.