For more than 30 years, the Digitalstore Vienna has been one of the largest consultancy and service companies selling digital photography products for semi-professional and professional users.

Due to the success of previous in-house exhibitions, this year the company will host two editions. The 'Photo & Video Days' Summer Edition will take place from the 21st - 22nd June, while the Winter Edition will be held from the 15th to the 17th November. More than 20 companies will present brand new highlights and free workshops will also be on offer. Drop by and let yourself become inspired!

The store is located at Stiftgasse 21, 1070 Vienna. Visit the website for further information.

Nadja Hudovernik is a food and still life photographer based in Vienna.

Within her personal work she favours a minimalistic and modern aesthetic, with the intent to create a focus on the product itself. She photographs within a studio environment just as much as out on location. For her clients' work, she prefers to take a collaborative approach, always working closely with them to implement their overall vision.

Her collaboration with a carefully selected network of recipe developers, food and prop stylists ensures the quality and realization of all requirements.

"Whether your request comprises photographs for advertising, cookbooks, magazine articles or anything similar, Nadja is happy to take care of everything needed to carry out the task to your utter satisfaction."

"Looking for a talent, a photographer, special piece of equipment or a unique location? Regardless, Making Of is the right company to call.

We'll make sure that your production has a proper workflow from the first idea to the final product, and that it stays on budget and is delivered on time.

The person behind Making Of is Martina Cerny. In cooperation with her team of stylists, make-up artists, project managers and many more, she ensures that your Idea gets the shining performance it deserves!"

Featured in this Showcase are recent projects for Austrian Airlines, Wien Tourismus, Transgourmet Österreich GmbH, Leyrer + Graf Bauges.m.b.H., Pagro Diskont/ Petra Jobstmann & Carina Steinmassl, Österreich Wein Marketing, ADEG Handelsaktiengesellschaft, Dana Türen, Time Mode, Thrive Magazine, and Hartlauer. 

Making Of will launch its new website shortly. 

With a hand-picked selection of Austrian photographers, Karin Zumann Photographers' Agency serves customers from Austria and abroad.

Karin offers an all-round service from budget planning, casting, location scouting, hair and make-up to styling, production and image editing. She shares her passion and professionalism for the job with her photographers.

• When it comes to capturing a special moment in the right light, Dieter Steinbach is in demand. He recently shot a new campaign for Österreich Werbung.
• BILLA chose Robert Szutta and his special stop-motion technique for its new TV ad, 'BILLA Freshly'. Robert is also a professional across image editing.
• Gregor Hofbauer's focus is on interior photography, making him the right person to photograph the Ruby Hans Workspaces in Hamburg.

Theresa Schrems started her own photo studio 'foto & style' in 2000, after studying architecture at TU Vienna for three years and then photography at the Graphische College in Vienna and JCU in Townsville, Australia.

Theresa's focus is on food, still life and interiors as well as short recipe videos, mostly for social media, for which she has built up a team of highly professional food stylists and video production partners over the years.

Shooting with natural light and creating an appetizing mood for each food project is one of her passions, and she is constantly looking for the perfect props to enhance her shoots.

Since 2012, Theresa has been teaching food photography at the Graphische College and 'creative cooking' at the Gastronomiefachschule Judenplatz in Vienna.

Her clients include IKEA Food Austria, Red Bull, Wiener Zucker, Fini's Feinstes, Gourmet, Wewalka, Gusto and Maxima Magazine.

David Beger is a commercial photographer concentrating on fashion, lifestyle, portrait and advertising photography.

He started his career by studying photography at FH-München. David has been working for international clients for more than 10 years and his approach to creating big pictures comes from a deep understanding of his clients' needs.

A recent highlight was shooting a social media campaign and website content for Nivea.

David is happy to work for local clients and to travel worldwide for international photo productions.

Whether it's sharks, wrecks or ballet dancers, with over 10 years' experience in creating underwater visuals Susanne Stemmer catches them all.

"Over the years, we’ve worked for big clients like LVMH, Swarovski and Chanel yet every job is different and has its own requirements. We partnered up with Friendly Fire 3D Concept House a few years ago to add even more impact and fantasy to our underwater sets and environments. We invent underwater lighting and bubble machines, and train our models to do exactly the poses we need. From slightly unpredictable and adventurous underwater shoots in the beginning, we've moved on to totally controlled large productions with a lot of fun and expertise. I simply love my job!"

After many years of shooting commercials, Susanne started her art career four years ago with exhibitions in Paris, New York and Los Angeles. She was invited to show her video installation at the Venice Biennale 2017 - a huge projection installation on the facade of Palazzo Mora.

Always on the move, Susanne lives in Paris and Vienna.

Wagner Productions is a full service international production company for photography and moving image shoots.

The company is based in Vienna, Austria and works on shoots all over Europe, as well as worldwide.

Wagner Productions has experience in countries across Europe as well as Africa, North and South America, and Asia.

Production Pool / Pool Films is a full service production company specialised in film and photo production. With bases in Zurich, Vienna, Berlin, Cape Town and the Alps, Production Pool offers a great range of production service and locations.

Recent productions include Ovomaltine TV commercial (Director: Thomas Dirnhofer), Cashgate TV commercial (Director: Daniel Borjesson), Globus print campaign (Photographer: Markus Pritzi) and Birkenstock print campaign (Photographer: Jonas Unger).

Other clients include brands such as BMW, Bogner, Coca-Cola, Coop, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Elle, H+M, Heineken, IWC, Joop, Migros, Orange, S.Oliver, Swisscom and Vogue, as well as photographers and directors such as Boo George, Frederike Helwig, Gregor Hohenberg,  Jan Voss, Marcel Hartmann, Mariano Vivanco, Mario Testino, Matt Jones, Mikael Jansson, Sam Robinson and Tom Dirnhofer.

Visit the website for further information.

Welcome to Showcase Austria, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, post production companies, equipment and studio rentals and illustrators currently working out of Austria. 

You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Vienna Photo and Film directories.

Companies including Citroën, Austrian Airlines, McDonald's, C&A, BMW, Campari, Raiffeisenbank, Landrover and Bank Austria, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure not to miss our recommended events:

• World Press Photo 2017 exhibition, until 22nd October at Westlicht, Vienna. 
• The Picturebook of Elizaveta Porodina - photography exhibition, from 11th October to 16th December at OstLicht Gallery, Vienna. 
• Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, from 19th October to 2nd November. 
• Per-Anders Pettersson – African Catwalk, photo exhibition presenting Africa's fashion scene, from 19th October to 13th January 2018 at Leica Galerie Wien.

Our cover image was shot by Susanne Stemmer. Digital environment by Friendly Fire.