The Lab offers ultimate flexibility for all customers. Located close to the center of Copenhagen, Denmark’s leading still photography production service features in-house, full scale daylight studios, equipment rental, set building, an experienced crew and an in-house restaurant.

Whether you are looking for a single location or need to coordinate full scale production, The Lab has more than 20 years of experience in finding all the right places and carrying out productions all over the globe.

During 2021, The Lab expanded to a total of eight studios while the set building department grew into a full scale workshop able to help with every size of project. They have also recently opened a professional photo laboratory to handle the many requests on film developing and scanning.

Clients range from upcoming photographers to worldwide companies such as Bolia, Jotun, H&M, HAY, Pandora, Ganni, Cecilie Bahnsen, Zara, Mercedes and Miu Miu.

Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj is a still life photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He specialises in advertising and editorial assignments and has been shooting professionally for the past 17 years.

Mikkel's clean, graphic and colourful style defines his work and emphasises his goal to create images with a dynamic, elegant and luxurious feel. He loves the creative and technical challenges of working in photography and approaches each product he shoots with the same dedication to create stunning imagery.

Recent companies added to the client list are Carlsberg, Kronenbourg 1664, Bonduelle, Inter Flora and Tuborg. When not busy working for his often long-time clients, Mikkel enjoys working on his own personal projects.

Mikkel has been featured in Lürzer's Archive’s 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide 2016/17, 2018/19, 2020 and 2021/22.

Stay up-to-date with his work on his website and Instagram account.

YAKYAK Production Service is a competent and contemporary service production company based in Copenhagen.

"We are pleasant, highly professional, and offer full production services in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Faroe Island and Greenland.

Scandinavia is a striking and diverse location to shoot. We have whatever you are looking for, whether it’s funky architecture, picturesque old cities, icy mountains or stunning coastlines.

Our passion is to bring great concepts to life on screen with a well-orchestrated production that strengthens the creative ideas and engages audiences.

We have decades of experience in providing production service for outstanding commercials, movies, corporate films, tv series, fashion shoots and social media content. We will run your project in a smooth and professional manner from brief to final delivery because our production teams and technical crews are highly experienced and close-knit. We also incorporate trusted Scandinavian work ethics and standards into every project."

YAKYAK's range of services: Non-binding advising, budgeting and contracts, insurances and permitting, buy out break downs, casting, scouting, logistics, travel & accommodation, full production and post production.

Most recent productions: Netflix TV series Money Heist part 5, Microsoft commercial for Vancouver Media, Audi still shoot for Tool of North America, Samsung commercial for Sondapro with Keystone, Netflix TV movie with Mavx Productions, Carlsberg commercial with Bacon Film.

See more references of  YakYak Production Service's work here.

The Lab offers ultimate flexibility for all customers. Located close to the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark’s leading still photography production service features in-house, full-scale daylight studios, equipment rental, set-building, an experienced crew and an in-house restaurant. 

"Whether you’re looking for a single location or need to coordinate full-scale production, we have more than 20 years of experience in finding all the right places and carrying out productions all over the globe."

In 2021, The Lab expanded to a total of eight studios while the set building department grew into a full-scale workshop able to help with every size of project. 

Clients range from upcoming photographers to worldwide companies such as Bolia, Jotun, H&M, HAY, Mango, Pandora, Ganni, Cecilie Bahnsen, Zara, Mercedes and Miu Miu.

Jesper Westley specializes in creating visual narratives of people and communities living in adverse and difficult situations. He is able to quickly gain peoples trust and get close in order to create the deeply human portraits and stories. He sees behind social status hierarchies and cultural backgrounds shows us the person and not the condition. 

A professional in the business for more than 30 years, in both the US and Denmark, Jesper Westley is used to work closely with his clients in order to tell their special narratives. While a seasoned professional, he is curious on people and their stories, firmly believes that we all have interesting stories to tell.

Jesper’s work for large international companies as well as a number of NGO’s is featured in the various platforms of his clients – from annual reports to wall hangings and special publications. More than 20 of his works are in the permanent collection of the Danish National Portrait Gallery. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently, The Lancet 2018 Health Stories in Focus award, in 2019.

"YAKYAK Production Service is based in Copenhagen. We are pleasant professional people, who offer full production service in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Faroe Island and Greenland.

At YAKYAK we always deliver dedicated, competent and professional service to all our clients, whether it´s a simple production or a full scale commercial, film and TV or fashion shoot.

Our range of services includes:

• non-binding advising, budgeting. contracts, insurances, permitting, buy out breakdowns
• casting
• scouting
• logistic, travel & accommodation
• full production
• post-production

 Most recent productions include:

• Money Heist part 5 TV series - Netflix / Vancouver Media
• Microsoft commercial - Tool of North America
• Audi still campaign - Sondapro 
• Netflix TV movie - Mavx Productions
• Samsung commercial - Keystone
• Carlsberg commercial - Bacon

After a busy 2021 we are ready for another successful year, for more information go to our website."

Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj is a still life photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He specialises in advertising and editorial assignments and has been shooting professionally for the past 15 years.

Mikkel's clean, graphic and colourful style defines his work and emphasises his goal to create images with a dynamic, elegant and luxurious feel. He loves the creative and technical challenges of working in photography and approaches each product he shoots with the same dedication to create stunning imagery.

Recent companies added to the client list are Carlsberg, Kronenbourg 1664, Bonduelle, Inter Flora and Tuborg. When not busy working for his often long-time clients, Mikkel enjoys working on his own personal projects.

Mikkel has been featured in Lürzer's Archive '200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide 2016/17, 2018/19 and 2020/21.

Stay up-to-date with his work on his website and Instagram account.

"Close to Copenhagen centre, you’ll find The Lab; Denmark’s leading still-photography production service.

We have more than 20 years of experience in finding all the right locations and carrying out productions all over the globe. Whether you’re looking for modern or classic architecture or even a beach, Copenhagen offers all of these options within a range of 20 minutes from the city centre. 

Featuring full-scale daylight studios, equipment rental, set-building, an experienced crew and in-house restaurant, The Lab offers ultimate flexibility for all customers.

During 2021 The Lab expanded to a total of eight studios, as well as our set-build department grew into a full-scale workshop, helping with all sizes of projects.

Clients range from upcoming photographers to worldwide companies such as Bolia, Jotun, H&M, HAY, Pandora, Ganni, Cecilie Bahnsen, Zara, Mercedes and Miu Miu.

Welcome to Showcase Nordic Europe, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading creatives and companies working out of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.

You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Copenhagen (Photo / Film), Oslo (Photo / Film) and Stockholm (Photo / Film) directories.

Brands and publications including Coop, Siemens, Louis Vuitton, Pandora, Volvo, Vogue, Hallmark, BMW, Sony, Huawei, Nissan, and ID Magazine among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• Astrid Kruse Jensen and Marie Sjøvold photography exhibition. Both  artists use the photographic media primarily and use experiences and memories from their own lives and their own history in their artistic projects. Until 15th of August at Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen.
• In Lady Barclay’s Salon. The years from 1890 to the first World War were a golden era for the arts in Sweden. This exhibition presents beautiful pictorialist photographs and selected paintings from this period. Until 9th of January 2022 at Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Our cover image was shot by Mikael Jansson. Post production by MUD Studios. 

Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj is a still life photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He specialises in advertising and editorial assignments and has been shooting professionally for the past 15 years.

Mikkel's clean, graphic and colourful style defines his work and emphasises his goal to create images with a dynamic, elegant and luxurious feel. He loves the creative and technical challenges of working in photography and approaches each product he shoots with the same dedication to create stunning imagery. Recent companies added to the client list are Carlsberg, Kronenbourg 1664, Bonduelle, Inter Flora and Tuborg. When not busy working for his often long-time clients, Mikkel enjoys working on his own personal projects.

Mikkel has been featured in Lürzer's Archive '200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide' 2016/17, 2018/19 and 2020/21.

Stay up-to-date with his work on his website and Instagram account.