Blink Production is a boutique photo agency and production company, with offices in Copenhagen and Berlin, catering to the fashion and lifestyle industries for 15 years.

With a Scandinavian mindset, personal approach, and an eye for detail, any production – large or small – is handled and supervised by a hard-working and experienced crew, ensuring cost-efficient, timely and professional delivery every time.

Representing some of the best Danish photographers and videographers, with a large network of international collaborators and an extensive online location database, Blink is your one-stop destination for bringing creative concepts to life.

Recent clients include H&M, IKEA, Zalando, Volvo, Jack & Jones, Net-a-porter, Mr Porter, About You, Carlsberg and Bang & Olufsen.

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 BMW, Deutsche Bank, Dior, Kaufland, Volvo, DHL, HUF Magazine, Audi, Marie Claire, Thomas Cook, and Union Invest 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:

• Esther´s World - Esther Haase's photography exhibition. Until 21st October at Galerie ABTART, Stuttgart.
• Photokina - Imaging unlimited "Create! Discover! Connect!" - from 26th to 29th September at Koelnmesse, Cologne.
• EMOP – European Month of Photography Berlin. From 28th September to 30th October at C/O Berlin Foundation. 

Our cover was shot by Johannes Graf.

Michael Zargarinejad shot with writer Christina Dalcher for her book 'Vox', published by Fischer Verlag.

Manni Kreutzer strikes back! MZ created a new look for Dietrich Faber's new album, 'Das Manni-Fest'.

A shoot for Maria Galland shows the result of a cosmetics tutorial due to be released in trade magazines.

In 2018, Pirates 'n Paradise celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Feeling a little proud, the team looks back on two decades of passionate work in the film post-production industry.

Featured in this Showcase, a small selection of the latest work for Unitymedia, Mazda, S'Oliver and Dr. Oetker.

Ralph Wentz is a photographer and art director based in Cologne. In this Showcase, he presents work for LECUBI Kitchen that saw him shoot several images of custom made high-end interiors throughout Germany, as well as work for dog accessory manufacturer Karlie and its brand dogX2go.

Ralph was commissioned by German automotive supplier MEKU Technologie to shoot corporate imagery for print and online, while for Cologne and New York-based investment company BELGRAVIA he shot the interior and exterior of their office buildings as well as portaits of the board of directors.

Finally, as a father of three Ralph shot a series of portraits that illustrate the changes his children have gone through over the years. A subject that, as you may imagine, is very close to his heart!

Lunik is a Berlin-based full service production company responding to different requirements across photography and video production. Lunik’s international network allows it to offer all fields of production service worldwide, including art-buying, location scouting, casting or whatever is needed for the perfect shoot.

In addition, Lunik is able to supply high standard 'Making-Of' film production, implemented by creative professionals.

Recent projects include:

• TUI shot in Turkey with photographer Philipp Rathmer.
• Adidas shot in Berlin, realised by Klaus Metz.
• Zeiss shot together with Alina Schessler.
• Stadtwerke shot with photographer Darius Ramanzani.
• Drive Now shot with photographer David Breun.
• ZDF Neo shot with photographer Philipp Rathmer.

bigshrimp is a full service photo production company based in Hamburg and Berlin, and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

The company takes pride in supporting clients all over the country with its expertise in casting, scouting and on-set support.

This year has so far been a busy one, with many wonderful shoots for clients such as Vorwerk, Deutsche Bahn, Jack and Jones and Mercedes-Benz, to name just a few.

Additionally, bigshrimp has expanded its own talent database with lots of great new faces and has added stunning locations to its portfolio.

Berlin-based Claas Cropp Creative Productions is a full service production company with experience across all areas of still photo production, location scouting, casting and moving images.

Recent productions include:

• Audi catalogue shot by Jürgen Berderow in Hamburg (Philipp & Keuntje).
• Deutsche Bank brochure shot by Lars Borges in Germany and Spain (Philipp & Keuntje).
• Miles & More campaign shot by Ina Schoof in Portugal (Serviceplan).
• Cinemascopes personal work by Marc Trautmann in Berlin.
• Dr Hauschka medical campaign shot by Oliver Helbig in Berlin (in-house).
• Orsay campaign shot by Felix Krüger in Munich (FS Kommunikation).
• Breuninger advertorial shot by Michel Comte in Berlin (in-house).

Other clients include brands such as Louis Vuitton, Brioni, Lacoste, Nike, Adidas, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Siemens, BMW, Audi, VW, Mercedes-Benz and Lufthansa.

Photographers include Annie Leibovitz, Michel Comte, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Ellen von Unwerth, Nadav Kander, Martin Schoeller, Phil Poynter and many more.

Beata Isabella Nitzke is a Polish-born, Stuttgart-based freelance fashion stylist, fashion editor and creative director. She lives in Stuttgart, Warsaw and Ibiza.

Her fashion portfolio includes work for magazines such as Kaltblut, Jute, Solstice, Fault, Lucy’s, Elegant and many more. Beata also works for lookbooks, advertising, a range of different catalogues from high fashion Lagerhaus to sport fashion SPORT 2000, and commercial clients including Mercedes, Siemens, Bosch, Kärcher and Sparda Bank.

Beata loves to work in both women’s and men’s fashion. She creates moments in which absolute perfection and impeccable taste are preserved for eternity in one photograph. Focusing on the particular wishes of each client, she puts her entire passion into her work, and her good humour is always present. She speaks German, Polish and English.

For Beata, "good styling is like a gentle, radiant smile. It is never too imposing and yet can be seen by everyone; it never says too much and yet you know the whole story."

Check out Beata's latest news and more information on her website, Instagram and Facebook.

"It was a pleasure to create scenery for jewellery and fashion editorials with extraordinary models and styling. Working with Broncolor flashlight equipment, we are able to combine natural sunlight and flashlight in order to have full contrast control at any time.“