Calumet Photographic is a well-known market leader of Germany’s photo retailer market. But did you know Calumet Photographic also offers a professional rental service?

The rental portfolio includes all kinds of photo equipment such as cameras, lenses, flash systems as well as video equipment. Brands like Canon, Nikon, Sony, PhaseOne, Fujifilm, Profoto, Broncolor, Arri, and more, all available in large quantities and in perfect working order.

The rental staff knows what is important: the job must run smoothly. Perfect organisation, great flexibility and comprehensive knowledge about the workflow of big productions ensures that the equipment can be used successfully.

"What makes Calumet Photographic unique? Besides the broad professional rental service on offer, there are more than 20,000 products to purchase. This is sure to cover all your requirements!"

Calumet Photographic is offering a 25% discount for new customers until 30th June 2018.

The VW Amarok is a real all-rounder of the Volkswagen Group and as such, just the right object for the new personal spread by WE! Shoot It duo Thomas von Salomon and Michael Compensis.

With the 'Country' special model, the two embarked on a virtual ride through rough terrain. But while the car was staged using CGI in collaboration with NPIXO, it did indeed get quite rough for the two photographers. During the backplate shoot using their own sphere-camera in Tenerife and in the Bavarian and Austrian Alps, they climbed up volcanoes, drove through jungle, and stood in icy-cold mountain stream water. Using a drone, they overflew alpine passes supported by Max von Eicken. The result is a personal spread which could not be any more varied.

For their on-going personal project 'Falling Waters', Thomas and Michael also used a drone - but in a very different way. Instead of hanging a camera on the drone, they installed a very strong light source and with a static mounted camera created some very artificial light paintings in nature.

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.

Delight Rental Services provides maximum support for professional photo and video productions. "Regardless of whether you‘re a photographer, producer, stylist or outfitter, DRS will serve your needs, supplying a huge range of digital, lighting, production and styling equipment.“

Be sure to ask the team for unique equipment - finding solutions, even with custom built gear, is only one of their specialties!

Latest examples from Delight Rental Services‘ continuously extending portfolio include Sony Alpha 7R III, Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM, Sony FE 70–200 mm F2,8 GM OSS, Carl Zeiss Compact Zoom CZ.2 70-200/T2.9 and Carl Zeiss Compact Zoom CZ.2 28-20/T2.9.

DRS is located in Berlin, Stuttgart and Marbella, but provides equipment worldwide.

"Taste can be seen! For more than 20 years as a food photographer, I have been playing with senses and have created delicious photographs for prominent exponents of the food and advertising industries. This includes recipe photography and recipe development, food photography, drinks photographs, food films and packaging and other promotional materials.

Together with my well-rehearsed team of food stylists and other professionals, I combine sophisticated craft with artistic aesthetics and the latest trends.

A 470m² large daylight studio in Bremen offers ample opportunities for this. Here, we can take photos with up to 100 megapixels and, thanks to our comprehensive artificial and film lighting equipment, can situate every delicacy in the proper light - including high-resolution effects and pleasurable slow-motion shots.

The spacious loft studio also offers room for a generously equipped show kitchen. This is where cooking professionals find everything their hearts and their food desires, in addition to extensive cooling and deep-freeze logistics to store ample amounts of food and keep it fresh. Props of more than 50,000 pieces of cutlery, tableware and glasses perfectly set the scene for food and drink."

Stefan Hobmaier is a freelance photographer based in Munich. He focuses on portrait, corporate and advertising photography.

Shooting actors, authors, celebrities, CEOs and employees or just normal people, he knows how to handle different personalities and situations to create authentic, honest and congenial images.

Stefan's national and internatonal clients include Intel, BMW, Google, ProSiebenSat1, H&M, Porsche, SZ Scala, Burda, C3, Hoffmann&Campe, Territory, Condé Nast, Impulse, Bloomberg Business Week, FourFourTwo, Haymarket and various B2B and B2C magazines.

Peter Lindemann began taking pictures at the age of 16. He assisted international photographers before setting up his own studio focusing on commercial people images in Cologne in 1994.

Peter began his path towards the automotive industry in 1998 and has since worked internationally for a number of major car companies. As a member of the AWI, his work has been awarded several times over the last three years; recently, he was voted one of the '200 Best Photographers Worldwide' by Lürzers Archive.

Clients include Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Infinity, Nissan, Bentley, Subaru, Skoda, Seat, Volvo, Toyota, Sony, Aral, BP, Metzler, Canon, Adac, Dockers, Vasto, Citroën, Siemens, Linda, Mondo, Emi, Bayer, Polo and Payot.

laif is a leading photo agency for photojournalism, magazine and travel photography. laif core, a part of laif, provides services around photography for businesses, organisations and foundations.

Together with international aid organisation CARE, laif core launched a very special exhibition entitled 'Climate Heroines: Women against Climate Change', featuring 12 women from around the world who stand up for climate protection with extraordinary commitment.

Based on a laif concept, the agency collaborated with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung bpb and the Picture Editors' Class 16/17 of Ostkreuzschule Berlin to select 95 photographs from their archive to illustrate the worldwide problems caused by climate change. The book 'Evidence of Change' is available here.

Tomy Badurina is based in Cologne and has been working for more than a decade as an advertising photographer.

Corporate, people or stills, Tomy does everything for the perfect moment. Inside his studio or out on location, he loves to interact with people, working with agencies as well as direct clients.

His client list includes ADAC, Lidl and Köln Tourismus GmbH.

Visit his website for more information.

Oliver Bellendir is a Düsseldorf-based photographer who specialises in shooting corporate and industrial work. His broad range of experience enables him to work across various disciplines.

As well as Oliver’s stunning images, he is a pleasure to work with, has a great work ethic, and really engages with his subjects - creating a comfortable environment for everyone on set.

His work appears in annual reports and internal and external communications, and occasionally advertising. Recent projects include the recruiting campaigns of Ströer and Bayernwerk as well as his successfull participation in the 'photoart2017.de' of RWTH Aachen.