benelux Aug 2019

Diederik van Heyningen’s award-winning photography career has seen him create breath-taking imagery for top advertising clients around the world.

Not content with being put in a box, Diederik enjoys being able to shoot a wide variety of material. He is equally at home capturing cars and lifestyle in beautiful, remote locations, as he is creating stunning fashion and product campaigns in the studio.

Diederik’s collaborative approach has earned him a world class reputation from clients such as Mitsubishi, Dunlop, Intercontinental Hotels, MasterCard and Under Armour. His signature calm, methodical and under-control presence allows him to take demanding and complicated briefs and execute them effortlessly.

Han is a person who puts his signature on everything he does. He originally wanted to be a tree surgeon but kind of ‘fell-into’ photography. True, he always did like taking pictures, but he never thought that one day it would become his profession.

His passion for food and photography came together with Crisp Photography over 25 years ago. His strength lies in his creativity, transforming what is ordinary into something beautiful, funny or simply breath-taking. He is specialised in food and close-up studio shots and he produces crisp, fresh and colourful photos.

Crisp is more than the name of his company and his work, it is a description of Han himself. His pictures are diverse; some of them are soft and creamy while others are more forceful with aggressive colours.

Over the last few years he has tried to find more and more time to create personal work, such as still life, landscape and architectural objects like his latest series of bridges.

Wesley Dombrecht is a Belgium-based, Dutch commercial and artistic food photographer who started his career as a chef, food stylist and recipe developer. He now specialises in food, drink and still life photography.

With a deep understanding of food and ingredients coupled with an eye for styling and beauty, Wesley has developed his own style. He operates out of his studio in Belgium and works for a range of different Belgian food companies.

Wesley's personal work has won a lot of international awards, including first place in the TIFA 2017 and Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Awards 2017 with his image ’Smoked Mackerel’. His personal work is also sold by Italian gallery InArte Werkkunst.

Services include image content for commercial food companies, books and magazines; food, liquid, packaging and packshot photography; food styling and retouching.

Amsterdam-based Duivelseiland is a photo and film studio specialising in food - everything from technical to lifestyle, stills, people and packaging related to food. Clients range from supermarket chains to advertising agencies, and sometimes small businesses.

"Working out of our large, fully equipped kitchen our team is supported by regular freelancers who provide food styling, styling and post-production - all in an effort to make something beautiful for our clients! Please get in contact for further information."

da Lima aka FOODISM360 is a hybrid creative and former veggie chef who puts whole foods and plant-based food front and centre.

With over 20 years of combined work experience in foodservice, retail, marketing, branding and design, she is able to help brands create messages and recipes that stand out and enable them to emotionally connect with their audience in a 360° way.

Her visual language is about realness, daily simplicity, colour, tactility, natural lighting and minimalism. Her recipes represent contemporary from-root-to-top cooking, inspiring a more balanced, mindful lifestyle.

FOODISM360’s latest project is a series of digital photo collages for the brand activation campaign of Black Fiber, a new range of black kitchen appliances in the W Collection by Whirlpool.

Located in Amsterdam, ROOFF is a full service production company for photo, video and commercial shoots worldwide.

With a wide-reaching network the team can provide anything required for a shoot. Professionalism and quick response rates come as standard, while they believe in teamwork as a means of staying one step ahead.

ROOFF caters for a perfect shoot and makes every production a stress-free experience.

Recent clients include Tommy Sport, Goldbergh, MC Gregor, Calvin Klein, Vodafone, Tommy and Coca-Cola.

The Next Chapter is an Amsterdam-based boutique agency specialising in full service production. The company provides a one-stop-shop service meaning that it can cater for every need, big or small, and within any budget.

"We represent a select group of visual artists, both photographers and videographers, and pull from our broad network as art buyers. We also regularly work with creatives such as art directors, stylists, hair and make-up artists, retouchers, graphic designers and copy writers.

Together, we focus on the next chapter for your brand."

For 10 years already, Mindbox has been producing photo and film shoots in Belgium and abroad - with love and enthusiasm, the company has built a large location database that includes Belgium's treasures and secret places and a strong team that knows how to service an excellent production.

Mindbox knows the importance of being hands-on and flexible on set - they know how to adapt to any kind of production, fashion, catalogue or commercial shoots.

Mindbox can help clients with art buying, location scouting, casting, local crew, camera, production and styling equipment, and of course, a good cup of tea and delicious food.

Clients include Another Magazine, C&A, Dust, H&M Home, i-D Magazine, Instyle, Komono, Love Magazine, L'Officiel, Lola Liza, Mango, Raf Simons, Samsonite, Terre Bleue, Vogue (Italy, Netherlands, Turkey and US), Willy Vanderperre and Wrangler.

Amsterdam Production Services is Holland’s leading dedicated production service company. John Trapman, a Canadian living in The Netherlands, leads an ambitious team with over 20 years’ experience providing cost-effective production for commercials, features, TV and photography.

Recent clients include Lexus, Fiat, Netflix and Comedy Central.

"I have never given an unqualified endorsement of anyone that I have worked with around the world - until now. It was my first experience of shooting in Amsterdam and hopefully not my last. I give an unqualified endorsement of John and his team at Amsterdam Production Services." Adrian Harrison, UK Producer, AHFC Ltd.

"As the first space in Brussels offering creatives access to a wide range of infrastructures and facilities, such as a photo studio, exhibition space, sound studio and shared office space, 254forest facilitates trans-disciplinarity and co-creation, cooperation and co-production on a daily basis.

Our large, bright photo studio is walking distance from Brussels's south train station and offers a comfortable spacious studio to work in, where high-end equipment meets high-end service. We can offer you help on your production, extraordinary catering, and with the collaborative nature of 254Forest, assist you in getting the right people for any of your creative or professional needs."

Studio 202 is a magnificent modern event space with an area of 900m², housed in a New York-style former industrial building. It is very easily reachable thanks to its location in the heart of Brussels, a stone's throw from Avenue Louise, Boulevard Général Jacques, and the Ixelles ponds.

It consists of five splendid modular spaces: Welcome Area, Atrium, Daylight, Mezzanine and Blackbox.

The studio offers a vast range of possibilities and is suited equally well for events ranging from 20 to 200 people. Everything is easily adaptable depending on guest numbers, needs and budget.

A-light provides a professional 200m² sound stage for video and photography shoots, surrounded by an extra 200m² of functional spaces like a dressing and production room. The company also rents basic lighting packages and provides a lighting service.

"Because we have more than 10 years of experience, we can fairly say that we have the backbone you can rely on. We offer you a high-quality studio service at a good price, keeping your costs as low as possible. Our creative and flexible way of working gives you the direct and professional workflow you need. Or, as our customers have said: "The studio is just right: not too small, not too big, with a good sound quality ... and no fuss!"

A -Light studio is located in the heart of Antwerp, with public transport and lots of facilities nearby. The main international railway station is only a five-minute walk and the Antwerp airport terminal and main motorways can be easily reached.

Locdep specialises in providing customised vans and location equipment for film and photo productions, ranging from 12 metre-long mobile production base camps (including toilets, wardrobe and make-up, and lunch space for 25 people), to small drive-it-yourself photo buses.

Additionally, the company offers a range of drive-it-yourself mini-vans with location equipment as well as food trucks and mini-vans to transport any crew. Locdep even has two boats to support shoots on water or to cruise around the canals in after a hard day’s work.

The team can help find specialised crews: first assistants, hair and make-up artists, DOPs, location scouts, stuntmen, divers, production assistants and runners.

"All in all, Locdep provides professional and full-package support to best accommodate your shoot in the middle of nowhere, or at the centre of everything!"