showcase germany issue 200

Feb 2010

Artists & Co by Daniela Pitzk: Munich photo agents

Latest news from Artists & Co by Daniela Pitzk:

• Bonifatius Ametsbichler shot an Aston Martin DBS for the Loder1899 catalogue and website at Sirius Studios, Munich. He also completed a free project with stylist Bettina Bruaröy Maurer, shooting PeakPerformance winter jackets at NewHouse Studio, Munich.
• Adrian Bela Raba shot an editorial for Traveller's World in Arlberg, Austria, with art director Markus Thommen. He also worked with Christine Heimann-Leppien and Angelika Francis shooting a new lingerie editorial for Sous Magazine.
• Kalle Singer produced dynamic images of a family day out in the park for the stock4b agency.
• Caroline Martin shot for Käfer and photographed Réunion Island themed recipes for Saveurs Magazine, Paris, with food stylist Geneviève Péron.
• Sacha Höchstetter shot at BMW World for Fashion Trend Magazine, Milan, and put together an elaborately staged road story for Brazilian magazine Platinum.
• Norbert Hurrle completed an editorial shoot in Marrakech with stylist Petra Wiebe.

Claas Cropp Creative Productions: Berlin full photo production

Berlin-based Claas Cropp Creative Productions is a full service production company with experience in all areas of still photo production, location scouting and casting. Recent productions include:

• Meltin' Pot S/S 2010 campaign with photographer Jean-Yves Lemoigne.
• Wolfgang Joop 'Freigeist' fragrance campaign and video casting for Coty Prestige, shot by Dieter Eikelpoth.
• Microsoft Windows 7 and SPD election campaigns shot by Fergus Padel.
• Mercedes-Benz Trucks calendar 2010 by Jim Rakete.
• Persol 'A Work of Persol' campaign with Carlos Serrao.
• Deutsche Post 'Athletics World Championships' campaign and live casting, shot by Levon Biss.
• Two Schwarzkopf productions with Stéphane Coutelle in Duesseldorf.
• BMW Mini Collection catalogue 2010 by Karel Kuehne.
• Caritas campaign 2010 with street-casted senior citizens, shot by Mathias Bothor.
• New Navigon campaign pictures with Grégoire Alexandre.
• Siemens with Markus Altmann in Berlin and Hiepler Brunier on location in Lanzarote.
• BASF campaign featuring kids diving into a specially built 3000 litre water tank, shot by Olaf Blecker.
• Catalogue productions for KaDeWe, Karstadt, Alviero Martini, Texman, Engbers and Emilio Adani.
• SZ Magazine editorial with Marcus Gaab and actress Karoline Herfurth.
• GQ editorial productions with Cellina von Mannstein, Lee Strickland and Markus Jans.

Holger Wild: Hamburg car & transportation photographers

'Civilized Raw' by Holger Wild.

During his latest excursion, Holger Wild collected some delicately coloured impressions of the Arctic. The project 'Civilized Raw' sets portraits of the residents, wilderness landscapes and settlements in contrast with each other and finds unexpected complicity.

After the success of the first exhibition in Wilhelmshaven the large format prints will be shown in Landshut and Hamburg. Production Paradise will publish the dates as soon as they are announced.

360ties: Dusseldorf CGI/ 3D photographers

360ties is a studio specialising in 360-degree photography. Its newest development is a studio area that allows shots to be photographed from 24 cameras in one take. The animated 360-degree images are then presented in a Flash-based viewer.

360ties shoots people, fashion, products and stills as a 360-degree image. The service includes retouching, colour correction and composing, and on request hosting of picture data.

The 360ties studio is located in a beautiful historic factory on a riverbank between Düsseldorf and Essen. The distance to downtown and to Dusseldorf airport is 20 minutes.

Visit the website for more information.

alphadog: Hamburg creative post production

alphadog, in collaboration with Gulliver Theis, produced motifs for a risk prevention campaign for DGUV (a German legal accident insurance company). The campaign, entitled "Risk Out", presents a unique interpretation of dangerous situations taken from everyday life and occupations. The project was completed in conjunction with the BBDO Düsseldorf agency.

alphadog also worked on editorials "Glamour Beauty“, "The Eighties“ and "Nature“ for OK! Magazine with photographer Christoph Loeb.

Visit the website for more information.

[zerone] /cgi: Hamburg cgi 3d rendering

Recent work from [zerone] /cgi:

• Collaboration with Hamburg-based agency Lukas Lindemann Rosinski on a campaign for the Mercedes-Benz Nutzfahrzeuge.
• Photogapher Mats Cordt shot images of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Vito. Mats delivered the backplates and high quality HDRI footage.
• Photographer Markus Wendler supervised the CGI studio lighting for the Mercedes-Benz Vito campaign. [zerone] /cgi created the backgrounds and props using CGI technology.
• Photographer Thorsten Klinkow shot the new Citroen C3 catalogue. The 2D and 3D post production was completed by [zerone] /cgi.

Many more productions are already in the pipeline but are still under non-disclosure. Check future Showcases for the latest information.

LIGA_01 COMPUTERFILM Hamburg - Munich: Munich CGI & 3D

The revised on-air design of German broadcast station ProSieben is characterised by outstanding ideas and spectacular effects. LIGA_01's latest work for the campaign concerned the IDs of presenter Stefan Goedde and comedian Christoph Maria Herbst, a.k.a. Stromberg. The company helped to transport the visionary yet surreal stories by means of CGI, thus also creating the intended "twinkle in the eye".

In a kind of James Bond persiflage, Stefan Goedde's pen transforms into a robot fly that nestles on his collar and finally morphs into an elegant bow tie. As director of the Starforce campaign, Christoph Maria Herbst inevitably instigates the odd disaster or two.

LIGA_01 has already completed 11 of the Starforce IDs in close collaboration with the client, setting new benchmarks in star- and effect-studded on-air design that includes a real passion for detail. Further IDs are in the works.

Public Heroes Agency: Berlin people models

public heroes agency was created to bring together all the exciting faces of Berlin in one place. Since 2002, the agency has been representing performers of all age groups in every aspect of commercial film and photo production, including personally scouted talents, professional models, artists and musicians, dancers and actors.

Clients include: Deutsche Bank, Vattenfall, SportScheck, T-Systems, Siemens, SAP, Porsche, Aspirin, Deutsche Bahn, BMW, Merci, C&A, Almette, Bacardi, Clearasil, Edeka, Stern, Audi.

public heroes also runs studio and street castings and is always on the spot to find the best leads, supporting roles and featured extras.

Castings include: Nivea, Mercedes-Benz, Base, Sat 1, Premiere, N24, Sparkasse, Euro Eyes, Activia, McFit, VW.

prolightrent: Hamburg camera/ accessories photography

Aside from providing all types of lighting equipment prolightrent offers a huge range of digital gear, including cameras by Canon, Nikon, Hasselblad and Phase One. The company is also the only rental company in Hamburg to offer the new Leica S2 system. Canon shift 17mm TSE and Nikon 70-200mm VR II lenses are also available and prolightrent can supply a range of Hypermac external batteries for Macbook and Macbook Pro to provide hours of extra power.

"Check it out, make a reservation!"

SKYLOFTSTUDIO: Munich rental studios photo

The SKYLOFTSTUDIO is a new spot in Munich, offering a light-flooded space, modern furniture and the perfect place to work. With a work area measuring 320 m², panoramic windows and a roof deck with an additional 170 m², the studio opens up with to an amazing view over Munich.

Features include 4-6m ceiling height, five floors, kitchen, furniture on wheels, free Wi-Fi access, air conditioning, two bathrooms, one with shower, high voltage current, four elevators including a freight elevator to the 4th floor, free parking and a basement garage.

Clients: Adler, Anita, Audi, Burda Style, Dadosens, Gebrüder Götz, John Frieda, Mädel Fashion Store, SAECO, Shape, Sternenfänger, K&L Ruppert, Quelle.

Superbude: Hamburg hotels

"Nordic by nature! This 're-design' represents an answer to the trend of sustainable working methods."

Superbude's six floors were redesigned to create a long-term home, the idea being to work with materials and objects that are totally different in purpose, thereby creating a weird and wonderful new dimension. Sofas have been covered with used jeans, kitchen sinks made out of seamen's chests, and old water pipes have been screwed together to create shelves and tables. Considering Hamburg is a harbour town, some of the furniture has been made out of pallets and thick ropes.

Visit the website for more information.