Mothercare and Early Learning Centre from the UK just completed photographing their SS12 in Cape Town with Bigsky Productions. Every year after the shoot, Mothercare & ELC donate their entire toy collection and wardrobe to a worthy school or cause and this years donation was received with tears of joy and jubilation, thank you Sam Mosedale and Louise Jones! ELC are one of our oldest clients and although the shoots are…
This vibrant and colourful TV Commercial was produced for Woolworths by Bigsky Productions. Woolworths is one of South Africa’s top retailers. BigSky Productions searched for all available talent in South Africa: Looking for the most versatile and skilled dancers, actors and models to produce this energetic and effective Television Commercial. We used current and past World Champion Hip-Hop dancers, giving this commercial a musical edge and dancing professionalism unmatched in…
Guy Neveling is a well respected international advertising photographer who predominantly lives in Cape Town. Judging by his work its no surprise that he has been selected as Archive top 200 Ad Photographer Worldwide 5 years running. A common trend for Ad Agencies coming to Cape Town for the beautiful locations on offer is to utilize the talented photographers that we have in South Africa. Major reasons for this is…
Bigsky Productions just completed a burst of TVC’s for retailer Woolworths, here is the first one that flighted last week. This Vibrant and Fun commercial showcases the summer dresses that are currently inshore at the moment. Click here to view the commercial. The crew were top notch in their hardwork and professionalism. Lighting the perspex box was a real challenge, the box had to be specifically designed and tested before…
This house is sensational example of the versatility and diversity of shoot locations in Cape Town on Amazing Spaces books. Situated just 20min from the center of Cape Town, making it a very convenient and suitable location for productions of Photo shoots or Commercials with Bigsky Productions. It it is a magnificent example of the best of modern architecture. This house boast a multilevel open plan space, with beautiful light and strong…
Bigsky did a great sports shoot with some of the contracted Puma Springbok Players. This Print Campaign was for the 2011 World Cup. Photography by Andrew Verster-Cohen, Retouching by Pablo Ponting, Grooming Jacqui Lupton. See the below Behind the scenes Video by Peter Sean.
We first met Andrea Olivo on an Italian Grazia Magazine shoot in Cape Town. Originally from South Africa, Andrea left to go and work and live photography in the fashion capitol Milan. It was here that he has honed his photo skills and worked with some of the best in the business, names like Signe Vilstrup, Roberto D’Este, James White and Anthony Mandler. Here is some of his latest shoots…
Built in 1929 to reflect the spirit of 18th Century Venice, Casa Labia was the former residence of Count and Countess Labia, and is now a national monument. This location is something special and has a very “period” and opulent feel to it. Great for Lingerie and up market fashion catalogue or editorial.
Here is our latest TVC directed by New York Director/Photographer – Nagi Sakai (Agency: Defacto) The “real music artist” concept involved a number of South African acts including Dirty skirts drummer, Dj spoek, Gazelle and famous Rocker Lenny Kravitz’s daughter, Zoe Kravitz to name a few. Bigsky is currently in production on further 4 TVC’s for Clothing retailer Woolworths so more to come………..
Swedish Co+Hogh Advertising Solutions, in collaboration with South African Big Sky Productions Servicing, have produced a banging hit commercial for the latest product launch for 3 Broadband Denmark. The commercial takes its filmic elements from a well loved 80’s flick “Top Gun”. With the help of the soundtrack and the filmic style of an extremely long lens we managed to produce a comical piece for 3 Broadband, bringing the Co+Hogh…
BIGSKY PRODUCTIONS SHOOT – ANDREA OLIVO from bigsky productions on Vimeo. Our Bigsky Cape Town location of the week is not more than 1 hour out of town, its a fantastic blank canvas to paint a fashion story. Have a look at this behind the scenes video for an Italian editorial, shot by Andrea Olivo from Milan, Model is Rose from Vision, Styling Rita Bennedeto and Hair and Make up…
Having produced Lalesso’s Catalogue and Lookbook for the past 4 years in exotic locations like Ibiza and Mombasa this years location was no different, and took place a few miles from the geographical tip of Africa. Wanting a clean look so that the clothing really popped, client decided to go for a desert location. The results were as expected, punchy and fresh. Our Model Annelot from Vision Models was also…
A small sleepy fishing village on the west coast of Southern Africa was the Cape Town location of the week for BigSky Productions. Just a over an hour out of Cape Town it offers a different look and feel from anything available in the Cape Peninsula. Production is made easy due to its proximity to Cape Town, and its visual and aesthetic elements are a joy for any photographer. The…
BigSky Productions recently headed up to Namibia for a shoot. The distance from Cape Town to Windhoek is around 2000km, however the beauty of the vistas and the panoramic scenery, makes time pass like a nostalgic dream. The roads are in excellent condition, making the ease of travel a bonus for photographic or film production in Namibia. Namibia is graced with vast blue skies and extreme straight roads that seem…
Last week BigSky Productions went an hour out of Cape Town to a cracked desert floor location. The Location was perfect for the fashion story that we were looking to shoot. The yellow cracked desert floor creates a wonderful texture which contrasts beautifully with the pristine blue skies and died weathered tree logs. This is a perfect location for any shoot that is looking for something different, yet within close…
Burlington Socks (one size fits all) completed their sensational “soon to be released campaign” in Cape Town South Africa. German Agency Leadcom (click here for their website) were the brain-trust behind the concept and creativity. The Agency was represented by Ingolf Jaeger (Account) & Alex Scazny (Creative). Contra Service Productions (click here for website) took local support from Bigsky Productions, to produce this campaign with a “fun football edge” to it. Photographed…
STUDIO 26 IN CAPE TOWN – BIGSKY PRODUCTIONS Studios with natural light are a winner, especially when you consider that Cape Town has some of the cleanest and most interesting natural light in the world, Studio 26 is a great option for clients, who want a studio which they can dress, paint or customise to their design. Whats great about the studio 26 location is that it is only a…
Asos Magazine recently did an editorial photoshoot with Bigsky Productions in Cape Town. Client & Stylist Zeba Lowe and the team came out from London to shoot four beautiful stories. All models were from a spectrum of Cape Town agencies, namely Zero Models, Outlaws Models, M1 Management, and Boss Models. London based Fashion Photographer Paul Farrell from Balcony Jump Agency was behind the camera and did a phenomenal job. The…
“Find a location that looks like mars.” This was the brief and Bigsky knew just where to find this location. Situated on the tip of Africa a 2 hour drive from Cape Town is where we shot the award winning National Geographic kids campaign. The Campaign has a distinctly green/environmental edge to it, urging people to look after earth as Mars is not a fun place for kids to life and…
The lastest Bigsky Productions Advertising Campaign was produced for Client – “Coronation Fund Mangers.” Award winning Advertising Agency FoxP2 came up with the concept and entrusted Bigsky Productions with Casting, Location Recce-ing, Equipment sourcing, Styling & Props, Crew, Catering, Transport and Post Production Retouching. The Photographic shoot and Production were a great success. Members of the team were Photographer: Verster Cohen, Art Director: Ryan Barkhuizen, Exec Producer: Rowan Raaff, Agency…
UK Photographer David Handley with agency Jackie Gibbs in London, Photographed an Editorial for Junior Magazine with Bigsky Productions. http://www.jackiegibbs.com/launch/ Rob Parker was David’s right hand man, Jet Vervest from Amsterdam was the stylist/art director and was integral to the shoots success, as was Monique Tacon on Hair & Make Up. Werner from PondoPictures shot this behind the scenes video. The shoot was a lot of fun as you can see from…
One of the many advantages of shooting in Cape Town is that hundreds of international models flock to its shores in the summer following the photo season. This means clients save on having to fly out cast from Europe. Zest Magazine used the local talent during their latest beauty and fashion shoot (using over 15 models). Above Madelein from Zero Models in Cape Town (click here to see her full…
Bigsky Productions in conjunction with Contra Service produced the Audi Corporate Campaign. The campaign focussed on three cities around the globe, namely Montreal, Sydney and Cape Town. It showcased the new Audi A4 in the 3 locations and highlighted the unusual quirky intrinsic qualities of each destination. A jet lagged Photographer Sorin Morar did a superb job and executed the brief to perfection (click here to see his website). Cape…
The Movie Sound Event team, headed up by Katja Delago, CEO recently paired up with Bigsky Productions to produce an action packed internet Viral for Panasonic’s new waterproof, dustproof and shockproof camcorder and digital still camera. The Director of photography was Banie Dengg, assisted by Felix Schwarz and the cast consisted of “young gun” windsurfer, Mitchel Waggstaff and SA team mountain biker, Sara Muhl. This internet viral commercial was shot…
Do you think this bag should cost a thousand pounds? Because Virgin did. At around 35GBP per extra kilo, that’s what this extra bag (under 30Kg) cost, and instead of allowing our clients to buy an extra ticket (at half the price), Virgin insisted the fine was paid. Considering that our client is from a reputable newspaper in the UK, and Bigsky uses Virgin for a huge proportion of their clients, this wasn’t a very…
