News of 2009
04.12.2009
5 Year Anniversary Creates Press Buzz.
Our 5 Year Anniversary Party, which took place on Sep 9, 2009 in our photo studio in Shanghai, created buzz from many of China's leading commercial magazines and ezines. In total, more than 10 magazines including Vision, Metrozine, Shape and Touch covered the event.
Click here to see all press clippings.
09.09.2009
Our 5 Year Anniversary Party.
Thanks to all our 200+ guests who made it to our 5 Year Anniversary Party on 9. September 2009, it was a wonderful and unforgettable evening. Our entire photography studio in Shanghai was transformed into a party space for this event, with video installations, DJ, an interactive photocall, fruit juice corner, lounge areas with chill-out videos, many drinks, great food and the most beautiful people in Shanghai.
Please check out shots of the event here.
31.08.2009
Photographer Philippe Roy leaves Rimagine.
Commercial and industrial photographer Philippe Roy, who has been with us for four great years, has left Rimagine as of 31 August 2009. The entire team wishes him all the best on all his future ventures.
15.08.2009
New Commercial Photographer Shanghai: Chad Ingraham
Chad Ingraham, raised in Canada's picturesque east coast, joined us in August 2009. As a well rounded photographer shooting everything from industrial to food to fashion, he already started working for several of our long-term clients.
While Chad is considered a well rounded photographer shooting everything from food to fashion, the majority of his work focuses on people. He is known for his use of strong environmental elements and his ability to create an intimate connection between the viewer and the subject.
Have a look at Chad Ingraham's portfolio.
07.08.2009
Interview with Shanghai Fashion Photographer Jeremy
Read a quick interview with our fashion and beauty photographer Jeremy Stockton-Johnson who talks about when to use which camera, which cameras he prefers to shoot with and what other tips he has to give to the photography novice.
Click here to view Jeremy's portfolio.
29.05.2009
Launch of our new Shanghai Photography Blog
We are happy to announce the launch of our new photography blog, which will contain several categories such as 1) Behind The Scene Shots, 2) Latest Work, 3) Location Database, 4) Our Photographers and 5) Tips & Tricks. Our blog site will be very regularly updated with lots and lots of nice shots, good info's and updates. We will mostly write about commercial and industrial photography jobs which we have done in Shanghai and Greater China.
Read the article in GERMAN here.
20.04.2009
NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH JEREMY STOCKTON JOHNSON
We are excited to enter into a strategic partnership with Shanghai- based fashion and beauty photographer Jeremy Stockton Johnson.
Originally from New York, Jeremy's images have appeared in Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire. He has shot ad campaigns for brands such as Coach, Dior, Estee Lauder, Joyce, Philips, L’Oreal and Tiffany&Co.
The cooperation will allow us to expand our services to include high- end fashion and luxury lifestyle photography, while offering full- production support to Jeremy Stockton Johnson. Jeremy Stockton Johnson will now be using Rimagine as his main base to work and shoot.
3 questions to Jeremy and Lorenz (GM) regarding the new partnership:
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR RIMAGINE'S CLIENTS ?
Lorenz: We can offer Jeremy as an exciting and new photographic option to all our clients which are interested in high-end fashion and beauty photography. Also, Jeremy's creativity, network and know-how will add significantly to our bottom line.
WHY THE PARTNERSHIP NOW ?
Jeremy: As Rimagine is doing more and more high-end catalog work, we believe it's the right time to partner up. We believe my clients as well as Rimagine's clients really benefit all the way from our partnership, as I get access to one of the most professional photo studio facilities and production teams in Shanghai, enabling me to purely focus on the creative and photographic part of my work.
HOW DOES IT WORK ?
Lorenz: The big advantage of this partnership is that the daily operations don't have to be changed at all! Clients can continue to communicate through their designated account managers and benefit from our 'all-under-one-roof' approach, while getting to work with one of the most talented fashion and beauty photographers I've seen in China.
I AM INTERESTED - WHO DO I CONTACT ?
Jeremy: For shooting or catalog inquiries, please feel free to contact Lynn Hou (Account Manager) anytime: lynn at Rimagine dot com, or +86 21 5157 0280 ext 6308.
20.03.2009
Rimagine sponsors Spark09
Spark09 is a full-day ideas conference on March 28, 2009 at the SWFC in Shanghai. Spark09 is about igniting ideas and propelling Shanghai back into a positive state-of-mind, based on the four topics of Humanity, Environment, Business and Science. Spark09 features industry leaders, non-profit pioneers and a selection of brilliant individuals who have successfully found unique solutions to real problems, either in China or abroad and are willing to share their learnings.
All talks are designed to fascinate, inspire and ignite new pathways for their listeners. All profits will be given to local charities. We had three event photographers to cover the event in Shanghai, and got numerous great impressions of various people directly from the location.
16.03.2009
Rimagine supports WWF's Earth Hour.
For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.
Rimagine cooperates with the WWF officials to produce a few minute time lapse video which will show how Shanghai will make their vote on Saturday, 28th March at 8pm!
Visit the Earth Hour website.
12.02.2009
Rimagine featured in Marketing Guide 2009.
Innovative marketing offers a variety of possibilities. At the same time, it presents managers with numerous questions.The new China Marketing Guide 2009, promoted by the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AHK), is designed to provide direction - from product design to event marketing to commercial photography, some 10 marketing tools are introduced which may be used as individual or integrated modules.
Read the PDF article in ENGLISH here. or Read the text here.
Read the article in GERMAN here.
04.02.2009
15 months cooperation with Instyle
Since 12/2007, Rimagine photographer David creates beautiful photographs for InStyle, one of China's leading fashion magazines. The work includes creating product shots, typically in our photo studio in Shanghai, and portrait shots of featured people, mostly on-location at their home or office. All files are taken in RGB, than converted to CMYK, color corrected and retouched and than sent on a DVD to InStyle. Not only David and his assistants, but the entire Rimagine team likes to send a big THANK YOU to the team at Instyle for the fruitful and nice cooperation.
10.01.2009
Catalog nr.4 for stoll
We are proud to announce that we will produce the 4th consecutive fashion catalog in a row for the German knitting machine manufacturer Stoll (www.stoll.com), which produces several own fashion lines per year. The work includes the entire production of the catalog, from the layout to the photography, retouching, RGB to CMYK file conversion and 4-color proofing. For the 4th time in a row, all images will be created by photographer Phil. Suzan will be responsible for the graphic design, and Jerry will take care of the retouching.
