PRODUCTIONS WITH A SMILE
Magazine shoots in Ibiza — for titles that actually print.
Vogue Germany, Harper’s Bazaar Spain, Interview, Buffalo Zine, L’Officiel, Schön! — editorials shot on this island with us as the local producer. Photographer-led call sheets, locations kept off Pinterest on purpose. Brief us Monday with a masthead and a mood — we’ll come back Tuesday with a finca, a stylist, and a two-day hold.
Editorial has a different rhythm to campaign. Fewer approvals, more art direction. A single stylist calling shots, not a brand-side committee. A photographer who wants to move to the next location before the gaffer has packed the last one. Campaign producers price editorial like campaign and the shoot dies in pre-pro. We produce editorials every summer in Ibiza — we know the editorial rhythm, we know where it flexes, and we know which locations read as “Ibiza but not the Ibiza everyone has seen.”
What we handle end-to-end
Location Library
Fincas, coastal shacks, salt-flat edges, north-coast cliffs, the inside of a boatyard. A deep Ibiza library kept off social for exactly this reason — editorial dies the second the same finca publishes twice in a quarter.
Call Sheets
Day breaks into the photographer’s pace, not campaign-approval gates. Fast location moves — three to five in a day is normal on editorial — with a runner pre-positioned at each stop.
Talent
Local Ibiza agency roster for pre-season and shoulder windows; Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and London for cover talent when the magazine brings the name. First casting cut briefed to fit the masthead’s direction.
Crew
Editorial-rate stylist assistants, HMU leads used to photographer-led sets, digitech, a PA or two — drawn from our Ibiza production crew bench. We scale the crew down for editorial — lean units, full service.
Rushes to Layout
DIT on set, contact sheets to the bookings editor within 24 hours of wrap, edit-ready selects to art direction within the shoot week. Layout-friendly delivery — multiple ratios, cover-safe variants at delivery.
Usage Rights
We quote usage in editorial shape — first-rights print and digital, one-off editorial, 12-month publisher archive, social-feed limited use — all stated in the contract upfront. If the publisher needs to extend into brand pickup afterwards, we negotiate a clean uplift.
Recent work
How we work
Brief
Send the masthead, the photographer, the number of looks, and the shoot window. We come back inside four hours with a 2–3 location shortlist, a photographer-led schedule draft, and a realistic scope in editorial shape — not a campaign quote with editorial dressing.
Scout
Recce filmed at the same time of day your shoot will run. Owner deals negotiated for editorial scope — door-by-door, not through a booking platform. Ibiza film permits filed if needed; most editorial locations on private land don’t need Ajuntament paperwork.
Produce
Producer on the ground, photographer-led pace, fast location moves. Stylist and HMU pre-positioned at the next stop. DIT on set, rushes to the bookings editor same day. We run editorial lean — small units, editorial pace.
Wrap
Owner payments same day. Contact sheets and selects to art direction within the shoot week. Rushes-to-layout delivery in cover-safe ratios; usage-rights pack clean — first rights, one-off and archive terms stated. We invoice in your title’s home currency.
Where we shoot
Santa Gertrudis finca interiors for the covered-light cover story. Es Vedrà and Cala d’Hort when the brief wants the silhouette everyone knows but the crop nobody’s tried. North-coast cliffs at Aguas Blancas for editorial wind and grain. Dalt Vila alleys after 17:00 for the Ibiza that reads as Seville-adjacent. Formentera as a one-boat day-trip cutaway.
| BEST LIGHT WINDOW | Sunrise 06:55–08:00 · Golden hour 19:30–20:50 · May and Oct strongest for editorial grain |
| NEAREST AIRPORT | IBZ · 20–45 min to most locations · direct flights CDG, LHR, BCN, MAD |
| PERMIT LEAD TIME | Most editorial is private-land, zero permit. Public-land if needed — 5–10 working days |
| EDITORIALS DELIVERED | Multiple named mastheads · Vogue Germany · Harper’s Bazaar Spain · Harper’s Bazaar · Interview · Buffalo Zine · L’Officiel · Schön! |
If you’re briefing an editorial production ibiza for a cover, a feature story or a lookbook-as-editorial hybrid, you want a producer who speaks magazine, not campaign. Lovely CPS has produced editorials on Ibiza and Formentera for Vogue Germany, Harper’s Bazaar Spain, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, Buffalo Zine, L’Officiel and Schön! — plus editorial lookbook work for Zimmermann, Nili Lotan, Galvan London, Johnstons of Elgin, Bottega Veneta and Fiorucci — including swimwear and resort production. We run editorial lean — photographer-led call sheets, fast location moves, and scopes quoted in editorial shape. The editorial production company spain that actually reads the masthead before sending the spreadsheet.
An editorial shoot spain in our hands means location picks that keep the masthead’s crop honest — Santa Gertrudis fincas with covered-light interiors, north-coast cliffs at Aguas Blancas for wind and grain, Dalt Vila’s after-hours stone walls when the brief wants a Seville-adjacent read, Es Vedrà when the cover needs the silhouette, Ses Salines pink flats for one-off editorial pulls with the Parc Natural de Ses Salines paperwork pre-filed, and Formentera as a one-boat day-trip cutaway. A deep Ibiza photoshoot locations library, kept deliberately off Pinterest — which is why the service-producer landscape around Ibiza editorial is thin in the results but busy on the ground.
One contract — if your editorial needs Ibiza plus a Formentera ferry cutaway, a Mallorca cliff finale, or a Berlin interior companion day, we bill it all under one producer. Magazine editorial production ibiza quoted end-to-end — stylist, HMU, fixer, fincas, permits, rushes-to-layout — inside four hours of your brief. Send the masthead and the date. Fashion campaign production and full Ibiza production are also available when the brief scales up. For the full multi-market view, see production services across Spain.
Questions we get a lot
How is editorial production different from a campaign shoot?
Editorial runs on the photographer’s rhythm, not a brand-approval gate. We break the day into location moves instead of setups, pre-position HMU and a PA at the next finca while the crew wraps the current one, and skip the every-thirty-minutes approval check-in. Typical day — three to five locations, one stylist calling the looks, art direction in the room or on a video call.
Can you source Ibiza locations a magazine hasn’t already published?
Yes. We keep a deep Ibiza library off social and off the public location platforms on purpose, because editorial dies the second the same finca publishes twice in a quarter. When a brief needs “Ibiza but not the Ibiza everyone has seen” we pitch from a pool of private fincas, north-coast shacks, inland olive groves, boatyards and salt-flat edges that don’t appear on Pinterest.
Can you get magazine-approved talent — local Ibiza agency or flown-in mix?
Both. We cast through Ibiza, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and London agencies with editorial books — not just commercial swim and lookbook cards — and we brief the first cut to the masthead’s direction. For cover talent the magazine typically brings the name and we book the local support; for features we propose and the bookings editor approves.
What is your rushes-to-layout turnaround for editorial?
DIT on set, contact sheets to the bookings editor within 24 hours of wrap, edit-ready selects to art direction within the same shoot week — so the layout conversation can start before retouching — and cover-safe ratio variants at delivery. For monthly titles on a six-week lead that’s comfortable; for indie titles on a tighter schedule we can pull forward.
How do you handle usage rights for editorial?
We quote usage in editorial shape — first-rights print and digital, one-off editorial, 12-month publisher archive, and social-feed limited use — all stated in the contract upfront. Editorial usage is narrower than a campaign buyout, so the talent conversation is simpler. If the publisher or brand wants to extend into campaign pickup afterwards, we negotiate a clean uplift.
What is the difference between publisher-funded and brand-funded editorial?
Both, and they run differently. Publisher-funded editorial — the magazine commissions, brand loans product, usage is first-rights-only, we work closest with the bookings editor. Brand-funded editorial, often called advertorial or brand editorial — the brand pays, the magazine runs it as editorial-style content, usage includes brand-side pickup, we work with brand comms and the magazine art desk in parallel.
Can one producer handle Ibiza plus a Formentera or Mallorca add-on day?
Yes. Formentera is a short boat trip from the south of Ibiza — we run it as a cutaway day attached to an Ibiza brief. Mallorca is a separate leg; we scope it in the same first call and handle permits and crew via our Mallorca production fixer desk. One contract, one phone number, whether you’re on one island or three.
What sustainability options are available for editorial shoots?
Low-carbon defaults are baked in — local crew first (cuts flight emissions by default), one van for location moves rather than a convoy, no single-use catering, owner-compensation structures that keep fincas maintained. On request we produce a simplified editorial carbon report so the masthead’s sustainability desk has a number.
Send us a brief
Send the masthead, the mood, and the week. We reply inside four hours.
NDA on request. We keep masthead briefs confidential by default — no WIP posted, ever.
