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Monday 5 March 2018 Aruban born and bred Steve Francees has a passion for photography. Being a local photographer he knows the hidden gems of this island and captures them in an amazing way. As a Family and Landscape photographer Steve is ready to create your next ‘vacation memories’, morning and/or sunset shots. T: (297) 738-0777, M: stevefrancees@hotmail.com, www.instagram.com/stevefrancees and www.stevefrancees.com
Kids Photos
Malmok
Every family wants pictures of their kids and here are some tips. Use sunglasses when taking pictures on the beach. The sun here in Aruba is very bright and affect the eyes especially kids with the result that they will close their eyes. Secondly, let the kids be kids by capturing them playing on the beach and having fun. They don’t need to look at the camera all the time when taking pictures. Use the beach and sea as second in the scene. This a picture I took last week of a very lovely family with two adorable kids.
Cas di Cunucu On the west coastline at Malmok there are many cliffs, they are very good for awesome pictures. Here is a picture I took of my niece Daniela. I’ve been taking pictures of her since she was two months old and recently she moved to Chile as a pro-model and photographer.
Boca Druif
At Rooi Lamunchi (on the road to Bushiribana Goldmine) you will see a lot of native traditional houses. This is one of them, surrounded by cactus. Many of them still have goats, chickens and two dogs (don’t ask me why). They are mostly owned by real Arubans that have been living in that area for many years. Many areas have these very nice houses that are built years ago and still are in very good shape. Most are painted in yellow color, the same color as the Kibrahacha tree or Yellow Poui (Taberbuia Billbergii).
One of the most photographed images of Aruba is the remains of an old pier of the ‘Arend(Eagle) Petroleum Maatschappij’ that started operations in 1928. The refinery was part of the Royal Shell Group and was very successful, but during WW2 they stopped all their activities for safety reasons. After the war the refinery was closed and dismantled completely, but the last pier can still be seen until today as the Pelican Poles.