Here’s a little look at the hotels and properties we photographed during our May trip to Barbados. We decided to approach this trip a little differently, hopscotching to a few different properties over the course of ten days on the island. Since we booked a few different spaces, we strategically packed up most of the photography and video arsenal, checked in with US Customs, and got ready to go. We left wearing many metaphorical hats and carrying many, very real, rather heavy cases. Beach View Barbados For the first half of our stay, our base of operations and first project was Beach View Barbados, a beautifully landscaped escape for those who wish to experience Barbados with an edge of independence and family appeal. Beach View is family owned and run with a personal touch. Robin, the owner, is always briskly moving around, warmly greeting guests, picking up stray bits, and […]
Sunsets & Sahara Dust | Hotel Photography
The West coast of Barbados is lined with hotels and posh restaurants sitting along the relatively calm blue and turquoise sea, all in the front row for some of Barbados’ most magnificent sunsets. It should be obvious that we’d love to capture one (or more) of these burning skies while on the island for our two weeks of shooting for various hotels and destination spots. They are sought after not only by clients, but every paradise pining guest searching the web. So we wait. Every evening. Camera in hand and watching the skies with hope. And every night we’re met with clouds at the horizon and vaguely pastel hints rather than the colorful array everyone keeps showing us on their Instagram account. The reason, we’re told, is that we’re in the unfortunate wake of Sahara Dust. Now, the everyday person would never call the weather bad on any scale and […]
Pursuing the Experience – How Hiking the Pitons Gave Me Insight Into Life
Everyone has a to-do list for life. Climbing a mountain was never on my to-do list, at least not until my long time friend and occasional assistant Steve told me it was. And so, the Pitons came into view. To-do list amendment (apparently) For over a decade now I have been lucky enough to travel to some very exciting locations to photograph hotels and, when I’m really lucky, the overall destination too. But all too often I fly in, focused on the job at hand and fly out immediately after without the chance to explore a whole lot. That is perhaps how it should be. However, while on a photo shoot in Barbados in late 2013 with Steve, he got chatting to one of the cleaners at our hotel about where she was from. (He likes to ask questions and is a generally curious man, so he usually finds out […]
Photographing Dreams
Desire – n. a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment Dream – n. an aspiration; a wild fancy “Sitting by the pool without a care in the world was a dream come true” While walking past the window of a travel agency, it’s not the words that catch your eye. When scrolling aimlessly through the world of newsfeeds and updates, it’s not the status about how terrible drivers are or how someone tripped in front of Starbucks today that interests most people. If you’re a traveler like me, it’s the beautiful photos of faraway places that make you pause, click even! And dream a little. I have a very vivid memory, of an afternoon in London about 30 years ago. With about ten minutes before departure, I was sitting on a commuter train in an old, dingy Victorian Charing Cross station. As I looked out […]