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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

Alto Vista Sunrise Bungee Dance

The dancer in the picture is Samantha, a professional dancer owner
of CDM. When she contacted me for an anti-gravity fitness/dance/
yoga photo shoot, we came up with the idea to have a sunrise as
the back light for this shoot. The sunrise did a very unique touch of
drama to the image and all the other photos were stunning due the
nice sunrise we had that day.

Married for more than 40 years

Every sunrise is a piece of art and these days the sun will come up at 6:20am. You must be at
the coast before sunrise to gradually get the right exposure and see the different tonality of
light colors. This picture was taken in October 2017 and is at the north coastline, very close
to the Alto Vista Chapel. I like the orange reflections on the rocks and the brightness of the
sun just coming up.

Pelican Sunrise

Some people don’t grow old and this couple is a sample of that.
They came to Aruba with their 5 children all grownups and he told
This picture was taken in September 2015 at Surf Side Beach. This beach is between the traffic me that Aruba means no shirt, that’s why he came to Aruba. Back
circle at Talk of the Town and Renaissance Resort but the exact location is where the fishing home he uses shirts but in Aruba is no shirt as much as possible.
boats unload/dock. That morning I woke up very early to shoot the sunrise and the pelicans Family is important and pictures will reminds you of happy mo-
gave the picture a truly islands sunset. ments during your vacation and pictures will last forever.