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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

Eagle Beach
Sunset at Macuarima Hill

Photography is about telling a story and it has a beginning and an end. The photographer
must guide the story in the picture. There are a few ways you can do it and one of them is to
direct the eyes to the object that you want to use as main object. In this picture I chose for
the couple on the beach and the lines in the sand direct you to that object. Second is the
supportive object that is in this case the boat and the beach itself. The sunset in the back-
ground gives a more dramatic story end! So the story starts with the lines in the sand leading It was 3 weeks ago on Sunday that I got the idea to shoot a sun-
to the couple, the sailing boat and finishes off with a dramatic sunset as The End. set out from a hill. In Aruba we are used to shoot sunsets at a nice
beach to see the sun going down the horizon. This is something dif-
Arends Building ferent. First we went to Jamanota (highest hill on the island, 612ft),
but found out that they closed it to the public, than we went to
Macuarima Hill and my wife had no idea what I had in mind but at
the end I got the pic I wanted. For this shot I used a tripod.

Algemene Rekenkamer

Building

I love taking pictures of buildings and this one is currently served as City Hall where wed-
dings are performed. The Arends building is one of the prettiest Dutch-Caribbean style man-
sions in Oranjestad and it is located on the Wilhelminastraat # 8, built by the Dr. Jacobo This building was built in 1888 and was the first public school in
Eloy Maria (Loy) Arends in 1925. Since June 30, 1999, the building is property of the Stichting Aruba. During the second Worl War this building was used as a
Monumentenfonds. Dr.J.E.M. Arends was married to Maria Monica Lacle (May 4, 1900-April neighborhood watch and in 1955 became a library. Now it is a
11, 1956). During their engagement time in 1922, the construction of the Arends Residence government department, newly restored and in use since 2010.
started, which was completed in 1925. This building is at Wilhelminastraat 6 next to the Arends Building
where weddings are performed.