I hope you’re having a great day. It is cold outside across much of the United States today. Here are a few photos from the warm and beautiful Seafire Resort in Grand Cayman Island. All of these were taken with my drone.
Seafire Holidays
The Kimpton Seafire Resort in Grand Cayman is a wonderful place. The beach and facility are amazing along with having a great staff. It is a unique experience to be there during the holidays.
Mexican Resort and Sunrise
All I have for you today, is a photo from paradise. I took this drone photo during sunrise near Playa del Carmen Mexico.
Kimpton Fitzroy
This hotel in central London was cool. I took this photo of the entry way during a visit to this spot. Side note, the city of London was very enjoyable place that I’d recommend to everyone.
Playa Resort
I don’t know the name of this resort, but I loved the design. I took this via the drone at sunrise which provided the warm glow and deep shadows. Maybe someday I’ll stay at this location????
Sunrise Yoga
During our last trip to Mexico, the resort held a yoga session on the beach at sunrise each morning. I didn’t participate, but the yoga group helped provide an area of interest in this high angle drone photos so that it was an empty beach.
Skagafjörður
Yesterday I posted a photo from an Icelandic turf church. That photo was taken a few miles down the road from the hotel (Hofsstaðir Guesthouse) we used. Behind the hotel is a beautiful valley and fjord called Skagafjörður. I took this photo the morning we checked out looking over Skagafjörður.
Bonaire Flamingo
Blair and I explored this partially built, abandoned hotel the last time we were in the country of Bonaire together. Since then, I think someone has started to redevelop this site.
Either way, I loved the graffiti flamingo painted on this patio column.
Pre-dawn Confidante Hotel
MJ and I spent a week here in January to escape work, COVID (well sort of), and life. Lots of lounging by the pool that week. I captured this photo a few minutes before sunrise one morning. Nice hotel and location.
Overwhelming
The colors, textures and patterns on this room are just overwhelming. This is the main lobby of a Carnival cruise ship. Sorry I don’t remember which one.
The Carlyle
I haven’t been posting much lately, I just need a little break. So, please hang in there with me for a little bit.
Anyway, here is a photo I took a couple months ago of The Carlyle in South Beach Miami.
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Marco Beach
Yesterday I posted a sunset time lapse video from my hotel balcony. Today I have a sunset photo from the same spot on Marco Island Florida.
Favorite Grand Cayman Pool Spot
MJ and I have used these two loungers more times than I want to admit….. They sit at a wonderful spot on the Kimpton Seafire Resort property.
Miami Beach Pool
What more can I say? This is, what it is. Confidante Hotel and Spa in Mid-Beach area of Miami Beach.
Colony Hotel
Not much I can say about this photo that you can’t see for yourself. This is, of course, a great example of South Beach Art Deco architecture during the pandemic.
Hotel Row
Not much I can say about this photo. I took it right after sunrise on Miami Beach……
Confidante Pools
How is your weekend going so far? I hope it is amazing…..if not here is a photo of the Confidante Hotel pools on Miami Beach Florida. I took this photo right after sunrise, when the pools were empty. Otherwise, I’d never get a photo of this spot without tons of humans in and around the pools.
Seafire From The Air
I’m not a very good video editor, sorry about that. Regardless, here is a collection of drone footage I captured during our last stay at this great resort (March 2020). We stayed there right before the pandemic hit the United States. It was our last trip before the world fell into crazy land. Thankfully things are moving in the right direction, let’s hope we can all get back to something close to normal by the end of 2021. Until then, enjoy the video.
Faena Mammoth
I found this beauty, pre-trip while doing research of cool photography spots around Miami Beach. I almost always research photo spots before traveling. Anyway, I found this guy and put him on my “Photo Wish List”. I did something at this spot that I don’t think I’ve ever done. I went back to this spot three different times in 30 hours, trying to photograph it in the best light. This first time I went, it was late in the afternoon and all I got was reflections off the glass from the sun, which I should have thought about in advance. The second time was right before sunrise the next morning, when I captured this photo. I couldn’t stay as long as I wanted (I was hoping to capture it closer to sunrise), but security ran me off. So, I thought I missed an opportunity and probably didn’t get any good photos. Therefore, I went back again later that day right before sunset, hoping to capture a good shot. I used polarizing filters, wide angle lens, zoom lens, and many other technics to minimize the glare off the glass. Turns out the best time was this shot before sunrise. At least that was the best shot I captured, I’m sure a better photographer would have captured this better all three times.
Note: Artist Damien Hirst created this with a real mammoth skeleton, gold PVD covered stainless steel, powder-coated steel, rubber and gold leaf. You don’t see many Mammoth Skeletons in many hotels….but they have one at the Faena Hotel Miami Beach.
Seafire Christmas
I took this photo last December while staying at the Seafire Resort in Grand Cayman. You can’t see it, but just to the right (off the photo), they had a life size gingerbread house setup that you could walk into to get holiday favored and themed cocktail.
