Marina Crest at blue hour, seen from across the water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Short pieces on why one specific frame works — the light, the height, the people, the context. Opinions from the studio, not a brochure.

Marina Crest at blue hour, seen from across the water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Why the tower has to be the brightest thing in the frame — and not the only thing
Marina Crest at blue hour, Dubai Marina.
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Aerial photograph of AURA Bayfront Residences at sunrise, Tampa, Florida, USA.
The tower must not stand alone on an island: context is the sale
AURA Bayfront Residences, sunrise aerial over Tampa.
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A rainy Sunday afternoon in the residents' club room and library at Ninefold Wharf, Canary Wharf, London.
Rain is a character: why the London set is wet on purpose
Ninefold Wharf, the residents' club room on a rainy Sunday.
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Six-thirty in the morning at the harbourside pool and swim ladder at the foot of Barangaroo Reach, Sydney, Australia.
People small, life large: the 6:30 swimmers
Barangaroo Reach, the harbour swim ladder at six-thirty.
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Marina Crest at blue hour, seen from across the water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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