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Interiors - Chakrabongse Villas, Thailand
Chakrabongse Villas
Set in the heart of Bangkok, opposite the Wat Pho Temples, these four bungalows are laid out in the grounds of the Royal Thai Princesses house.
Set away from the main house, the bungalows are literally on the edge of the main river that flows through Bangkok. Hence two of its main attractions are the [...]
Interiors - Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Thailand
Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi
Sitting just outside the Old Town in Chiang Mai, is the sprawling ‘town’ of this hotel. It was created as a mirror image of an ancient town centred around rice paddys and official buildings. The architecture has been kept to the orginal style, thus all the chalets are on the perimeter facing [...]
Outdoor - Koh Talu Island, Thailand
Koh Talu Island
Beautiful, unknown island just off the coast of Thailand. I can only let the pics speak for themselves. Recommended to us by a local couple as the perfect getaway and faraway from the more well known touristy islands.
They have an amazing coral regeneration project on the go just off the beach. So, with [...]
Interiors - Chiang Dao Nest, Thailand
Chiang Dao Nest
This was a complete breakaway from the ’sterile’ nature of luxury hotels we were reviewing at the time. Chiang Dao Nest was recommended to us by some friends who had stayed there previously.
The bungalows were spread out over a large area, all custom built from bamboo and timber with cement foundations. Here it [...]
Interiors - Metropolitan Bangkok, Thailand
Metropolitan Bangkok
Part of the COMO Hotel group, the Metropolitan is touted as a chic, business hotel with two diverse restaurants and spa.
Certainly on the design side it was true to its word. Clean minimal lines throughout and accented with original Thai woodwork and artwork. Its meant to be calming and it certainly keeps the frantic [...]
Interiors - Athol Place, Johannesburg
Athol Place
This boutique hotel had recently been completely redesigned and beautifully decorated by the husband and wife team, Sumari & Gerhard Krige, of La Grange Interiors.
Needless to say, shooting the interior shots was a pleasure. Every room had its own individual theme, individual touches and great little details. There were textures and colours at every [...]
Interiors - Phinda Bush Lodge
Phinda Bush Lodge
Just before we left for our trip to Asia, we managed to fit in a short review of the Bush Lodge at Phinda. Phinda has a variety of luxury accommodation for couples and families as well as private villas.
This was a first for me, last time I was in a game lodge or [...]
Interiors - Illyria House, Pretoria
Illyria House
This was one of the first properties I had to shoot for JustThePlanet. They are an online luxury travel website which reviews properties and hotels across the world. The idea is to provide discerning travelers, a first-hand account of the experience on offer. My brief therefore is to capture the feeling and mood of [...]
Studio - Make-up test shoot
Studio - Make-up test shoot
Last Sunday; a friend of mine Melissa, who is a great make-up artist (ex-MAC Cosmetics), got together at a friends studio to do some test shots. Basically I was trying out various light setups, and Melissa was trying different make-up treatments (is that the right word..?)
Everything was put together through friends [...]
Virgin - Wakeboard
Virgin - Wakeboard
We spent a day out at Blue Rock, near Somerset West outside Cape Town, an old quarry that has been filled in with water and has a massive cable system to pull the riders (of all degrees) round.
We sent up the two flash heads on the deck that riders use to launch from. [...]