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starfruit studio

we create for the places people cross oceans for.

A bartender at Baratié pouring sparkling wine into three glasses of orange juice
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Trusted by

  • Baratié
  • Nowhere Special
  • Captain’s Rib Shack
  • Sint Maarten Tourism Bureau
  • commercials
  • drone
  • photography
  • social content
  • websites
  • brand films

what we create

One crew from the first idea to the final cut. Book a single shoot or keep us on all year.

  1. Brand films, TV spots and social ads, from concept to final cut.

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  2. Food, rooms, people and places, shot to make guests book.

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  3. Properties, coastlines and events seen from the air.

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  4. Reels, stories and posts every month, so your feed never goes quiet.

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  5. Fast, bookable sites built around your photos and film.

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Guests lined up outside Nowhere Special at night in Simpson Bay

what we shoot

Most places need two or three of these. Shot on the same days, they look like they belong together.

  1. A sunlit studio apartment with a rattan loveseat, round rug and white kitchen

    Hotels · Villas · Real estate

    stays

    Boutique hotels, villas and rentals, shot so guests can picture the stay.

  2. A guest tearing garlic naan over a bowl of curry, with two orange cocktails on the table

    Restaurants · Bars · Beach clubs

    food & drink

    Dishes, cocktails and the people enjoying them, for menus, ads and feeds.

  3. A model in an SXM crop top and denim shorts walking a colorful tiled path

    Brands · Fashion · Tourism

    lifestyle & social

    Models, outfits and island streets, made for reels, campaigns and lookbooks.

fresh from the island

Featured project · Social media

Nowhere Special

Guests lined up outside Nowhere Special at night in Simpson Bay
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten

7,300 new followers in 12 months, growing the audience 2.3 times.

Start of the year12 months with us
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more from the island

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  1. A plated fish dish photographed for the Baratié menu

    Menu photography

    Baratié

    a closer look at baratié’s menu

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  4. The Baratié website homepage

    Website

    Baratié

    bringing baratié’s brunch online

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who we shoot for

  • boutique hotels
  • restaurants & beach clubs
  • villas & charters
  • tourism & lifestyle brands

island based. passport ready.

We live where your guests come to switch off, so we know how the light falls at five and which beach is empty on a Tuesday.

Home is Sint Maarten. The crew travels across the Caribbean and anywhere else the story is.

Bring us to your place

why starfruit

We know the island, the light and the people. An off-island crew has to learn all of that on your time.

how it goes

  1. Step 1

    tell us the story

    A quick message about your place and what you want people to feel.

  2. Step 2

    we plan the shoot

    Concept, shot list, crew and dates, agreed in writing before a camera comes out.

  3. Step 3

    you get the goods

    Edited film and photos, sized for your site, your ads and your feed.

good questions

Home is Sint Maarten, and the crew travels across the Caribbean and anywhere else the story is.

Edited film and photos, sized for your site, your ads and your feed.

Send us a quick message about your place and what you want people to feel. We reply within one working day.

Always. Concept, shot list, crew and dates are agreed in writing before a camera comes out.

got something worth shooting?

Tell us about your place. We reply within one working day.

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