ABOVE TURQUOISE
Maafushi · Maldives
Photography · Drone · Maafushi
The island,
from above.
We shoot on Maafushi and the sandbanks around it — from the air, from the water, and from a wardrobe of Maldivian libaas you can borrow for the session instead of packing one.
03°56′N 73°29′E
Drone partner · Ocean Wave Tours & My Water World
01 — What we do
Three ways to be photographed here.
Everything is shot by us on Maafushi — no stock, no borrowed frames. You pick the light: first thing in the morning when the lagoon is glass, or the last hour when the sun sits on the water.
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Island & sandbank shoots
A hour on the beach, the palms and the shallow water. Posed, then left alone — the best frames are usually the ones between the poses.
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Drone film
Top-down and low-pass aerials over the reef, the sandbank and the boat. Filmed on DJI, cut to a short film you can post the same week.
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03
The wardrobe
Seven Maldivian libaas in different grounds, kept on the island. Borrow one for your session instead of carrying a dress across the world.
02 — The wardrobe
One dress, seven grounds.
The Libaas — the traditional Maldivian dress, gold at the yoke, gold at the cuff, the striped underskirt at the hem. Kept here on the island in seven colourways, so a photoshoot does not need a suitcase. Swipe the rail, press a dress to see it.
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Vermilion
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03 — Custom magnets
Your photograph, as a magnet.
Send us a photo — one of ours from your shoot, or your own — and we print it onto a magnet. Drop a file below to see it on the piece before you order it.
Upload a photo to see it on the magnet.
Order this magnet
Your photo
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04 — Our machines
What we shoot it on.
The kit that comes out on every session. Swipe the shelf, tap a machine to see what it does.
Drag the shelf · tap a machine to turn it in your hands
05 — In action
Straight off the drone.
Nine clips from recent sessions — the sandbank at first light, nurse sharks on the reef pass, the last hour on the rocks. Drag through them.
Drag the rail · each clip plays as it comes in
06 — About
Based on Maafushi.
Above Turquoise is a photography and drone studio working out of Maafushi, in the South Malé atoll. We cover the island itself — Bikini Beach, the harbour, the palms — and the sandbanks and reef just outside it, where the light does most of the work.
We fly with Ocean Wave Tours and My Water World, so a session can move between the beach and the water without a separate booking. The wardrobe lives here too: traditional Maldivian libaas, kept in seven colourways, so you can be photographed in something that belongs to the island rather than something you had to pack.
Maafushi · South Malé atoll · Maldives
07 — Book
Tell us the date.
A shoot, a drone film, a dress for your session, or a magnet made from a photo you already have. Pick one below and we will come back with a time and a price.