Photographer & videographer in Palm Jumeirah

Most of the Palm is resorts and private villas, and the resorts treat a professional photographer with a client as a commercial shoot: on hotel grounds, including Atlantis, that means the hotel’s permission, often a fee, and sometimes a flat no. If you are staying at one of them we ask the hotel in advance; if you are not, the session uses the public places, which are fewer than people expect but well placed. The Pointe at the tip of the crescent looks straight at Atlantis across the water and has the fountain in front of it; the boardwalk along the crescent looks back across the fronds to the Marina skyline; West Beach, on the trunk, faces the sunset with the same skyline across the bay.

The frame people mean when they say "Palm Jumeirah" — the trunk and fronds from above — is a drone or an observation-deck frame. The View at The Palm sees it from the 52nd floor, ticketed and not a place for a full session. A drone over the Palm is only possible through a licensed operator with an approved flight, which is not guaranteed and is confirmed before you pay, never promised. A yacht from Dubai Harbour is the reliable way to get Atlantis and the crescent from the water.