About Us
Whale hi there!
We’re Ayla and Franzi, a commercial photography and video filmmaking brand based on a fundament of 24 years of friendship.
Both growing up in a small town, finding ourselves all across the globe nowadays.
From Jordan’s desert, to Iceland’s glaciers, Australia’s Outback up to New York’s Time square.
Always exploring and driven by an indispensable curiosity for the ocean, it’s sea creatures, abandoned beaches, lush palm trees, massive glaciers, voluminous waterfalls and environments that can only leave you speechless.
We believe in the power of meaningful storytelling behind every single imagery and video.
Feeling your heart making that bounce? Great.
Your breath getting put on hold? Perfect!
That’s when words become unnecessary, and you immediately know you captured the beauty of this planet in the most unique way.
Focusing on awakening emotions instead of chasing just another trend.
With our work, we want to inspire other humans to GET OUT of their comfort zones and open up to the world right in front of them.
Booking that flight for the next (solo) adventure, jumping onto that boat to snorkel in the “scary” open ocean, checking into their little eco-bamboo hut in the middle of the Indonesian jungle just to figure out how incredibly BEAUTIFUL this planet is.
We’re focus on collaborating with brands and tourism boards that align with our values and principles. Always being aware of the privilege we’ve been given to, trying to raise awareness to unknown projects and places.
Hence, to our ability to pushing our comfort zones hard and adapting quickly to new environments, we’re specialized in the travel lifestyle, with a broad spectrum including nearly every ocean related activities up to capturing special moments in the most unique way possible, with our drone up in the sky.
Focusing on creating social media content to support and increase brand awareness, reaching the largest audience possible.
We’re available for diverse projects worldwide, get in touch here:
Drone pilot, Creative director, Editor

Franzi
extremely good in being surprisingly weird
Well hi, there, it me Franziska – Franzi
If you’re chatting through our socials with us, it’s most likely me you’re talking to!
Some facts about me:
I have a bachelor’s degree in social work, in which field I was working for several years before I quit my safe, typical German 9-5 career for the digital nomad lifestyle and left Germany with my BFF.
The first travel bug caught me back in 2016 spending a semester abroad in the remote parts of Sweden’s north, from that moment it never stopped. Short vacations to Europe, Weekend city trips up to solo traveling South East Asia for a year (kinda cliché, I know), just to come back to Germany and quickly figuring out that’s not how I picture my life.
So in 2021, I added freelancing work to my plate and left Germany once again in March 2023 to the most distant place you can imagine: Western Australia. Where Ayla and I founded our brand, Somewhere Sunkissed, knowing exactly how we picture our future.
When I’m not working, I’m seeking unique places. From tropical sunshine, warm oceans and all kind of sea critters who fancy some human interaction up to movie-set alike, massive glaciers I can slide around.
Photographer, Tech head, Editor

Ayla
extremely good in talking an infinite amount of nonsense
Hellou – it me, Ayla!
If you’re wondering who built this beauty of a website, that would be me!
Some facts about me:
I have a bachelors degree in business information systems and spent several years, directly working with customers 1:1. While it most definitely had its perks working online, I already knew that this wasn’t the way I imagined my life to be! So I left my safe income behind and finally did, what I was planing for a long time: Quit my job, my flat, sold nearly all my belongings and left Germany with my bestie.
While I did the “obligatory” trips to Europe while growing up, the real fever caught me in 2017: My first backpacking trip to South East Asia – the Philippines. Being completely in awe of this incredible, unique place, I knew I wanted more. Like, A LOT more. So one backpacking trip chased the next one, and the next, and the next, until 5 to 7 trips a year became the undeniable confirmation to leave Germany once and for good.
So March 2023 came, and I flew off to Australia with my bestie, and together we founded our own brand Somewhere Sunkissed, having a clear vision of what our future should look like!
When I’m not working, I absolutely love spending time in tropical terrain. An ocean close by, sea critters to get in touch with or observe, a good book to read and lovely company to chat with or simply do some whale watching.