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Category Archives: Costa Rica

Wedding: Sylvia y Arturo (part 2)

And now for the wedding, some perfect landscape and reception details.  La Hacienda Villa Hermosa is so sooo beautiful! Y ahora algunas fotos de la boda, el paisaje y de la recepcion.  La Hacienda Villa Hermosa es un lugar lindisimo! the vows los votos… man and wife! marido y mujer!first dance as husband and wife!!!…

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Costa Rica mornings…

Being back in Costa Rica this week has been more emotional than I expected (I know, you probably have whiplash…I just announced we had moved back to the USA and now I’m back in CR?  Just here for a few weeks to photograph two weddings then back to the land of the free and the…

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a kiss too many (part 2)

It doesn’t take long to grow accustomed to the kiss greeting, in fact I quickly adapted.  It wasn’t long at all before I stopped feeling awkward about kissing complete strangers on the cheek, and embraced it.  It quickly breaks the personal space barrier (which I’m pretty sure doesn’t actually exist in Latin culture). You would…

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a kiss too many (part 1)

That particular Sunday morning was exceptionally beautiful in La Paz, Bolivia.  The harsh sun shone brightly through the tall church windows, and a cool breeze blew in the open doors.  At 14,000 feet elevation, the air temperature danced between the low 40s and the mid 60s…in my mind, perfection.  As I made my way into…

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