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Holly and Todd will get married here at the Langosta Beach Club in March 2011, they came beforehand to have a feeling of Tamarindo and Costa Rica, they decided to have a session on the beach, we had a beautiful morning with just enough clouds for keeping the sun not to hot and diffuse it it nicely…

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Engagement photography in Costa Rica.

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I just have my last Trash the dress session chosen for the first “Real wedding Wednesday” on the new and promising blog: Estilo Costa Rica. Present with the photographs is an interview of Alicia (The Bride) talking about her experience with destination wedding in Costa Rica.

The best part of the interview is in my opinion there:

Who was your photographer and why did you hire him?

Toh Gouttenoire, wedding by Bidrop

Selecting a photographer via Internet and email was not a simple task. I spent hours searching through on line portfolios. International calling with a language barrier was just as daunting. When I spoke with Toh on the phone I realized he was the one for a few reasons in particular: His personality was energetic and creative. He understood my vision for unique photos. He always answered questions in a timely manner. Put simply, he made long distance planning easy.

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The Tamarindo Diria just remodel some of their room, so they needed new photographs… and for that they’ve done the right thing: they hired me…

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I shot the beautifully located 30 secondes from the surf condominium for RPM, they are specialize in offering the best in vacation rentals, from private luxury homes to inexpensive condos, exclusively in Tamarindo and playa Langosta.

Photography by bidrop.com – Real estate photography in Costa Rica

-The “Trash the dress” style seems to be all fashion these days in wedding photography all over the world, Costa Rica is no exception

Here how wikipedia defines it:

Trash the dress, also known as fearless bridal or rock the frock, is a style of wedding photography that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is out of place. It is generally shot in the style of fashion and glamour photography.

Usually brides decide to have pictures taken on a beach, but other locations include city streets, rooftops, garbage dumps, fields, and abandoned buildings.

Some sources claim that the trend was originally started in 2001 by Las Vegas wedding photographer John Michael Cooper^[1]. However, the idea of destroying a wedding dress has been used in Hollywood symbolically since at least October 1998 when Meg Cummings of the show Sunset Beach ran into the ocean in her wedding dress after her wedding was badly interrupted. Since then the style has spread around the world and most notably in the UK, with photographers like Steve Gerrard^[2] and Mark Theisinger^[3], amongst others, shoot their unique ideas of Trash the Dress.

A model often wears a ball gown, prom dress or wedding dress, and may effectively ruin the dress in the process by getting it wet, dirty or in extreme circumstances tearing or destroying the garment.

It may be done as an additional shoot after the wedding, almost as a declaration that the wedding is done and the dress will not be used again. It is seen as an alternative to storing the dress away, never to be seen again.

The facts that we have beautiful beaches, dusty roads and dark mangroves helps a lot…

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Yes it was also fun to do…

Here is what Alicia, the bride said of it:

Toh! I enjoyed rolling around in the sand and climbing trees. I would love to put on the dress again and go all over the world photo shooting in it. lol….seriously, thank you for understanding my vision and bringing it to life!!!

Please, if you watch it in fullscreen, click HD ON and strech OFF (bottom right).

Wedding Photography video Costa Rica.

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Charly and Elizabeth renews their vows in the Diria Resort, I had the surprise to see that the vows were on their cellphone… a first time in a shooting for me…

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Vows renewal in Tamarindo Diria Playa Tamarindo.

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A family portrait session on Playa Conchal in front of the Reserva Conchal.

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Contact us for a session anywhere in Guanacaste… or further…

Photography Costa Rica

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Ed and Heather surfers from New Jersey had a wonderful sunset for their wedding in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste Costa Rica.

Here is a word from the newly weds…

Toh, Heather and I wanted to thank you so much.The pictures are killer, they turned out amazing. The whole family loves them. We also just received the dvd in the mail today. We are headed on a honeymoon next week we will order some prints and enlargements when we get back.

PURA VIDA

ED and HEATHER

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Casa Puro Dieces – Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

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I found this link to an article by Josh F. Sanders who is a Real Estate Broker and the Founder of Shiloh Street University in Seattle, WA, an online marketing school designed specifically for Realtors and agents.

Josh says:

“…it all came down to the listing pictures they saw online.  That’s one of the essential real estate marketing tips for listings!  Give buyers a great picture and they’ll jump inside the house that day.  Give them a “do-it-yourself” picture and they’ll move onto the next home.  The listing pictures make the difference, especially when you spend a few bucks on professional real estate photography!

Even when the listing pictures were better than the actual house, guess what?  It still got the buyers inside!  That’s your goal as a listing agent; get as many showings as possible.  Professional real estate photography makes that happen!”

I point articles like this out because they offer good marketing copy for real estate photographers. Josh has some pretty good catch phrases for real estate photographers. Some photographers have links to these kind of articles on their sites.

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Another one hour session, at sunset, under the rain with luckily a 3 minutes of sun…

It was for their wedding anniversary, the 20th…

In playa Hermosa, next to playa del Coco, in Costa Rica.

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20 thWedding Anniversary, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. from Bidrop.com on Vimeo.

20 thWedding Anniversary, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica.
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