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Wedding Holly and Erich – Langosta Beach Club – Playa Tamarindo

Toh Gouttenoire — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:39:27 +0000

An intimate wedding kind of improvised…

Holly and Erich knew they wanted their destination wedding in Costa Rica, they also knew they wanted to stay in Tamarindo but that was it, no plan for the ceremony, no wedding planner… When they asked me if I knew a beautiful and quiet spot, I thought straight about the Langosta Beach Club… Still on Tamarindo beach but far from the “crowded” part of the beach…

The ceremony was simple and emotional and we add fun with the afterward session… great moments…

Wedding photography in Tamarindo Costa Rica by Toh Gouttenoire

Trash the dress with Estilo…

Toh Gouttenoire — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:25:40 +0000

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.

Jaclyn & David Wedding at the Tamarindo Diria – Costa Rica.

Toh Gouttenoire — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:29:31 +0000

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A really relax and fun elopement at the Tamarindo Diria with Jaclyn and David, also the first time I was shooting a wedding at 10 AM… Being the rainy season, the newly weds to be were preoccupied by the possibility of the classic afternoon shower of this season… so we end up on the beach at 11 am under the hard light of a super hot sun… but it gave me something different than the usual (but always amazing) sunset… The little wind help us…

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“Trash the dress” photography in Costa Rica…

Toh Gouttenoire — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:40:49 +0000

-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…

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).

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Wedding Cristee and Jason – Hotel Tamarindo Diria Resort – Costa Rica

Toh Gouttenoire — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:17:58 +0000

Hotel Tamarindo Diria Resort – Costa Rica

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Vows Renewal at the Tamarindo Diria Resort – Costa Rica

Toh Gouttenoire — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:56:56 +0000

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…

Vows renewal in Tamarindo Diria Playa Tamarindo.

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Wedding Heather and Ed – Playa Potrero “Hotel Bahia del sol”

Toh Gouttenoire — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:19:22 +0000

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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