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Engagement Photography – Sarah and Todd – Playa Tamarindo

Toh Gouttenoire — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:54:48 +0000

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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Horizonte del Mar #305 Playa Langosta – Costa Rica.

Toh Gouttenoire — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:04:24 +0000

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.

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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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Kyla’s Family photography, Playa Conchal, Costa Rica.

Toh Gouttenoire — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:02:50 +0000

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

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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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Wedding at the Langosta Beach Club (Tamarindo Preserve).

Toh Gouttenoire — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:31:46 +0000

Courtney and Edgar, were married in Chicago, like a week ago, in almost total secrecy, the trip to Costa Rica was already planned, they then had the idea to have a photography session on the beach in order to make some cards and announce the good news to the family… They were staying at the Paradisus Conchal, but decided to have the photos shots somewhere else, I proposed them Tamarindo, we met at the beautiful newly open “Langosta beach club” (Tamarindo Preserve) and had a hour session on location and on the beach… the sunset was absolutely amazing that day…

When asked why they chose Costa Rica for their honeymoon, Courtney answered: “CR it’s our initials… so…”

A truly unique couple…

Here is a word from the bride:

Hello Toh!

I just wanted to thank you for the AMAZING photos that you sent us. We have started to share the first few with our friends and family back here in the US and they are in awe! You captured such stunning moments, and we cannot thank you enough and looking very, very forward to see the rest!

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