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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…

Engagement photography in Costa Rica.

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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

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…

Wedding photography Costa Rica Photography by Toh Gouttenoire

New Rooms for the Tamarindo Diria Resort…

Toh Gouttenoire — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:48:07 +0000

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…

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

Wedding photography in Costa Rica

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 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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Wedding photography in Costa Rica

Indigo: “Tu verras”, Tamarindo, Costa Rica.

Toh Gouttenoire — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:54:45 +0000

Indigo, band from Tamarindo Costa Rica, interprets “Tu verras” (Claude Nougaro).
Made in Tamarindo by Bidrop.com Photography and Video in Costa Rica.

Week of Life interview of Toh Gouttenoire (part II).

Toh Gouttenoire — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:15:21 +0000

I have been interviewed by week of life in order to be included in their remote places part of the website.

First part is here.

Here is the second part:

4) One thing is for sure: you have good light at your disposal during work, as the sun is the best source of light for photographers. How does the climate in Costa Rica suit your needs?
For sure the light here can be really good, but I’ll define it more like powerfully—strong and moving really quickly. Basically we have two seasons, rainy (people in tourism call it the “Green season”) and dry, I have to be precise and state that I’m talking about the pacific coast where I’m living and mainly working. The Caribbean has a different climate. So the green season has a lot of clouds, mist, and rain with a violent sun behind, so we have a beautiful diffuse light, slightly colored at the end of the afternoon; or those clouds can give the opposite effect with some really dramatic storm light with a direct sun passing black clouds, giving intense contrast. The summer (dry season) is a constant blue sky with a punishing hard sun half of the day, but beautiful mornings and sunsets. The main inconvenience is that all year long the sun is setting from 5:15 to 6:15, and lowering in the sky really quickly. The perfect Blue hour (perfect for a real estate shot) just stays for 10 to 15 minutes, so you have to be ready. I sometime miss those long European evenings that have twilight for 2 hours.

5) Since the European Union was established, there have been increasingly more debates on politics in Europe. The situation is similar in the United States. What is the situation in a place such as Costa Rica? Is anyone preoccupied with politics at all?
Well, Costa Rica just passed through a presidential election campaign, and they elected their first female president, so there was a lot of talk about national politics, but honestly as a non-voting resident, I just stayed on the surface of the talks; I’m more interested in local activism.

6) Where did you learn about the Week of Life project and what do you think about it?

I learned about it through a post on reddit.com, I browsed the website and quickly found the concept really interesting. Not long after that I registered and made my first week.
It is, as a viewer, a great way to travel through time and space; giving me the possibility to spend one week in the life of a a Tcheque photographer, a Chinese student or a designer in Samoa. From my computer screen in Costa Rica I have all these people sharing their life, their everyday life, in a beautiful way. I love it.

As a photographer or participant to the project, it gave me a subject to concentrate on for a full week, to express one day in 9 images, a morning in 3 photos. that’s an interesting challenge, it is also, as a human being, a good way to reflect on what my life is, what am I doing with it, how am I spending my days… my time… my life.

7) What would you say about awareness in your country – newspapers, magazines and information in general? What do the media focus on?
Costa Rica is a small country, so the local magazines offer a rather small output. One magazine is quite interesting, there is also, in my opinion, one interesting newspaper, doing a good job on national news: la Nacion (www.nacion.com). Sadly a lot of people here are buying cheap (in every way) tabloids full of sensational stories, graphic photographs and almost naked “models”. I get most of my news on the internet.

8 ) What would you say about Costa Rica to attract the attention of people who would like to visit this country and know nothing about it?
The classic thing would be to say that the country constitutionally abolished its army permanently in 1949, it has had 60 years of uninterrupted democracy. Maybe more important to people wanting to visit the country—Costa Rica is ranked 3rd in the world, and 1st among the Americas, in terms of the 2010 Environmental Performance Index, it plans to be the first carbon neutral country by 2021, and According to the New Economics Foundation, Costa Rica ranks first in the Happy Planet Index. It is
is the “greenest” country in the world. That says a lot about it. Another important stat is that while the country has only about 0.25% of the world’s landmass, it contains 5% of the world’s biodiversity. Around 25% of the country’s land area is in protected national parks and protected areas, the largest percentage of protected areas in the world. Everything is not perfect here of course, but it is the best I have found around the world.

The whole interview is here.

“Paradise Lost: No Condos for Oasis Investors”

Toh Gouttenoire — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:27:18 +0000

Photos from Toh Gouttenoire Illustrate the Tico Times article “Paradise Lost: No Condos for Oasis Investors” (by Adam Williams) about the Tamarindo development.

Short Shrift : Hired to guard the construction site at Tamarindo Oasis, José Alberto Vargas, 59, from San José, claims he has not been paid for his past year on the stalled project, only given some food.

Shells with a View: Tamarindo Oasis Condominiums, sold on promises of paradise, await resolution of a financial conflict in a case that is winding its way through Costa Rican courts.

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