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200 Hours
What can you accomplish in 200 hours? How about 200 hours in two weeks? Perhaps if you were a doctor, lawyer, or investment banker (cough cough), 100 hour work weeks would be the norm. But what if you were spending all of those hours doing something that you actually...
Puppy Love
Two weeks ago the only doggies that were on my radar were my doggy nieces and nephews, a la Maya, Pinto, Kiki, Pollo, John Adams, Niko, Lucas…the list goes on and on. Well, maybe I was secretly plotting on how to steal my neighbors adorable pit-boxer mix puppy, Vito,...
Photo Shoots, Roadtripping, and Puppies…Oh My!
Rainy season here in Costa Rica means things slow down a little. I guess I didn't get the memo. Nor did the sunny weather. Thank goodness because doing a photo shoot is not the best for electronic equipment. Last week I had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot for...
Gone Fishing
Time. It seems to stand still and magically disappear at the same time here in Costa Rica. Besides a passing rain shower in rainy season, it is sunny and hot practically every day. Today is September 7th and I can't believe that the year is more than half over....
Trust the Process
"People often have much of what they need to succeed within them: ambition and the will to learn. This will to learn can prompt them to reach out to mentors and networks. They just have to trust the process. After all, it’s often the most difficult or trying times...
Yours Truly
In the midst of all the craziness of the past couple of weeks, I chatted with Helena, Chief Bikini Officer of bikini company MI OLA, about bikinis, surfing, and living in Costa Rica. Check out the interview below and chicas, check out MI-OLA.com for some pretty...
Melissa & Francis
During the early morning, the lighting in Tamarindo is magical. However, there is a small window before the sun gets too strong and the light loses its glow. So when I suggested to Melissa and Francis to start our photo shoot at 6:15AM, I was stoked that they were...
Paparazzi
Three weeks, a road trip in the USA bookended by some Pura Vida, and a lot of editing later it is finally done. Finished. Done. Caput. Over. Finito. sambatotheseaphotogaphy.com Check it out!
Endless Summer
5,138 miles, seven days, the two Bobs, Robert August and Robert "Wingnut" Weaver and myself, the backseat Instagrammer. Not nearly close to the amount of miles that Bruce Brown, Robert August and Mike Hynson racked up on their around-the-world adventure for the...
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
The last time I spent a week in Costa Rica was the last time I came here on vacation over two years ago. I came back to Pura Vida land last Tuesday and Friday I leave to head back to the US for a week to "chaperone" Señor Endless Summer, Robert August, and El...
Home of the Brave
Sometimes you need a good ole dose of home. I am talking about peaches & corn & tomatoes, hydrangeas, lush green grass to roll in, summer ales, 4th of July BBQs, cool summer nights that beg for comfy sweats, and laughs with family and old friends. A dose just...
Baby Bumps
What a week! In between sewing kimonos, doing stock for Samba to the Sea cards, training at jiu jitsu, twitter-floppy blogging for Robert August and Mi Ola, packing for my trip to the US, watching Costa Rica advance to the second round in the World Cup, AND chasing...
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Kristen M. Brown is an internationally published lifestyle photographer and the photographer behind Samba to the Sea™.
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