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Black and White
Color. We live in a world of vibrant color. Our eyes and brain are the amazing processors of breathtaking sunsets and turquoise water. Interesting enough, color photography has only been available to the popular market for a little over half a decade. The advances in...
Samba With Me
Samba. It is neither just the music nor the dance itself, but a culmination of passion, sexuality, and an innate fervor from deep within. Samba is one's true self. Since packing up my NYC apartment and leaving my corporate job, I have been following my heart and...
Wedding Número Cuatro
What to do when the mother-of-the-groom falls and breaks her arm two hours before the ceremony and is rushed to the hospital for surgery? Have your cousin GoPro the ceremony. Hide your iPhone in the bust of your dress so you can record the ceremony just in case #1 has...
Tchau Tchau
They say time flies when you are having fun. Or traveling all over the world. Back in October I completed my two week, 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training. A couple weeks later I left for Peru and Brazil for my brother's wedding in November. I arrived back in Costa Rica...
Fun Dip
Last year my friend and I switched surfboards for a couple of waves while out surfing. Off went my 9'4" longboard and underneath me was a potato chip of a surfboard, a 5'11''. To put this into perspective, I am almost 6 feet tall and up until this point, I never had...
Amor
So about 29 years ago my brother was not a very happy camper. He was about to become a big brother, and worse yet, to a little girl. That little girl was me. Little did he know that I would have preferred an older sister. So began our story. Lawrence and I fought like...
Pisco Pisco
Decisions, decisions. Back in August when I was researching fares for my brother's wedding in Brazil, I had two options. A) Connect through Atlanta, or B) Connect through Lima, Peru. If I had to stop in Peru, why not force a longer layover? I typed in an earlier...
Point Break
Surfing looks easy. Wait, let me rephrase that. Some people make surfing look easy. In reality, it is a complex sport, because there are many factors to take into account when you’re riding a wave. First, you have to master the balance and the mechanics. Then you...
FB Love
I kinda like to tell stories. According to my friends, I have a very special way of telling them. If I were to read between the lines, perhaps they are saying that I shouldn't quit my day job. Lucky you, I am going to let you be the judge... On a dark and stormy...
Baby Carver
The last time y'all saw Kristina, she was glowing with her seven month baby bump and little Carver was still baking in the oven. Well Carver could not stay in his mother's belly forever, despite his valiant efforts and Kristina's numerous hours of labor. Did I ever...
H-OLA Love
H-OLA. Hello? Ola? W-A-V-E-S!!! If you are a frequent peruser of Samba to the Sea, then you most likely have deduced that I am obsessed with A) chasing sunsets, B) standing on my head, C) hiding behind my Nikon DSLR, and last-but-not-least, Z) twinkle-toeing. And in...
The Beach Bazaar
Rainy season in Costa Rica; Tourist numbers plummet and locals go on one-to-two month vacations. I love it. The Earth comes back to life with lush, green vegetation. The smell and feel of fresh rain is a welcome break from the intense sun. AND the sunsets are...
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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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