Author: Shorewoods Photography
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 7: Pura Vida
It is travel day, we and our fellow travellers gathered this morning for our flights to return home. Our favorite experiences: traveling into the jungle and rain forests, meeting local neighbors who served us delicious food and cold drinks, doing what lights us up with a group of talented and fun photographers, and learning to…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 6: The Peace of Wild Things
After an evening of thunder and lightening, we woke to steady rain showers. The jungle comes alive in the rain with chatter and calls. I am not sure if it’s a celebration of the rain or a protest! Today we travel to Bosque del Cabo Rain Forest Lodge, a beautiful resort in the coastal mountains.…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 5: Take Me Down The River
We are on the road again this morning after a restful and relaxing day yesterday. The road takes us up through the mountains sprinkled with clouds. Around one bend, Dennis and Jose pull to the side of the road where we capture some images of birds we have never seen before. It was initially a…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 4: R&R: Rest & Rejeuvination
Today is a morning of R&R; we slept past our usual 5 AM breakfast call, and enjoyed a leisurely wake up, watching the sunrise over the trees from our room. We thought you might enjoy having a look at our little piece of Botanica, our walk to the dining room, and the chorus that serenades…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 3: Lunch In The Rainforest
We are settling into an adventurous and welcome routine here in Costa Rica. We wake early at 5 AM and walk to the dining area where we have breakfast, keeping company with our fellow travelers in the group. We then head back to our room and pack our gear for the day. The last thing…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure Day 2: Jungle Paparazzi
This morning we climbed into the vehicles for a day of photo making. We stopped at the port and captured some serene views of the waking waters. Dennis prepared us for today; we will be traveling through the rainforest and jungle looking for wildlife. We set up our gear to be prepared to jump out…
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Costa Rica Wildlife Adventure: Preparations & Arrival Day 1: The Adventure Begins
Art and I are off on another adventure! This opportunity came to us one evening while we were editing photos. Our desks are side by side in our study, and an email chimed into our inbox. We read the email announcing that Backcountry Gallery had 2 cancellations for their Costa Rica Wildlife Photography Workshop. We…
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Cuba Photography Trip Day 6: La Tonico del Viaje (The Tonic of Travel)
Our last morning in Cuba we wandered off for some early morning photos before heading back to savor one last breakfast at the hotel. This morning we saw coffee ready at the bottom of some stairs, children heading off to school, neighbors greeting us from doorways, and bread baking. We think our photos speak for…
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Cuba Photography Trip Day 5: Descubrimiento (Discovery)
The early morning brings more opportunities for making photos on the streets of Havana. We are noticing a shift in how we are seeing, how we are looking as we stroll down the streets. We are looking at the people, they are the richness of the stories we capture with our cameras. it is hard…
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Cuba Photography Trip Day 4: Viaje por Carretera! (Road Trip!)
Today we are traveling from Havana to the Bay of Pigs on the southern coast. We hopped into our classic rides and headed out first to the east, then to the south towards the coast. As we leave Havana, buildings give way to lush green countryside. In the early morning, we pass people preparing for…
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