St. Patty's Day

I shot this photo a few weeks ago at a St. Patrick's Day party. I love the big smiles that these ladies have. Rest of my shoot can be viewed on my paper's site.

Music and Religion

Music, itself, appears to me as a religious practice. A musician and his/her instrument has a holistic tie. Beyond that, this young symphony orchestra has a more literal religious connection with their practice, as they got together to pray before the concert or with a Jesus image they can have on one of the instruments. To learn more about the orchestra, please read the related article on Voice of Nosara.

Crystal orbs and gravity

Alto saxophonist Beta from the band, Sonambulo, started their concert with a show of crystal orbs that made one question the gravity. The concert took place at Tierra Magnifica, Nosara, CR on March 19, 2010 as a part of Caricaco Music Festival.

Caricaco Music Festival in Nosara

To read the related article please visit this link.

Stella Artois vs. Costa Rica's Craft Brewing Company

Although I don't know much about how to brew beer, I am a big fan of beer. Sometime during my stay in Costa Rica, I am hoping to make a visit to San Jóse and photograph the brewing process at Costa Rica's Craft Brewing Company. Maybe this way I will learn some about the production of this lovely drink, too.

Art that illuminates

Related article and more photos from the event can be viewed here.

Laura Cano Sepúlveda

Laura Cano Sepúlveda, 22, is from Colombia. She has been living in Nosara, CR for 3 months. Besides dancing with Cadenos De Fuego for 5 years, she also designs and sells jewellery.

skateboard

Related article can be viewed here.

Laura Chinchilla Miranda, President of Costa Rica

President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla Miranda visited School of San Martin in Nicoya on Saturday, February 19. The purpose of the visit was the inauguration of the recycling center that was built in the neighborhood. She tried really hard not to skip anyone, some of the children were still frustrated with not being able to communicate with her. Even when she was leaving around 1:00 p.m, Laura Chinchilla Miranda kept saluting and listening to her citizens.

She is probably the most accesible president I have ever seen. Not that I have seen that many presidents in my life, but still... I would probably get shot or arrested if I got this close to our president to photograph him.

If you would like to do a further reading on her visit, please visit this link.

Murder Me Always play reading

A while ago I photographed this play reading and wrote an article about it. It was organized to raise fund for the local library. The article can be read here.

nosara

Nosara town is 15 minutes from Playa Guiones. This afternoon, Johnny, who also works for the paper and I went to Nosara to pick up our March issue and distribute it as well as promoting our photojournalism contest. While waiting for him at one of the stores, I got to shoot this image.

playa guiones

chanting workshop and a kirtan

Last week I got to photography a chanting workshop and a kirtan. Here are some outtakes.

krishna das

Last week I had the opportunity to listen to and photograph Krishna Das (KD) and his band. Here are some portraits. And KD interview we published can be found here.

Krishna Das

Arjun, KD's drummer

Nina Rao, KD's assistant and play cymbals

Genevieve Walker, KD's violinist