Sendero
Boutique hotel
A boutique hotel in Nosara — the yoga studio, the bar, the surf shop, the rooms, and a few days of guests living in them.
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Nosara, Costa Rica
Kirsten Ellis
Photographing People, Places, and Their Stories.
It comes down to stories. The epic waves you caught, the stay at the luxury villa that recharged you, the connection between your daughter and her horse.
Kirsten Ellis is a lifestyle and commercial photographer based in Nosara, Costa Rica, working across the country.
Hotels, homes, makers and personal brands, photographed as stories rather than sessions. Families, couples and the occasional wedding alongside.
I love the variety in my work. It feels like I never show up to the same job each day, because every client has a new story to create.
Kirsten
Fermata
Beachfront hotel
Everything a stay holds at this beachfront hotel: the palapa restaurant, the rooms, surf at the door, long lunches, the Land Rover down to the sand.
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Domo
Boutique hotel
A chic hotel with an eye for design: lanterns, ceramics, checkerboard tile, and a couple by the pool in a summer state of mind.
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Hacienda Zaragoza
Family, at the farm
Family life on the farm: slow mornings, fresh tortillas, a table of kids making art, and fathers tending to the land.
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Recovery 2.0 · Tommy Rosen
Personal brand
Yoga and recovery, a personal brand: the homegrown food, water rituals, and movement practice that shows the strength in redemption.
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Vitamin E
Personal brand
A wellness brand that’s a lifestyle — mornings on the beach, yoga, fresh coconut, surf, repeat.
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Nomadic
Surf brand
A Nosara born surf brand: dirt bikes and trucks parked in the sand, boards at the ready.
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Portrait of Kirsten to come from her
About
Hotels, homes, makers and personal brands, photographed as stories rather than sessions. Families, couples and the occasional wedding alongside.
Based in Nosara, Costa Rica, working across the country.
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Working with Kirsten has become one of our favourite yearly family traditions. Our home is filled with treasured images that have beautifully captured the sweetest moments of our son growing up.
Laura Wilkinson · Family session
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Most of the time, it honestly didn’t even feel like we were taking photos. We were just talking and walking around while she captured all those little in-between moments that ended up being my favorites.
Emma Merryman · Vitamin E
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While her mastery of lighting and artistic direction is flawless, it is her genuine ability to connect with people, especially children, that really makes her stand out.
Laura Wilkinson · Family session
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Hotels, homes, brands and families — in Nosara and across Costa Rica.
