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  • Shuva

    I've been a photographer for more than 5 years and love what I do. I create images that show you WHO you are – not just what you look like. That's essential to why I became a photographer.

    And then there's everything else, such as how the love of my life and I travel by letter of the alphabet. (Currently planning trip "I"). My love for nonfiction, even though Anne Shirley will always be my favorite. There's yoga, solitary bike rides, running and journaling. Cherishing the 3.5 months I had with giant leatherbacks on an isolated South American beach off the Atlantic coast. "Everything else" includes hot tea, hot chocolate, random culinary experiments, juicing and my addiction to certain sci-fi shows on Netflix and getting my news from Twitter. It's laughing, teaching, creating, redefining paradigms, living my adventure.... and meeting your wonderful self along the way!

    As ever,
    Shuva

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Category Archives: Personal

Rise Above It

There is a peacefulness in doing things you love, creating art that is meaningful to you and being confident in making, modifying and breaking your own rules. I’ve been at this place for  about three years now – specifically since started with Beloved. It hasn’t been perfect and it’s taken a lot of discipline to…

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*Film Friday* ~ Umbrellas

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – It’s been raining, raining, raining all week, and I’m eager for summer-like weather without flooded streets or basements for everyone. Umbrellas don’t seem to do much good in a hard rain. But they can be effective on bright sunny days. I came across this display of umbrellas in Los Angeles’ Chinatown…

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Our BELOVED ~ Scott’s Perspective

Beloved is a worldwide photography movement launched in 2010 by Canadian artist Jesh de Rox. Guided by Jesh’s teachings that year, I started photographing Beloved  – unposed sessions for longterm couples. After photographing more than 35 couples in Iowa and Illinois in nearly 3 years, I decided it was time for me and Scott to…

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Saying Goodbye for Good

Due to budget cuts the U.S. government decided to eliminate the Peace Corps program in the small South American country of Suriname, which officially closes in July. Even though we initially learned of this news more than a year ago it is still sad for those of us associated with the Suriname program since its…

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*Film Friday* ~ Santa Monica Pier

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – After a long walk we found ourselves on the Santa Monica Pier and headed to the Ferris wheel, where we got on and took this shot peaking over the beach. The 1,600-foot pier juts out over the Pacific Ocean to reveal a scene that is serene, beautiful, romantic. This Friday series is…

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