The Journal
Hossegor ↔ Santa Teresa
12 Sep 2026
"French, English and Spanish Websites: How to Handle SEO?"
Adding languages to a site is easy. Getting search engines to serve the right one to the right person is where it usually goes wrong.
The branches
Each branch has its reference page and its topics.
Real estate video
5 topics- "Drone Real Estate Video in Costa Rica: What Actually Adds Value?"
- How to Film a Tropical Villa So It Looks Like Itself
- "Real Estate Video in Costa Rica: What Makes a Property Stand Out?"
Surf & sport video
5 topics- "Filming Surf, Lifestyle and Travel in Costa Rica: Creating One Coherent Story"
- How to Create a Surf Film for a Costa Rican Brand
- "How to Film Surfing in Costa Rica: A Practical Guide"
Websites
5 topics- "French, English and Spanish Websites: How to Handle SEO?"
- How to Build a Website for a Surf Camp in Costa Rica
- How to Build a Website for a Boutique Hotel in Santa Teresa
Documentary & film
4 topics- Why Sound Design Matters in a Surf Film
- "From Reality to Story: My Documentary Process"
- How to Create a Short Documentary About a Local Business
Latest
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10 Sep 2026
"Filming Surf, Lifestyle and Travel in Costa Rica: Creating One Coherent Story"
Three kinds of footage from the same trip usually end up as three unrelated edits. How to shoot them so they become one film.
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8 Sep 2026
"Drone Real Estate Video in Costa Rica: What Actually Adds Value?"
Aerials sell a property when they answer a question. Which four shots do that, and where flying stops being useful.
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7 Sep 2026
Why Sound Design Matters in a Surf Film
Most surf films are carried by music. The recordings that cost nothing to make are usually what makes one memorable.
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5 Sep 2026
How to Build a Website for a Surf Camp in Costa Rica
People book a surf camp on two questions nobody puts on the page: will the waves suit me, and who will I be sharing a week with?
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3 Sep 2026
How to Create a Surf Film for a Costa Rican Brand
What a brand actually needs from a shoot, how a day is organised, and how much material it should produce.
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1 Sep 2026
How to Film a Tropical Villa So It Looks Like Itself
Every villa on that coast shares the same jungle, the same ocean and the same light. Finding what belongs to one house in particular.
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31 Aug 2026
"From Reality to Story: My Documentary Process"
How a documentary actually gets made, from the first visit with no camera to the sentence the whole edit is built around.
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29 Aug 2026
How to Build a Website for a Boutique Hotel in Santa Teresa
A small hotel's site has one job the booking platforms can't do for it. What belongs on it, and in what order.
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27 Aug 2026
"How to Film Surfing in Costa Rica: A Practical Guide"
Seasons, tides, what to carry and how to plan a day. The logistics side of a surf shoot on the Pacific coast.
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25 Aug 2026
"Real Estate Video in Costa Rica: What Makes a Property Stand Out?"
Most buyers are deciding from another country, on a screen, without ever standing on the terrace. What the film has to do in their place.
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24 Aug 2026
How to Create a Short Documentary About a Local Business
Not a promotional video with nicer music. A short film about the person who runs the place, and why anyone should care.
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22 Aug 2026
"Web Design in Santa Teresa: What Makes a Website Convert International Visitors?"
Your visitor is booking from another continent, in another currency, on a phone, before they've ever met you. What that asks of a site.
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20 Aug 2026
"Surf Videography in Santa Teresa: How to Capture the Tropical Light"
Near the equator the sun sits overhead at midday and the evening closes in minutes. How that reorganises a shooting day, and what I carry.
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18 Aug 2026
How to Film a Luxury Villa in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
The light is vertical, the house has no walls and the lens fogs. What I'm changing in my method before I get there in September.
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16 Aug 2026
Documentary Filmmaker in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Short documentaries about people and the places they work, how I approach them, what sound does, and why I'm putting this up before I arrive.
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16 Aug 2026
Web Design in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Websites for businesses on the peninsula, how I build them, why the images come first, and what changes when your visitors arrive from four countries.
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16 Aug 2026
Surf Videographer in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Filming surfers from the water, the sand and the air, what's in the bag, how a session is covered, and what the Pacific will change for me.
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16 Aug 2026
Real Estate Video in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
What goes into a property film, how the edit is built, and what I'm adapting for the Nicoya Peninsula. I'm based there from 25 September 2026.