Hi, I’m Sarah and welcome to this incredible adventure!

Twenty two years of photographing everyone’s happiest days in New England. Then one hummingbird in Corcovado looked me right in the eye and everything changed.

This is the real story of how I went from 40+ weddings a season to barefoot coffee on a jungle deck inside the rainforest, from perfect timelines to toucan breakfast clubs at 10 a.m., from “maybe someday” to “this is my life now.”

I still photograph a handful of dream weddings and portraits (because I love it), but most mornings you’ll find me chasing light, frogs and whatever the Costa Rican rainforest feels like showing me.

This podcast is me sharing those moments out loud, the same way I used to whisper them to the monkeys at sunrise.

One life. One wild yes. One heart finally wide awake.

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Early 2023. I’m driving through the bumpiest of dirt roads, overthinking every real estate listing and heading to the first of a long list… When I spot a flash of water through the trees.

I slam the brakes, scramble down a little slope and there it is… A perfect miniature waterfall singing over mossy rocks into a small pool. No sign. No trail. Just pure, secret jungle magic.

I stood there, shoes soaked, grinning like an idiot and knew in my soul: this is home.

Some decisions don’t need spreadsheets. They just need bare feet on river stones and water loud enough to drown out every doubt.

One photograph. One yes. And one place that chose me and I choose it, every single day.

Episode Wild Photograph: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHB8FAPRVnZ/

Follow the wild on Instagram @sarahlutkewild

Prints & more: sarahlutkewild.com

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Meet Larry.

He’s the Laughing Falcon who decided my mountain in Costa Rica is his stage and my coffee time is his cue.

Some days he’s a distant echo bouncing off the ridge. Other days he lands fifteen feet away, throws his head back and belts out that wild “ha-ha-ha-HAAA-ha” like the jungle hired him for comic relief.

I’ve started talking back: “Good morning, Larry.” I swear he answers.

A daily reminder that happiness doesn’t always whisper. Sometimes it lands on the branch in front of you and laughs loud enough to shake the leaves.

Episode Wild Photograph: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS4uOkjkabo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Follow the wild on Instagram @sarahlutkewild

Prints & more: sarahlutkewild.com

#WildlifePhotography #CostaRicaWild #LaughingFalcon