Panoramic vistas and tiny worlds of all the main plazas of the villages of Antigua Guatemala are also among my goals for 2015. The Municipality of Antigua Guatemala is divided into various categories of smaller urban areas: aldeas [villages], caserios [hamlets], barrios [neighborhoods], colonias and lotificaciones [residential communities]. In total, there are now 23 aldeas, … Read more
Don’t say I did not warn you before about how addicting ice cream in Guatemala can be. Well, as you can see here, even death can not resist it. So, how is Halloween celebrated in Antigua Guatemala? Well, it depends on your age group. Children, and their vigilant parents, go out in the afternoon trick-or-treating … Read more
I really enjoy making portraits of total strangers. Either a captured or posed portrait of strangers on the streets of Antigua Guatemala brings a reward. If the portrait is made without the subject being aware, we obtain a true documentary slice of daily life in Antigua Guatemala. If the subject poses, permission was requested to … Read more
In Guatemala today we celebrate Día del padre or Father’s Day. Can you believe that we still observe holidays and celebrations on the date they were created. Mother’s Day on May 10, Father’s Day on June 17, Santiago de los Caballeros on July 25 (Saint James), et cetera. As I have declared before, in Guatemala … Read more
As I mentioned in my personal blog, things have changed quite a lot since I went to high school in regards to senior pictures. For instance, my senior portrait was taken with a generic grey backdrop inside an assembly-line type of studio where everyone sat on a stool for a couple of minutes while they … Read more
This photograph was made with 8mm fish-eye lens with only manual controls for aperture and focus. This type lens adds a lot of distortion as many extra wide angle lenses, which is not always welcome, but every once in a while it works. You must see it large and full screen if possible. Just click … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala celebrated its anniversary 471 yesterday with all sorts of activities from guided walks around town, live marimba music recitals, adorning the fountains around town with flowers, and a special edition municipal council meeting. The group of pregoneros [criers] of Antigua Guatemala were seen through out dressed as in colonial times as monks … Read more
As my colleague Willy has said before: Willy: Is today women’s day? Again? Every day is a women’s day! We men surrender daily before you, go to war, lose friends, do crazy things for you women… Each and every day is women’s day.
It was only a matter of time before solar panels would become part of the landscape of colonial Antigua Guatemala. What things do you see in this picture that makes it so Antigua Guatemala? By the way, can one guess where was this picture taken? Cristo Negro de Esquipulas Aside: As I have mentioned before, … Read more
Yo no olvido al año viejo (I don’t forget the old year) Porque me ha dejado cosas muy buenas: (Because it left behind good things for me:) Me dejó una chiva, (It left me a goat,) Una burra negra, (a black donkey) Una yegua blanca (a white female horse) Y una buena suegra… (And a … Read more
Wishful thinking, yeah, I know. Anyhow, let us hope these are the last days of the rainy season 2013 which has been extremely copious since the beginning of September. As I promised once, I will complain less about the rain and try to find the beauty of it. I hope you like it.
What I like so much about the antique doors from Antigua Guatemala is their texture, character, the imperfections, the beauty, and that they served as testaments of past lives. What about you, what do you like about the old doors and windows of Antigua Guatemala, if at all?
The fountains are decorated with flower arrangements as part of the low profile celebrations for Antigua Guatemala’s 470th anniversary this March 10th. Because of the Lent processions and festivities, the celebration will consist of opera recital by ensemble from Juniata College from Pennsylvania on Saturday 9 at 7pm on the main square. Don’t miss it! … Read more
First of all, I should mention that this picture was very difficult to capture since cameras can only expose the sky or the corridor, but not both at the same time, so in this case we use a photographic technique known as high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or HDR) which is a set of methods … Read more
After several previous tries I believe I have captured the essence of this tiny colonial church in San Gaspar Vivar. Sometimes it takes several attempts at different hours, with different light and often with different lens and cameras to really capture the essence of a place. San Gaspar Vivar Church Typical Rainy Season Vista in … Read more