Whenever I roam the streets with my camera, I am hyper aware of color combinations, from the basic complimentary colors of red and green, blue and orange and yellow and purple, to other color combinations that might be interesting and help the compositional elements come together. What do you think how the subjects and background … Read more
Believe it or not, there are a lot of foreigners who have moved in recent months to Antigua Guatemala to hibernate and enjoy the sunshine and temperate weather while they wait for things to get back to normal at their cities of origin. I would do the same in a heartbeat, but I already live … Read more
We continue our series of tourists visiting Antigua Guatemala with this colorful portrait of a family from Chichicastenango. Follow the white rabbit for other photographs of tourists visiting Antigua Guatemala.
As I said a few weeks ago, often in Antigua Guatemala people when they think of tourists, they think of foreigners who visit Guatemala while in reality the largest number of tourists come from other parts of Guatemala. Here I photographed a group of Guatemalan tourists from San Juan Comalapa, a village famous for its … Read more
I am almost certain that most visitors to Antigua Guatemala do not walk through this part of town since it is quite hidden and out of the way, at the east end part of Alameda Santa Rosa. Or perhaps I am wrong, when was the last time you visited the ruins of Santa Rosa?
If you are still suffering the effects of one of the coldest Winters in decades, don’t suffer any longer, we provide Winter asylum and warm shelter. Heck you can even take strolls on the sunny side of the streets to get the vital vitamin D. What are you waiting for?
By the way, I just read this coming week will be one of the coldest in decades in the U.S. and Canada and here now we walk around like it were Summer. So, I wonder what are you still suffering, come on down to enjoy our warm Winter season…
Today you write the caption… I will send a real post card via regular mail to the best caption.
You have to live to believe it… walking around Antigua Guatemala you come across people with a big smile on their faces. Guess what made these two girls giggled and smiled?
The simple grid of avenues and streets and the limited official colour palette are what make Antigua Guatemala so easy to navigate and fall in love with, but it can also bring a level confusion and disorientation to those newly arrived. Thus tourists using maps and guide books are daily life vistas in Antigua Guatemala. … Read more
Two women worlds apart! That’s the story. This is the sort of thing we do all the time during the Antigua Photo Walks. In fact, here I was teaching how to anticipate photographs and tell stories by the juxtaposition of elements in the frame. Nothing was setup, I was simply walking around and I mentioned … Read more
I don’t know if you can find another place on Earth that has more coffee shops and public access Wi-Fi hotspots per square kilometre than Antigua Guatemala. There are many bathrooms as well. One can get used to that and suffer when you visit places, like NYC, that don’t have as many spots per square … Read more
Today is observed the Día del Ejército (Army Day holiday) in Guatemala, and tomorrow’s the Día del empleado bancario (Guatemalan Banker’s holiday); which really all it amounts to is that the banks will be closed for two days.
One of the things one can encounter quite often on the streets of Antigua Guatemala is smiles. Big smiles are everywhere around La Antigua Guatemala, especially so around Parque Central where it seems people are always having a good time. When was the last time you smiled and laughed so hard? Perhaps a new trip … Read more
