WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! We continue with the mini series on “waiting” and the win-a-post-card contest. Here’s the simple rule to participate and win: The most creative story for the picture above will win a photo post card made from a photo from AntiguaDailyPhoto, mailed to your home or office. … Read more
WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! We continue with the mini series on “waiting” and the win-a-post-card contest. Here’s the simple rule to participate and win: The most creative story for the picture above will win a photo post card made from a photo from AntiguaDailyPhoto, mailed to your home or office. … Read more
WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! Guatemalans are not known for their punctually so often you see people waiting. Today we begin a mini series on “waiting” and the win-a-post-card contest. Here’s the simple rule to participate and win: The most creative story for the picture above will win a photo post … Read more
This year the May Zompopos actually did arrive in May. Even though the Guatemalan winged sompopo ant appears every year in May, on average most Guatemalans know very little about them (myself included). So, I decided to ask around to the people who have more knowledge about the sompopos; their answers are very enlightening and … Read more
You know, I have toyed with the idea of giving one-day and/or one-week photo workshops in Antigua Guatemala taking advantage of my over six-year experience photographing the most enchanting and photogenic city in Central America. I have even considered the one-week photographic workshops to be all inclusive. Well, for now, take a look at www.AntiguaPhotoWalks.com … Read more
Tonight we were very lucky in Antigua Guatemala because we had the rare opportunity to see the Ballet Nacional de Guatemala performed in the San José El Viejo Church ruins, one of my favorite venues for artistic manifestations. Some of you may remember these ruins as the backdrop for the entry Free Culture where the … Read more
Almost a week later Fuego volcano decided to perform for us another pyromaniac show. This time I was near Tanque de La Unión when I was alerted by Nelo, Norman and Guy about the eruption and pyroclastic activity and luckily I had my camera gear with me. I decided to take on Nelo’s idea to … Read more
Thursday was an unusually hot and humid day without rain and people took the opportunity to spend it outside, many in Antigua Guatemala’s Parque Central, some eating ice cream, other chatting with friends while most just sat at bench watching people go by. It was a very good day to be in Antigua Guatemala. Do … Read more
This has to be one of the most frequent vistas in rural Guatemala. A woman or girl carrying a load of cooked maize on her way to the mill to turn the maize into masa. As I have mentioned before, in Guatemala freshly baked/cooked tortillas are sold three times a day (los tres tiempos). Yet, … Read more
It’s time for the umbrellas and you probably should buy one in you plan to visit Guatemala for the next 180 days or so. Sorry, it’s like that and there is no way around it. Heck some people, like Eric from Boston, have never seen the beautiful and dry Guatemala; can you believe that?
If there ever it was a place where abandonment looks good that would be La Antigua Guatemala, which by the way is city taken out of 1773 and it is possible today because it was abandoned, or rather people were forced to abandon it. Anyways, most of the ruins and old monasteries still looked abandoned, … Read more
I am truly convinced that Guatemalans can not do anything in a mild, neutral, gray manner. Guatemala is a country of extremes and there’s no middle ground here. So it comes as no surprise that everything has to have rich, saturated colors with wild patterns that under normal circumstances could not go well together, but … Read more
Last night I received a text message with the following orders: Get the camera and take photos of Volcán de Fuego; lots of lava and lighting storms. So, as instructed by Nelo, I took my camera, mounted it on the tripod and shot a few photos. I must say these were the largest eruptions I … Read more
If you live in or around Antigua Guatemala you get used to coffee farms, coffee lots and coffee orchards and cupolas very fast. Here I was able to get both on the same shot. This photo was taken on the back end of the San Cristobal El Bajo church. Have you visited San Cristóbal El … Read more
Okay, I will tell you, but please don’t go telling everyone about it. In Guatemala we have a rainy season that lasts between six and seven months. Also, Guatemala has vast amounts of underground waterbeds; is this they correct term? Check out the Water Series for many of the different angles of water in Guatemala. … Read more