Day one of year three. Are you ready for the new tour of 365 days around La Antigua Guatemala? If you do please, bring your pasaje en mano, dónde caben tres caben más. Every time humans arrive at a milestone, we tend to review what we have traveled thus far. Two years of consecutive blogging … Read more
New Year’s Eve Celebrations in La Antigua Guatemala:
For starters there are many things that make New Year’s Eve similar and different than Christmas’ Eve. If Christmas’ Eve is celebrated with the family at home at your parents’ home; New Year’s Eve can be celebrated anywhere: a discotheque, a park, the beach or La Calle del Arco, a popular venue in La Antigua Guatemala
It was on May Day 2006 that I began sharing daily life vistas from Antigua Guatemala at my blog for the colonial city: AntiguaDailyPhoto.com with all of you and the rest of the world. The goal was to show how is daily life in the most emblematic colonial town located in the highlands of northern … Read more
I really enjoy sharing my approach to street photography and seeing how other timid photographers dramatically transform from being shy to really conquering their fears and making candid authentic slices of life in a single session of my Street Photography Workshops and Photo Walks. I believe I have a fun and solid photography workshops/photo … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Cervezas for beers. These are the most popular beers in Guatemala produced by the national brewing company, better known as Cerveceria Centroamericana. In this picture, we are missing my favorite beer from the national brewing company, Moza. Día del trabajo, Labor Day, is observed in Guatemala … Read more
“Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.” —Walker Evans (source: Photo.Net) Alfred Hitchcock´s film “Rear Window” is translated in to Spanish as «La ventana indiscreta» or “The Indiscreet Window.” I can honestly say that I have put a lot … Read more
The Antigua Photo Walks is the best vehicle I have found to teach and shared my approach to street photography and capturing natural images of daily life in Antigua Guatemala. Of course, the principles and approaches I share work everywhere, but we get the chance to put them in practice right away on the streets. … Read more
The color red is the official color of Nochebuena and Navidad in Guatemala and nothing exemplifies this better than the Pascua plants, poinsettia flowers… TAP to read the entire post and see the full size photo.
Attention, attention, In Antigua Guatemala we are offering shelter and refuge to those in need of sunshine and temperate weather. Everyone is welcomed. Please share this picture with those who may be in need of some warm colors and sunshine.
Antigua Guatemala is a popular destination for snowbirds looking for warmer Winter weather. Although, Antigua Guatemala is located about an hour away from the Pacific Ocean, the altitude of 1,500 meters give us temperate weather all year long. During Winter the temperatures begin slightly chilly, somewhere 10ºC/50º and 15ºC/60ºF, it is only for a couple … Read more
Everywhere you walk in Antigua Guatemala now you fill Christmas decorations. I captured today’s photo of the traditional posada lanterns and omnipresent poinsettias at the entrance to the exhibition of the Nativity scene. I will come back to the exhibition of El Nacimiento, Nativity scene, to bring you more images and information. Stay tuned!
This type of half fountain embedded on a wall are known as búcaro and they are everywhere in Antigua Guatemala. So much so, that I would easily call them iconic and representative of the aesthetic of Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through the many búcaro fountains I have shared with you guys thus far. … Read more
The corner of 7a calle oriente and 3a avenida sur has to be one of my favorite corners to photograph the colorful buses used as public transit in Guatemala as they cross the city of Antigua Guatemala from west, poniente, to east, oriente. In fact, I often take photography enthusiasts and photographers here during the … Read more
As I have said many times before, Antigua Guatemala is the top wedding destination in Central America. It is hard to imagine a more enchanting and charming place for a wedding in Central America? Honestly, Antigua Guatemala is also the premier place for wedding photographs with its many lovely backdrops. Of course, where there is … Read more