Here’s a sneak preview of a wedding anniversary photo session that I shot this week in Antigua Guatemala with a couple visiting from California. Destination photo shoots on the colorful streets of Antigua Guatemala is something I have be doing a lot this year and I really enjoy capturing the love and beauty of couples and families … Read more
Actually in five days we will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com. You know, I will be stopping the daily updates on May 1st, 2021; the site will live on and I will post updates from time to time, but not daily. It has been a wild ride, 5,479 days by the time we … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Ayuntamiento for City Hall. Since this year the city of Antigua Guatemala could not celebrate it’s patron saint festivities on July 25th, which is Día de Santiago, or Saint James Day, they hanged these huge Santiago banners from the Palacio del Ayuntamiento [City Hall Palace]. By … Read more
AntiguaDailyPhoto.com began on May Day 2006 with the goal of sharing daily life imagery from the little town of Antigua Guatemala, embedded among towering colossal volcanoes in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala, located in northern Central America. With a tiny footprint of about one squared kilometer [0.6 of a mile] I figure I would ran … Read more
The ruins of Our Lady of Sorrow of the Hill are located on the north east part of Antigua Guatemala. Have you visited this site? As I mentioned last year, this is the end of the daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com; it’s been 4,748 days since our first post on May 1st, 2006. With nearly 5,000 … Read more
Here’s another typical vista of daily life from Antigua Guatemala; someone looking for work, another person going to work. I don’t know when people decided to make these doors at an inhabited house on 6a calle poniente into announcements boards, but as far as I remember, there always flyers, banners and announcements posted here.
Another typical vista during Lent is the purple banners and bands that adorn many houses and business doorways and windows. Palacio de Doña Leonor goes the extra mile by also placing a live violet orchid in between the doorways. Is this your first Semana Santa in Antigua or your 5th? Join us for an unforgettable … Read more
On March 10, La Antigua Guatemala celebrates the anniversary of the move of the capital city of Santiago de Guatemala, now La Antigua Guatemala from the valle de Almolonga to valle de Panchoy with all kinds of activities such as parades, civic acts and concerts. Here’s a picture taken as a school parade went by … Read more
Real Mayan textiles on display on live mannequins inside a boutique hotel in Antigua Guatemala. Across the patio seats a real Maya woman selling her textiles. The entire scene could be an episode of Black Mirror.
Is there anyone caring for the horses that are used for the carriage tours around Antigua Guatemala? Follow the white rabbit to » to learn about the organisation Equinos Sanos Para El Pueblo, ESAP.
The street photographer is a very special kind of photographer; she has special powers, the most obvious and often used power is invisibility. During Antigua Photo Walks that I lead about street photography I share many of the skills and powers needed to turn shy and timid, sheep photographers into wolf photographers ready to just … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala has to be the wedding capital in Central America. Can you picture a more enchanting and charming place to be wedded? Honest, Antigua Guatemala is the premier placer to host a wedding. Of course, where there is a wedding there is a photographer covering it. If you or anyone you know is … Read more
Granizada carts have been a popular theme here in AntiguaDailyPhoto. I believe the first time I shared the first granizada cart with you was on May 9, 2006; that’s right less than ten days from starting to dispatch daily vistas from Antigua Guatemala. In 2006 I showed a colorful street vendor cart of granizadas, can … Read more
As we have discussed many times before, the Plaza Mayor, Main Square, better known as Parque Central is the premier place to meet people, either family and friends or total strangers. Los encuentros is such a complex frase; it can mean the meetings, it can mean the crossroad, it can also mean the clashes. What … Read more
Here’s yet another daily life vista from Antigua Guatemala. I will let you guys caption this photograph. As before, the most creative caption will receive a photo post card via snail mail at your home or office. Good luck to all the participants.