
Holy Week Details: Cucurucho Candles Vendor
Purple or violet and black are the colors of Lent and the Holy Week. Cucuruchos, float bearers, wear their cone-head purple robes …
Purple or violet and black are the colors of Lent and the Holy Week. Cucuruchos, float bearers, wear their cone-head purple robes …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Alfombras procesionales for processional carpets. Once again I’ll be offering group and private …
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the Semana Santa [Holy Week] the in Catholic realm. These Palm Sunday bouquets are burned and …
We continue with the game of discovering of architectonic details. As explained previously, with each new post I share an architectonic detail …
Let’s continue with the architecture discovery game from this week. With each new post I will share an architectonic detail from Antigua …
Let’s retake the discovery game we had in previous years. With each new post I will share an architectonic detail from Antigua …
Ruinas El Carmen are among the best preserved samples of the Moorish baroque architecture found in Antigua Guatemala. In fact, putting the …
Today I share with you a close-up view of the Moorish baroque details of the façade of Iglesia de La Merced; one …
Once again, fortune came my way I was able to capture a near full moon. However, luck was not on my side …
Guatemala’s flag flying over the Catholic Kings emblem at Real Palacio de La Cultura.
One of the things I enjoy the most during my morning photo walks are the abundance of beautiful doors, door knockers and …
Even though I do like capturing the entirety of the façade of Parroquia de San Pedro so I can share it with …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Portón or large doorway. This is one of better looking portones in Antigua Guatemala. …
Today I share with you an image with lots of symmetry. This is one of my favorite corners of Antigua Guatemala for …
Today is the last day of the mini series the discovery game of this week. Each day I shared an architectonic detail …
Two more days to go with the discovery game of this week. Each day I will share an architectonic detail from Antigua …
Let’s continue with the discovery game of this week. Each day I will share an architectonic detail from Antigua Guatemala and you …
Let’s continue with the discovery game of this week. Each day I will share an architectonic detail from Antigua Guatemala and you …
Let’s play a discovery game this week. Each day I will share an architectonic detail from Antigua Guatemala and you tell me …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Barroco for baroque.
If you like taking pictures, Antigua Guatemala will be paradise for you, with so many photographic opportunities no matter in which direction …
As I often preach: lest is best. This is only the corner of Museo de Arte Colonial, formerly the building of Universidad …
Before we wave goodbye to the Semana Santa coverage, how about a couple of pictures of details such as this carpets with …
All along the nearly ten years of publishing daily stories from Antigua Guatemala, I have often focus on the details to tell …
Here’s a simple picture to show off the baroque colonial architecture of La Antigua Guatemala, formerly known as Santiago de Guatemala. What’s …
Even a drain cover from Finca Filadelfia coffee plantation looks interesting and appealing to the eye, at least to my eye, how …
Only when you get a close-up and pay attention to the details on the façade of the church you realise how baroque …
Here we have the typical elements that you find on the roof-tops of Antigua Guatemala such as Spanish tiles, cupola, texture, and …
Without a doubt Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande is one of my favorite churches to photograph. There’s always so much going …
A búcaro fountain is half fountain normally embedded in a wall, normally near an inside patio, but it can be anywhere. I’ve …
I swear I could do a series just on unusual windows found in Antigua Guatemala. As a matter of fact, when I …
Okay, I believe it is time to awake the dormant Casa Antigüeña series with fresh and new material. We’ll start slow with …
La Antigua Guatemala is full of hidden treasures which are visible at plain view. One must be ready to look for them …
A quick search for architectonic details throws beams, arches, baroque elements, Spanish-tile roofs, windows, doorways, et-cetera. Each an individual entry showing a …
Well, almost a year ago, I presented you with the new paint job of the Iglesia de San Pedro Apostol San Juan …
Same as yesterday’s photo, we repeat the repetition theme, but even more so today. Can you tell me what elements repeat in …
Last time I talked about repetition, repetition, repetition, I mentioned that capturing repetition was very desirable in photography. Well, photographing repetition is …
All along these 1,124 consecutive entries, I have been compiling a collection of abstract photographs of La Antigua Guatemala with the idea …
In this photo you can see how some simple details and their repetition turn a utilitarian architectonic device like the stairway into …
I believe the magic of La Antigua Guatemala is in its details, often overlooked, like a lamp. You can browse the Doors and Windows, Details and Fountains and Gardens categories just a get a feel of all those wonderful details that make for an enchanting experience a visit to this Spanish Colonial Town embedded between coffee plantations, flower farms and volcanoes.
Even though the Ciudad Vieja Cathedral was founded in 1534, it is obvious the church has gone through many renovations. For instance, …
I love doing street photography and capturing candid images from the streets of Antigua Guatemala. In the almost eight years I have …
Details, details, details. To celebrate the first anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto on May 1st, 2007, I published a sampler photo of sweet bread …
Details, details, details. Oh boy, here are those ugly power lines again. But wait, what’s in the background? Sure enough, now everywhere …
Details, details, details. There are so many different street lamps or faroles, as they are known in Spanish, in La Antigua Guatemala …
pushwigh#@%&?¿… blip! Alert, alert, we break from our regular programing Details, details, details to bring you this important news update. From early …
Details, details, details. I also believe that, some times, details are like opportunities: you blink and they are gone. So you always …
Details, details, details. I believe beauty manifests itself in the details. Correct me if I am wrong!
Details, details, details. Gustave Flaubert believed that God was in the details. Other people believe the devil hides in the details. What …
Details, details, details. Often you find little windows on the doorways of the houses of La Antigua Guatemala and most often they …
Today is observed and celebrated the Día de la Santa Cruz, Day of the Holy Cross,in the Catholic world. As in previous …
Are you in need of new vibrant and colorful headshots or portraits? Now you can also book a headshot photo shoot while visiting Guatemala… TAP to see the full size photos and details.
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Portón for large doorway. Just when I think I have shared with you every nook …
Today I bring you an interesting perspective in the remains of the rooftop of the main nave of the ruins of Santa …
I wish y’all a new year full of light, creativity and love. If you would like to get a gorgeous print from …
Metallic window grates cast fabulous shadows early in the morning and late in the afternoon. As I have said before, the original …
Plants and flowers pots inside the windows are common sight in Antigua Guatemala as well as yellow walls with white windows.⠀ By …
We continue our mini series Abstractions from Antigua Guatemala with a lamp casting a sharp and well-defined shadow against a vibrant red …
Can you believe that 2020 will have a Full Moon for on Thursday, December 31; its very last day? What a year …
You can find the Coat of Arms of the Spanish Catholic Monarchs everywhere through out Antigua Guatemala. Interesting enough, most people have …
Back in May 2006 I set out to share with y’all images of daily life from Antigua Guatemala and its surroundings even …
Believe it or not, there dozen, perhaps hundreds of coat of arms of the Spanish Catholic Kings all over Antigua Guatemala; formerly …
For today, I bring you a close-up view of the intricate stucco details plastered on the pillars of Ruinas El Carmen, one …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Búcaro fountain or embedded fountain.
Take a look at the ruins of the cathedral complex of the Antigua Catedral de Santiago. This is a view from the …
Under normal circumstances, today the Catholic world will be celebrating the Day of the Holy Cross or Día de La Santa Cruz …
Honestly, the architectonic details of the Antiguo Colegio de La Compañía de Jesús in Antigua Guatemala are really exquisite. I could spend …
Here’s your Guatemalan illustrated Spanish word of the day: Cúpula for cupola. Cupolas adorn most of the rooftops in Antigua Guatemala. Cúpulas …
Antigua Guatemala has to have one of the most impressive collection of antique door knocker. The other day while leading an architectural …
Antigua Guatemala’s most distinctive landmark is also one of the best spots to photograph at night because of its dramatic lighting and …
This emblem of Saint James of Guatemala was carved on a volcanic rock just as many of the architectonic details of the …
Who we are Our website address is: https://antiguadailyphoto.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave …
All is well in Antigua Guatemala and after two days of clean ups, the city is looking better and better. We are …
Recently I organized a layover photo walk for a couple from Indiana. This included the arrangement of private transportation pick up at …
The dry season is the best time of the year to watch the volcanoes surrounding Antigua Guatemala because there’s less cloud activity …
This morning we were awaken by very strong tremors, a 5.4 earthquake at 5:30am. The epicentre was quite close to Antigua Guatemala, …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Banqueta or acera for sidewalk. Not only are sidewalks in Antigua Guatemala really narrow, …
You can find all kinds of merchandise for sale on the streets of Antigua Guatemala and the rest of the country for …
The camera is a master key! Below I will explain this statement… read on. Sunday night Fuego volcano offered an uninterrupted show …
What better way to start the new year than hanging out with friends at parque central of La Antigua Guatemala; sharing a …
One more reason to visit Antigua Guatemala during the dry season: The golden light. This beautiful golden light is the perfect ingredient …
Are you interesting in watching what burning fireworks and firecrackers looks like during New Year’s Eve in La Antigua Guatemala and surrounding …
Corn on the cob is among the most popular street foods one can find in Guatemala. Obviously, there several vendors in each …
How do you turn a living city into a shopping mall? Well, unregulated businesses will pay top money for real estate and …
Nearly ten years ago I promised I would share with you in a daily basis slices of quotidian life from La Antigua Guatemala and its surrounding areas. I hope you still enjoy these slides of daily life from this charming colonial town on the high lands of Central America… let me know either way.
As every December 12, Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe is observed in Guatemala. Unlike other years where I normally head to …
Guatemalans love color, the more the merrier, right? See even in this Santa Clause helper’s costume, the usual red and white, is …
This morning Guatemala awoke without it’s president as Otto Pérez Molina, the former president, resigned before sunrise, to face the allegations of …
There are so many elements of the iconography found through out La Antigua Guatemala in this picture. The lions, the mermaids, the …
Juanita, a mestiza dog, was rescued and now she is being put for adoption. If you live in Guatemala and have space …
Here’s another picture from the series “Pase Adelante” of 24 frames of film with the typical convenience store, tiendas we call them …
If you don’t like happy people, stay away from Guatemala. There are so many smiling people here that you might get infected. …
Spring is coming! By the time you receive this post, Guatemala will be on the news the world over. All major newspapers …
On May 3 the Day of Construction Worker is observed as well as the Day of the Holy Cross because they are …
The street photographer is a very special kind of photographer; she has special powers, the most obvious and often used power is …
Granizada carts have been a popular theme here in AntiguaDailyPhoto. I believe the first time I shared the first granizada cart with …
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Sastre or tailor. Sastrería is, therefore, the tailor shop. Believe it or not, there are …