Antigua Street Colors: Red and Yellow
This picture was made during a photo walk where I was teaching how to compose a photograph using symmetry and color contrast. …
This picture was made during a photo walk where I was teaching how to compose a photograph using symmetry and color contrast. …
After our Holy Week coverage, we are back to our normal Antigua Guatemala photography feed. I hope you enjoy this touch of …
This yellow house is also one of my favorite corners in Antigua Guatemala. I often bring photography enthusiasts taking my photo walks …
One advantage I have for my Antigua Photo Sessions is that since I have photographed every corner of Antigua Guatemala for the …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Esquina for corner. This yellow corner is one of my favorite corners in Antigua …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Elotes for corn on the cob. Elotes are one of the most popular …
We continue our close-up look at the flowers found in the gardens of Antigua Guatemala with camarón amarillo, as we know the …
As I said the other day, for the foreseeable future my new goal is to try to only share beautiful, sunny and …
The most common color combination we can make in Antigua Guatemala is blue and yellow since there’s a blue sky everywhere and …
If you have been following the daily posts of AntiguaDailyPhoto for nearly 12 years you would come to the conclusion that yellow …
Starting on May 1st, I look up to sky and ask, “is the rainy season over yet?” I do this the first …
Oh Antigua Guatemala, what a photogenic charming little town. Every block is filled with photogenic backdrops and natural frames, such as this …
Even though I have shown every color possible that you can find in Antigua Guatemalan and surrounding communities under the archives of …
Which color tortillas do you like best? In Guatemala the most popular colours for tortillas are yellow, black and white. If you …
Plastic fake flowers, we don’t know what they are and we don’t need them. We are the land of the eternal Spring …
We continue the Antigua Color Series with yellow wall, Amarillo La Merced, to be precise, as backdrop for this interaction between a …
Please help me identify these colorful red and yellow flowers I found during one of my morning walks. The first correct answer …
If I had a penny for each yellow arch in La Antigua Guatemala! Well, if Arturo can experiment with contrasts in black …
Here’s another addition to the color palette category. Also, this is second version of the Show Me The Moon from Antigua Guatemala. …
It’s been a while since I last updated the color palette category. What do you think of the new colors?
Okay, this is the last photo of the Holy Week preparations series. This emblematic yellow house known as Hotel Aurora has now …
First wallpaper download for 2009 from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo (LAGDP). You can browse the wallpaper category to get the other …
We all live in a yellow house Yellow house, yellow house We all live in a yellow house Yellow house, yellow house …
This niche and the surrounding walls was basically the only color I found at the San Lázaro Cemetery. This piece was between two sets of above-ground crypts; the set on the right was empty and the set on the left was not vacant.
Perhaps it is not too late to introduce some of the wonderful Antigüeño color palette into the La Antigua Guatemala’s main public cemetery.
Oh what the heck, I am feeling generous. Here is yet another yellow wallpaper for your desktop. Lessie is right, I find …
Is either yellow a very popular color in Antigua or I have a tendency towards photographing yellow walls. I mention this because …
The Antigua’s color palette only accepts about 12 colors. Here you see the antigüeño yellow. This week’s photos will be about the …
Here’s another take on the series Antigua Makes Me Happy. Once again, I share a portrait of a Spanish student enjoying her …
Whenever I roam the streets with my camera, I am hyper aware of color combinations, from the basic complimentary colors of red …
I can believe it’s been over a year since I last posted a picture for the fun series: Antigua Makes Me Happy. …
The Guatemalan labor code allows for two short breaks of about 15 minutes (in addition to the lunch break); one in the …
It’s been a while since I shared with you a niche detail. Today’s picture is a architectonic detail found at side wall …
Bring home vibrant portraits of you and your loved ones taken in this magical and charming town at the most photogenic and …
The colors orange or warm yellow are quite common in Antigua Guatemala, however to pair them with blue, you must wait for …
One of the constant color of the dry season in Antigua Guatemala is the sky blue. If you pair the sky blue with the rich tones of the yellow and orange houses and buildings found everywhere in Antigua Guatemala you get a picture like the one shown above. Enjoy!
I still can’t believe that in the US over 99% of cultivated corn is the exact same type: Yellow Dent #2. What a difference is the situation in Guatemala and the rest of Mesoamerica, the cradle for the most popular cultivated cereal in the world… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
In Guatemala; especially corn grown by the Maya people. We still appreciate the autochthonous corn which comes in white, yellow, red and black with its non-uniform kernels… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Poinsettias are autochthonous to Guatemala and Mesoamerica so they can be grown in gardens either by design or as wild intruders as well as in the fields as wild plants. In Guatemala poinsettias are known as Flor de Pascua, or simply as…
This is the entrance to the ruins of the former cathedral complex of Antigua Guatemala. It’s located on the side of 5a calle oriente. I believe this is only the second time I share this vista with you… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
The new location of Artista de Café on 5a avenida sur, only a few steps from Ruinas de San José El Viejo …
As I often say, Antigua Guatemala is full a colorful spots, making it an ideal destination for lifestyle photo shoots that produce …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Cerveza Artesanal for craft beer. The cervecerías artesanales, craft breweries, movement went to …
Antigua Guatemala is one of the most instagrammable towns in the world. Antigua Guatemala is full a vibrant spots, making it an …
In today’s photo I managed to share with you two of the most iconic landmarks of Antigua Guatemala: El Arco de Santa …
Plants and flowers pots inside the windows are common sight in Antigua Guatemala as well as yellow walls with white windows.⠀ By …
As I have shared with you before, flores de Pascua or pascuas, are the most popular Christmas floral displays. Poinsettias are also …
Chichitas amarillas, yellow nipples or nipple fruit, or Chichitas de Esquipulas are two popular name for this organic Guatemalan decoration found around …
Over the weekend these newly installed speed bumps were painted with bright yellow and black paint; as it is the usual the …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Pascuas for poinsettias. Scientific name: Euphorbia pulcherrima or Poinsetia. As I have mentioned …
Believe it or not, that yellow structure houses public washbasins, sort of a laundromat, used everyday by people to wash their clothes …
I love Antigua Guatemala; that’s what the colorful sign says all the way near the yellow wall of La Merced. I really …
As part of the effort to bring the rate of infection to the colors orange or even yellow, the Ayuntamiento of La …
Finally we have a gradual re-opening date for Guatemala: July 27. The re-opening will be gradual and by municipalities [counties] using a …
In the Southeast part of Antigua Guatemala you will find the vibrant gate of Parroquia El Calvario. Just a few days ago, …
For this Sunday I would like to share with you this peaceful and colorful vista from Antigua Guatemala. I am sending you …
AntiguaDailyPhoto.com began on May Day 2006 with the goal of sharing daily life imagery from the little town of Antigua Guatemala, embedded …
The Strongylodon jade vines are commonly known as emerald vine or turquoise jade vine; although in Antigua Guatemala the popular name is …
As I have shared with you before, these vibrant yellow or maroon spotted with yellow strange-looking flowers are the gift of a …
Did you know that the sign regulation of Antigua Guatemala mandates that signs must me handmade and only metal, wood or ceramic …
Along the years I have photographed these lovely yellow arches providing cover to the public washbasins of Pilas de Santa Clara better …
Antigua Guatemala’s most distinctive landmark is also one of the best spots to photograph at night because of its dramatic lighting and …
The best time to start shooting night photography is right after sunset, at the start of the blue hour, usually around 6pm …
Antigua Guatemala is full a gorgeous spots, making it an ideal destination for lifestyle photo shoots that produce some of the most …
Limestone-based paints are the recommended paints to use on the exterior walls of Antigua Guatemala by the Consejo Nacional Para La Protección de La Antigua Guatemala, CNPAG, the Protection Agency…
The random patterns of natural textures is organic and pleasing to the eyes. This is why I will turn these textures images into calendars and high quality decoration prints. Let me know if you’re interested. Cheers!
Some people see figures in the textures patterns, how about you? Do you see shapes or figures?
We continue the textures of Antigua Guatemala mini series with gorgeous wall with light blues and yellows. I am definitely turning these textures into calendars and high quality decoration prints. Let me know if you’re interested. Enjoy!
We continue the mini series of Antigua Guatemala textures with this red and yellow wall textures; two of the most popular colors in town. I will turn them into calendars and high quality decoration prints. Let me know if you’re interested. Cheers!
Even though the slogan for La Antigua Guatemala is the city of the perpetual roses or as we say in Spanish, La …
One can start shooting night photography after sunset, usually around 6pm in Antigua Guatemala, at the start of the blue hour, for …
Red Dr. Marten’s boots, that’s street style for you! During the street photography walks we learn how to compose images that tell …
Día de los Difuntos or Day of the Dead is observed in Guatemala on November 2. This means that for a few …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Celeste or sky blue. Celeste comes from cielo, sky. Celaje is another word that …
Guatemalan ponche, fruit punch is the most popular drink for the Christmas season. The fruit punch above was prepared from package from …
Well, if it is pascua season in Guatemala, you know what that means, right? As I had shared before, pascuas (Guatemala) and …
How many of these Guatemalan candies can you name? How many have you tried? Dulces de cabecera, or headboard candies or sweets, …
In case you were wondering why the color of the houses repeat so often in La Antigua Guatemala, well, here’s the answer. …
What’s your favourite color from Antigua Guatemala. Methinks mine is yellow.
If you have follow the daily updates from AntiguaDailyPhto you may know that I enjoy taking the most innocent and harmless photograph …
Oh the world is full of decisions. To be or not to be; should I stay or should I go; color or …
Every so often I capture the current state of the façade of Casa de los Gigantes, located right across from Iglesia de …
The long dispute over the control of the Palacio Real de los Capitanes Generales of Santiago de Guatemala by the different ministries …
The nances are in season in Guatemala now. Nance is the Guatemalan name for Byrsonima crassifolia, found in North America as yellow …
Yellow walls, yes I am addicted to yellow walls. So what does timbre means in Spanish, door bell for sure, but that’s …
Today I have decided to share with all the people suffering from the harsh Winter cold, this simple picture of Winter sunshine …
Depeche mode, depeche mode a la Antigua Guatemala style! Here’s the latest fashion dispatch from the streets of Antigua Guatemala. I hope …
I have found a tortillería that offers black tortillas twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Of course, you can find black …
As I have shared with you before, granadillas (Passiflora ligularis) are often confused with Maracuya (Passiflora edulis) because they look similar, especially …
Men of Maize Revisited! “There was consensus and it was decided to bring the purple maize, the yellow maize, the red maize …
I present to you the the güisquil root, a Guatemalan seasonal delicacy. The güisquil, Sechium educe, is usually the dark green pear …
Once again granadillas are in season in Guatemala. As I have mentioned before, granadillas (Passiflora ligularis) are often confused with Maracuya (Passiflora …
What we call in Guatemala, recardos, stews based on sauces, are really just Mayan curries, although some people do not like the …
In La Antigua Guatemala, I believe, that nothing can rival the baroque stucco art found on the façade of Iglesia de La …
As I mentioned before, Granizada is the Guatemalan Spanish word for shaved ice snacks. Basically, you take shaved or crushed ice and …
As we step away from the podium, we can appreciate the entire shrine and put the altar detail from yesterday in context. …
Guatemalan chiles rellenos used to be stuffed chillis, normally guaque chilli, bell pepers, jalapeño, depends mostly on what is on season and …
Chico Zapote or simply chico which in English is known as Sapodilla is a popular fruit in Guatemala. From the sap of …
Hurry, we only have a few more weeks of gorgeous light left before the rainy season begins. I wonder why Guatemala does …
I don’t know if I am attracted to yellow, but somehow in the dry season I captured many yellows and blues. If …