Are you visiting Guatemala and would like to learn more about travel or street photography? We will show you the best spots to photograph Antigua Guatemala’s sites and people, and share the tips, tricks, and secrets of a street photographer. We are also happy to design a private photo walk for you if you would prefer dedicated one-on-one attention and to focus on specific themes or techniques. Book a memorable photographic experience at www.AntiguaPhotoWalks.com.
We continue the 5-day countdown to the 11th anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto with the miniseries of street photography slices of daily life through out Antigua Guatemala. How about snapshot of a laundry day in the village of San Pedro Las Huertas, where mother and child move to the rhythm of water and clothes being washed by … Read more
Domingo de resurrección or Easter Sunday marks the end of the Holy Week. We wave goodbye to the processions, the carpets and all the purple and black robes for now. Of course, in Antigua Guatemala they will begin the preparations for Lent and Holy Week 2018 already. As some of you may know, this year … Read more
The passion and devotion that goes into making the processional carpets is incredible. Often we only mention how long it takes to elaborate the carpet at its spot, but we forget to mention all the time that it took to get everything ready. For instance, how about the time collecting all those flowers and then … Read more
One of the most important lessons we can take from experiencing the Holy Week in Guatemala is the many different ways of being human. And let’s be clear, this is not better or worse, just different, positively different, I may add! For instance, all along the processional routes one receives so many good vibes from … Read more
Some of the more intricate and complex designs of alfombras, carpets, can take as long as 12 hours. Such was the case of this carpet with macadamia nuts, placed one by one to form the images. Each image took about 3.5 hours to make. The creators were so proud of their carpet design and lend … Read more
The Palm Sunday procession kicks off the Holy Week 2017. The Jesús Nazareno “La Reseña” and Santísima Virgen de Dolores procession leaves iglesia La Merced at 11am and comes back 12 hours later after having serpentined through the streets of Antigua Guatemala. By the way, I framed the procession of Virgen de Dolores inside a … Read more
The special Lent and Holy Week photo walks are a fun way to make great up-close photographs of people, all kinds of people, from cucuruchos to dolorosas, from vendors and onlookers, from musicians to carpets makers. Here are three street portraits of cucuruchos to give you a taste of it. If you are already or … Read more
Cucuruchos and Photographers need to take a few breaks through out the processional route at the tienditas. This is one of the typical vistas during Lent processions. You also find Roman soldiers and Dolorosas as well.
Thanks to the Special Lent Photo Walks I am leading on Sundays during Cuaresma and Semana Santa I am able to bring you the coverage of processions and everything else I come across. For instance, this time I am sharing two small video clips recorded near Iglesia La Merced that shows you the cadence and … Read more
Every Sunday of Lent I am leading some very special photo walks, from 2pm to 5pm, and during the Holy Week, from 2pm to 5pm, themed around the elements of the Holy Week. These photo walks start with an information-packed presentation defining the different elements of Lent and the Holy Week and then we hit … Read more
A penny for her thoughts. Here are mine: Lines and leading lines. Light and shadows. Triangles and arches. Layers and depth of field. Two different ways of being human. There is a right approach and a wrong way to take pictures of people in the streets. Take a photo walk with me if you want … Read more
This portrait of the young part of a Mayan family was made during a private photo walk through the villages of Antigua Guatemala. At first, the young Maya girls didn’t want to collaborate even though the mother, not shown in the picture, was more willing to have some pictures made of the family. So, we … Read more
We finish the entrepreneurial series with a behind the scenes portrait session of the maize mill owner taking during an “Around the Villages of Antigua Guatemala” photo walk that I lead for a couple of photographer from Kuwait. All the portraits and profiles come from the “Around the Villages of Antigua Guatemala Photo Walks.” People … Read more
I feel very fortunate to be able to help other photographers come to make pictures around the villages of Antigua Guatemala through the Antigua Photo Walks. There is nothing more authentic in Antigua Guatemala than its villages and life there. We walk through the raw streets photographing people and the human condition as well as … Read more
This November 1st, I will be leading a fabulous and unique photography workshop and photo walks to document the giant kites plus the Day of the Dead & All Saints Day festivities through the Mayan graveyard of Santiago Sacaptepéquez, the aristocrat necropolis of Antigua Guatemala and the mestizo cemetery of Ciudad Vieja, three distinct burial … Read more