Whenever possible is a good idea to include in the picture something of known size like a person, animal or vehicle to gauge the size of buildings or mountains or ships, etc. In this case, the man walking by the church of San Pedro Las Huertas provides a human scale for us to realize the … Read more
After several previous tries I believe I have captured the essence of this tiny colonial church in San Gaspar Vivar. Sometimes it takes several attempts at different hours, with different light and often with different lens and cameras to really capture the essence of a place. San Gaspar Vivar Church Typical Rainy Season Vista in … Read more
I have not idea why La Escuela de Cristo church is so important in Antigua Guatemala. The two largest processions from Antigua Guatemala actually are La Merced and Escuela de Cristo. Often on my way home I go by this church and I have noticed there are large weddings here every weekend. Now, Escuela de … Read more
El Calvario or Calvary (Golgotha) is the name of the mount on the outskirts of Jerusalem where it’s believed that Jesus Christ was crucified. This church with its three arches provides a symbolic representation of the crucifixion; with each arch representing each cross. As I have explained before, the natural limestone-based paints have a transparent … Read more
In case you haven’t noticed, we embarked on a Rainy Season Vistas series starting a few days back. This whole week I will posting rainy season vistas, it’s my personal challenge to find beautiful and intriguing imagery from the rainy season. Today’s entry for instance can be replicated in just about all the ruins and … Read more
For this Sunday, we continue in a tranquil and relaxing mood with tone set by the theme day Tranquility. Once again, here’s another fountain on the main plaza of San Gaspar Vivar, a tiny village of Antigua Guatemala sandwiched between San Pedro Las Huertas, San Juan del Obispo and Santa Catarina Bobadilla. I hope your … Read more
This fountain in San Juan del Obispo was my second choice to show tranquility for the theme day of the Photo Daily community. Even the entire community of San Juan del Obispo is a tranquil sleepy little town. If you have not visited yet, you must put it on your to do list. If you … Read more
Tonight we were very lucky in Antigua Guatemala because we had the rare opportunity to see the Ballet Nacional de Guatemala performed in the San José El Viejo Church ruins, one of my favorite venues for artistic manifestations. Some of you may remember these ruins as the backdrop for the entry Free Culture where the … Read more
If you live in or around Antigua Guatemala you get used to coffee farms, coffee lots and coffee orchards and cupolas very fast. Here I was able to get both on the same shot. This photo was taken on the back end of the San Cristobal El Bajo church. Have you visited San Cristóbal El … Read more
One thing I have noticed reviewing the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto is that I have yet to visit all the villages of Antigua Guatemala. This year I plan to visit and photograph all the villages of La Antigua Guatemala. To that end, here’s the church of San Gaspar Vivar, a small community sandwiched between San Pedro … Read more
Slowly, but surely we progress in our own unique way. Just before we leave Ciudad Vieja, I wanted to share with a follow up post to Having Ice Cream in Antigua Guatemala where I tried to explain that despite the crime and violence that is shown in the news, most people in our Latin America … Read more
It had been a while since I visited Ciudad Vieja, the town about two miles from Antigua Guatemala. I was surprised to see all the changes and improvements made around Ciudad Vieja. Ciudad Vieja is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. According to the 2002 Guatemalan Census, the municipality has a total of … Read more
About two weeks ago I shared with you a photograph of the façade of the church of San Miguel Escobar in which I included two people and a street dog as size reference. Today I shared another vista of the same church as it was being painted by church volunteers while other receive the Sunday … Read more
Catholic churches were usually built around the main plaza of each town, normally taken the east quadrant of the plazas. There are not as many catholic churches as there are protestant churches, but they tend to be much bigger and older and built at the best possible locations. The church of San Pedro Las Huertas … Read more
While catholics take the spot lights during Lent and the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala, evangelical churches (that’s what protestant churches are called in Guatemala) pop up anywhere they are allowed. To be honest, I wish I knew what are the requirements to open up an evangelical church, but it must not very difficult because … Read more