Fountains & Gardens

Consecutive Day 3639 — Antigua Guatemala Patios

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Often during the photo walks I lead around Antigua Guatemala, I encourage people to enter every hotel, restaurant, shop and building to truly appreciate the beauty of this charming colonial town, without par in Latin America. There’s plenty to see inside the buildings from archways, to the patios, gardens, terraces, dining area, corridors, art and … Read more

Repurposing Colonial Water Tanks and Sinks

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How do you turn a living city into a shopping mall? Well, unregulated businesses will pay top money for real estate and in places where there are no city ordinances dictating how much of the real estate can be use for housing, schools, parks, business, et cetera, many houses become businesses. That’s is the sad … Read more

Lion Bucaro Fountain from Antigua Guatemala

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Lion Bucaro Fountain from Antigua Guatemala

If you have been following the daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto, you guys know I have covered dozen of times the mermaids that are all over town. In fact, I have created a photo walk entitled: Hunting Mermaids in Antigua Guatemala. In case you don’t know, there are over a hundred mermaids or sirenas in La … Read more

Long exposure at midday in Parque Central, Antigua Guatemala

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I am guilty as charged: I don’t show enough movement in Antigua Guatemala. To fix that, I will begin a series of long exposure photographs to capture movement in Antigua Guatemala. Often, I prefer to focus in the aperture setting of the camera and only a few times I play with the shutter speed to … Read more

Fountains as Decoration Pieces

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The other day while scouting for new locations for the Artistic Photo Sessions I now offer, I came across a large garden area with many fountains which are simply decoration pieces. It got me thinking that most fountains around Antigua Guatemala are simply decor pieces; don’t you agree?

Hunting Mermaids in Antigua Guatemala

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Honest, I don’t know if I am hunting mermaids in Antigua Guatemala with my camera or I am blindly following the singing of all the sirens that are found through out colonial architecture of Antigua Guatemala. I ask because it seems that somehow I am drawn to them and I am not sure if it … Read more

Fountain in a Alley in Antigua Guatemala

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Here’s your Spanish word for the day: Callejón or alley. In Antigua Guatemala a callejón is an even narrower street, usually not very long, sometimes one to three blocks. There are callejones through out Antigua Guatemala, but the most popular one are quite possibly those north of La Merced church. This fountain is located on … Read more

Fuente de las Sirenas, Antigua Guatemala

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Here are some the notes from the talk “Las Sirenas de La Antigua Guatemala” by Dr. Miguel F. Torres that I attended a few weeks ago. Sirens or mermaids are mythological beings from prehistory. Their origins go as far back as Sumerian and Egyptians gods and survived thanks for Homer’s description of their singing in … Read more

Fountain at San Juan del Obispo, Antigua Guatemala

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The question should be, when was the last time you visited San Juan del Obispo? If the answer is not recently or ever, shame on you. The village of San Juan del Obispo belongs to the Antigua Guatemala municipality and besides this fountain, a park, the church and palace of the bishop, there is plenty … Read more