Sometimes it feels as nothing ever changes in La Antigua Guatemala. Other times, it feels as if the colonial city is rushing into the future a neck breaking speeds. My upmost respect for those dare devils who climb so high on light poles or scaffold structures to fix whatever is broken.
A simple image to show you the public street lighting on one of the streets surrounding the Parque de la Unión.Boy, I am a sucker for repetition and I can not help myself whenever repetition shows up in my viewfinder. I hope you like it when I repeat a subject!
Because the high levels of humidity around Antigua Guatemala, people have to paint their walls often, sometimes in a yearly basis. Not every time walls get painted they use the same color and after so many years when the paint peels, you get the gorgeous texture where the different colors peek through. The National Council … Read more
It’s been a while since I published an entry in the Lamps category. Even more distant is the time I published a lamp with its shadow. That’s why I decided to share with you this vista of the current light color and conditions in Antigua Guatemala. I hope you like it.
I wonder what’s the fascination with faroles, lamps, that we have here in AntiguaDailyPhoto, I mean, come on there are 24 pages on lamps already. If you don’t believe me, follow the white rabbit through the Lamps category hole; if you do, come back and tell us which is your favorite lamp style.
We finish our little mini night photography tour with this simple image of a red wall and sign illuminated by a lamp. Depending on the quality of your monitor and its calibration, you may or may not be able to read what’s on the sign. Since we are talking about monitors, calibrations and color profiles, … Read more
I am with MO with regards to how electric wires become visual pollution, especially in colonial Antigua Guatemala. However, I have tried to capture electric wires in creative ways in the past. How sucessfull I was with Electric Wire Grid plus Volcanoes, Wonderful Sunset plus Power Lines and The Webs We Weave is hard to … Read more
Guess, just a simple guess… Do you recall the place on the images? If so, what were you doing there? text and photo by Arturo Godoy.
Not much to say about this simple image, except I really like the light peeking through. Also, I like the play between light and shadows. Anyway, not much to say, really, about a simple and easy image. I wish you all a simple start of a new week. Remember, easy does it! 😉
I promise to stop whining about the rainy season and its washed and gray skies if I am allowed to capture a decent rainy season themed or caused image every once in a while like in these previous posts: Almost Perfect Daredevil in Antigua Guatemala Contemplating the heavy rain One Way to the Decisive Moment … Read more
How many people are required to change a light bulb? a whole crew and a truck with basket if the light bulb is part of the street lighting system. Not too long ago, in Guatemala, the electric company was responsible for the maintenance of the public lighting, but now the municipalities took over that tax … Read more
The things one must do to earn a living. 🙁 So what’s the guy doing all the way up there? Good question my dear friends. Well, there’s something fishy going on there and in many other street light poles. Let me explain. As I drove by the two trucks shown in the bottom pictures I … Read more
I just love the dry season that goes from late October to late April in Guatemala, also known in Guatemala as Summer even though it actually spans part of Fall, the entire Winter and half of the Spring season. Go Figure! The weather is wonderfully cool, literally and figuratively. There is no rain. The sky … Read more
Greed and ambition do not know of any limits. That’s how we got ourselves into the present economic crisis… sure the free market will police itself and the chief executive officers will regulate their corporations to not be as profitable as they could in favor of a more stable and fair marketplace. Yeah right Alan … Read more
Details, details, details. There are so many different street lamps or faroles, as they are known in Spanish, in La Antigua Guatemala that if I run a different one each day, it would take so many months to show all the different kinds. Now, can you tell me what’s inside the lamp or in its … Read more