Night Photography

Typical night vista of Antigua Guatemala

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I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy taking strolls during sunset and early evening in Antigua Guatemala. The mixture of the natural light and the artificial is phenomenal and even dramatic after one can only see spotlights illuminating certain aspects of the renaissance/baroque architecture of Antigua Guatemala. Before sunrise also works for me, … Read more

Sandra Sebastián’s Introspectivas Photographic Exhibit Inauguration at CFCE Antigua

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Last Saturday was the inauguration of the photographic exhibition “Instrospectivas” (instrospectives), a sampling of the human condition. These images are not just photographs, they are people and their circumstances, a society and its circumstances the promotional banner reads. As always, if you’re in Antigua Guatemala don’t miss this important exhibit at the Compañía de Jesús … Read more

The Typical Tienda Vista

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As I’ve explained before, a tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer for convenience store. The original definition of Tienda is tent as I imagine the original stores were actually tents. Tienditas, are smaller tiendas, or little convenience stores, which sometimes get to be as small as a window, must of … Read more

Antigua Guatemala Semana Santa Photos

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With this gallery of Semana Santa photos from Antigua Guatemala, Nelo Mijangos shares with us an overview of the many vistas one can expect while following a procession in Antigua Guatemala. For instance, the picture above gives us an idea of the length of the float and how many cucuruchos carry it. Below, we can … Read more

Lent Sunday Processions: 5th San Bartolomé Becerra

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The procession of the fifth Sunday of Lent is quite possibly one of the largest processions in Antigua Guatemala. People just refer to it as the procession of San Bartolo, short for San Bartolomé Becerra. This procession leaves the church around 7 am and comes back 18 hours later, sometime between midnight and 1 am. … Read more

Lent Sunday Processions: 4th Santa Ana

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By the end of the 4th Sunday procession which comes out of the village of Santa Ana, Nelo Mijangos had already walked 93,2 kms or 57.91 miles on four consecutive Sundays of Lent. For this procession, Nelo decided to show us a detail of the lit float taken at night. Yes, in case you didn’t … Read more

The McNally Smith Fusion Ensemble performed at the “XIII Festival de Jazz de Guatemala” in Antigua Guatemala

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Rudy Giron: 130313 Jazz Festival &emdash;

Wednesday night we had the opportunity to listen to The McNally Smith Fusion Ensemble performed for about an hour and a half as part of “XIII Festival de Jazz de Guatemala” at the atrium of the former college of the Compañía de Jesús in Antigua Guatemala. It was a breath-taking performance.

The “XIII Festival de Jazz de Guatemala” started on Friday, March 8, with a performance by Alessio Menconi Trio with Marco Panascia and Paolo Orlandi from Italy, but because I’ve have been overwhelmed with the transformation of the upcoming issue of REVUE magazine, I was not able to attend. Ditto for the show by Beat Kaestli of Switzerland on Thursday night. There is still one more concert by Abe Rábade Trio (Spain) on Saturday night which I do not plan to miss at all. I will bring you an update in this last presentation. Stay tuned!

Check out the photo galley of The McNally Smith Fusion Ensemble concert here:

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First Photos of the Eruptions of Fuego Volcano taken from Antigua Guatemala

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Rudy Giron: 130303 Fuego Erupting &emdash;

Here are the first images I taken of the recent eruptions of Volcán de Fuego taken from Antigua Guatemala tonight. I was alerted by Norman Avila of ClimaYa.com through a tweet about Fuego volcano erupting and within minutes I was taken this photographs of the fireworks show put up by colossal volcano located about 20 kilometres south west of Antigua Guatemala.

Here are additional photos of Fuego volcano erupting. Enjoy!

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Black and white of the Izote tree or yucca guatemalensis

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The izote tree, yucca guatemalensis, is the Mesoamerican cousin of the yucca tree or Joshua tree and one of my favorite plants to photograph. Simply take a photo tour through the archives for izote. Izote is can be found in almost all gardens and fences here and everywhere in Mexico and Central America and the … Read more

The Voca People at Ermita de la Santa Cruz, Antigua

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Last night was the presentation of Vocal People at Ermita de la Santa Cruz ruins, Antigua Guatemala’s concert venue, as part of the XII Festival Internacional de Cultura Paiz. Voca People brought a musical show featuring popular songs by the only means of a cappella and beatbox, sans any other musical instrument. The Saturday night … Read more

10 Days of Cultural Events Were Inaugurated Last Night with the Paiz International Cultural Festival

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The night of February 1 was chosen as the inauguration of XII Festival Internacional de Cultura Paiz to be held for ten days in Antigua Guatemala. The night was filled with the sounds of the big band music of the Bob Porter’s Orchestra and happy rhythms of pop, rock, latino and ska by the Guatemalan … Read more

New Year’s Fireworks Shows in Antigua Guatemala

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Antigua Guatemala is the preferred destination for Christmas Even and New Year’s Eve celebrations because Antigüeños know how put on a good show. Normally there are several fireworks and firecrackers shows at different venues such as Parque Central and Calle del Arco. Here Nelo shares some of his photos for the night and further down … Read more

Yo no olvido al año viejo

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We’re at the end of the December, so we’ll be saying our goodbyes to 2012. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the wonderful people who have left comments or sent feedback. I want to send a big THANK YOU to all of you who supported my efforts. A very special THANK … Read more

Alameda del Calvario in Antigua Guatemala

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Here’s a night vista of the Alameda (tree-lined avenue) of El Calvario. In the background you can appreciate one of the stations of the cross and the moon hiding behind the coffee plantation. I like how through the different lights one can see different layers in what would be an otherwise two dimensional image. What … Read more