During this afternoon’s photo walk, I was teaching how to capture candid pictures of strangers. The woman on the left was giving water to a stray dog and I thought that would make visual story. While explaining the shot, the two women saw us and decided to pose for the picture in a totally unexpected way. … Read more
Today I share with you the latest addition to my series Portraits of Selfies where I have been capturing people in the act of doing a selfie. Believe it or not, I have quite a few images of the Maya making selfies; so don’t think for a second that the Maya don’t like to be … Read more
After years of leading photo walks in Guatemala, I have gained the trust of the some of the Maya people in Antigua Guatemala and surrounding villages through transparency, honesty and giving prints away. Wouldn’t you like to be known as the photographer who «gives» away photos as opposed to the photographer who «takes» photos. If … Read more
Let me introduce you to José, Ruth’s son, who is celebrating his 14th birthday today. How lucky am I that I get to be around Parque Central and meet Ruth and her children when they celebrating their birthdays. Believe it or not, I don’t hit the streets as often as I used to since I … Read more
One thing is for sure, we love color in Guatemala. It is quite understandable since we are exposed to vibrant colors in the flora, fauna and landscapes found in Guatemala. We are also exposed to a lot of color in our houses, our food, our public transportations buses and, of course, our clothes. Today’s portrait … Read more
My good friend Ruth needs no introduction; she’s probably the most famous Maya woman in Antigua Guatemala. Ruth is a polyglot. Ruth is an entrepreneur always looking for new enterprises. The pandemic is making it hard to sell her beautiful wares, no problem, she got online and started doing FB live sessions to showcase her … Read more
Today I am sharing an impromptu portrait I made while leading a photo walk [pre-pandemic] with a group of Spanish students. The entire session lasted less than two minutes and I produced portraits for three different women and a group portrait in about 20 shots. This is my favorite image of the set. All three … Read more
Today’s photo is the portrait of Jenifer holding her Matryoshka portrait print made prior to the pandemic. Jenifer was kind enough to collaborate with the testing phase of this project. Initially I had thought that we can do five portraits with one photo inside each picture, but after trying it out, I believe 3 portraits … Read more
Believe it or not, there are a lot of foreigners who have moved in recent months to Antigua Guatemala to hibernate and enjoy the sunshine and temperate weather while they wait for things to get back to normal at their cities of origin. I would do the same in a heartbeat, but I already live … Read more
As I have said before, one of the most satisfying things I have been doing through AntiguaDailyPhoto for several years now has been giving away free prints of the portraits I make of local people and the ambulant vendors I encounter in La Antigua Guatemala and surrounding villages. The act of giving these free portrait … Read more
Today I share with you a portrait of a Maya grandmother posing for her “Foto de muerto”. Ask me about it in the comments and I will tell you what it means. After years of leading photo walks, I have gain the trust of some of the Maya people in Antigua Guatemala and surrounding villages … Read more
Today I am sharing an impromptu portrait I made of Gaby, who just turned 18 last Sunday. I was leading a photo walk when we bumped into my good friend Ruth and her daughter. As we chitchatted Ruth mentioned Gaby was turning 18 the next day. I offer to do a quick portrait and this … Read more
As I mentioned earlier this week, the temperate Winter season in Antigua Guatemala comes with gorgeous light in the morning and afternoon as well as comfortable temperatures, mostly between 15ºC/60ºF and 25ºC/77ºF. Would you like to hibernate in Antigua Guatemala?
As I have mentioned before, often when people think of tourism to Antigua Guatemala, they think of foreigners travelers who visit Guatemala while in reality the largest number of tourists who visit our colorful colonial town come from other parts of Guatemala. Today I share with you a photo of a group of Guatemalan tourists … Read more
My commitment to share with you daily life images from Antigua Guatemala is as strong as it was on May 1, 2006. Today I share with you a snapshot of an old lady feeding the pigeons. During my morning photo walk I saw the old lady opening the door with a bag, outside were two … Read more