In these 12 years of photographing the people whom I’ve came across in La Antigua Guatemala and surrounding area, I have been very fortunate to have almost 100% collaboration from everyone whom I have pointed the camera to. Often I have made friendships with many of the subjects I have photographed. I feel so fortunate … Read more
What if you are just walking by when a group of students ask if you will be willing to do a group selfie with them, what would you do? Well, this woman happily decided to take a couple seconds to be part of the shot. Of course, I am always ready, with camera on hand, … Read more
Everyone who visits Guatemala agrees that what really makes every visitor happy is friendliness of Guatemalans; always ready to offer a smile. Sometimes they even ask to have their picture taken with you. This is exactly what happened several times to Isabelle during our street photography walk. She was quite happy to participate as you … Read more
That’s right La Antigua Guatemala has a very special kind of magic that puts everyone in such a good mood. Here I captured two Guatemalan girls taking a break to update the life stories on Instagram and Facebook. If you doubt there is some real magic in Antigua Guatemala I dare you to spend a … Read more
And with the Antigua Makes Me Happy mini series I will finish my daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com. I hope you have enjoyed the ride in this amazing photographic trip of 4384 consecutive days.
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Antigua Guatemala is one of the most photogenic destinations in the world so it comes as no surprise that many people choose it to be the backdrop for their their artistic photo sessions and street style photo shoots. Through my Antigua Street Shoots I make candid photos or portraits at as many of these spots … Read more
The most common color combination we can make in Antigua Guatemala is blue and yellow since there’s a blue sky everywhere and yellow is possibly the most popular color for houses, buildings, and churches in Antigua Guatemala. Red and blue will be is also another popular combination. Take a photographic tour through archives to discover … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is the ultimate destination and most charming backdrop to create street style, fashion and health multimedia content for the web and social media. Thousands of bloggers and vloggers come to Antigua Guatemala every year to create mesmerizing images of video. Here I captured fitness blogger Marisa Mendez while creating content for her … Read more
One of the best things about the temperate weather of La Antigua Guatemala is that we really enjoy ice cream all year long. That is why ice cream shops and ice cream ambulant vendors are among the most popular offerings in town. What’s your favorite Guatemalan ice cream flavor? If you would like to give … Read more
Coco en miel is among the most popular sweets from Guatemala. As I have shared before, to turn any fruit to en miel (in syrup), basically you have to slowly boil it down into a syrup made from water, cinnamon, clove, and panela. Panela is an unrefined food product, typical of Central and South America, … Read more
These new bicycles bring a lot of attention to the tourists police as they patrol the streets of Antigua Guatemala. I have seen many visitors photographing them, just like these two tourist updating the stories on social media.
Perhaps it is the fact that there four mermaids at the very center of the Parque Central, main square, that allures everyone to spend time there at all hours of the day. Take a mermaids photographic tour through the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com to see dozen of sirens peppered all over Antigua Guatemala. No bee wax … Read more
I started AntiguaPhotoWalks.com nearly 12 years ago with one simple goal, to share quotidian sights from Antigua Guatemala and surrounding areas and even though I have expanded the scope to include traditions, history, culture and identity of Guatemalans, I tried to often come back to the daily light vistas. So with only 14 days to … Read more
This Sunday Guatemala held a national consultation, a sort of referendum, to decide whether Guatemala and Belize should take the border differences to the International Court of Justice. The turn over was a merely 24% with 76% deciding to not even show up. The upshot is that the majority of the 24% decide on Yes … Read more
Here’s a Saturday’s early morning shot from Antigua Guatemala showing the typical colors and textures found through out the city. A simple image to ease you into to weekend. Enjoy! We continue the 30-day count down to 12th anniversary of Antigua Daily Photo on May 1st, 2018. That’s twelve years of daily photographic updates from … Read more