Once again, world-famous Ruth was part of a photo shoot with her iconic hats and ambulant handicrafts shop. Ruth has to be the most photographed Guatemalan in Antigua. She is always so cheerful and happy to be the ambassador for this charming town.
Here’s another take on the series Antigua Makes Me Happy. Once again, I share a portrait of a Spanish student enjoying her time in Antigua Guatemala, framed within two windows against a typical yellow wall. Enjoy!
Once again I have the pleasure to share another photograph from the series Antigua Makes Me Happy. In this case I captured a couple of volunteers having a blast on one of the colourful buses at the terminal behind the mercado. Enjoy!
I can believe it’s been over a year since I last posted a picture for the fun series: Antigua Makes Me Happy. Today I share a portrait of Emily, a Spanish student enjoying her time in Antigua Guatemala, framed within two windows against a typical yellow wall. Enjoy!
Make sure you take photographic tour through preview entries of the Antigua Makes Me Happy. Today I shared a group portrait of some young men having a blast at Parque Central. They were kind enough to remove their mask for the portrait… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
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
During a recent photo walk, I was teaching how to use leading lines effectively to guide the viewer’s eye towards the subject when this couple actually noticed me and gave us a few smiles. That’s Antigua Guatemala for you, a place where total strangers are happy to give smiles and good vibes to passers-by.
Today’s image is the portrait of a smiling grandmother and her granddaughter that I made a couple of days ago. On my way back from the supermarket, I saw three Mayan women; three generations it turned out, as Grandmother, mother and granddaughter were sitting in front of their avocados and lemons baskets while having lunch; … Read more
Antigua Guatemala is a city best enjoyed by strolling everywhere; thus people from all over the world can be found walking around town, especially capitalinos, that’s how call the citizen of Guatemala City. Capitalinos hold Antigua Guatemala dear since it is so close to the capital city, yet it’s a world apart where one can … Read more
Today’s image is the portrait of Maya girl holding her candid portrait. Giving away these portrait prints is the best gift for me as I receive such wonderful smiles and sólo buenas vibras, only good vibes in the process. The synergy created by the act of giving prints of the portraits made on the streets … Read more
Two more days until the end of daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com, which began on May 1st, 2006. What a photographic ride this has been. I hope you have enjoyed it. AntiguaDailyPhoto has spawned many side photographic projects such as the portraits of strangers, the photo prints of portraits of strangers, the Antigua Skycam, and so … Read more
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