The Feast of Corpus Christi marks the beginning of the town fairs season in Antigua Guatemala and surrounding villages. Today I share with you a image of a crew setting up the Corpus Christi decorations adorning the façade of the former Catedral de Santiago, Saint James Cathedral, a day prior to Corpus Christi Day. This … Read more
Once again I was finishing a photo walk with a group of photography enthusiasts when we decided to try to capture some pictures of the full moon rising over the former cathedral. Of course, as it often happens during a full moon, the sky was completely covered with clouds, so we had to wait for … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Portón for large doorway. Just when I think I have shared with you every nook and cranny of Antigua Guatemala I realize that I am so far from that statement. I mean, look at this huge doorway and baroque architectonic details, how is it possible I have not … Read more
Today I share with you a fisheye vista or Parroquia de San José Catedral, well to be precise, the side nave as you enter the Parrish from the 5a calle oriente. I hope you enjoyed the fisheye vistas of the churches of Antigua Guatemala. Let me know if you would like to see other fisheye … Read more
Today I share with you a vista from the former Cathedral of Santiago de Guatemala, nowadays Antigua Guatemala, framed through the arches of the Palacio del Ayuntamiento, the City Hall palace. You can see the purple banners used during lent draped over the hand rails of the second floor of this building.
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Catedral for cathedral. Here’s the freckled look of the façade of the Saint Joseph parish in Antigua Guatemala [Parroquía de San José], commonly and erroneously known as Catedral de Antigua Guatemala. By the way, in case you don’t know it, in the Roman Catholic religion, a cathedral … Read more
With this photograph of the Parroquia de San José Catedral framed through one of the arches of the Palacio del Ayuntamiento we conclude a short tour through the sights of the volcanoes surrounding La Antigua Guatemala. Let us know which one is your favorite.
It’s a lovely morning in Antigua Guatemala. I am sending y’all the best vibes from our little town. My new goal is to try to only share beautiful, sunny and colorful images for the foreseeable future to try to uplift the spirits and bring a little hope in these trying times. I’m also sending y’all … Read more
I was fortunate to captured the first Full Moon of 2020 as I was finishing a large group photo walk. I just wished I had a tripod with me so I can do another photograph of my series Full Moon over Ruins so I could show the beauty of a Full Moon. Make sure take … Read more
Art should live free among us, in sitting rooms, cathedrals, palaces, town halls and cancer wards, in pubs and on gable ends. Instead, it has been forced to compete in lascivious chorus lines and wrestle in phoney competitions. No artist ever created a work to be consigned to orphanages for the vainglorious snobbery and pride … Read more
The new garden areas, plants, flowers and fences of Parque Central, the main square, of Antigua Guatemala have given the central park a new look, with more clean vista in and out of the plaza mayor. I guess, we all can go back to photograph the parque central again; strive to find its new angles … Read more
This picture was captured during a street photography walk around Antigua Guatemala. The approach here is how to photograph from behind people’s heads. My approach is to get really close, with a wide angle, take two frames, one with the focus on the subject the other with the focus on the camera or smartphone camera. … Read more
It is such impressive vista these massive floats, andas in Spanish, being carried by 80 to 100 cucuruchos through the different streets of Antigua Guatemala. At least once in your lifetime you must come to Antigua Guatemala to see the massive and numerous processions during the Holy Week or Semana Santa as it’s known in … Read more
Ever wonder how they go about cleaning the façades of the churches around Antigua Guatemala. Here’s one such image showing how they clean and dust off the main arches of Parroquía de San José, commonly known as cathedral of Antigua Guatemala or simply la catedral. By the way, most cleaning and new paint jobs are … Read more
Here’s another photograph of the Parroquia de San José de La Antigua Guatemala, what we locals call erroneously the catedral [cathedral], taken from a different angle at night. I hope you like it. We can conclude with this image the mini-series around the Saint Joseph Parish of Antigua Guatemala, don’t you agree?