A penny for her thoughts. Here are mine: Lines and leading lines. Light and shadows. Triangles and arches. Layers and depth of field. Two different ways of being human. There is a right approach and a wrong way to take pictures of people in the streets. Take a photo walk with me if you want … Read more
We continue the mini series about the Moorish baroque architecture of La Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, now known simply as La Antigua Guatemala with the façade of the temple in the main square of the village of San Pedro Las Huertas. Have you ever visited the … Read more
Come and enjoy the sunshine and temperate weather of La Antigua Guatemala during Winter. You won’t regret it!
A few thousand people get together at Barrio de la Concepción in Antigua Guatemala at 6pm on December 7 for the burning the devil and the bad spirits in a cleansing ceremony through the purifying power of fire at the Quema del diablo celebration. For about 10 days the effigy of a female devil, alluring … Read more
Over 200,000 Christmas lights are turned on the day after Thanksgiving on the main square of Antigua Guatemala, locally known as Parque Central. These lights are lit every day at dusk until February 2nd, Candlemas or groundhog day. This is great because we have an even better ambience around the Plaza Mayor, the central park, … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Paraguas for umbrella. By the way, we also use the word sombrilla [shade maker] interchangeably for paraguas in most cases and I am sure in some Spanish specking countries one is used more often than the other. Take a photographic tour through the over 50 rainy season … Read more
During the next 30 days I will try to show highlights of the themes and photographic subjects I have been sharing with you over the last ten years. I remember that for a while I share many of corner vistas of Antigua Guatemala. If done right, you can place many different elements in the same … Read more
Calle del Arco in Antigua Guatemala is so much fun on the weekends because this short 3-block strip is turned into a pedestrian walkway. Imagine if these three blocks were turned permanently into a pedestrian walking area. I wonder why this has happened yet. Hopefully the new mayor Susana Asensio will put this project on … Read more
One more reason to visit Antigua Guatemala during the dry season: The golden light. This beautiful golden light is the perfect ingredient for the artistic Antigua Photo Session I am launching in 2016. If you are interested in having a romantic photo session with your girlfriend or family on the streets of Antigua Guatemala or … Read more
This morning Guatemala awoke without it’s president as Otto Pérez Molina, the former president, resigned before sunrise, to face the allegations of his involvement in the corrupt structure known as “La línea.” I will not go into details because I am sure this is old news the world over as Guatemala is now the trending … Read more
A group of friends get together to ‘chat’ with one another on a bench of Parque Central, La Antigua Guatemala. That’s modernity for you. What application do you use to converse with the people around you, WhatsApp or Snapchat? Or perhaps you are still old-fashion and use Skype or Facetime? Share with the rest of … Read more
The weekends in La Antigua Guatemala are full of fashionistas. I believe I could try to do a weekly blog post inspired by the work of the legendary Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham who spots and distills the latest fashion trends on the streets of New York. Of course, these posts will have a marked … Read more
Okay, I am going to come clean. We have not been suffering through Winter. I know I have complained about the harsh cold temperatures, you know 10C/50F, that we have experienced this winter. Well, the one piece of information I left out is the fact that those cold temperatures only last for a couple hours … Read more
