Antigua Guatemala has so many enchanting cafes that provide so many photo opportunities. Today I shared with you a street portrait of a stranger: A woman wearing white cowgirl boots and a black and white outfit waiting for her smoothie at Union Cafe Antigua.
We begin 2022 with this portrait of the nutcracker of Antigua Guatemala taken during a recent market photo walk. I believe my camera find ambulant nut vendors quite photogenic since I have several portraits of them. Take a look at the following past posts: In Antigua Go Nuts Meet Henry, the nut ambulant vendor Street … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Güipil or Huipil for blouse. It’s been a while since I last shared with you a portrait of the series: I am Guatemala. I hope you enjoy this softhearted portrait a Maya little girl sporting a beautiful and vibrant huipil; that’s what we call the beautifully … Read more
As I have said recently, one of the most satisfying things I have been doing for a couple of years now is giving away free instantaneous prints of the portraits I make of total strangers on the streets while leading the Antigua Photo Walks… tap for full image!
Making environmental portraits of strangers can be quite a challenge, especially at places where people shy away from cameras. I enjoy sharing the techniques to walk away with portraits of total strangers during the photo walks I lead in and around Antigua Guatemala. All the photographs posted this week were captured during one of my … Read more
Making portraits of strangers can be quite challenging, especially at places where people shy away from cameras. I often share the necessary techniques to walk away with portraits of total strangers during the street photo walks I lead. All the photographs posted this week were captured during one of my Vibrant Market + Colorful Bus … Read more
As I have said before, I really enjoy sharing my approach to photographing strangers and seeing how other apprehensive photographers dramatically transform from being shy to really conquering their fears and making beautiful portraits of strangers and candid authentic slices of life in a single session of an Antigua Photo Walks. I believe I have … Read more
I continue to make people happy with prints made from the portraits I have previously made of them. As I have said before, giving away these portrait prints is the best gift for me as well as I receive such wonderful smiles and sólo buenas vibras, only good vibes in the process. The synergy created … 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
Believe it or not, this old man was not posing. In fact, he was just in awe while listening to the municipal play across the street. I saw him standing there and I just knew I had to capture his posture. Once again, a simple quotidian vista from Antigua Guatemala. Enjoy!
One of the unexpected benefits of giving away the portrait prints I make of the strangers I photograph on the streets is that now they look for me to take their portraits. This makes the whole process so much easier. If you would like to pitch in $5 for to help fund this project, click … Read more
We continue with the series of portraits of strangers made on the streets of Antigua Guatemala that later on I print to give back to those who collaborate. As I have said before, I really enjoy seeing the faces of those who receive a photo print that they were not expecting, weeks or months later … Read more
Guatemala is full with photographers. I know personally hundreds of them. Here is the smiling face of photo-journalist Santiago Billy and a colleague taking a break at Parque Central; the favorite spot of many to hang out and to watch people. Of course, the good vibes around the Plaza Mayor, the official name for the … Read more
As I have written before, I really enjoy sharing my approach to photographing strangers and seeing how other timid photographers dramatically transform from being shy to really conquering their fears and making beautiful candid authentic slices of life and portraits of strangers from a single session of an Antigua Photo Walks. I believe I have … Read more
