Shoe-shining at Parque Central, Antigua Guatemala

Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: lustrador or shoe-shiner Having one shoes shined is one of the favourite activities of people at Parque Central or Plaza Mayor, the actual official name. You can be chatting with friends, watching people go by or be immersed on the updates of the latest gossip on Facebook … Read more

The Shoe-shine Transaction

The Shoe-shine Transaction © Rudy Giron

Here’s one of my tips from the street photography walks: Anticipate your photos. In other words, visualize your picture before it becomes a reality. When you do that, you can be ready with your finger on the shutter release the moment the picture materializes. During the photo walks I go through many samples and ideas … Read more

Shoe-shining at Calle del Arco

Shoe-shinning is quite inexpensive in La Antigua Guatemala, about Q2/US$0.25 so there is no reason not to have one’s shoes shinning and clean. Most of the shoe-shiners are boys who carry a black little wooden box around Antigua Guatemala and offer theirs services to locals and foreigners alike; although for sure they charge foreigners a … Read more