antigua guatemala Archives - Rudy Giron Photography

#PhotoTips: Compress the Space Between Repetitive Elements in Your Frame

Use the telephoto end of your zoom lens to compress the space in between elements to emphasize the repetition and to isolate your subjects. In smartphone cameras, use the portrait lens or telephoto lens if available.⁠ That’s the technique that I used in this...

#PhotoTip — Include movement and clean background in your frame.

Try to frame your subject against clean background whenever possible. Also, try to include movement or the idea of movement in your frames to make your photographs more dynamic. Slide left to see a previous frame which fails in both of these tips street photograph...

Welcome to my pandemic photo project for Antigua Guatemala

Welcome to the new normality of the pandemic-interrupted reality. After taken a much-needed hiatus from blogging here, I’m back to sharing with y’all images from my pandemic photo project. Even though there’s plenty of lockdown images from other...

#AntiguaPhotoShoots — Antigua Guatemala’s Colorful Wall Textures as Photographic Backdrops — Take One!

Here’s a portrait of Giovanna with green wall texture as backdrop. I really like the color contrast between her attire and the wall texture. This wall texture is among the most popular walls in Antigua Guatemala. Contact me if you would like to have a lifestyle...

#StreetPhotographyTip — Couple framed within two baroque Moorish doorways found in Antigua Guatemala

⠀ ⠀ What kind of street photographer are you, hunter or fisherman? I tend to practice both styles and a combination of both approaches, but I prefer the Henri Cartier-Bresson approach for the stronger composition and its geometry. In other words, once you have a...