People
As I noted in an earlier post, many Guatemalans do not like having their photographs taken. I found as always, though, that it never hurts to ask, and that many did not mind when directly approached.
I walked by this smiling man in Antigua, for instance, and asked to take his picture:
Sometimes, though, money had to change hand. I paid this boy in Santiago Atitlan 5 Quetzales ($.80 cents), for instance, to take his picture in front of the funky cathedral:
And this one cost a king's ransom of 12 Quetzales due to the number of principals involved; kids, near Jaibalito, Lake Atitlan:
This boy at the foot of Pacaya Vulcano also did not mind, though the woman behind him was clearly skeptical:
Although I did not think this initially, I now see that this "double portrait" is much better for her presence (and expression).
Although I did not think this initially, I now see that this "double portrait" is much better for her presence (and expression).
This Mayan woman / girl in Rio Dulce was watching curiously when I took some random photos of Colleen while lounging about the pool at our "hotel" (which we nicknamed "The Bug House"). I then asked to take her photograph, and she happily obliged:
Sometimes, though, money had to change hand. I paid this boy in Santiago Atitlan 5 Quetzales ($.80 cents), for instance, to take his picture in front of the funky cathedral:
And this one cost a king's ransom of 12 Quetzales due to the number of principals involved; kids, near Jaibalito, Lake Atitlan:
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