Category: Mexico

What I’m packing for my next photo trip.

Posted on November 21, 2019December 17, 2019 by Greg Vaughn

This is sort of like the "What's in the bag?" posts that are common on many photographers' blogs, but instead of listing all of my gear in this post I want to talk about what I'm taking for a specific...Read More

Raven flying over a sandstone rock formation in the Catavina desert of central Baja California, Mexico.

Rocks and Ravens in Baja’s Cataviña Desert

Posted on June 18, 2019December 17, 2019 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_15168" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Rock formation and ravens in the Cataviña desert boulder field, Baja California, Mexico.[/caption] On my road trips driving the length of Mexico's Baja peninsula, I always stop in an area of granite boulders in the Cataviña...Read More

Maya Calendar – a beginning as well as an end

Posted on December 21, 2012January 5, 2013 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_993" align="aligncenter" width="685"] El Castillo at Tulum Maya ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.[/caption] The Maya calendar predicts not the end of the world, but the end of a cycle, which also means the beginning of a new one. Any...Read More

Plaza Machado, Mazatlan

Posted on December 20, 2011November 21, 2014 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_812" align="aligncenter" width="690"] Cafe Pacifico and pulmonia on Plaza Machado, Mazatlan[/caption] In cities large and small all over Mexico, the town plaza is the cultural and social center of life. Plaza Machado in historic Old Town Mazatlan is one...Read More

¡Viva Mexico!

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_549" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Tile mural in the town of Dolores Hidalgo depicting Father Hidalgo's cry for independence."][/caption] 16 de Septiembre is commemorated throughout Mexico with perhaps even greater fervor than the 4th of July in the USA. On this...Read More

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_274" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Street scene in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico."][/caption] After a few days break, I'm back to processing photos from my recent visit to Mexico. Part of that trip was a couple of days spent in San...Read More

Guanajuato, Mexico

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_258" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Guanajuato, Mexico historic district at sunset."][/caption] Home again after ten wonderful days in Mexico, and now I have hundreds of photos to edit, process, caption, keyword and upload. Visiting the city of Guanajuato in central Mexico...Read More

Mariachi

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_253" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mariachi serenading a couple in a restaurant."][/caption] Mariachi music is one of the great traditions of Mexico, and Marachi bands are one of the instantly recognizable images of this wonderful country. The musicians play a variety...Read More

Guadalajara, Mexico

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

[caption id="attachment_249" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="A charro or cowboy in Guadalajara, Mexico."][/caption] On a visit to Guadalajara, Mexico, our SATW group took in a charreada, which is sort of a Mexican rodeo. The charros and charras (cowboys and cowgirls) perform in...Read More

Cosala, Mexico photographs

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Greg Vaughn

To see more photos from my recent trip to Mexico, go to this gallery of photographs of Cosala. This historic mining town in Mexico's Sierra Madre Mountains has been designated as a "Pueblo Magico" by the Mexican tourism authorities. It...Read More