Spring is here!

Dad and I went to the St. Patrick's Day parade downtown Saturday. My picture's aren't that exciting though. My favorite part of the parade was probably the Irish dogs that came through with shamrock bandana's and other cute outfits. The Irish folk dancer's were cool too. Dad and I were pretty surprised at just how many Irish schools of dance there are in the Atlanta area. This first picture is from the subway escalator- it is the steepest one I have ever seen. I got so dizzy going up and almost couldn't take a photo on the way down. This is probably my favorite picture of the day.


This is a neat statue @ Underground Atlanta. At the end of the parade there was a St. Patrick's Day festival there and dad and I walked around a bit.


Yesterday when I got off work I noticed that alot of the tree's outside my apartment were in bloom. I decided to grab the ole' camera and take a few shots. These are a few of the photos I got. The hour right after sunrise and right before sunset is called "golden hour". It is the best lighting for outdoor photography so I was lucky to catch it.

Its hip to be square

It was another adventurous weekend around these parts. Saturday morning Dad and I went to a booksale and I got a few things. Nothing too exciting there though. Afterward Bryce met us at the Marietta Square to pick me up so we could go around town. Since we were there we dropped by to see JonBenet Ramsey. It was obviously a sad atmosphere but it was more so because her mom's grave was unmarked. I wonder what that was about. Of course I got a photo:


From there we went to the Silver Comet Trail and went on walk to an old factory. Those photos did not come out that good but here is one of a neat bridge that goes over the trail:


The rest of the day we just hung out. Sunday around noon Becka called to see if I wanted to go on another photo excursion in Woodstock because she found this SEEMINGLY abandoned barn. We got there and the land seemed to be some sort of dump site for some hillbillies or something. I got this neat shot of an old truck:


There were also some neat trees and it was a beautiful day so I tried to get a good shot with the sky in the background:


That was a good time. I think there is something wrong with my camera so I may have to take it into the shop. Hopefully it's nothing too serious or expensive. I will close with this cute picture of Jonny Stinkerton...a photo I stole from Mist's blog. For those of you who don't know he is my nephew and is 5 months old today! HAPPY DAY to you! He's getting so big.

I love photography

I have been blessed with making a new friend these past few months who is into photography as much (more actually) than I am. We went on our second outing yesterday and got some good shots. Hopefully we will be making more trips like that once the weather gets better. We met a really cute old woman named Jessie who allowed us to go in her backyard and take photos of her old chicken house. Here are a few shots I got:

Becka with her fancy camera:




I think this one turned out to be my favorite :


We found this old abandoned house on the side of the road:


We also ended up at this fresh outdoor market in downtown Woodstock called Market On Main. It doesn't open for another 2 weeks but when it does the farmers will have fresh produce out there on Saturdays. The 2 women that own it let us walk around and take pictures of it for over an hour and they are even going to pay Becka for some of her shots! It was a good time and I can't wait to re-visit when it is officially open. They had the best preserves and lemon water-YUM!

At Uncle David's request I am going to be messing with the layout of this blog. Turns out it was sort of hard to read?