The One on and around the Battery

The One with the Crape Myrtle

The One with Church, Queen, and Chalmers Streets

The One with the Edited Photos

At long last, I am posting some new photos that I took today. I finally was brave enough to drag my camera along while taking Gemma for a walk this morning. I was only brave enough to wander through my neighborhood, however, so some of these photos are fairly similar to ones I have already taken. I am hoping to branch out further from home here soon. To spice this post up a bit, I tried out some different settings on my camera. I also used iPhoto to edit and retouch some of the photos I took today. As you will see, I was loving the blurred edge effect. . .maybe a little too much actually. Anyway, here are the final edited versions of photos from this morning's walk.

The One (and probably the first of many) with Gemma

I haven't had much time for *artsy* photography lately due to the arrival of Gemma Natalie Shealy on May 7. However, my camera has been getting more use than ever, also due to arrival of Gemma. So as a compromise, I'm posting a couple of the more artsy photos I've taken of the little baby girl. I'm planning to do a black & white photo shoot of her sometime soon (assuming I get up the energy to do so), so maybe this blog will have another post sometime soon. Doubtful.

I added this last picture because it's just hilarious.

The One Where We Plant Some Flowers

I guess we decided we didn't have enough projects to do with a baby coming at any moment, so we randomly decided to plant a bunch of flowers last night! I went ahead and snapped a few pics this morning, hoping to catch them before they all die, which is likely to happen at any moment as well. But for now they look really pretty!