The JimAnna Chronicles

Anna and I had the pleasure of attending Chad and Andrea’s wedding in Chicago in late July. Before I get into the post, allow me to share a little background.  Chad is one of my first cousins (one of 5 on my mother’s side). Growing up, although we didn’t live in the same city and [...]

Anna, X and I had the pleasure of going home to the US for a couple weeks in July. We were there for two reasons. First (and most importantly), my cousin Chad and his fiancée Andrea were getting married (AKA the Chadrea wedding). Plus, we wanted to introduce Alexander James to his family and friends [...]

I am going to begin this post with an image of Anna and the two soon-to-be Grandmothers.  The image was made on the 9th, just a few days before Alexander’s arrival. Since you have already seen Alexander’s first few days, I’ll skip to his first trip (Arles).  If you haven’t seen his first few days, [...]

OK, we are getting closer to caught up.    These images are from April and May. These first images are from beautiful port town of Cassis. This is a view from a boat of the Cap Canaille.  It’s a staggering cliff that rises nearly 400 meters above the sea and is one of the highest [...]

We had the honor and privilege of helping at our dear friend’s (Gabi and Philipp) wedding.  Anna was Gabi’s witness and I served as the official/unofficial photographer.   Without a good flash, it was a bit tough, but here are some of the images from that day. Philipp about to drive to his wedding. Gabi [...]

The final leg of our Babymoon was back in Miami.  We met another couple on the ship who was sticking around a while longer and ended up seeing the city together.  It was a nice end to the trip.  Here are the images to go with it. This lighthouse is a part of Bill Baggs [...]

A little further north, we stopped at Costa Maya, Mexico.  A town literally made for tourists.  But, it’s also close enough to some Mayan ruins that it was a fun stop. Although I love history, I admit I don’t know as much about the Mayan culture as I do about some others.  However, as I [...]

The first stop on our Caribbean adventure was in Roatan,  Honduras.  I was able to do a little SCUBA diving, while Anna snorkeled.  Then, a massage for each of us … all of this on a private resort.  Heavenly.  But, alas, no pictures sorry.  The next destination was over to the tiny country of Belize.  [...]

Lest I get too far behind in my posts, please allow me to post some images from our “Baby-moon” trip we took back in March.  It was our last pre-Alexander trip.  We decided to fly down to Miami, rent a car, and drive to Key West (a destination we’d heard much about, but never visited). [...]

Here is part two of our final months in Washington D.C. I made this image with the use of two polarizing filters to slow down the shutter, but not overexpose the image.  Kind of an interesting result. The reflecting pool had actually frozen enough for people to walk on it.  It was pretty cool and [...]