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This is a picture taken of two of our granddaughters 15 years ago. The one falling became a gymnast. Can you see how she strategized her fall? The girls are Katelyn Shepard falling and Julia Newsom behind. From Bill and Kitty Shepard
This is a picture taken of two of our granddaughters 15 years ago. The one falling became a gymnast. Can you see how she strategized her fall? The girls are Katelyn Shepard falling and Julia Newsom behind. From Bill and Kitty Shepard
Dec 4, 2020

Calling amateur photographers!

Have you taken a great picture that you’d like to share with the world? One with action, great lighting and/or interesting subjects? E-mail it to communitynews@ajc.com. Please no selfies, for-profit promotional pics, group shots or anything you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.

Water taxi, Susie King Taylor pulls up to the dock adjacent to the Marriott in Savannah. In the background a cargo ship has just passed the Talmadge Memorial Bridge and heading out to sea on it's next journey. Susie King Taylor was the first African American nurse and served during the civil war, wrote Freddy Frank of Peachtree City.
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David Riley took this photo of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, 0on New Year’s Day, 2020.
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Minnesota sunset by Roger Nesbitt
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