I had a difficult decision to make a couple weeks ago: travel or camera? For the first time in over a year I had some extra cash to my name and wrestled with what to do with it. Invest in a new camera body or hit the road on a mini-adventure - what to do? [...]
Author: Jenn Winter
A naturally curious and creative explorer, I aim to use my images and words to paint a story. I love big dogs, sunrise runs, being on the water and driving with the windows open. I've been sharing stories on here since 2008 and recently returned after a bit of a hiatus. I'm happy to be back, but really loathe writing these "about me" sections.
Jen and Jeff’s Marriage Celebration
I have a thing for unconventional weddings. Maybe it's that most of the weddings I book are of the untraditional sort or maybe it's because when I'm shooting one I don't feel as married (pun!) to the stiff wedding photography guidelines. Jen and Jeff asked me to shoot their marriage celebration cocktail party at the [...]
Run Charlevoix!
Yep, I'm a runner now. Last month I ran the Race to Wrigley, my first 5k since college, and next month I'm doubling the distance with Run Charlevoix! My friend, Kelli, has encouraged me to to join the Daily Mile website to log my runs and try to connect with other runners. I'm not going [...]
A Powerful Read
I just read Katherine Lonsdorf's recent contribution to World Hum and feel obligated to share her story with others. All women who travel should really take the time to read and reflect on this one. One of the lines that I relate to and echo, full-heartedly: I strongly believed, and still do, that the only [...]
No smelling the roses
This whole volcano debacle is doing more than screwing up European holidays. It's jeopardizing jobs as far away as Kenya. Kenya exports millions of dollars of agriculture to Europe each day ranging from tea to flowers.
Well kids, when I climbed Kilimanjaro there was still a glacier at the top.
I hope that's a sentence I never have to utter. When I saw James Balog on Tuesday (see post below) he predicted this whole volcano in Iceland thing and theorized that it's all a result of climate change and the rapid melting of glaciers. It's just had me thinking a lot about all of this [...]
National Geographic Live with James Balog
Just heard Balog speak about the Extreme Ice Survey and found it all very compelling. I hate how climate change is a political issue - it's counterproductive. Urgh (frustrated sigh.) Go plant a tree.
Sensory Overload
This morning Racine Avenue in Chicago transformed, for just a moment, to Ngong Road in Nairobi. Hurrying to get to work, I walked blindly into a cloud of diesil fumes left by a passing bus. The suffocating smell of polluted air caused me to think, just for a moment, that I was actually in Kenya. [...]
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