Celebrating 10 years with my super dog, Essie.
A decade with Essie

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Celebrating 10 years with my super dog, Essie.
Essie and I wish everyone a Happy Independence Day!
I work from home most days but feel like I've been working onsite a lot lately. Usually I'm able to pick up a bit during the day, but this apartment has really been neglected. When I walked into the main room after answering emails this morning and saw this sight, I knew I had to [...]
Do you ever feel like that? Not that you're being held prisoner in a nursing home by a crazily mustached Ben Stiller, but simply that desperation of GET ME OUTTA HERE! I feel that at least twice a month. Ask my friends, my mom, my sisters... I frequently throw up my hands and announce, "I [...]
"I can't believe that it's FINALLY snowing outside and she's keeping me inside. This is so unfair." "Seriously. So unfair." It's tough being a dog.
I have received a couple messages recently asking where images from 2012 family portraits are. I actually split this blog into two a few months back and have been posting client images to the new J. Winter Photography Photoblog. That being said, I'm really happy with how Family Portrait Season went this year, and wanted to [...]
There are many features on my new Nikon D800 camera that impress me, but the reduced noise at a high ISO is simply amazing! The below shots (of my favorite test subjects, obviously) were all shot in a dark room at 6400 ISO (the D800's max) and they are so much crisper than what my [...]