I feel like most of this summer has been spent in the car. Traveling in tandem, Essie (my dog) and I rev up the Jetta (newly Christened "Heidi" for her German descent) and hit the open road for such far off destinations as Michigan and Indiana. By mid-August, I will have spent 7 consecutive weekends [...]
Tag: chicago
St. Peter’s in the Loop
In late April when my longtime friend, Emily, asked me to take some artistic photographs of St. Peter's Church in the Loop I was a little nervous about taking on the challenge. The church is in the middle of Chicago's busy financial district, sandwiched between skyscrapers and L tracks. Emily wanted a black and white [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
A February Haiku
New blankets each day again, I must scrape the car Chicago winter.
In Your Own Backyard…
Sometimes the most beautiful scenes are found in your own backyard. My mom and I enjoyed this sunset last week, on the first evening of daylight savings. Whether oaks or acacias, I love me some trees silhouetted against a sunset sky.
Playing Catch Up
Before I say anything else, let me first report that I am home. It's a perfect fall day in Chicago - the Bears are winning, the sun is shinning and the leaves are all of the colors that I love. Throwing the tennis ball for Essie this morning, I thought about how lucky I am [...]
Sharing Baruku
The dustiest Dust Baby Yesterday was a big day. After two days of orientation and Java House in Nairobi, we all hired a car for the day so that I could introduce my friends to the Dust Babies at Baruku IDP Camp. The ride there was full of conversation, zebra and baboon sightings and laughter. [...]
Jenn Winter 