Just a Moment.

A visual notebook of a visual journalist and human always seeking moments, puns and clever description text to show how hip he is.

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Zero, a five-month-old English Mastiff, rests on his paws in between the feet of his owner Cole Reese, 9, of Ravenna, Ohio, during the Erie Kennel Club All-Breed Dog Show at the Bayfront Convention Center on Jan. 30 in Erie. More on @goeriecom: http://bit.ly/20eJE8i #Erie #ErieLive #Nikon #NikonD4 #dogshow #kennelclub #EnglishMastiff #Mastiff #dogsofinstagram #dogstagram

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A favorite frame from today, as Erie artist LaMorvielle Campbell performs on stage, framed by Christmas tree lights, during the Saint Vincent Festival of Trees fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in Erie. More from today, plus some from @sarahcrosbyphoto earlier in the week: http://bit.ly/1IfnUkd

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Jack Rabbit Fl ats. Breezewood, Pa. 11/8/15 #US30 #motel #bluesky #definitelyvacancies #PAturnpike #turnpike #exploring #AndyEnRoute #iPhone #hashtag (at PA Turnpike - Breezewood - 161)

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John Becker, 70, left, holds hands with his wife Mickie Becker, 69, both of Erie, as they walk through Frontier Park on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in Erie. They've been married 43 years and say they always hold hands while on their daily walks in different parts of Erie. "We walk every day unless it's pouring rain," Mickie Becker said, "but we always get compliments for holding hands." Each week, one of us on the @goeriecom staff is responsible for Tuesday's Lake Erie Moments centerpiece. This week was my turn for the feature, although really it belongs to John and Mickie. I wrote this too: http://bit.ly/1P8kjH4 #fall #fallcolors #married #erie #ErieLive #walking #love #hashtag (at Frontier Park)

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400mm friend hitching a ride with me on my hike home from Gull Point. #ErieLive #LensHoodLadybug #PresqueIsle #ErieGram #Nikon #400mm #ladybug (at Presque Isle State Park)

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The sun rises along Lake Pleasant Road in Venango Township on Oct. 19, the first frigid morning of this fall. Not pictured are the five inches of snow reported elsewhere in northwestern PA in the past 24 hours. #Erie #eriecounty #eriegram #ErieLive (at Lake Pleasant)

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The office for this frigid morning: the frosty, steamy shores of Lake Pleasant. #Erie #ErieLive #eriegram #lake #eriecounty #frost (at Lake Pleasant)

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I’m new to Tumblr and it’s new to me, but also new to me is the freelance portrait I was hired to shoot by Newsweek for a story in its Oct. 16 edition about David Martine, the man you see above.

Martine is an Erie, Pa. resident, like me, and is a 30-year veteran of the CIA and FBI, working in counterintelligence, specifically as an interrogator. He’s also been the subject of numerous investigations relating to his Iraq War involvement with goings-on at the Abu Ghraib detention center.

We spent an hour at Martine’s Erie residence, talking and photographing and talking and photographing. It was a unique experience for me, having grown up with the Iraq War in the news all the time and having seen the leaked photos of prisoners from the prison itself. The “Ice Man” story in particular had eluded me by name but hearing Martine talk about the experience sort of humanized the war a little more than I expected. I’ve spoken with veterans and their families about the conflict but this was different. Photographically and geopolitically, the assignment was rewarding to me.

Special thanks to Shaminder Dulai, director of photography at Newsweek and to Mr. Martine for the opportunity.