Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter

Sunrise over a frosty morning

Sunrise over a frosty morning

The sun rises over frost covering the fields, barn and homestead of the Braun Farm property. My Final Photo for Dec. 29, 2014.

Sunrise over a frosty morning

Sunrise over a frosty morning

The sun rises over frost covering the fields, barn and homestead of the Braun Farm property. My Final Photo for Dec. 29, 2014.

Early arrivals for Sunday Mass

Early arrivals for Sunday Mass

Parishioners arrive before sunrise for an early Mass on a cold winter day. My Final Photo for Dec. 28, 2014.

Photographers being photographers

Photographers being photographers

Associated Press photographer Charles Rex Arbogast, left and using a Canon, photographs freelance photographer Ed Zirkle, using a Nikon, following a video shoot at Java Central in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Dec. 27, 2014.

The perfect Christmas ornamentation

The perfect Christmas ornamentation

Avery turns to talk with her mother before finishing her coffee selection at Speedway on South state Street on Christmas morning. My Final Photo for Dec. 25, 2014.

Rudolph the red-nosed bovine

Rudolph the red-nosed bovine

Tom Schneider stops his tractor in front of the Christmas version of his plywood cows on Tussic Road in Westerville. My Final Photo for Dec. 24, 2014.

Rudolph the red-nosed bovine

Rudolph the red-nosed bovine

Tom Schneider stops his tractor in front of the Christmas version of his plywood cows on Tussic Road in Westerville. My Final Photo for Dec. 24, 2014.

The corner office

The corner office

An office worker sits in the corner office looking through yellow-tinted windows. My Final Photo for Dec. 22, 2014.

Sunday sunrise services

Sunday sunrise services

A parishioner enters one of the side doors of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church for the first Mass on a Sunday morning. My Final Photo for Dec. 21, 2014.

Their names written in ice

Their names written in ice

Brothers Julian and Lucas display blocks of ice with their names etched in script during an ice sculpture exhibit in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Dec. 20, 2014.

Beaver leaves its marks along Alum Creek

Beaver leaves its marks along Alum Creek

An open wound at the base of a tree at the edge of Alum Creek near the Main Street Bridge marks the efforts of a beaver to add another log to its den covering. My Final Photo for Dec. 19, 2014.

Trapped in an ice grip

Trapped in an ice grip

Ice on the surface of the wetlands pond at Highlands Park encircles one of the cypress knees growing from the muck near the small footbridge. My Final Photo for Dec. 18, 2014.

Enjoying his son's deli opening

Enjoying his son's deli opening

Joven Nedelkoski raises a beer in celebration to his son, Mario, as the opening of his restaurant and brewery in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Dec. 17, 2014.