AbbyWinters

Wow, I already know this is going to be a long review. I haven't even entered the member's area yet but I am already thoroughly impressed with the tour.

AbbyWinters, Australian photographer and namesake of AbbyWinters.com, welcomes us with an honest (I can say this now after viewing the inside) and complete description of all the fantastic content you will find inside her website. Judging from the tour pictures, she knows what she is doing. And holy cow! Those tour sample pics are huge! Abby tells us that all of her girls are new to modelling and are all hand selected (no talent agencies or strip club recruiting here!). She promises us a no bs experience on her site. In fact, that's how AbbyWinters.com came about. Tired of viewing the same old pictures of uninspired models and websites that "missed the point," Abby set out to launch her own adult site. She takes great pride in her website and stands behind her word and work. The navigation of this site is phenomenal. They've managed to blend a multitude of features and a really great amount of content with an incredibly easy to follow design. Upon entering the member's area, you are greeted with descriptions and links to this week's and next week's updates. Scrolling down, you'll also notice a daily log of site updates and happenings (and it seems they've been very busy). I hopped immediately over to the content section. From there you can view the galleries by debut date, model name, age, and whether they have video available. And, no matter which option you choose, you'll have thumbnails of the models to assist you in your decisions :) Upon choosing a model (hmm, Briana and her mango look tasty...), you are taken to the model's bio page with her vital stats and some brief, honest remarks about the model by Abby. You are then presented with links to each of the model's galleries and videos with the option as to how many thumbnails you'd like per page. You can also download the entire zip file of the gallery at this point or you can wait and create a CUSTOM zip file of only your selected pictures. How cool is that!!!

Abby is a very skilled photographer. The picture quality here is fantastic. Every picture is in focus and well lit, even the outdoor shots (I LOVE the outdoor galleries). Her pictures are crisp and clear and very large (1280x960). And she loves to take close-ups! If you've ever had a hankering for a screen full of pussy you've come to the right place! Additionally, because she is so talented and takes such care during the photoshoots, the pictures we see are fresh off the camera with no post-production work whatsoever. That means no airbrushing, no color correcting, nada! And that impresses me even more. Though this site may fall into the general genre of "amateur," it is by no means "amateur" in terms of skill. Abby tries to keep a natural feeling to both her pictures and her models. What this means to us is that the models are shot as you would expect to see them on normally, minimal makeup, everyday clothes (no contrived costumes), and forget about seeing any fake boobies on this site! These are completely normal looking, cute girls (aged 18-25) having fun. Sometimes they're having fun together, Abby does take a lot of girl-girl sets, but most of the time they're having fun solo. Don't expect hardcore on this site. While there is some object insertion and sex toys being used, most of the galleries consist entirely of a sexy strip down and finger play. But perhaps you're in the mood for the kinkier side of the land down under. Well, fear not. Abby has an extensive collection of fetish galleries for your perusal. From the tame (freckles and glasses) to the not so tame (watersports and smoking), Abby aims to please. You'll also find about 400 videos of Abby's girls. The vids are available for download in both avi and mpg format. The best way to look for videos, since they're not stored on one big videos page but are instead simply put on each model's page, is to go to the main gallery and view galleries by "video available." All of the videos are two minutes long and are a nice quick download. Quality-wise these were very good. They weren't huge fill-up your screen clips, but easily viewable at 200% without losing clarity. Expect everything from masturbation to watersports to just talking to the camera while stripping. And speaking of talking to the camera, but sure to check out those sexy Aussie accents! To catch more of the accents hop over to the sound grabs page and download clips some of these cuties telling you that you have email :) Maybe now you're thinking "How does she do it? How does she know exactly what I'm looking for in a website?." I know I was wondering if Abby had some sort of mind reading ability (I still can't get over those custom zips :). But it's nothing of the sort. Instead, now this will really blow your mind, she listens to her members! She has a very active message board where members and she discuss everything and anything relating to the site. Not long ago she was in a discussion with her members about whether or not to keep her current processor. Everyone was being very mature in their postings and Abby seemed genuinely interested in their opinions. The same goes for model and photo suggestions. She very recently polled her members as to whether they would like to see some boy-girl shoots added in the future. A two-thirds majority voted yes and she has decided she will give it a try and see how it goes.

Definitely a story to follow! It really is refreshing to see a webmaster so in tune with her customers. I know I've gone long but I need to quickly mention Abby's Gold section. For a small additional fee, you can also have access to this area, a "site within a site." Gold includes access to additional girl-girl sets, behind the scenes photos, a "redux" section (popular returning models), "deviations" (sets that are a little different from what you'd expect in the main site, such as preggo pics, light bdsm, a ballerina, etc), and "mezzanine" (galleries that didn't make it to the main site either because the model appeared to old, the photography was flawed, or it just didn't fit). Regardless of whether they fit or not, they're still very entertaining. Abby tells us approximately 80% of her members have a subscription to this area of the site, and based on their comments on the discussion board, they're loving it. Needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed AbbyWinters.com. I'm usually more of a fan of the more glammed up sites but this one just has such a fresh, honest feel to it that I can't help but rave about! Abby is a fantastic photographer but that is really only the half of it. The suberb navigation, almost daily updates, reasonable membership cost, brand new models, and integrity that comes with this site are second to none. I can't imagine many faults one could find with this site. If you enjoy "amateur" sites, welcome to paradise, and if you're new to the genre, then I can think of no better place to begin than AbbyWinters.com. 1st Follow-Up Review Review: 02-12-04 It's been six months since we last looked at AbbyWinters and it is time for a re-review of this incredible site. Abby has been at the top of my list since August so I was very excited to have another look at her site. When we last visited Abby she was contemplating adding boy-girl sets to her site. Well, she did it! Just last week her first set went up (in her Gold section) and it is causing quite a stir amongst her members. Many are worried that she is moving away from the original focus of the site, solo and girl-girl sets. From the sound of things, that is highly unlikely. Abby plans to add a boy-girl set only once every other month. Personally, I loved the set she put up last week of Jamie and Luke. They are an actual couple and the whole set was so real and natural, it was one of the best goy-girl sets I've seen anywhere. I would love to see a more frequent boy-girl update schedule though it sounds like it will still take some time for the AW community to get into it. $

The rest of the site remains largely the same (thank goodness). There are more galleries and videos now, as you'd expect, and the quality is as good as ever. There is now a separate video section which I believe is new. Previously the only way to find the videos was to browse by model. Abby has managed to make make her great site even better. AbbyWinters.com remains a truly unique site. The more sites I review the more I come to appreciate sites like this, that stay true to their ideals and aren't just trying to make a quick buck off of gullible customers. This is one fantastic site that is doing everything right! There's very little AbbyWinters could possibly do to make this top rated site even better. Even so, the past year has seen some minor improvements including better organization of the categories. The collection has also grown quite a bit. Last we visited, Abby had just introduced her first guy-girl content. Just as she promised, though, the focus of the site has not shifted with the addition of these photosets. In fact, only four hardcore galleries have been added since our last visit! Clearly Abby intends these sets to be just a little icing on the cake of this sweet site. Other than making the whole darn thing free, there's very little that can be changed here that would improve my score of this site. Abby has obviously put a lot of time into making her site the best and I have nothing but praise for this quality amateur experience.