The Minnesota Twins and Target Field

I know, our poor Twinkies... 

They are 1 game short of losing 100 games. 

Pathetic.

But it doesn't mean I can't love them

and still love to go to games 

and the beautiful Target Field.

We scored some tickets last week 

(thank you Dan Fuhrmann!!)

and I got to finally take advantage of 

taking pictures of the stadium

so, it was fun, despite the loss!

a sign inside The Depot

where we ate dinner prior to the game..
Delicious!

outside the gates 

the stadium looks a little bare, I know...

T.C. the Twins Mascot!

cool views of Downtown on our walk back to the car

So this picture is a SOOC (straight out of the camera) shot.
It just boggles my mind and I had to share it because
it looks like computer animated or something, but I swear it's not!

GO TWINS!

Benny: 19 months

so, lucky me!

A co-worker of mine actually trusted me to

take her son's photos!

and wow, have I got a lot to learn!

First of all, I work with kids everyday,

but I quickly learned how difficult it is to get

these little youngsters to smile for the camera!

I'll be doing some research on that..

But Benny was such a trooper! 

The day was blistering hot, and

he luckily put up with a morning photo shoot

despite not being a morning person.

So, without further ado,

here is what I managed to capture last week

of this CUTE little boy!

(( P.S. this is using my new lens and I'M IN LOVE!

check out the Bokeh!!

which reminds me....

check out this post re: Bokeh by my favorite photographers,

Blue Dandelion Photography) ))

I'm relatively happy with how they turned out

considering this was my first time taking portraits

....and of a toddler mind you.

Jackie, I hope you like them!

and thank you for being my guinea pigs!