Being out of Los Angeles hasn’t stopped me from shooting like crazy! Even though I have backlogs of travel photos this summer I can’t help but want to shoot more. I met this little guy and immediately fell in love. He’s so sweet and such a ham!  Meet Keller: age 21 months.

I just adore this one. He looks like a little old man whistling. So stinkin cute!

In this series of photos, he was rolling around on a wooden platform and suddenly touches his nose and says, “silly” with a big grin on his face.  He knows exactly how charming he is.

Dinosaur shoes!  Loved these.  This kid’s got class…

…speaking of class, here he is with his elmo backpack.  His mom says he gets very upset if they try and leave the house without a bag.  To remedy this, she got him his own backpack, about twice the size of him.

Nothing says little kid like a tiny box of raisins.  They just fit so perfectly in the smallest of hands.

I’m definitely going to miss this little guy.  He was so much fun.  I kept calling him my little buddy because he would follow me around.  So sweet. :)

After months of fighting with my dinosaur PC, listening to the whirring hard drive while editing photos for hours, and waiting ages for photos to load, I decided it was time to make the plunge and buy myself a new laptop.

After much debate I finally decided on the 15″ macbook pro. I ordered this little beauty online so that I could specialize it with a 500gb hard drive and other amenities I just had to have. Anxiously I awaited its arrival and when it finally was delivered it was like opening a Christmas present!

so shiny!

And friendly! It welcomed me in every language when I turned it on.

It amazes me how quickly I’m becoming a mac person. I’ve been a PC for many years so I expected a much more difficult transition, but I’m really in love with this new little machine. It’s already sped up my work flow tremendously after only one week. And no more loud vacuum cleaner sounding processor! I love it!

Hello blog!  Sorry to have been away so long.  I’ve been doing so much traveling (sans computer) the past 2 months that as you’ve noticed, I’m way behind on my blog time.  From May 1 to June 30 I had been in 4 countries and 16 cities! No wonder I haven’t had time to blog. Anyway, due to a backlog of travel photos, I’ve decided to start with recent and work my way backwards.

Last weekend I went to Comerica Park in Detroit, MI. Being the baseball fan that I am, my camera was in hand constantly. Yes, I still know who won the game, the Cleveland Indians 5-4. Although being a die hard St Louis Cardinals fan, I didn’t really care about the outcome, instead I thoroughly enjoyed the stadium.

We sat 1st base side in box seats. The view was spectacular.

The beer wasn’t too bad either ;)

This little guy had one of those giant pinwheel, spiral suckers. He was a mess but despite the serious look he was giving me here was having a blast, not to mention a sugar high…

It was about this time in the evening that I nearly got into my first fight.  Proudly wearing my St Louis Cardinals tank top and hat, a Detroit fan passed me and said “Cardinals suck!” I shouted back, “no they don’t, what happened in 06? Oh yeah, that’s right, the Cardinals beat you to win the World Series!” He immediately turned into a vicious dog ready to attack but luckily enough people separated us at this point and I was safe.  I forget that not all rivalries and fans are as nice as Cardinals & Cubs.

As I was taking this next photo, a man stopped me to tell me the clouds were better if I stood on the other side of the statue.  I agreed but said the statue didn’t look quite as nice from that angle.  “True, but the clouds here,” he said motioning with his fingers locked in a V, “are so much nicer.”  I politely disagreed and he said he wanted to see my photo.  Upon showing him this, he gasped and turned to me wide-eyed, beer in hand, “Wow! You have a great eye!” I thanked him and continued snapping away, getting a chuckle out of this meeting.

One of my favorite things about stadiums is how they seem to take on a completely different personality in the night or in the day.  The beauty of Michigan is that in the summer, it stays daylight until 9:30 or 10pm.  Therefore, I got the best of all worlds, bright sunshine for our arrival, the golden hour, and of course, night shots.  The best thing about stadiums at night, they are already well lit without the use of a tripod or flash.  Thank you baseball for being awesome.

After the game, they had a fireworks show which was timed to, you guessed it, Michael Jackson’s music. (don’t get me started) It was still beautiful none the less.  Although the majority of these were taken on my DSLR, I tried out a fireworks setting on my point and shoot and was happily surprised with the outcome.