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Ever since I’ve known my wife I wanted to go to a Yankees Game. But we were often busy during the baseball season and neither of us are big ball fans. In fact, this was also my wife’s first Yankee game despite having grown up in NYC and rooted for the Yankees her whole life. So it was to my great dismay that I found out I would never get to see a Yankees game in the original stadium that housed Babe Ruth. However, I finally did make it to a Yankee game after nearly a decade. It was a bit of a taunt to see the old stadium right next to the new one as demolition has not yet taken place.

This is my new favorite photo.  It captures everything I’ve always loved in non-formal portrait photography and everything I’ve aspired to.  The emotions on display, the proper photographic technique, you just feel when you see this photo, especially with Christine’s huge laugh.  It’s also why I love non-formal portrait photography rather than the usual stand there and be photographic with a stupid, fake smile.  I’ve often seen photos that had this same vibe and felt jealous that I couldn’t capture it.  My time just hadn’t yet arrived.