Just a quick writeup for this week’s Random Italy Photo. I took this during an October trip in 2007 in the Marchese town of Urbino. It was a cold and rainy day, but that didn’t lessen the brilliant views from the steep streets of this hilltown. Follow @mikerussellfoto (Click on …
Click on image to view a larger version. In this week’s Random Italy Photo, we head to Rome in April, 2005. I had just arrived in Italy a couple days earlier to spend Spring Quarter abroad with the Italian Studies Program at the University of Washington’s Rome Center. Shortly after …
On Saturday the Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders battled in another physical Cascadia derby match. It was a hard fought game and remained scoreless until Fredy Montero scored just three minutes after coming in off the bench midway through the second half. Eddie Johnson sealed the victory with a goal …
Just one day after the Sounders beat their Cascadia rivals from the north (photo gallery here), the LA Galaxy reserve squad took on the Sounders reserves at Starfire Sports in Tukwila. The decent crowd of supporters on hand got their first look at the recently signed Honduran, Mario Martinez. Fresh …
Most of my posts lately have been either from Sounders FC matches or my Project 365. So to mix things up a bit, I’m starting a new travel series. Yesterday, in celebration of Ferragosto, I posted an old photo from Italy to my Facebook Page. I had to dive deep …
I’m not sure which is more momentous – that I have less than 100 days left of my Project 365, or that I have actually caught up to posting my most recent photo. Follow @mikerussellfoto Day 260: Weathered On our recent trip to Central Washington, we stopped at this old …
Still trying to catch up. Here are another couple of weeks’ worth of my Project 365 photos. Follow @mikerussellfoto Day 246: Soft Dahlia I was playing around with my old 50mm f/1.4 Super-Takumar lens. Opening the aperture up all the way to f/1.4 gives it a very shallow depth of …
Before last weekend, the thought of a 4-0 scoreline against LA Galaxy would be a painful one for Seattle Sounders fans. On May 8, 2010 the Galaxy came to Seattle and beat the Sounders so badly that the front office gave season ticket holders a refund. Sunday night the Sounders …
The Seattle Sounders opened their 2012-2013 CONCACAF Champions League campaign with a victory over Caledonia AIA from Trinidad and Tobago. It was a fun evening for Sounders fans, especially the first half of the match. The home side went into halftime with a 3 goal to nil lead. Caledonia managed …
Continuing to play catch-up on my Project 365. Here are the next 10 days. Follow @mikerussellfoto Day 236: Lightning Strike Day 237: Alki Sunset Day 238: Sunset Celebrations Day 239: Geometry Day 240: Chelsea Minis Day 241: Seattle Night Day 242: Sunset Silouette Day 243: Summer Rain Day 244: Chelsea …