On a beautiful sunny day in Seattle the Sounders managed to come from behind for the first time this season. Steve Zakuani started his second MLS match in a row, the first one at CenturyLink field since he broke his leg in April of last year. After going down a …
In September 2003, I visited Siena, Italy for the first time. This week’s Random Italy Photo is from inside Palazzo Pubblico which sits at the center of town in the Piazza del Campo, or more commonly referred to as just Il Campo. Outside these walls is where Siena’s famous horse …
Ok, I know it sort of defeats the purpose of the whole photo-a-day philosophy, but that ship sailed a long time ago. Even if I’m not posting them more regularly, at least I’m still shooting daily! This one is long overdue, 23 days late, to be exact. So here’s what …
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 …