I took these two shots the week before Zack Arias’ weekend workshop Foundations of a Working Photographer. Most of the shooting during the class was portraiture, since that’s Zack’s bread and butter. A few of the things he kept repeating throughout the weekend were “head in a clean spot” meaning …
Last week, Seattle Sounders’ star winger Steve Zakuani suffered a potentially season-ending broken fibula and tibia during an away match against Colorado. Today, the home supporters paid tribute to the number 11 at the eleventh minute mark in the match against Toronto (which they went on to win 3-0!). It …
Today was day one of a three day workshop with Zack Arias at creativeLIVE here in Seattle. If you have time over the next couple of days, tune in! It’s free to watch the live sessions. The whole three day workshop will later be available to download for $149. Here …
On Saturday, my wife and I headed downtown to roam around in search of good light for some portrait shots (last week’s assignment, I’ll post more on that later). On the bus ride down, someone sitting behind us ask if I was a picture taker because my tripod was sticking …
Here’s another one from our whale watching trip near Victoria, BC last October. This time, a pair a humpbacks. Happy Earth Day! Follow @mikerussellfoto
Last week I finally made it down to EMP with my camera. It was a lot of fun playing with colors and shapes. But one of my favorites out of the series was this one which includes three of Seattle’s iconic images all in one – the Space Needle, EMP, …
Depth of field (DOF), or the zone of acceptably sharp focus in an image, was the main topic for this week’s assignment. It can range from a very shallow DOF where only the tiniest sliver of the subject is in focus (such as this dessert from a recent wine dinner) …
Chef Dustin, Phil, and Laurie hit it outta the park again with this six course Italian-inspired feast at Art of the Table on Wednesday, April 13. Catherine Reynolds of Queso y Vino selected some great wines to pair with each dish. Here was the lineup: Reception Sicilian flatbread w/chickpea, marinated …
This week’s assignment was all about the different ways to capture motion. There are basically 5 different methods: Slow shutter – Using a slow shutter speed (and tripod) allows any moving object to become blurred while all of the stationary objects remain in focus. Fast shutter – Utilizing a fast …
On Monday, March 28, I attended the first session in a ten week photography class at Photo Center NW in Capitol Hill, Seattle. Each week we will be given an assignment and need to produce a contact sheet with our top 20 photos. Of those 20, we must pick our …