Seattle will be the temporary home of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) for the next three months while it undergoes some maintenance. According to the Missile Defense Agency’s website, the SBX “tracks, discriminates, and assesses the flight characteristics of ballistic missiles. The SBX provides an advanced capability to the overall …
I am now more than halfway though the class at Photo Center NW. This past week’s assignment focused less on the technical aspects of photography and more on the creative. I think I may have had the most fun so far with this one. The idea was to use light …
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 …