DC United vs. LA Galaxy

Earlier this evening, DC United played host to the LA Galaxy and Landon Donovan, Major League Soccer's hottest team and arguably the greatest player in American soccer history, respectively. The game itself was a bit more exciting than the other night's match against Seattle, but the result was essentially the same: another loss for United, increasing their total to 11 and securing their all-too-comfortable last-place spot in the league standings.

A few more pictures can be found on Flickr.













And now a quick video of the infamous bouncing stands of RFK Stadium. If there's one thing United has going for them, regardless of their record, it's that they've certainly got a very passionate group of fans.

DC United vs. Seattle Sounders

Hosting their first game at RFK since the beginning of June, DC United welcomed the Seattle Sounders on Thursday with a chance to turn their season around in time for a serious playoff push. Since their last home game, of course, a certain soccer tournament was held halfway across the world, one that ignited the once-every-four-years spike in interest in the game. Last night's match was certainly better-attended than the one I shot in May, although the level of enthusiasm is still miniscule compared to most other nations around the world.

Whether or not the US will continue to embrace football is anyone's guess; while the level of play in the MLS is well below that of the English Premier League or Serie A, it's still a decent product and one that should garner more attention now that Americans are beginning to realize just how beautiful the beautiful game can be.

As for United, they blew yet another one, allowing Seattle to score in the 89th minute to break a nil-nil draw and send the Sounders back to the Pacific Northwest with a W under their collective belt.

With that, some pictures! A few more can be found on Flickr, as per usual.

lowercaseletters @ The Black Cat Backstage

About a month ago, while enjoying an evening in DC (pre-swelter) and hanging out with some people on our rooftop, I found out that the guy one of my friends was dating happened to be a local musician/producer. As we began talking and I told him I enjoy taking live music pictures, he mentioned that he and his partners-in-crime (collectively known as lowercaseletters) had a date scheduled at The Black Cat's Backstage.

That was last week, and while it took me a little longer to edit the pictures than I was hoping -- story of my life, I know -- here are a few for you to enjoy. If you're interested in checking out some more, head on over to Flickr.

Oh, and click on the above link to check out lowercaseletters' music... it's pretty groovy.

A deck addition in Bloomingdale

Yesterday evening I took pictures of an addition to a rowhouse in the Bloomingdale section of DC. The project was designed by Alter Urban, a small firm based in Baltimore that was started by former classmates of mine.

I didn't have much time to really go through them last night, but I figured I'd share a few anyway. Our goal is to (hopefully) submit these and another series of shots from other projects as one cohesive collection for publication.

DC United vs. Kansas City Wizards

Last night took me to RFK Stadium for the chance to shoot my first soccer match -- well, professional soccer match, anyway -- as DC United hosted the Kansas City Wizards in a battle of two struggling MLS clubs. United was able to squeak out a 2-1 win, earning them their first league victory of the season and preventing an historically poor start for the franchise.

Below are a few of my favorite shots, but a bunch more can be found on Flickr (and a recap of the game can be found on DCist).

Catching Up: Earth Day Climate Rally, Oatlands 2010, A Pop-Up Project, website design

April went by without an update, so I'm going to do my best to pick things up a bit now that we're a few days into May. It's not that I've been sitting on my rump, but still... more posts would be nice, right? Anyway, enough with the apologies -- let's just get right to it.

Last Sunday (the 25th of April), a number of celebrities and musicians descended upon the National Mall for an Earth Day concert and rally for the climate. Over 200,000 people attended the festivities, which I documented for DCist. A few more pictures can be found on Flickr.

Bob Weir:



Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson of The Roots:



Sting, left, and Avatar / Titanic / The Terminator director James Cameron:



Passion Pit:



Willie Colon:



John Legend:



The weekend after Easter saw our annual trip out to Middleburg, Virginia and the Point-to-point races at Oatlands Plantation. The weather could not have been nicer, which was a welcome change from the overcast skies and chilly temperatures we've had in years past.

View a few more on Flickr.







On March 26th, I shot a gallery opening for Brightest Young Things at the former Numark Gallery here in DC. For the post on BYT (and a few more pictures), click here.









Finally, perhaps the biggest contributor to my not posting as often was the design and production of a website for a friend and a project he's working on (flipping a boutique condominium building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington).

To check out the rest of the site, feel free to click on TheMatheson.com.

(psst: it's best viewed using Google Chrome or Firefox. Anything other than an an old version of Internet Explorer, really...)