Vertical align:middle image with text

Hello,

I’m trying to align an image I have in a post with the text next to it. The image is aligned to the left, and I would like to also have it vertically align in the middle of the line of text next to it. Here is the HTML version of my post:

<h1><span style=”color: #cd950c; font-size: x-large;”><img class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-159″ style=”border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0;” title=”Screen shot 2011-07-02 at 10.27.42 PM” src=”http://jeffandfaaria.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/screen-shot-2011-07-02-at-10-27-42-pm.png&#8221; alt=”” width=”106″ height=”103″ />Faaria Kherani and Jeff Volinski                    </span><span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: #cd950c; line-height: 29px; font-size: large;”>July 28, 2012</span></h1>

If someone could help me figure out what to add/change here I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you so much.