[Tex/LaTex] Vertically align a block and an image side by side

Question

I want to set a block and an image side by side, and vertically align them either from the top or in the middle. But I realize that with neither \begin{columns}[T] nor \begin{columns}[c] works perfectly. It seems that there is a margin on top of the block.

\documentclass{beamer}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{title}
  \begin{columns}[T]
    \begin{column}{.48\textwidth}
      \begin{block}{}
        lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala
      \end{block}
    \end{column}%
    \hfill%
    \begin{column}{.48\textwidth}
      \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{screenshot3.png}
    \end{column}%
  \end{columns}  
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Could anyone help?

Answer 1

There is the [c] option for the vertical alignment of the columns, but it doesn't seem to work with the block environment, so I had to use \raisebox:

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}{title}
  \begin{columns}[c]
    \begin{column}[c]{.48\textwidth}
 \begin{block}{\rlap{Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci}}
        lala\dotfill \\ lala\dotfill \\ lala\dotfill \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala \\ lala\dotfill \\ lala\dotfill \\ lala\dotfill
 \end{block}
    \end{column}%
    \hfill%
    \begin{column}[c]{.48\textwidth}
   \raisebox{-1.32\height}[0pt]{\fbox{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{Piero_di_Cosimo_3bis}}}
    \end{column}%
  \end{columns}
\end{frame}

\end{document}