Shutter Mike Photography

I have been meaning to set up a store on Etsy to sell prints of my photography for some time now.  But just never got (or made) the time to do it.  But no more excuses or delays it is finally up and running.  I have started with my Lego and candy series of photographs (or here and here) and plan to add more in time.  Check out the Mike Small Photography store on Etsy.

I did a photo collection of this pedestrian bridge over the dam at Tempe Town Lake during the day a while ago.  But at night the bridge is something entirely different.  The lighting is really amazing and makes for some great photographs.

I have to add the Tempe Town Lake area (the bridges, beach, Tempe Center for the Arts and parks) as one of my top photography spots in the Phoenix area.  There is so much in such a small area to photograph.  There is architecture in the Hayden Ferry buildings and the Tempe Center for the Arts, incredible night time photography opportunities with the lighting on the buildings and Mill Avenue Bridges, and many great daytime photo worthy subjects as well.  Plus, if you are a portrait photography there are a lot of great settings to photography your subjects.  So all around, Tempe Town Lake is at the top of my great places to photograph in Phoenix.

The photographs in this collection are of the Mill Avenue Bridges taken at sunset and twilight.  Bring a tripod and the North shore of the lake is the best vantage point.

Two years ago I participated in a 365 photo project and fell short of exactly 365 photographs being submitted to the project.  But life does tend to “get in the way” sometimes and I came close with about 331.  I attempted it again last year but found myself not having the will early on in the project.  Let’s just say it was not my best performance.  So that brings us to 2012 and a new 365 project with a twist.  Normally a 365 photo project is one where you take one photo a day for an entire year and shore them either in a Flickr group or on a blog.  This year’s project is called 7 Day Photography.  This project has assigned 7 themes, one for each day of the week and you shoot those 7 themes each week interpreting them as you like.  The themes are pretty broad and open for interpretation, Far, Near, Color, Place, Shape, Face and Open (meaning your pick).

I have done the first week and so far so good.  Only 51 more weeks or about 359 more photos to go.  Please follow along with my images on Flickr in my 7 Day Photography set.