Photography & More by Mike Small

Archives for Phoenix Area Photography category

Photo of the roof at Arizona FallsCircles of Sky
f/4.0 – 1.6 sec – ISO 400 – Focal Length 40 mm
Photo of Night at Arizona FallsNight at the Falls
f/5.6 – 3.2 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 45 mm
Photo of the night sky through a fenceThrough the Fence
f/5.6 – 2.0 sec – ISO 400 – Focal Length 135 mm

Photo of sunset at the Arizona Falls canal in Phoenix

Sunset on the Canal
f/1.7 – 1/15 sec – ISO 800 – Focal Length 50 mm
Photo of repeating lines.
Repeating Lines
f/4.5 – 1/25 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 45 mm

Photo of Phoenix Union High School now the U of A College of Medicine

Phoenix Union High School
f/8.0 – 1/30 sec – ISO 250 – Focal Length 28 mm

Built in 1911 in Phoenix on Van Buren between 7th and 3rd streets, the Phoenix Union High School served the city for many decades.  After the campus sat unoccupied for several years the University of Arizona converted it into the new Phoenix campus of the College of Medicine.  The old buildings appear much as they did in 1911.  Additional space required by the college was added on as very modern architecture to clearly distinguish it as 21st century.  The old was merged with the new while maintaining the uniqueness of each.

Horizontal lines in photographyLines
Downtown Phoenix, AZ
f/11 – 1/40 sec – ISO 800 – 40 mm

Photo of a white church steeple

Here is the Steeple
f – / sec – ISO 800 – Focal Length 50 mm
Photo of a free parking sign at the Melrose Pharmacy in Phoenix
Free Parking
Melrose District – Phoenix, AZ
f/5.6 – 1/30 sec – ISO 500 – Focal Length 28mm

This sign is off 7th Ave and Indian School Rd in central Phoenix in a neighborhood known as the Melrose District.  I really like this neighborhood and it has a lot of photography opportunities.

Photo of Banner Hospital in PhoenixPhoenix Good Samaritan Medical Center
f/10 – 1/250 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 35 mm

The Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, designed by Bertrand Goldberg, can been seen from Interstate 10 and I have driven by it multiple times but knew little about it.  With the oval windows it looks very 1960′s space age to me but was actually built in the early 1980s.  This is the north facade on McDowell.