Shutter Mike Photography

This image was taken with my point-and-shoot camera as I was out walking around.  You don’t always need the DSLR to get a good shot.  When it is not practical to have your full size camera in hand having a compact point-and-shoot in your pocket will prevent you from missing an opportunity.

I am not sure of the exact construction date of this particular dorm building at Arizona State University.  But the triangle windows and overall design of the building are very 1960′s to me.

Something as utilitarian as a metro train station could b e built, well, very utilitarian.  But that is rarely the case.  Civic “leaders” and others involved in making such decisions more often than not spend the extra money to incorporate design, art and architecture into public works projects.  The Valley Light Rail system in the Phoenix metro area has taken a lot of flack for being too expensive, too slow, not enough and most any other complaint you can conjure up.  But regardless of what you think of the system itself, the effort taken to incorporate art and design into the while project has really paid off.  These repeating lines at the University and Rural station in Tempe are just one example.  I think a day of raiding the rails with a photographic stop at each station is due.

These are the Hayden Ferry office buildings on the south shore of Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, AZ.  The “lake” is the result of damming the dry Rio Salado river bed on two ends and then filling it in with water.  Development of hotels, condos, office buildings and public spaces have gone up mostly on the south shore of the lake.  The “beach” park at the lake is a destination for festivals, concerts and general gatherings of all sorts.