Mike Butler – Architectural Photographer

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The 5 Metrics of an Amazing Architectural Composition

How often do photographers get clients who call up and ask to just do a few shots? Quick and cheap. Often times photographers will feel the pressure to work and justify unreasonably fast shot times to get the assignment; set up the camera and a few lights if any and

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Tortillas Galore!

Any photographer will tell you one of the best aspects of our job is the unpredictability of what we may be shooting next week. There may be a long string of homes and then in a sudden flash, you are shooting a yacht from a helicopter or as in this

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Traveling by air with your camera gear.

All photographers know the feeling, sitting at baggage claim, counting the cases as they come around the carousel. Watching with nervousness that all the required cases come out one by one. It was back in 2008 when I was standing by just a carousel and as I watched as my

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WORKING SOME TELEMUNDO MAGIC

Earlier this year I was enlisted by Telemundo the worldwide Spanish language network to capture images of their new N. American HQ in Doral Florida.  We captured a set of stunning images which you can see below.  After I delivered those images my contact at Telemundo came back and asked if

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Travel Stories Empty Planes

I learned something years ago while on my way to Portugal to catch a ship while on a connecting flight in Germany. Always find your gate and sit there, don’t go roaming around…cuz things change and we being humans lose track of time! So I put that bit of travel

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THE CREATIVE VISION OF TECHNOLOGY

It used to be as a photographer one could find a niche and focus on that small spot in the world then toil away for decades, hammering out his or her craft. Well needless to say those days are coming to an end if not completely over. Technology is making

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MEDITATIONS ON KIDS AND THIS BUSINESS

I have been self-employed since the day I left college in 1994. I have weathered the ups and downs of an ever-changing economy and adapted my business model as my professional standing changed. As anyone who has spent even a brief time totally self-reliant on the work they can drag

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Canal Capital Bogotá Interview.

While working on some follow-up interviews for the Virgilo Barco Library project documentary, Canal Capital did a very nice piece about the project for its Friday evening news. This is not the first time my work has been picked up by Colombian TV although I think it is best. Mientras

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TOP ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIORS PHOTOGRAPHER, MIKE BUTLER, TO BE FEATURED ON OFFICE SPACES™, AIRING ON LIFETIME® TELEVISION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Mike Butler [email protected] (954) 560-4265 Top Architectural and Interiors Photographer, Mike Butler, to be Featured on Office Spaces™, Airing on Lifetime® Television Butler is the preeminent architectural photographer in South Florida, and his role on this show further solidifies this fact.The episode features some behind-the-scenes

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