Mike Butler – Architectural Photographer
When I was approached by the owner of Atteza Jewelry to photograph their campaign I jumped at the opportunity! Although outside my strick field of expertise architecture, which requires teutonic precession and workflow, this assignment would allow me to develop and re-discover my original and more natural approach to the
Imaging over the past few years has been opened up to just about anyone with an iPhone and a reasonably good eye, leading to a flood of talent onto the market, both commercial and that just for the fun market. Photographer s and the general public have all enjoyed looking
Florida from Miami to North Florida is full of beauty much of it discreet and waiting to be found by the keen observer. When I was approached by Merch Cloud to create a set of images to capture the essence of the beauty of S. Florida I was thrilled. I
Portfolio websites are a facade of perfection showing only the successes of one’s career. They show the work after all the work sweat and sometimes tears are done. After any mistakes are polished out the work is hung in a digital “glass” box and preserved as if in a fountain
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
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
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
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
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
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
