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Michael Buttery

My name is Michael Buttery, and I am 54 years old. I’ve been married for 30 years with 3 adult
children.
I’ve lived in South Australia my whole life and apart from the occasional local holidays or weekends
away, I hadn’t really explored my state very much. That was until just after COVID hit back in April
2020. I only started taking photos then and we were stuck in our state for the most part and my wife,
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Samantha and I started going to places I had never been before, and they were right on our doorstep.
My wife and adult children had Instagram and up At every opportunity, my wife and I head off to explore
until that point I said I wasn’t interested. But with all the lovely state of South Australia. There are so many
the places we started tripping to I thought I should beautiful and interesting places to see. I would really
give it a shot. like to get over to Kangaroo Island and up north to the
Flinders Ranges.
I got some assistance from the family with regards to
how to use Instagram and then I started with going In the meantime, its day trips and occasionally
on walks to local parks and gardens, cemeteries and weekends away exploring and trying out new ideas.
down the beach. My photography was in colour to
begin with, then one day I decided to try black and I don’t own a camera; I take all my photos with my
white photography after my wife suggested it. phone. It’s such a great hobby because you can do
it almost everywhere. I never understood my wife’s
Then I found my niche, I never went back to colour. I interest in photography until I started this.
love the moodiness of black and white photography.
I feel that black and white photography gives more I’ve meet other Instagrammers whilst out and about
definition and emphasises the outlines of everything. and it is a great talking point. I’ve had communication
“ Some people say I am very with people from all different parts of the world through
my photography on Instagram. Photography tells a
story and can bring up all sorts of emotions. It brings
black and white in life, back memories of a moment in time. My catch cry is
so why not in pictures. “ “Everything is better in black and white!”
Michael Buttery
Instagram - @nufc68

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