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Frankfurt Skyline and Holbeinsteg at Night Arthur's Seat from Calton Hill, Edinburgh Colorado River in Utah and Castle Rock Border End from Hardknott Roman Fort Driftwood on Gillespies Beach, Fox Glacier Cabin Fever Trail, Beaver Creek Stickle Tarn and Beyond Leadenhall Market at Night, London Braunschweiger Hut Chateau d'Oex Balloon Festival Night Glow #2 Coniston Range from Pavey Ark in Winter Buxton Pavilion Gardens Bandstand in Snow Dead Horse Point State Park Chrysler Building and Flags at Night, New York Punting on the River Avon in Christchurch Matterhorn from Unterrothorn Restaurant Trevone Bay, Cornwall #2 Shining Tor from Windgather Rocks in Winter Sydney Opera House from a Jetty at The Rocks Snowy Trees #2, Two Elk Mountain Vail Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park Sydney Kinderdijk Windmill in Action Snowy Trees #2, Two Elk Mountain Vail Edinburgh Castle and Ross Fountain

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Photo Links

The links here are mostly those that Dave Butcher has found useful in the past. They are also biased towards the equipment that he uses, the places travelled to and other information sources, some that relate to his background and others that have not always been easy to find. We hope you find them useful. Please let us know if any of them are no longer working.

Materials & Equipment

  • Ilford Photo - Film, paper, chemistry

  • Ilford Lab Direct - processing film, making prints from negatives and digital files, all prints on Ilford RC silver-gelatine paper. Excellent quality. They process a lot of my films and make prints up to 48 inches square for me, larger than I can print.

  • Ilford Chronology - lists dates of product introductions and major Ilford events

  • Ilford Multigrade History

  • Harman Photo - Inkjet materials

  • Mamiya UK - Medium format cameras

  • Sekonic - Light meters

  • Gitzo - The best lightweight tripods for travel photography and hill and mountain landscapes.

  • PIC Coppice - For full details of photographic chemistry waste disposal in the UK look at this document. It was produced by the UK Photographic industry (manufacturers of film, paper and chemicals, processing labs and photography groups) in conjunction with the UK water treatment industry. It dates back to the late 1990's. I chaired the group that pulled it together and wrote some of the detail. PIC is the Photo Imaging Council, COPPICE stands for Code of Practice for the Photoprocessing Industry for the Care of the Environment.

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Events, Artists and Designers

  • Artist & Designer's Fairs - Buxton Pavilion Gardens

  • Craft and Design Experience - A large art and designer craft show in mid-May near Henley-on-Thames

  • Craft in Focus - Art and designer craft shows in the south east of England

  • Design Factory - I am a Designer/Maker with this organisation for the creative industry in the East Midlands

  • Focus on Imaging - The biggest annual photography and imaging show in Europe. I either have my own stand or can be found on the Ilford part of the Harman Technology stand.

  • Great Dome Art Fair - A top quality show in late July in the Buxton Dome for members of Peak District Products

  • Gallery in the Gardens - Home of the High Peak Artists and Craftworkers Association in The Pavilion Gardens in Buxton - A permanent display of Dave Butcher photographs, posters and books. You can also meet me roughly 3 or 4 days a month here (see events calendar for dates). Open every day except Christmas Day, free entry.

Peak District Products Members

Listed here are some of the other members of Peak District Products. There are over 60 members in total spread across the Peak District.

Maps & Guidebooks

Course Accommodation, Travel, Holidays

  • Trekking in the Alps - Hilary Sharp, Alpine leader based in Vallorcine in the Chamonix valley; snowshoe and trekking trips in the Alps. Using a guide like Hilary (married to Jon de Montjoye) lets me spend time taking photographs instead of worrying about route finding, booking huts, local transport, etc. Highly recommended.

  • Jon de Montjoye - One of the best alpine mountain guides, based in Vallorcine in the Chamonix valley. Jon was my guide for most of my ski mountaineering trips and is very tolerant of photographers and their needs! Highly recommended.

Peak District Courses Accommodation near Tunstead Milton

  • Corbar Bank - 4 star bed and breakfast apartment, about 7 miles away on the edge of Buxton

  • Forest Lodge - Bed & breakfast in Chapel-en-le-Frith (2 miles)

  • Harrop Fold Farm - Bed and breakfast 5 miles away on the road from Whaley Bridge to Macclesfield (online booking).

  • High Croft Guest House - A top quality Guest House with fantastic views between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Whaley Bridge, just 100 yards from the Hanging Gate pub restaurant (0.5 miles, online booking)

  • Kinrara - Bed & breakfast in Whaley Bridge (2 miles)

  • Moorside Grange Hotel - Best Western hotel on the moors between Disley and Whaley Bridge (5 miles, online booking)

  • Old Hall Inn - An excellent inn in the village of Whitehough about 3 miles away (or 2 miles walking over Eccles Pike! Online booking).

  • Roebuck - A pub that does b&b on the market place in Chapel-en-le-Frith (2 miles)

  • Rushop Hall - Bed & breakfast and self-catering about 4 miles away, just east of Chapel-en-le-Frith, online booking)

  • Shady Oak - A pub that does b&b in Fernilee, 2 miles from Whaley Bridge on the A5004 Buxton road

  • Spire House - Bed & breakfast in Whaley Bridge, 5 minute walk to the station (2 miles)

  • Springbank - Bed & breakfast in Whaley Bridge, 2 minute walk to the station (2 miles, online booking)

Lake District Courses Accommodation near Boot in Eskdale

Northumberland Courses Accommodation in Berwick Upon Tweed

Yorkshire Dales Courses Accommodation near Grassington

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