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Buxton Craft and Jewellery Fair, 5th to 6th August 2017

Craft and Jewellery Fair at Buxton Pavilion Gardens 5th to 6th August 2017

RHS Chatsworth Flower Show First Day

First day of RHS Chatsworth House Flower Show

New video on choosing and using 6 different Durst and DeVere enlargers

Blog on video about choosing and using various Durst and DeVere enlargers

Cotswold Way Alderley to Randwick

Cotswold Way Old Sodbury to Alderley

Cotswold Way between Alderley and Old Sodbury

Cotswold Way, Bath to Old Sodbury

Cotswold Way Old Sodbury to Bath

Bath Photos

Photos of the City of Bath

Living Crafts Show 2017 at Hatfield House

Living Crafts Show at Hatfield House 2017. We’re in Marquee G.

Cumbria Way day 8, Lowick Bridge to Ulverston; the End

Cumbria Way Day 8, the last day. Lowick Bridge to Ulverston.

Cumbria Way day 7, Coniston to Lowick Bridge

Cumbria Way Day 7 from Coniston to Lowick Bridge

Cumbria Way day 6, Langdale to Coniston

Cumbria Way Day 6 from New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel to Coniston

Cumbria Way day 5, Rosthwaite to Langdale

Cumbria Way Day 5 from Rosthwaite to New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in Langdale

Cumbria Way day 3, Bassenthwaite to Swinside

Cumbria Way Day 3, Bassenthwaite to Swinside

Cumbria Way day 4, Swinside to Rosthwaite

Cumbria Way Day 4 including Cat Bells

Cumbria Way Day 2, Caldbeck to Bassenthwaite

Cumbria Way trek from Caldbeck to Bassenthwaite

Cumbria Way Day 1, Carlisle to Caldbeck

Blog post for day 1 of the Cumbria Way

Snow in the Peak District

San Francisco in the Rain

San Francisco in the rain photos

Winter Park Ski Area Photos

Winter Park ski area photos

Skiing Winter Park

Skiing blog post, Winter Park

Snowshoeing with a Moose on the Loose

Snowshoeing blog post Winter Park

Last Show of 2016 at RHS Wisley starting Wednesday 23rd November

Craft in Focus Christmas event at RHS Wisley 23rd to 27th November 2016

Crowthorne Art Fair 29th and 30th October 2016

We are exhibiting at Wellington School Crowthorne 29th to 30th October 2016.

New tutorial on split grade printing with Ilford Multigrade under the lens filters

New video on split grade printing the Ilford way using Multigrade under lens filters

Latest Darkroom Arrangement With 6 Working Enlargers

New darkroom arrangement with 6 working enlargers, all different.

Latest Tutorials

Using DeVere and Durst Darkroom Enlargers

A video and illustrated article covering 6 different enlargers for printing black and white negatives on Ilford Multigrade variable contrast papers.

Making Darkroom Videos

making videos for YouTube and www.DarkroomDave.com

Split grade printing the Ilford way using Ilford Multigrade under the lens filters

This tutorial explains how to use Ilford Multigrade under the lens filters for split grade printing the Ilford way.

Some Ideas for the Darkroom

I have pulled together a short talk of about 18 minutes to show a range of things that are possible in the darkroom given a bit of time, patience and practice.

Process Times for Ilford FP4, SFX and Delta 400

Process Times for Ilford films FP4+, SFX and Delta 400

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Latest Blog

Darkroom Dave in Amateur Photographer Magazine
Monday, May 9th, 2022

It was a pleasant surprise to get an email from photo journalist Damien Demolder asking if I would like him to do a 6 page article on me for Amateur Photographer magazine in the UK. I had previously met Damien for chats a couple of times at the Focus on Imaging exhibition at the NEC […]

Display Change in Gallery in the Gardens Buxton
Saturday, August 7th, 2021

I changed my display yesterday in Gallery in the Gardens in Pavilion Gardens Buxton. Several new hand-printed darkroom silver gelatin pictures as well as lots of small mounted darkroom prints at £5 and £15. I’m still being very cautious because of Covid-19 so it’s been a long time since it was last updated, it was […]

Glasgow to Cape Wrath Trek
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

I have pulled together a new gallery web page for the trek I did from Glasgow to Cape Wrath over 3 Summers 2003-2005 with friends. Lots of black and white photos and maps of the route. Here’s the link: https://www.davebutcher.co.uk/glasgow-to-cape-wrath-trek-including-west-highland-way/https://www.davebutcher.co.uk/glasgow-to-cape-wrath-trek-including-west-highland-way/

New Web Pages for Ski Mountaineering Trips to Alps
Monday, January 4th, 2021

I have replaced the old web pages for the ski mountaineering trips that I did in the 1990’s. The structure is different, including new gallery layouts with proper captions for each picture. There are also quite a few new black and white photos. I also carried a small 35mm compact film camera for all but […]

Bernese Oberland Ski Mountaineering Trip New Web Page
Monday, January 4th, 2021

I have replaced the old web page for the 6 day Bernese Oberland ski mountaineering trip that I completed in 1995. We had bad weather for several days but overall it was a good trip for photography. I changed the layout and added lots of new photos, both black and white and colour. The colour […]

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Buxton Craft and Jewellery Fair, 5th to 6th August 2017

RHS Chatsworth Flower Show First Day

New video on choosing and using 6 different Durst and DeVere enlargers

Cotswold Way Alderley to Randwick

Cotswold Way Old Sodbury to Alderley

Cotswold Way, Bath to Old Sodbury

Bath Photos

Living Crafts Show 2017 at Hatfield House

Cumbria Way day 8, Lowick Bridge to Ulverston; the End

Cumbria Way day 7, Coniston to Lowick Bridge

Cumbria Way day 6, Langdale to Coniston

Cumbria Way day 5, Rosthwaite to Langdale

Cumbria Way day 3, Bassenthwaite to Swinside

Cumbria Way day 4, Swinside to Rosthwaite

Cumbria Way Day 2, Caldbeck to Bassenthwaite

Cumbria Way Day 1, Carlisle to Caldbeck

Snow in the Peak District

San Francisco in the Rain

Winter Park Ski Area Photos

Skiing Winter Park

Snowshoeing with a Moose on the Loose

Last Show of 2016 at RHS Wisley starting Wednesday 23rd November

Crowthorne Art Fair 29th and 30th October 2016

New tutorial on split grade printing with Ilford Multigrade under the lens filters

Latest Darkroom Arrangement With 6 Working Enlargers

Latest Tutorials

Using DeVere and Durst Darkroom Enlargers

Making Darkroom Videos

Split grade printing the Ilford way using Ilford Multigrade under the lens filters

Some Ideas for the Darkroom

Process Times for Ilford FP4, SFX and Delta 400

Latest Blog

Darkroom Dave in Amateur Photographer Magazine Monday, May 9th, 2022

Display Change in Gallery in the Gardens Buxton Saturday, August 7th, 2021

Glasgow to Cape Wrath Trek Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

New Web Pages for Ski Mountaineering Trips to Alps Monday, January 4th, 2021

Bernese Oberland Ski Mountaineering Trip New Web Page Monday, January 4th, 2021

Darkroom Dave in Amateur Photographer Magazine
Monday, May 9th, 2022

Display Change in Gallery in the Gardens Buxton
Saturday, August 7th, 2021

Glasgow to Cape Wrath Trek
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

New Web Pages for Ski Mountaineering Trips to Alps
Monday, January 4th, 2021

Bernese Oberland Ski Mountaineering Trip New Web Page
Monday, January 4th, 2021