# Gordon Butler

> photos and things


## Posts

- [forty-three years later](https://gordonbutler.me/forty-three-years-later/): Whilst reviewing and editing the photos I’d taken for the 2025 Whitstable Harbour & Boat Show one of the sailing barges I’d photographed felt familiar. I didn’t pay too much attention at the time as I was anxious to get the day’s photos ready for publication as quickly as possible. A few weeks later, as […]
- [Whitstable sunsets - updated](https://gordonbutler.me/whitstable-sunsets/): Although Whitstable is on the east coast of England, visitors are often surprised to be able to see beautiful sunsets, when the weather is right. It’s not just visitors that appreciate the spectacle, residents too, are often on the beach in the evening, phones in hand, capturing the colourful spectacle and I’m often amongst them. […]
- [thunderstorm at sunset, 29 August 2025](https://gordonbutler.me/thunderstorm-at-sunset/): From our garden, at around sunset, I could see that the sky was colouring very nicely. I hadn’t been out today, so I walked down to the sea front taking the Leica Q2 with me. When I got to the shore, the sky was dramatic, the sun just setting and a series of storm cells […]
- [Whitstable Harbour & Boat Show, 9 August 2025](https://gordonbutler.me/whitstable-harbour-boat-show-9-august-2025/): As a Whitstable Maritime volunteer, I was asked to photograph this year’s Whitstable Harbour & Boat Show. It was a long day and I got quite sunburnt on the process. A selection of the seventy-five photos I added to the WM library appears in the gallery below. The photos are pretty much what you’d expect […]
- [a 2,500 mile trip through France & Spain](https://gordonbutler.me/a-2500-mile-trip-through-france-spain/): visiting Azay-le-Rideau, Segovia, Cáceres‎, Trujillo, Piedrahita, Salamanca, Bassin d’Arcachon & the Atlantic coast Azay-le-Rideau Segovia Cáceres‎ Trujillo, Piedrahita Salamanca Bassin d’Arcachon & the Atlantic coast
- [mackerel schools](https://gordonbutler.me/fish-sculptures/): A few years ago, Fiona and I were were in a small gallery in Cley next the Sea, where she spotted some pricey fish sculptures made of driftwood and commented “you could do better than that”. I looked at them and thought “yes, I could”. A couple of years after this trip, at the end […]
- [Seasalter Levels and the Swale at dusk, 19,22 February 2025](https://gordonbutler.me/seasalter-levels-and-the-swale-at-dusk-1922-february-2025/)
- [Minolta Marina 8 x 32 binoculars](https://gordonbutler.me/minolta-marina-8-x-32-binoculars/): Fiona bought these for my birthday in 1988 – a very generous present, given we’d only been going our for about a year. I still use them now.
- [366:2025](https://gordonbutler.me/2025-365/): January February March April May June July August September October November December January 2026 … and that concludes 2025 – and starts 2026!
- [Peak District, 6-9 December 2024](https://gordonbutler.me/peak-district-6-9-december-2024/): It was a cold, grey, wet visit, to see my sister’s new house in Derbyshire. It’s going to be great when it’s renovated.
- [around Ludlow, Shropshire, June 2024](https://gordonbutler.me/around-ludlow-shropshire/)
- [366 - 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/366-2023/): 2023 – new year and a new project that’s a reboot of the previous daily photo diaries in 2010 and 2016 and an attempt to kickstart (again) my photography. So here’s 366 – 2023: one photograph per day, every day for a year and a day.  January 2023 February 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June […]
- [Alicante, Spain 02 - 07 November 2024](https://gordonbutler.me/alicante-spain-02-07-november-2024/): Some holiday snaps, I didn’t really try very hard to get good photos on this trip.
- [Dungeness, 9 October 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/dungeness-9-october-2023/)
- [Saumur, Cap Ferret, Arcachon, St. Émilion, Dordogne, Bordeaux, Rouen, France, September 16 - 1 October 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/saumur-cap-ferret-arcachon-st-emilion-dordogne-bordeaux-rouen-france-september-16-1-october-2023/): Saumur Cap Ferret Arcachon St. Émilion Dordogne Bordeaux Rouen
- [Viewmaster Stereoscope](https://gordonbutler.me/viewmaster-stereoscope/): To look through this Viewmaster Stereoscope was a special treat when we were young and, despite our parents’ efforts to keep in in tip-top condition, it managed to acquire a chip in the casing at some point. Despite the damage and the fact that the box lid is coming apart at the corners, we would […]
- [Polaroid 636 Talking](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-636-talking/)
- [Polaroid P (CZV ESL6T VD JA)](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-p-czv-esl6t-vd-ja/)
- [Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 Neo](https://gordonbutler.me/fuji-instax-mini-90/): Lost the battery cover at Dean and Deb’s place in France.
- [Polaroid Image System E](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-image-system-e/)
- [Polaroid Cool Cam (D8H B6WXU VBJA)](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-cool-cam-d8h-b6wxu-vbja/): strap broken, not sure if it works anyway, disposed of it.
- [Polaroid ONE 600 Paul Giambarba edition](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-one-600-paul-giambarba-edition/): Impossible special edition camera, another birthday present from Fiona.
- [Leica D-Lux 7 (GB's)](https://gordonbutler.me/leica-d-lux-7-gbs/)
- [Leica D-Lux 7 (Fi's)](https://gordonbutler.me/leica-d-lux-7-fis/)
- [Lomo Instant Pigalle Square](https://gordonbutler.me/lomo-instant-square/)
- [Leica Sofort](https://gordonbutler.me/leica-sofort/)
- [Leica Q2](https://gordonbutler.me/leica-q2/)
- [Kodak Duo SIX-20](https://gordonbutler.me/kodak-duo-six-20/): I think this was built for the German market.
- [Kodak Brownie SIX-20](https://gordonbutler.me/kodak-brownie-six-20/)
- [JollyLook pinhole instant camera](https://gordonbutler.me/jollylook-pinhole-instant-camera/)
- [The Quay House, Clifden, Ireland 25-28 June 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/the-quay-house-clifden-ireland-25-28-june-2023/): Our trip to Ireland included stay at The Quay House in Clifden, it was such wonderfully quirky place that it deserves its own separate album. The album of the trip can be viewed here. It was a memorable stay (for all the right reasons).
- [Anglesey, Ireland & Wales, 22 June - 1 July 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/anglesey-ireland-wales-22-june-1-july-2023/): There’s a supplemental album for this trip – our stay at The Quay House in Clifden.
- [London Concours, 7 June 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/london-concours-7-june-2023/): … and thanks, Phil, for the invitation to lunch at the HAC.
- [Dunkirk Little Ships at St. Katherine's Dock, 5 May 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/5-may-2023-dunkirk-little-ships-at-st-katherines-dock/): See also, the Little Ships at Canary Wharf.
- [Orford Ness, 7 April 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/orford-ness-7-april-2023/)
- [Southwold and Orford, 2-7 April 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/southwold-and-orford-2-7-april-2023/)
- [Polaroid SX-70](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-sx-70/): The original SX-70. Amazingly this is probably is in the best condition of all my SX-70s. POLAROID SX-70 (OC501889261)
- [Polaroid SX-70 Autofocus Model 2](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-sx-70-supercolor-model-2/)
- [Polaroid SX-70 Model 2 - Freitag edition](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-sx-70-model-2-freitag-edition/)
- [Polaroid Time-Zero SX-70 Autofocus](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-sx-70-autofocus/): POLAROID TIME-ZERO SX-70 AUTOFOCUS (5E421184279)
- [Polaroid SX-70 Alpha](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-sx-70-alpha/): Leather covers replaced with kit from Germany. POLAROID SX-70 ALPHA (5E924889985)
- [Polaroid Swinger Model 20](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-swinger-model-20/)
- [Polaroid Swinger EE](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-swinger-ee/): not sure if I still have this one – can’t find it so I have disposed of it.
- [Polaroid Super Colour Swinger](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-super-colour-swinger/)
- [Polaroid Spirit](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-spirit/)
- [Polaroid Spirit 600 CL](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-spirit-600-cl/)
- [Polaroid SLR 680](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-slr-680/): POLAROID SLR 680 (8H520749482)
- [Polaroid One (FDH98609PDSA)](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-one/)
- [Polaroid One-600](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-one-600/)
- [Polaroid Cool Cam (C8U AAYU1 VBJA)](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-cool-cam/)
- [Polaroid Colorpack III](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-colorpack-iii/)
- [Polaroid Colorpack 80](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-colorpack-80/)
- [instant accessories](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-accessories/)
- [Polaroid 1200 FF](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-1200/): Uses Spectra type film, no longer available, which is a pity as this camera has never been used.
- [Polaroid 1000](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-1000/)
- [Polaroid 355](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-355/)
- [Polaroid 350 (BG400054)](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-350-3/): This is my working 350, it’s in the best condition and I installed a battery holder (not a permanent modification) to use contemporary batteries. It also has a load of extras, including a pack of film and flash bulbs.
- [Polaroid 350 (BG433024)](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-350-2/): This 350 functions correctly, but it’s been stored badly and has corrosion, dirt etc. However it has two complete (I suspect never used) accessories – the 581 Portrait and the 583 Close Up kits.
- [Polaroid 350 (BG465837)](https://gordonbutler.me/polaroid-350-1/): This model has a broken weld on one of the struts, so the lens is no longer parallel to the flim plane. I’m keeping it for spares. There are also spare flash guns and a spare portrait lens kit.
- [Rajar No.6](https://gordonbutler.me/rajar-no-6/)
- [Sekonic Flashmate L-308S](https://gordonbutler.me/sekonic-flashmate-l-308s/)
- [Soho Cadet](https://gordonbutler.me/soho-cadet/): Bakelite camera, the interior shows the lovely original colour as it’s light-tight.
- [Metz 54 MZ 4I](https://gordonbutler.me/metz-54-mz-4i/): With canon, Nikon and Leica SCA modules
- [Leica Monovid](https://gordonbutler.me/leica-monovid/)
- [four Kodak Brownie 127 cameras](https://gordonbutler.me/kodak-brownie-127/): I have four Kodak Brownie 127s the first was the one bought new by my parents in the 1950s, it comes with a close-up lens and contrast filter, bought at the same time as the camera. The other were acquired from junk shops and car boots.r
- [Kodak Beau Brownie](https://gordonbutler.me/kodak-beau-brownie/): Birthday present from Fiona
- [Ilford Advocate](https://gordonbutler.me/ilford-advocate/): A beautiful camera which was a birthday gift from Fiona.
- [Hasselblad 500 C/M, lenses and accessories](https://gordonbutler.me/hasselblad-500-c-m-lenses-and-accessories/): Carl Zeiss Distagon 50mm F4 Carl Zeiss PLANAR 80mm F2.8 lens Carl Zeiss 150mm F4 SONNAR Hasselblad PME 51 Prism Hasselblad A12 film back
- [Lomo Instant](https://gordonbutler.me/lomo-instant/)
- [Canon Powershot A560](https://gordonbutler.me/canon-powershot-a560/)
- [Balda Rollbox](https://gordonbutler.me/balda-rollbox/)
- [Agfa Karat](https://gordonbutler.me/agfa-carat/)
- [Oare Creek walk, 14 February 2023](https://gordonbutler.me/oare-creek-walk-14-february-2023/)
- [North Norfolk 5-8 October 2022](https://gordonbutler.me/north-norfolk-5-8-october-2022/)
- [Delft & Haarlem 3-6 September 2022](https://gordonbutler.me/delft-haarlem-3-6-september-2022/)
- [Whitstable Harbour, 25 August 2022](https://gordonbutler.me/whitstable-harbour-25-august-2022/): I spent a morning in the harbour testing my Hasselblad’s lenses, I thought there might be a problem after using the ‘Blad in Cornwall last year. It turned out the 50mm F4.0 had focus issues, which have now been fixed. These photos were shot on Kodak Ektachrome 100 and processed and scanned by AG Photo […]
- [Tillingham and Rye, 18 August 2022](https://gordonbutler.me/tillingham-and-rye-18-august-2022/)
- [the garden - part three](https://gordonbutler.me/the-garden-part-three/): time for some greenery We finished the landscaping in early October 2018 and it was time to get planting. Even before we started the hard landscaping project, we’d already undertaken some plant work; moving the pear tree from the centre of the garden and planting it with four new apple trees close to the eastern […]
- [North Yorkshire April 2022](https://gordonbutler.me/north-yorkshire-april-2022/)
- [Audresselles, France, 29 March - 1 April](https://gordonbutler.me/audresselles-france-29-march-1-april/)
- [All Saints' Church Tudeley and St. Thomas a Becket Church, Capel, 31 January 2022](https://gordonbutler.me/all-saints-church-tudeley-and-st-thomas-a-becket-church-capel-31-january-2022/): More info at: All Saints’ Church, Tudeley and St Thomas a Becket Church, Capel.
- [Broadstairs, 7 January 2022](https://gordonbutler.me/broadstairs-7-january-2022/): A nostalgic day out with the Leica M9 – still love the colour saturation of this sensor.
- [the daily photo 2021](https://gordonbutler.me/the-daily-photo-2021/): more daily walks We attempted to continue our daily walks in 2021, particularly in the early part of the year which was a full Covid-19 lockdown where we live. I managed to take a total of 30 daily photos on these walks, but interest soon waned when lockdown was lifted and we were allowed out […]
- [Pett Level, Rye Harbour, 21 December 2021](https://gordonbutler.me/pett-level-rye-harbour-21-december-2021/): The shortest day of the year – not the best time for an afternoon’s photographic walk.
- [Oare, 2 November 2021](https://gordonbutler.me/oare-2-november-2021/)
- [Tankerton beach huts](https://gordonbutler.me/tankerton-beach-huts/): … one viewpoint, eight cameras The featured photo above, taken in 2012, is one of my most commercially successful photos – it’s in the top three for sales of my pictures – and Tankerton slopes, the location – a short walk from where we live – has inadvertently become a test site for any new […]
- [Deal, 1 October 2021](https://gordonbutler.me/deal-in-october/)
- [A trip to Cornwall](https://gordonbutler.me/a-trip-to-cornwall/): Little boats and pretty villages
- [back to the eighties - London people](https://gordonbutler.me/back-to-the-eighties-london-people/): I spent the first three months of 2021 lockdown scanning slides and negatives I’d shot from 1980 to early 2000s and had been in storage for the last twenty plus years. These photos are from that archive. I call this set London people, the images were taken 1980-1983. The film I used was mostly Kodachrome […]
- [Saffron Walden, 9 September 2021](https://gordonbutler.me/saffron-walden-9-september-2021/)
- [Greta trip, 15 July 2021](https://gordonbutler.me/greta-15-july-2021/)
- [Whitstable in the snow, 7-15 February 2021](https://gordonbutler.me/whitstable-in-the-snow-7-15-february-2021/)
- [the daily photo 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/the-daily-photo-2020/): It’s more than a little ironic that the lockdown brought about by the Covid 19 pandemic, also brought about a rekindled an interest in taking daily photos. The photographs here were tagged daily, as they were taken on our daily walks, permitted during lockdown. Even when lockdown rules were relaxed, we rarely ventured far from […]
- [Victory Woods, 10 November 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/victory-woods-10-november-2020/)
- [October in the woods, 15-24 October 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/october-in-the-woods-15-24-october-2020/)
- [Oare, 19 October 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/oare-19-october-2020/)
- [Rye Harbour, 21 August 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/rye-harbour-21-august-2020/)
- [The Street, 9 April 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/the-street-9-april-2020/)
- [Wissant 12-13 March 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/wissant-12-13-march-2020/): … the day before France went into lockdown.
- [Lavenham, Suffolk, 26 February 2020](https://gordonbutler.me/lavenham-suffolk-26-february-2020/)

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- [exhibitions](https://gordonbutler.me/exhibitions/): recent exhibitions sea life 36 VIEWS littoral landscapes coastal visions
- [on land - trains…](https://gordonbutler.me/on-land-trains/)
- [by air…](https://gordonbutler.me/by-air/)
- [on sea...](https://gordonbutler.me/on-water/)
- [land, sea, air](https://gordonbutler.me/collections/transport/): planes, trains, automobiles – and ships A boyhood fascination for things that move has never let up, it continues to this day.
- [photo books](https://gordonbutler.me/photo-books/): I’ve created a few photo books over the years, here are some of them, with links to galleries of the photos they contain and PDF downloads The daily photo The daily photo diaries started life as a series of a year of daily photos collected and published as a book. I have now completed three […]
- [cameras](https://gordonbutler.me/cameras/): Photography should really be about the photographs, but it’s not difficult to be seduced by the gear and I’ve fallen for more than my fair share of kit. I’ve now reduced my collection and I’m continuing to do so. However, there are some I’m not yet ready to part with. Here’s an incomplete list of […]
- [photo books](https://gordonbutler.me/photobooks/): an assorted collection of things that I can’t be bothered to organise right now. a few things… links to other sites (some might be dead now)
- [the daily photo](https://gordonbutler.me/photography/daily-photo-all-the-posts/): … photo books and daily posts the daily photo books The daily photo diaries started life as a series of a year of daily photos collected and published as a book. It was an attempt to kickstart a more serious approach to my photography, giving me a reason to take photographs every day. From the […]
- [photography](https://gordonbutler.me/photography/): This section covers creative photographic work – including any projects, thoughts on photography, thoughts on technique, exercises and cameras /photographic equipment. My posts about photography appear below,. The sections covering individual projects, cameras etc, can be reached using their specific links in the drop-down header above. exhibitions Recent exhibitions of my work. the daily photo […]
- [pathway](https://gordonbutler.me/photography/pathway/): What started out as a simple idea – to go out walking regularly and often, to practice using the M9, has now become a project. It’s been on hold for a decade, but now I’m considering restarting it, going on more walks or working with the material I already have to bring it to a conclusion. Even […]
- [collections](https://gordonbutler.me/collections/)
- [house](https://gordonbutler.me/house/): 22 February 2013 We’ve got a new house. We wanted to buy a house we could move straight into, but we’ve ended up buying a doer-upper and I’m sure it’s going to be a significant project. From past experience, I know it’s easy to forget what’s gone into a project once its completed. This time […]
- [portfolio](https://gordonbutler.me/collections/portfolio/): I’m in the process of creating a new portfolio to fit in with the re-design of my web site. I’ve not quite worked out how this works yet. Therefore, the only  item featured in this section is my (still not fully explained) pathway project.
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- [cars](https://gordonbutler.me/collections/cars/): Quite a bit of my photography involves cars…
- [places](https://gordonbutler.me/collections/places/)
- [events](https://gordonbutler.me/collections/events/)
- [about](https://gordonbutler.me/about/): intro… Welcome to my site. The blog is really a notebook for myself – to help me get things a little more defined, to act as a sort of diary and to bring all the disparate bits and pieces I’m interested in, together in a single place. I guess it will inevitably start off a […]


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