I have always enjoyed taking photographs on holiday especially colour. In my teens I bought my first camera, a Kodak Instamatic, and would search out the most colourful backgrounds. In 1976 I purchased an SLR, but only began to take photography seriously after retiring when I became a member of Nottingham and Notts Photographic Society after purchasing a digital camera.
My interest in the History of Photography began when I joined Bromley House Library and became Curator of Photography. I am also a member of the RPS Historical Group. Visits to photographic exhibitions sparked my interest in monochrome photography.
I have participated in workshops to produce daguerreotype, wet plate collodion, cyanotype and pinhole photographs, as well as producing prints from film. Although I find it quite magical when an image appears in a bath of liquid, I really enjoy using Photoshop and Nik Silver Efex to enhance my digital images.
- Nottingham Lace by Eric Butler
- Saas-Fee 1 Meadow and Mountain by Eric Butler
- Saas-Fee 2 Early Morning by Eric Butler
- Saas-Fee 3 Across the Saas Valley by Eric Butler
- Saas-Fee 4 Stellihorn from Mittelallalin by Eric Butler
- Sarlat Streetlamp 1 by Eric Butler
- Sarlat Streetlamp 2 by Eric Butler
- Sarlat Streetlamp 3 by Eric Butler
- Sarlat Streetlamps 4 by Eric Butler
- Steam traction Engine by Eric Butler