Photo Journal of Clyde Butcher

Photo Journal - Category / Title Introduction America the Beautiful     *     American the Beautiful exhibit     *     B&W Photos (out of FL)     *     Photographing Apalachicola River ~ An American Treasure     *     Apalachicola - Introduction     *     Journal #1 ~ Adventures with the Anderson's     *     Journal #2 - Means Creek ~ Torreya State Park     *     Journal #3 ~ Searching for Pitcher Plants     *     Journal #4 ~ John Spohrer and the Lower River     *     Journal #5 ~ Adventures with Richard Bickel     *     Journal #6 ~ Dead Lakes     *     Journal #7 ~ The Nature Conservancy Aquatic Preserves of Florida     *     A new project with Elam Stoltzfus     *     Aquatic Preserves Exhibit     *     Cape Romano     *     Indian River     *     Mosquito Lagoon     *     Pumpkin Hill Creek     *     St. Joseph     *     St. Martin Aquatic Preserve     *     The Premier Awards and Recognitions     *     Ansel Adams Conservation Award     *     Artist Hall of Fame Award     *     Best Florida Artist 2004     *     Best Gallery in Florida     *     Conservation Colleague Award     *     Coral Gables Key to the City     *     Cypress Award     *     Environmental Education Award     *     Everglades Coalition Award     *     Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Award     *     Heartland Community Service Award     *     Humanitarian of the Year     *     Keep Florida Beautiful     *     Lifetime Achievement Award     *     Marjory Stoneman-Douglas 101 birthday     *     Person of the Week     *     Service Award     *     Stars in the Arts     *     Top 100 Most Influential People in Florida     *     Who will be the next Ansel Adams?     *     Wolfson Award - 1992     *     Wolfson Award - 1996     *     Wolfson Award - Telly Award 2004 Big Cypress Gallery Lectures     *     Big Cypress and Fakahatchee     *     Clyde & Niki - Febuary 19, 2009     *     Clyde Butcher May 31, 2008     *     Discover Big Cypress - January 22, 2009     *     Elam & Sammy ~ April 5, 2009     *     Foreverglades - Jeff Ripple November 29, 2009     *     Mike Owen - March 19, 2009     *     Photographic Safari behind Big Cypress Gallery     *     Rick Cruz - May 9, 2009 Big Cypress Swamp Documentary     *     Making of Documentary     *     PBS Schedule Books     *     Clyde's Gifts 2008     *     Seeing the Light California     *     Yosemite Clyde     *     1998 one-of-a-kind photographs     *     Grandkids     *     Oil Painting Portrait 6'x4' of Clyde Clyde "The Artist"     *     Bio Clyde's Top Photograph Picks for the year     *     2008 Eco Tours on Property     *     Photographic Swamp Walk     *     Private Swamp Walks Edison-Ford Winter Estate     *     One of a Kind Photograph Environmental Issues     *     Bromeliad & the Mexican Weevil     *     Everglades Restoration Exhibits Traveling     *     Big Cypress Swamp: The Western Everglades Florida Everglades     *     Everglades National Park 50th Anniversary     *     Shark Valley Florida Keys     *     Windley Key Fossil Reef Labor Day Weekend Gala     *     2009     *     2009     *     2010 Swamp Walk Open House     *     Swamp Walk 2003     *     Swamp Walk 2004     *     Swamp Walk 2005     *     Swamp Walk 2006     *     Swamp Walk 2007     *     Swamp Walk 2008 Niki Butcher     *     Hand Painting Demonstrations Non-Profit Events     *     VAWL Shadow & Light     *     VAWL Shadow & LIght 07' On-line Shopping     *     Shopping Cart Photo Murals     *     Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport #1     *     Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport #2     *     Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport #3     *     Rookery Bay Photo Story - Florida     *     Big Cypress Gallery     *     Big Cypress Gallery #14     *     Cayo Costa Island     *     Clamshell Orchid     *     Dunes     *     Estero Island     *     Fakahatchee #3     *     Fisheating Creek     *     Florida Bay #3     *     Gannet Strand #1     *     Gaskin Bay     *     Gaskin Bay #5     *     Ghost Orchid     *     Ghost Orchid Triptych     *     Keywadin Island     *     Lake Istokpoga     *     Little Pavilion Key     *     Loosescrew Gator     *     Loosescrew Orchid     *     Loxahatchee River #1     *     Matlacha Pass     *     Moonrise     *     North Fork New River #2     *     Ochopee     *     Pahayokee #1     *     Pahayokee #2     *     Rock Island Prairie     *     Seven Cabbage Cut     *     Shell Key     *     Tamiami Trail #1     *     Tamiami Trail #2     *     Tamiami Trail #3     *     Totch's Place     *     Turner River Presidents Weekend Muck-Abouts     *     2009     *     2010 Price Lists     *     Colledtors Limited Edition Silver Photographs     *     Giclee Open Edition Prices Swamp Cottage     *     Echo tours and cottage     *     Reservation Information Swamp Cottages     *     Loddging on Loose Screw Property Swamp Walks     *     Saturday Swamp Walks     *     swamp choice Technical Information     *     Questions and Answers Venice Gallery Open House     *     2006     *     2008     *     2009     *     Venice Gallery Open House 2005     *     Venice Gallery Open House 2007 Videos     *     Big Cypress, Jewel of the Everglades - Skillet Str Workshops     *     Death Valley 2007

Once again, I am involved with Elam Stoltzfus in another adventure: a PBS documentary, traveling exhibit, book and music CD on the Apalachicola River Basin. The tremendous success of our previous project, Living Waters ~ Aquatic Preserves of Florida, inspired our second major project together: Apalachicola River ~ An American Treasure.

SLIDE LECTURE 
My journey of exploration along the Apalachicola River and into the marvelous tributaries of the river has shown me some of the most beautiful country since my exploration of Big Cypress National Preserve. It does my soul good to know there is another place in Florida where the environment is still very much in its natural state. The apprehension over rapid growth, the pollution from Georgia, and the dredging of the river are concerns to everyone who live and work with the Apalachicola River. It is my hope that by sharing the beauty of the region with you that you will see the need to keep it in its natural biological condition for future generations to enjoy.

Lecture Times: Saturday March 11  ~10:00 & 1:00 Sunday March 12 ~ 1:00 Reservations Required $10 per person - snacks & drinks Click here to make reservations: http://clydebutcher.com/reservations/forms/openhouseform.cfm or call (888) 999-9113

The lectures will be held at the Venice Chamber of Commerce approx, one mile from the gallery, 597 South Tamiami Trail.  The lecture will be approx one hour.  Ater the lecture Clyde will meet you at his Venice Gallery. For directions to Venice Chamber or accommodations http://venicechamber.com/Index.html

TOURS OF CLYDE'S DARKROOM Behind-the-Scenes Making of Clyde's Photographs Tours given every hour - no reservations or fees - open to the public

One of the most exciting things about our Venice location is the darkroom! Many of you are curious, wondering how Clyde manages to print and process such large images. Now is the time for you to satisfy your curiosity! Clyde's darkroom is truly unique. It is wonderful to have such an enormous space in which to make his big photographs.

 A short movie will be shown during the tour. This movie will demonstrate some of Clyde's special darkroom techniques. The tours will be going on all day and will last about 20 minutes.

The developing trays are constructed of plexi-glass. Each tray measures 4x5 feet. For images larger than the trays, a person gets on each side of the tray and rolls the photograph back and forth to each other throughout the entire procedure

Clyde works out of a 1600 square foot darkroom, using seven vertical enlargers and one horizontal enlarger that are capable of handling negatives ranging in sizes from 4"x 5" to 12"x 20". His photographs range in size from 8"x10" to 5x8 feet. The largest photographs are made with the horizontal enlarger constructed from a 24"x20" 'copy' view camera that he converted into a 12"x20".   In order to wash his large prints thoroughly, Clyde constructed a vertical washer that will accommodate the largest unrolled prints. Once the photographs are washed they are rolled back onto the reel and hung on a clothesline to dry.