Century-old Antarctic negs developed — by Bruce Robbins on December 28, 2013

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Sorry to keep going on about how wonderful film is but how many memory cards left frozen in the Antarctic would be readable a century later?...

"A Silvered Light" ~ Dundee photography exhibition — by Bruce Robbins on December 26, 2013

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Patricia Macdonald, Blanket Bog and Felled Forest, The Great Glen, 1987 © Patricia Macdonald, Dundee City Council (Dundee Art Galleries and ...

And another great thing about film... — by Bruce Robbins on December 23, 2013

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This is a photo I took of my mum on her 83rd birthday on Saturday. It's a D700 digital file. I wanted a colour shot, hence the DSLR. I d...

Spur Acurol-N revisited — by Bruce Robbins on December 22, 2013

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By Omar Ozenir http://geldurkal.blogspot.co.uk/ New Mosque, Istanbul, 2013 - Kodak Tmax100 developed in Spur Acurol-N Some of you may have...

A sharp wee number — by Bruce Robbins on December 20, 2013

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Note the Newton's Rings near the top. Haven't seen them in a while! Unbelievably, it was more than a year ago that I shot a roll of ...

Kodak Specialist 2 "unboxing" — by Bruce Robbins on December 18, 2013

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As I picked it up from the auction house. The idea that other people might get some sort of vicarious thrill by looking at pictures of a cam...

New Ilford papers on show — by Bruce Robbins on December 16, 2013

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A new exhibition featuring the work of leading UK printers -  all printed on the recently-announced Ilford Multigrade FB Classic and FC Cool...

Long Live Film — by Bruce Robbins on December 13, 2013

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Here's an excellent documentary film that everyone should show their digital friends. Sponsored by Kodak, it features lots of young, tre...

5x4? It's an addiction... — by Bruce Robbins on December 13, 2013

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Multigrade IV RC developed in Spur's Straight Black paper developer. Warm tone courtesy of Lightroom. I'm having a ball with the Spe...

Cropping out the hard bits — by Bruce Robbins on December 06, 2013

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This is a big scan and worth a click to see it full size. This is the photograph I mentioned in my earlier post about the derelict transport...

More on the new Ilford papers — by Bruce Robbins on December 04, 2013

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Ilford have the two new papers listed alongside their existing products on their website and there's quite a lot of information there th...

New FB paper range announced by Ilford — by Bruce Robbins on December 04, 2013

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The complete family unit: Ilford's new FB line-up. UPDATE: Looks like Ilford has given we poor photographers a thought and kept the pric...

Derelict transport office — by Bruce Robbins on December 03, 2013

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I think it was Michael Johnston who said something to the effect that the easier a camera is to use in the field, the harder it will be to p...